Real Estate | firsttuesday Journal

Trending mortgage rates

by ft Editorial Staff | Feb 27, 2026 | Charts, Economics, Finance, Interest Rates, Market Watch, Real Estate | 21

Where are mortgage rates now? Check out our weekly interest rate update to track the latest market rates.

FARM: Earthquake safety tips

by ft Editorial Staff | Feb 26, 2026 | FARM Letters, Real Estate | 1

Use this firsttuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a...

The Seller’s Motivation to Sell

by ft Editorial Staff | Feb 26, 2026 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0

Watch how a seller’s willingness and financial ability to fund fundamental property disclosures serves as a critical indicator of their motivation to sell – and significantly impacts the agent’s risk of a failed transaction during the representation period.

FARM: Avoid fire danger around your home

by ft Editorial Staff | Feb 26, 2026 | FARM Letters, Real Estate | 1

Use this firsttuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a...

Buyer representation

by Amy Platero | Feb 26, 2026 | Buyer Representation, Buyers and Sellers, Fundamentals, Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Learn when to enter into a buyer representation agreement with a buyer-client and distinguish between representing individual and entity clients and the forms and retainer periods used for each.

FARM: Protect your health and home with a filtration system

by ft Editorial Staff | Feb 26, 2026 | FARM Letters, Marketing Flyers, Real Estate | 0

To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a list of all our FARM letter templates, visit our FARM...

SoCal commercial property struggles for buoyancy — Q4 2025

by Amy Platero | Feb 25, 2026 | Commercial, Economics, first tuesday Local, Inland Empire, Investment, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Market Watch, Orange County, Property Management, Real Estate, San Diego | 1

Vacancy rates are up in all SoCal sectors and counties, aside from Orange County office and a slight year-over decrease for Los Angeles industrial. Net absorption remains negative for San Diego and Orange County but turned positive for Los Angeles and Inland Empire industrial in 2025.

Mortgage delinquencies lead to foreclosures

by Carrie B. Reyes | Feb 25, 2026 | Feature Articles, Mortgages, Real Estate, Recessions | 1

As delinquencies (and foreclosures) tick up in 2026, this primer will help you prepare for a shifting housing market.

California tiered home pricing

by ft Editorial Staff | Feb 24, 2026 | Bay Area, Charts, first tuesday Local, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Mortgages, Real Estate, San Diego | 42

Home prices continued to slide across California in November 2025.

Jobs move real estate

by ft Editorial Staff | Feb 16, 2026 | Charts, Economics, Finance, Real Estate | 15

Track the single most influential factor on California’s real estate market: the number of people employed.

The distribution of California’s human resources

by ft Editorial Staff | Feb 16, 2026 | Bakersfield-Fresno, Bay Area, Charts, Economics, Inland Empire, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Market Watch, Orange County, Real Estate, Sacramento, San Diego | 0

See how personal incomes have grown since 2000 across California’s largest regions.

Form-of-the-Week: Natural Hazard Disclosure Statement and Fire Hardening and Defensible Space Disclosure Statement — Forms 314 and 314-1

by Amy Platero | Feb 13, 2026 | Forms, Fundamentals, Real Estate | 0

A seller agent uses the Natural Hazard Disclosure Statement to disclose the existence of natural hazards on the sale of any type of real estate to a prospective buyer and the Fire Hardening and Defensible Space Disclosure Statement when the property is in a high fire hazard severity zone to disclose retrofits, local vegetation management ordinances and fire hardening measures the buyer is to consider.