Form-of-the-Week: Affidavit of death of joint tenant and surviving spouse — Forms 460 and 461
A surviving spouse or joint tenant uses RPI Forms 460 and 461 to removed the deceased from the title.
Read Moreby Amy Perry | Nov 23, 2022 | Forms, Real Estate | 1
A surviving spouse or joint tenant uses RPI Forms 460 and 461 to removed the deceased from the title.
Read Moreby Matthew Taylor | Jul 29, 2013 | Mortgages, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0
Is property acquired during marriage still community property when one spouse conveys title to the other?
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Nov 5, 2012 | Brokerage Reminder, Real Estate, Your Practice | 1
A weekly reminder to stay on top of your practice from first tuesday’s in-house broker!
Read Moreby Connor P. Wallmark | Jan 4, 2010 | Real Estate | 0
Real estate related issues pending before the United States and California Supreme Courts.
Read Moreby Connor P. Wallmark | Dec 1, 2009 | Real Estate | 0
Real estate related issues pending before the United States and California Supreme Courts.
Read Moreby Connor P. Wallmark | Nov 3, 2009 | Feature Articles, Finance, Real Estate | 3
This article discusses how owner-occupied housing is factored into the consumer price index (CPI)...
Read Moreby Connor P. Wallmark | Nov 2, 2009 | Real Estate | 0
Real estate related issues pending before the United States and California Supreme Courts.
Read Moreby Connor P. Wallmark | Oct 1, 2009 | Real Estate | 0
Real estate related issues pending before the United States and California Supreme Courts.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Sep 14, 2009 | Pending Laws, Real Estate | 3
Stay on top of current pending California legislation affecting real estate!
Read Moreby Bradley Markano | Jun 25, 2009 | Investment, Real Estate | 0
REITs recently experienced an average 75% reduction in returns from their property investments. Thanks to the eagerness of stock market investors during this financial crisis, however, REITs have already recuperated much of...
Read Moreby Bradley Markano | Jun 25, 2009 | Real Estate | 0
The fate of real estate investment trusts (REITs) looked grim a year ago, but for the moment their fortunes seem to have turned. REIT stocks have gained over 45% since March of this year, recuperating a large proportion of their...
Read Moreby Bradley Markano | Jun 1, 2009 | Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0
A digest of recent court cases affecting real estate.
Read Moreby Bradley Markano | Apr 16, 2009 | Real Estate | 0
An investigation by the Los Angeles Times reveals disappointing results from the federal “Dollar Homes” Program; a plan requiring local governments to purchase foreclosed homes for one dollar, repair them, and sell them at...
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Apr 3, 2009 | Real Estate | 0
In a recent New York Times article, Yale economics professor Robert J. Shiller highlights the ability of social psychology to predict financial crises. In particular, he notes a speech given in 1989 by Larry Summers, now the...
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Apr 1, 2009 | Feature Articles, Finance, Real Estate | 2
This article takes a detailed look at the causes behind the severity of the current real estate downturn and the necessary steps on the path towards recovery. In 1998 America’s central bank, the Federal Reserve (the Fed) started...
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Mar 4, 2009 | Real Estate | 0
One purpose for passing the home purchase tax credit was to help boost the level of house prices, massaging the housing market back to health and finding a bottom to the drop in home values. However, an article by economist Kash...
Read Moreby Connor P. Wallmark | Feb 18, 2009 | Investment, Real Estate | 0
A broker or agent handling income property sales who considers forming and possibly managing real estate syndicates during the next four years will need to get creative about the source of investment funds his investors should...
Read Moreby Connor P. Wallmark | Feb 2, 2009 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Tax | 0
This article analyzes how a homeowner can reduce his property taxes when real estate values decrease by applying to the county assessor to set the assessed value of his property at its fair market value.
Read Moreby Connor P. Wallmark | Feb 2, 2009 | Feature Articles, Fundamentals, Real Estate | 0
This article discusses a broker’s use of a Conflict of Interest Disclosure to avoid breaching the fiduciary duty he owes to his client when he has a bias relating to the opposing party in a transaction, or another, whose interests are in conflict with his client’s.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Feb 2, 2009 | Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 1
A digest of recent court cases affecting real estate.
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