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San Francisco housing indicators

by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 4, 2025 | Bay Area, Charts, Forecasts, Mortgages, Real Estate | 6

View these charts for current activity and forecasts for San Francisco’s housing market.

California tiered home pricing

by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 4, 2025 | Bay Area, Charts, first tuesday Local, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Mortgages, Real Estate, San Diego | 30

Home prices falter across the metropolitan areas of California at the end of 2024.

FARM: Heat safety tips

by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 3, 2025 | FARM Letters, Real Estate | 0

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FARM: Save money on cooling costs

by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 1, 2025 | FARM Letters, Real Estate | 0

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Due Diligence is an Art Form

by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 1, 2025 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video, Your Practice | 0

The due diligence effort required under an exclusive representation comprises an orchestration of a basket of brokerage activities. Let’s unpack the basket.

Trending mortgage rates

by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 1, 2025 | Charts, Economics, Finance, Interest Rates, Market Watch, Real Estate | 20

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

Form-of-the-Week: Commercial Lease Agreement — Form 552 series

by Amy Platero | Jul 29, 2025 | Commercial, Forms, Investment, Property Management, Real Estate | 0

A landlord or property manager uses a Commercial Lease Agreement – Gross – Single Tenant to lease commercial property to a tenant for a fixed term.

The safety clause for residuals from due diligence efforts

by Amy Platero | Jul 28, 2025 | Buyer Representation, Buyers and Sellers, Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Learn to appreciate a safety clause provision in exclusive representation agreements as assurance a fee is earned after expiration when your client sells or buys due to your efforts during the employment.

Will first-time homebuyers save California’s homeownership rate?

by ft Editorial Staff | Jul 28, 2025 | Charts, Economics, Real Estate | 1

California’s homeownership rate dropped even as the typical age of first-time homebuyers rose.

California home sales volume

by ft Editorial Staff | Jul 28, 2025 | Charts, Home Sales, Market Watch, Real Estate | 104

What’s a broker to do until home sales volume takes off?

What buyer- and tenant-clients need to know about credit reports

by Carrie B. Reyes | Jul 21, 2025 | Feature Articles, Finance, Mortgages, Real Estate | 0

This article offers a bird’s eye view on credit report fundamentals across real estate sales and rentals.

Mobilehome park owners must be in good legal standing to evict tenants or raise rents

by Robin Jennings | Jul 21, 2025 | Laws and Regulations, New Laws, Real Estate | 0

Mobilehome parks are required to be registered and titled

FARM: Do’s and don’ts for staging your home

by ft Editorial Staff | Jul 17, 2025 | Buyers and Sellers, FARM Letters, Real Estate | 0

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FARM: Do’s and don’ts for a fall sale of your home

by ft Editorial Staff | Jul 17, 2025 | FARM Letters, Real Estate | 0

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FARM: The do’s and don’ts of a tandem sale and purchase

by ft Editorial Staff | Jul 17, 2025 | FARM Letters, Real Estate | 0

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The mean price trendline: the home price pivot

by ft Editorial Staff | Jul 17, 2025 | Charts, Home Sales, Real Estate | 9

The mean price trendline reveals housing price deviations. Track the trends to reveal the direction of prices in the years ahead.

Lack of Due Diligence

by ft Editorial Staff | Jul 16, 2025 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video, Your Practice | 0

Some real estate brokers simply don’t measure up. Watch what happens when a seller broker’s efforts to market a property and locate buyers lack sufficient due diligence activities.