This change will give the DRE oversight over more Californians acting as agents.
California DRE now prohibited from requiring information on licensees’ citizenship, immigration status
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Recent updates to the course e-book
- 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.
Newly published related content
DRE Bulletin Digest Winter 2018/19
A review of the Winter 2018 DRE Real Estate Bulletin.
NMLS 2019 8-hour continuing education topics
A digest of the required 2019 NMLS CE topics.
California home prices anchored to incomes; Monthly Statistical Update (February 2019)
Mean price trendline pulls prices down; Rising SoCal incomes can’t keep up with home prices; NorCal incomes rising quickly, still lag behind prices
The Hazards Disclosure Booklets
This article highlights the use of first tuesday’s Hazards Disclosure Booklets by a seller’s agent to provide environmental hazard and energy efficiency related information to all prospective buyers, and by a buyer’s agent to review with their buyer the consequences of any hazards disclosed as existing on the property.
Today’s consumer price index change: tomorrow’s residential rents
The consumer price index is a useful tool for real estate agents – if you know how to use it.
The truth about giving tax advice to clients
Tracing agent misconceptions Many agents erroneously believe they cannot give their clients advice on the legal and tax aspects of a transaction, but this is not the case. Much of the confusion is rooted in the National Association of Realtor® (NAR)’s code of ethics,...
Study finds typical fee structure harms clients, experienced agents
A recent study out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) highlights the inefficiencies inherent in the traditional fee split model.
Editorial: Do real estate agents receive commissions or fees?
first tuesday has long argued for the use of the word fee instead commission.