Employers were previously responsible for not responding to sexual harassment in the workplace – now, they are responsible for all types of harassment.
Employer responsibilities to correct harassment in the workplace expanded
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Real Estate Principles
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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.
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Buyer purchasing power’s pull on prices; Rising mortgage rates decrease purchasing power; Home prices fall from their peak
California’s 50 largest brokerages
Find out who excelled and who missed the list in this year’s compilation of the 50 largest brokerages in California.
California DRE now prohibited from requiring information on licensees’ citizenship, immigration status
This change will give the DRE oversight over more Californians acting as agents.
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.