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Real Estate Principles
Prepare for the most critical issues you’ll encounter in your first years of practice.
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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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Compensation for real estate agents, explained.
Press release: Buyer purchasing power index plummets in Q3 2018
The buyer purchasing power index continued to fall in Q3 2018.
Rising interest rates drag down refinances; Monthly Statistical Update (October 2018)
Key short-term rate rises; ARM rates inch higher; Fewer refinances going forward
DRE Hot Seat: TD Holdings I Inc.
This article is part of an ongoing series covering violations of real estate law. Here, a corporation deposited trust funds improperly and late — and was fined by the DRE.
More one-person households buying homes
More singles are striking out on their own to become homeowners.
How to expand your mortgage brokerage beyond California
Our guest author provides tips for expanding a mortgage business to other states.
5 marketing tips for mortgage brokers
Our guest author shares marketing tips for mortgage brokers.
Jobs, home sales, agents – peaked or not quite; Monthly Statistical Update (September 2018)
Jobs move real estate; Sales agent licensing and home sales volume move in tandem; Sales agent licensing and renewals to slip