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The Preliminary Title Report

by ft Editorial Staff | Mar 25, 2025 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0

The first episode in the new title insurance series introduces the critical role of title insurance in the California real estate market, and distinguishes preliminary title reports from abstracts of title.

California’s for sale inventory growth: waning buyer enthusiasm

by ft Editorial Staff | Mar 24, 2025 | Charts, Fundamentals, Home Sales | 1

In early 2025, low-tier priced housing has the lowest level of inventory available for sale or rent.

Trending mortgage rates

by ft Editorial Staff | Mar 21, 2025 | Charts, Economics, Finance, Interest Rates, Market Watch, Real Estate | 26

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

Letter to the Editor: What happens to buyer representation agreements and fees when an agent changes brokers?

by ft Editorial Staff | Mar 20, 2025 | Buyer Representation, Buyers and Sellers, Fundamentals, Letters to the Editor, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

A buyer representation agreement runs with the broker, not the agent.

MIP, PMI or neither?

by ft Editorial Staff | Mar 20, 2025 | Charts, Loan Products, Real Estate | 3

Which is better for first-time homebuyers reliant on mortgage insurance: MIP or PMI?

DRE Bulletin Digest: Fall/Winter 2024

by Lily Hart | Mar 18, 2025 | Feature Articles, Fundamentals, Laws and Regulations, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

The DRE’s Real Estate Bulletin keeps licensees informed on new codes and regulations significant to real estate practice, common violations of real estate rules of conduct, and real estate education opportunities.

Mandated landlord credit-reporting offer to improve tenant credit scores

by Lily Hart | Mar 18, 2025 | Features, Laws and Regulations, New Laws, Real Estate | 0

Residential landlords are now obligated to offer to report a tenant’s positive rental payment information to at least one nationwide consumer reporting agency.

Form-of-the-Week: Purchase Agreement variations and their addenda

by Amy Platero | Mar 14, 2025 | Forms, Fundamentals, Real Estate | 0

The diversity of people, properties and situations in real estate transactions requires a diverse array of purchase agreements on which to write and submit an offer to acquire real estate.

Los Angeles housing indicators

by ft Editorial Staff | Mar 14, 2025 | Charts, first tuesday Local, Forecasts, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Mortgages, Real Estate | 11

View these Los Angeles regional charts for details on current activity and forecasts for its housing market.

Counteroffer to a Purchase Agreement with a Fee Provision

by ft Editorial Staff | Mar 13, 2025 | Buyer Representation, Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 1

A seller broker’s tortious interference with the fee arrangements between the buyer and the buyer broker is as imprudent as whacking a hornet’s nest.

Different types of estates and ways to divide their ownership

by Robin Jennings | Mar 12, 2025 | Appraisal, Fundamentals, Real Estate | 0

This series showcases the fundamental real estate knowledge needed by a DRE licensee to develop a Broker Price Opinion (BPO) to be handed to a client.

Does a property manager owe a duty of care to resolve disputes between neighbors?

by Lily Hart | Mar 11, 2025 | Laws and Regulations, Recent Case Decisions | 0

A California appeals court holds a property manager’s duty of care does not encompass resolving disputes between neighbors.

Updates to the permitting and approval of new housing developments

by Amy Platero | Mar 10, 2025 | Laws and Regulations, New Laws, Real Estate | 0

The streamlined approval process developers use when certain parameters are met just got additional incentives.

Is an insurer liable when an owner is covered for loss of business income due to a virus and operations are suspended during the COVID-19 lockdown?

by Robin Jennings | Mar 7, 2025 | Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0

John’s Grill v. Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

Conflicts of interest and consent to represent

by Amy Platero | Mar 7, 2025 | Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Learn how to recognize the types of business arrangements and personal relationships which give rise to conflicts of interest for agents in real estate transactions, how to identify conflicts of interests, and disclose and obtain consent to the relationships presenting a conflict of interest.

Now showing: Real Estate Principles: Video™ — a multimedia powerhouse for aspiring agents

by Amy Platero | Mar 3, 2025 | Feature Articles, Features, Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Real estate licensing coursework has finally entered the 21st century. See what makes Real Estate Principles: Video™ so unique.

The rise and fall of real estate brokers and agents

by ft Editorial Staff | Mar 3, 2025 | Charts, Licensing and Education, Real Estate | 38

This article analyzes the historical population of active DRE licensees, with discussions and forecasts about future licensing trends.

May a property owner use their easement on a neighbor’s property to transport their cannabis crop without the consent of their neighbor?

by Lily Hart | Feb 28, 2025 | Features, Laws and Regulations, Recent Case Decisions | 0

A California appeal court holds an easement for an illegal purpose is invalid.

Illustrating the Fee-Math Involved in a Sale, Pt II

by ft Editorial Staff | Feb 28, 2025 | Buyer Representation, Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0

See how to use the Seller’s Net Sales Proceeds form and Buyer’s Acquisition Cost Sheet form to clearly present the financial consequences of a transaction to your seller or buyer.

California home sales volume

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

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

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