Yield spread emboldens the recession factor; The jobs recovery is leveling out – no surprise; Interest rates for borrowing drive pricing
Property prices and cost of capital test buyer readiness; Monthly Statistical Update (May 2023)
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Real Estate Practice
Master the forms needed most in brokerage services. This volume covers the agency, disclosure, and contract law concepts fundamental to your practice.
Our Real Estate Practice course meets SB 1495 requirements: Implicit Bias and Fair Housing.
Latest Articles
DRE Hot Seat: Prison time for a broker who committed heinous mortgage fraud
This article is part of an ongoing series covering violations of real estate law. Here, the California Department of Justice (DOJ) sentenced a broker to 5 years and 4 months in prison and ordered him to pay restitution for creating forged and fraudulent records to obtain more than $8 million in mortgages for his clients in order to earn fees for himself.
The seller cancels the purchase agreement: now what?
Buyer remedies when a seller breaches or cancels a purchase agreement
The real estate agent rip-off
Is it ever a good idea to negotiate your fee rate with a client?
New California Real Estate Practice course fulfills 2024 requirements and beyond
As of today, firsttuesday is the first California school to obtain DRE-approval to provide California’s future agents and brokers with the new Real Estate Practice course.
30 years of summer, followed by 30 years of winter
Mortgage rates are on their way up.
Extending performance dates to attain purchase agreement objectives
Avoid premature termination when purchase agreement objectives can be met by extending dates.
Time to perform as staging a cancellation
Learn when a buyer or seller may exercise their right to cancel the purchase agreement and terminate the transaction.
The Appraisal Foundation urged to revise their Ethics Rule for appraisers
The Appraisal Foundation, responsible for updating the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, has revised their Ethics Rule at the request of federal regulators.
Errata & Updates
06/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance are currently being edited into this e-book.