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Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Mar 15, 2024 | Charts, Economics, Finance, Interest Rates, Market Watch, Real Estate | 25
Where are mortgage rates now? Check out our weekly interest rate update to track the latest market rates.
Read Moreby Guest Author Summer Goralik | Mar 11, 2024 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
Every real estate broker acting in the capacity of a responsible broker needs to be aware of the “Benefit of the Doubt” program.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Mar 8, 2024 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0
Covers: Dutch colonial properties featuring gambrel roofs and dormer windows; Design attributes of Mediterranean properties; Classic Victorian properties and contemporary town houses in urban areas; English Tudor; Natural motifs on display in the craftsman architectural style.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Feb 27, 2024 | Charts, Home Sales, Market Watch, Real Estate | 107
Home sales volume continues to fall back in 2023.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Feb 14, 2024 | Economics, Home Sales, Real Estate | 0
Across the state, median-income households cannot qualify to buy at today’ prices.
Read Moreby David Swistock | Feb 9, 2024 | Charts, Commercial, Market Watch, Real Estate | 0
Southern California’s commercial market softened even further in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Read Moreby David Swistock | Feb 9, 2024 | Laws and Regulations, New Laws, Property Management, Real Estate | 0
Calif. Civil Code §1954.53
Amended to add subsection 4(A) by AB 1620
Effective date: January 1, 2024
by David Swistock | Feb 7, 2024 | Charts, Home Sales, Real Estate | 12
Multi-family and SFR construction continue to lag behind demand for new housing.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Feb 1, 2024 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0
Covers: Spanish Mission architecture; Ranch homes; Contemporary and modern architecture; Pueblo homes; Colonial and Cape Cod properties.
Read Moreby David Swistock | Jan 31, 2024 | Economics, Feature Articles, Mortgages, Real Estate, Recessions | 0
When does strategic default make sense for a negative equity homeowner?
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Jan 30, 2024 | Bay Area, Charts, first tuesday Local, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Mortgages, Real Estate, San Diego | 30
Home prices are flatlining across California’s metropolitan areas at the end of 2023.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Jan 23, 2024 | Feature Articles, Property Management, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
This article examines how a landlord of property controlled by the TPA calculates the maximum lawful annual rent increase chargeable to existing tenants, called rent caps.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Jan 22, 2024 | Economics, Feature Articles, Interest Rates, Real Estate | 0
This article dives into how interest rates are structured, how lenders set the interest rate on a mortgage, and how rates affect property values.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Jan 19, 2024 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0
Covers: Construction of residential and commercial buildings as regulated by the state of California through building codes; Construction requirements and standards outlined in the State Housing Law; Building inspectors and contractors.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Jan 19, 2024 | Economics, Finance, Real Estate, Tax | 0
Some relief as tax brackets adjust to inflation — but the bracket creep will get you.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Jan 15, 2024 | Finance, Forms, Investment, Mortgages, Real Estate | 0
A trust deed loan broker uses these forms when arranging the purchase by a trust deed investor of an existing trust deed note held out for sale to prepare an offer stating the price and conditions for purchase of the trust deed note, and when arranging a loan made by a trust deed investor collateralized by an existing trust deed note held by the borrower to prepare an offer by the investor for the borrower’s acceptance stating the terms and conditions for making the collateralized loan.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Jan 15, 2024 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0
Covers: Calculating annual property taxes and transfer taxes; Proposition 13 (Prop 13); Helpful strategies to quickly locate the correct answer on the state licensing exam.
Read Moreby David Swistock | Jan 15, 2024 | Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0
Castaic Studios LLC v. Wonderland Studios LLC
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Jan 15, 2024 | Feature Articles, Finance, Loan Products, Real Estate | 0
Learn what a Section 32 loan is, and why MLOs try to avoid originating these types of loans.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Jan 12, 2024 | Feature Articles, Finance, Mortgages, Real Estate, Video | 0
Rescission by a homeowner terminates their already closed borrower mortgage transaction.
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