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Mortgage Concepts: MARS rule communication types and disclosures

by ft Editorial Staff | May 19, 2022 | Feature Articles, Mortgages, Real Estate, Video, Your Practice | 0

This video discusses communication types and disclosures under the Mortgage Assistance Relief Services (MARS) rule.

The mean price trendline: the home price anchor

by ft Editorial Staff | May 18, 2022 | Charts, Home Sales, Real Estate | 8

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

Jobs move real estate

by ft Editorial Staff | May 17, 2022 | Charts, Economics, Finance, Real Estate | 10

California’s employment market finally reached a full recovery in 2019, only to plunge in 2020.

How to prepare for the REO resurgence

by Carrie B. Reyes | May 16, 2022 | Economics, Feature Articles, Forecasts, Real Estate, Recessions | 2

Agents and brokers who want to make a decent living in the leaner years ahead will prepare now for the return of real estate owned (REO) properties.

May a city enforce a local ordinance preventing residential landlords from demanding an above-market rent increase to gain possession when they are exempt from rent control?

by Kinnedy Kriso | May 16, 2022 | Recent Case Decisions | 0

San Francisco Apartment Association v. City and County of San Francisco

DFPI Bulletin Digest: May 2022

by Bethany Correia | May 16, 2022 | Mortgages, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

The May 2022 DFPI Bulletin focuses on a Governor Newsom’s latest blockchain executive order, consumer protection law updates and loan forgiveness, among other topics.

MLO Mentor: California Financing Law

by ft Editorial Staff | May 16, 2022 | Feature Articles, Mortgages, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

This article walks you through licensing under the California Financing Law (CFL).

POLL: How does deregulation of mortgage lending affect homebuyer demand?

by ft Editorial Staff | May 16, 2022 | Reader Polls, Real Estate | 0

This week’s poll inquires about deregulation in lending and the impact on demand.

Easements by Necessity and Prescription

by ft Editorial Staff | May 13, 2022 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0

The legal requirements for establishing an easement by necessity and a prescriptive easement by adverse use.

Current market rates

by ft Editorial Staff | May 13, 2022 | Charts, Economics, Finance, Interest Rates, Market Watch, Real Estate | 22

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

California’s low housing inventory boosts homeowner support for ADUs

by Madison Hart | May 13, 2022 | Real Estate | 0

Many Californians are in support of the construction of more accessory dwelling units. This has heightened in the face of a consistent lack of housing inventory, but there are also many beneficial impacts with ADU construction.

Mortgage Concepts: What is the MARS Rule?

by ft Editorial Staff | May 12, 2022 | Feature Articles, Mortgages, Real Estate, Video, Your Practice | 0

This video discusses the Mortgage Assistance Relief Services (MARS) rule.

Sacramento County housing indicators

by ft Editorial Staff | May 12, 2022 | Charts, Forecasts, Mortgages, Real Estate, Sacramento | 6

Get to know Sacramento County’s local housing fundamentals in these charts and forecasts.

Is an owner who fails to timely assert their ownership of land laying beyond a fence barred from claiming trespass?

by Kinnedy Kriso | May 11, 2022 | Property Management, Recent Case Decisions | 0

Johnson v. Little Rock Ranch, LLC

Santa Clara County regional housing indicators

by ft Editorial Staff | May 11, 2022 | Bay Area, Charts, Forecasts, Mortgages, Real Estate | 5

Santa Clara County is well on its way to a full housing recovery.

San Francisco housing indicators

by ft Editorial Staff | May 10, 2022 | Bay Area, Charts, Forecasts, Mortgages, Real Estate | 4

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

Form-of-the-Week: Authorization to Prepare a Home Inspection Report and a Natural Hazard Disclosure Report — Forms 130 and 131

by ft Editorial Staff | May 10, 2022 | Buyers and Sellers, Forms, Fundamentals, Real Estate | 0

A seller’s agent preparing a marketing package uses RPI Forms 130 and 131 to disclose the conditions and natural hazards associated with a property.

San Diego housing indicators

by ft Editorial Staff | May 10, 2022 | Charts, Forecasts, Mortgages, Real Estate, San Diego | 29

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

Rising rates bring back seller financing

by ft Editorial Staff | May 9, 2022 | Finance, Interest Rates, Loan Products, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

As credit availability tightens thanks to rising interest rates, loan approvals become more elusive. But seller financing presents a back-door to homeownership.