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Form-of-the-Week: Request for Homeowner Association Documents and HOA Addendum — Forms 135 and 309

by Amy Platero | Dec 9, 2024 | Forms, Real Estate | 0

A seller agent uses RPI Forms 135 and 309 to disclose the existence of an HOA on a subject property.

An Industry-Wide MLS Subagency Misnomer

by ft Editorial Staff | Dec 5, 2024 | Buyer Representation, Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0

The second episode in our new buyer representation video series dramatizes the decades-long evolution of buyer representation in California.

Form-of-the-Week: Request for Notice of Mello-Roos Assessment — Form 137

by Amy Platero | Dec 4, 2024 | Buyers and Sellers, Forms, Real Estate | 0

A seller agent uses RPI Form 137 to request information from the Improvement District Office about Mello-Roos on a property listed for sale.

Counteroffers — practice dictated by buyer representation agreements

by Amy Platero | Dec 2, 2024 | Buyer Representation, Buyers and Sellers, Fundamentals, Real Estate | 0

Learn how to counter an offer with a purchase agreement calling for the buyer to pay the broker fee and avoid claims of tortious interference.

SoCal commercial property struggles linger on in Q3 2024

by Amy Platero | Nov 29, 2024 | Commercial, Economics, first tuesday Local, Inland Empire, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Market Watch, Orange County, Real Estate, San Diego | 0

In each quarter in 2024, all SoCal markets experienced increasing vacancies.

Form-of-the-Week: Purchase Agreement — for One-to-Four Residential Property — with Buyer Broker Fee Provision [RPI Form 150]

by Amy Platero | Nov 23, 2024 | Buyer Representation, Buyers and Sellers, Forms, Fundamentals, Real Estate | 0

A buyer agent uses RPI Form 150 when preparing an offer for their buyer to purchase one-to-four unit residential property with a fee provision for disbursing the buyer broker fee from the purchase price.

Trending mortgage rates

by ft Editorial Staff | Nov 22, 2024 | 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.

California home sales volume

by ft Editorial Staff | Nov 22, 2024 | Charts, Home Sales, Market Watch, Real Estate | 107

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

Price Fixing and Association Membership

by ft Editorial Staff | Nov 21, 2024 | Buyer Representation, Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0

Watch the first episode in our new video series depicting the seismic shift in the representation of buyers in 2025, cementing long-standing public policy.

Mobilehome park management may not remove a vehicle from a driveway or designated parking space when the vehicle is used for work or employment

by Amy Platero | Nov 21, 2024 | Laws and Regulations, New Laws, Real Estate | 0

A mobilehome park manager may tow a vehicle that violates park rules, unless it is a vehicle required for work or employment.

Mechanics of the Homestead Exemption

by ft Editorial Staff | Nov 6, 2024 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0

The final episode of our new video series illustrates the specific mechanics of automatic and recorded homesteads.

Form-of-the-Week: Mortgage Broker Representation Agreement, and Disclosure of Mortgage Loan Originator Fees — Forms 104 and 119-1

by Amy Platero | Nov 6, 2024 | Forms, Mortgages, Real Estate | 0

A broker and their agent use RPI Form 104 to arrange a mortgage with a buyer or owner of real estate or a holder of a trust deed note and RPI Form 119-1 to disclose to all parties the receipt of a mortgage-related fee in addition to a sales fee on the transaction.