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The liquidated damages provision and the breaching buyer’s deposit when prices decline
Agents need to be aware of the maximum dollar amount the seller is entitled to receive upon a buyer’s breach – especially when home prices are falling.
The breaching buyer’s responsibilities: Part 2
How does a buyer’s breach impact the seller’s ability to collect on a monetary loss in practice?
The breaching buyer’s responsibilities: Part 1
When does a buyer’s breach of a purchase agreement entitle a seller to recover money losses?
Bankruptcy’s tie to homeownership
Bankruptcy numbers were artificially low in 2020-2021. Prepare for today’s zombie businesses to fold with the 2023 recession.
Property prices and cost of capital test buyer readiness; Monthly Statistical Update (May 2023)
Yield spread emboldens the recession factor; The jobs recovery is leveling out – no surprise; Interest rates for borrowing drive pricing
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?
Errata & Updates
- Effective January 1st, 2021, California homeowners qualify for a net equity homestead protection of up to $300,000 or the median sale price for a single family residence (SFR) in the homeowner’s county in the calendar year prior to the year in which they claim the exemption, not to exceed $600,000 (adjusted annually for inflation). [CCP §704.730] For more on this topic, see Form-of-the-Week: Homestead exemption, an asset preservation declaration – Form 465
06/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance are currently being edited into this e-book.