Real Estate | firsttuesday Journal

Orange County housing indicators

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 14, 2025 | Charts, Finance, Forecasts, Home Sales, Mortgages, Orange County, Real Estate | 17

View these Orange County regional charts for details on current activity and forecasts for its local housing market.

California residential construction starts

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 14, 2025 | Charts, Home Sales, Real Estate | 13

Multi-family and SFR construction continue to lag behind demand for new housing.

Form-of-the-Week: Tenant Representation Agreements and Renewals — Forms 105.1, 105.2, 105.1A and 105.2A

by Amy Platero | Apr 14, 2025 | Buyer Representation, Commercial, Forms, Property Management, Real Estate | 0

The tenant representation agreement employing a broker to acquire a leasehold interest in a property is the leasing equivalent to the buyer representation agreement to acquire a fee interest.

Is a seller’s assignment of their claim against a broker for breach of fiduciary duty enforceable by the assignee when the broker fails to disclose the dual agency of their agents?

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

A California appeals court holds a cause of action against a broker for breach of fiduciary duty is transferable.

A representation agreement employs a broker

by Amy Platero | Apr 11, 2025 | Buyer Representation, Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Learn the difference between exclusive and open client representation agreements and understand the use of exclusive representation agreements as best practice for client representation.

Trending mortgage rates

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 11, 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.

FARMing: Planting new leads and cultivating prior clients

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 11, 2025 | Brokerage Reminder, FARM Letters, Real Estate | 0

A weekly reminder to stay on top of your practice from first tuesday’s in-house broker!

Title Insurance – a Form of Indemnity Insurance

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 10, 2025 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0

What does a title insurance policy do – and not do? See the extent of a title insurance company’s obligation, if any, to indemnify the policy holder for money losses caused by an encumbrance on title.

Wildfire protection is a statewide legislative concern for housing

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 10, 2025 | Feature Articles, Laws and Regulations, Real Estate | 0

Only when homes are no longer being built in wildfire zones will the wildfire risk fall to an acceptable level.

FARM: Easy DIY weekend projects

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 9, 2025 | FARM Letters, Real Estate | 0

Use this firsttuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a...

FARM: Rid your garden of weeds

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 8, 2025 | FARM Letters, Real Estate | 0

Use this firsttuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a...

FARM: Level up your patio using these 5 tips

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 8, 2025 | FARM Letters, Real Estate | 0

Use this firsttuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a...

Reading the legal tea leaves — the parallel need to conform tenant representation to new buyer representation rules for commercial transactions

by Carrie B. Reyes | Mar 31, 2025 | Buyer Representation, Buyers and Sellers, Feature Articles, Property Management, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

The new buyer representation rules have an application which may surprise some brokers – the negotiated, written representation of commercial tenant clients.