Governor appoints new DRE Commissioner
Chika Sunquist will step into the Commissioner role at the start of 2024.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Nov 29, 2023 | Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
Chika Sunquist will step into the Commissioner role at the start of 2024.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Nov 24, 2023 | Appraisal, Finance, Real Estate, Video | 0
An appraiser must not have a direct or indirect interest, financial, personal or otherwise, in the property they have been retained to prepare an appraisal.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Nov 20, 2023 | Appraisal, Feature Articles, Real Estate | 0
Learn how AMCs operate in California to maintain appraiser independence.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Nov 17, 2023 | Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
DRE Commissioner, Doug McCauley, will retire at the end of 2023.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Nov 10, 2023 | Appraisal, Feature Articles, Finance, Real Estate | 0
Fee appraisers are to be compensated by mortgage lenders and their agents at a reasonable rate – but there are exceptions that effectively gut this rule.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Nov 2, 2023 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions, Your Practice | 1
The National Association of Realtors® (NAR®) is in hot-money water again, this time for a full-blown conspiracy to inflate broker fees.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Oct 30, 2023 | Buyers and Sellers, New Laws, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
With authorities cracking down on misleading advertising, brokers and MLOs will be wise to take this opportunity to ensure their adverts are in compliance.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Oct 30, 2023 | Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
This article is part of an ongoing series covering violations of real estate law. Here, the Department of Real Estate (DRE) issued a bar order against a real estate course provider who published false and misleading statements about their continuing education courses, issued false CE certificates, and more.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Oct 30, 2023 | Economics, Feature Articles, Home Sales, Real Estate, Recessions, Your Practice | 0
Sellers attempting to save money when prices are falling often turn to FSBOs – here’s how you can regain fee-adverse clients.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Oct 23, 2023 | Appraisal, New Laws, Real Estate | 0
A new law authorizes the California BREA to collect demographic data from appraisers.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Oct 16, 2023 | Feature Articles, Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Mortgages, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
Your NMLS renewal just got more entertaining now that firsttuesday’s 8-hour NMLS CE Online Video course is freshly approved.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Oct 16, 2023 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
Licensees and the public more broadly have recently grown uncomfortably aware that those in charge don’t always follow their own rules.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Oct 9, 2023 | Appraisal, Letters to the Editor, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
Does one need to be a broker to prepare and present a broker price opinion (BPO)?
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Oct 9, 2023 | Feature Articles, Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
Video BO-AFTER™ is the culmination of years of meticulous work, being in some state of active production since May 2017. And now, it is approved by the DRE and ready for your next renewal — get ready to be entertained as you are being educated.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Oct 5, 2023 | Charts, Fundamentals, Home Sales | 1
A shortage of willing sellers has sunk California’s for-sale inventory in 2023.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Oct 2, 2023 | Commercial, Finance, Mortgages, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
Existing regulations prohibiting unfair, deceptive, and abusive practices (UDAAP) in consumer mortgage financing now apply to the conduct of originators of commercial mortgage financing in California.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Sep 27, 2023 | Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
This article is part of an ongoing series covering violations of real estate law. Here, the Department of Real Estate (DRE) revoked the real estate license of a broker who failed to adequately supervise the activities of his staff as his unlicensed assistants were contracting and negotiating with principals in real estate transactions.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Sep 21, 2023 | Appraisal, Feature Articles, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
Lean to recognize when arrangements, situations, and relationships can give rise to conflicts of interest in the preparation of a broker price opinion (BPO);
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Sep 20, 2023 | Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
The Summer 2023 edition of the California Department of Real Estate (DRE) Bulletin includes licensee reminders about broker supervision, adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) and trust funds.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Sep 14, 2023 | Feature Articles, Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
The DRE wants to hear from practicing agents and brokers to help develop the latest version of the salesperson and broker state exams and is giving free CE as a thank you.
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