A parcel’s value is in its use
Learn how an agent tasked with valuing a vacant parcel produces the most informed valuation according to its size, use, location, zoning and more.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Sep 15, 2026 | Appraisal, Feature Articles, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
Learn how an agent tasked with valuing a vacant parcel produces the most informed valuation according to its size, use, location, zoning and more.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Sep 11, 2026 | Charts, Economics, Finance, Interest Rates, Market Watch, Real Estate | 58
Where are mortgage rates now? Check out our weekly interest rate update to track the latest market rates.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Sep 10, 2026 | Buyers and Sellers, Forms, Fundamentals, Laws and Regulations, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 1
A buyer agent uses RPI Form 260, 261 and 266 to determine the status of property conditions about whether the roof is adequate, hazard insurance is available and the purchase price is reasonably related to the property’s fair market value.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Sep 10, 2026 | Charts, Economics, Real Estate | 1
Home prices have skyrocketed since 2000. The same can’t be said about incomes.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Sep 10, 2026 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 2
Artificial Intelligence Training: Harnessing AI While Managing Risk™
This final installment dramatizes the critical boundary where predictive valuation tech meets real-world expertise, proving that human intuition remains the ultimate counterbalance to AI’s analytical advantages.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Sep 8, 2026 | Buyers and Sellers, Fundamentals, Laws and Regulations, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
Learn about the federal lead-based paint disclosure and how to timely disclose to buyers the existence of a lead-based paint hazard on residential properties built prior to 1978.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Sep 3, 2026 | FARM Letters, Marketing Flyers, Real Estate | 1
Use this firsttuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a...
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Sep 3, 2026 | FARM Letters, Real Estate | 0
Use this firsttuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a...
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Sep 3, 2026 | Bay Area, Charts, first tuesday Local, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Mortgages, Real Estate, San Diego | 60
Home prices continued to slide across California in November 2025.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Sep 2, 2026 | FARM Letters, Marketing Flyers | 1
To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a list of all our FARM letter templates, visit our FARM...
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Sep 2, 2026 | Home Sales, Mortgages, Real Estate, Recessions | 1
Refinances, level home prices and home equity loans are rapidly diminishing California’s home equity.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Sep 1, 2026 | Feature Articles, Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, Your Practice | 1
New defensible space rules aim to protect suburban and rural homes from high wildfire risk.
Read Moreby Lily Hart | Aug 27, 2026 | Features, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0
Watson v. Professional Business Management Corporation
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Aug 27, 2026 | Commercial, Economics, first tuesday Local, Inland Empire, Investment, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Orange County, Property Management, Real Estate, San Diego | 0
The Southern California (SoCal) commercial property market struggles to recover from economic, trade and geopolitical uncertainties that make long-term leasing decisions less attractive for qualified tenants, leaving commercial property languishing — but there are some areas of improvement.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Aug 26, 2026 | Charts, Investment, Property Management, Real Estate | 6
California’s low homeownership rate means rentals are in high demand, with vacancies near historic lows.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Aug 26, 2026 | FARM Letters, Real Estate | 0
Use this firsttuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a...
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Aug 26, 2026 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 2
Artificial Intelligence Training: Harnessing AI While Managing Risk™
This fourth installment highlights the critical need to maintain strict compliance with advertising laws when using AI-generated content, and the proper handling of digitally manipulated property photos.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Aug 25, 2026 | FARM Letters, Real Estate | 0
Use this firsttuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a...
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Aug 25, 2026 | FARM Letters, Real Estate | 1
Use this firsttuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a...
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Aug 24, 2026 | Charts, Economics, Real Estate | 2
California’s homeownership rate dropped even as the typical age of first-time homebuyers rose.
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