Poll: Will California’s rental eviction moratorium help or hinder real estate sales volume?
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Category: Features
Current market rates
Where are mortgage rates now? Check out our weekly interest rate update to track the latest market rates.
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Repayment Variations: Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Periodic adjustments to the interest rate under an adjustable rate mortgage (ARM).
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Word-of-the-Week: Hypothecation
Hypothecation is defined as the pledge of something as security without the necessity of giving up possession.
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Letter to the editor: Does California have statewide rent control?
Prop 21, on the November 2020 ballot, may allow local governments to enact broader rent control measures.
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Is COVID the end for senior housing?
Seniors are reconsidering their future housing plans in light of the pandemic and 2020 recession.
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Poll: How has the pandemic shifted your clients’ plans regarding senior living communities?
Weigh in on our latest poll for real estate professionals.
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Using the yield spread to forecast recessions and recoveries
The yield spread indicates the likelihood of a recession or recovery one year forward.
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Press Release: Q3 2020 Buyer Purchasing Power Index rises due to historically low interest rates
The BPPI was +10.6 at the end of Q3 2020.
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Poll: Do speculators help or hinder a recovering real estate market?
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Word-of-the-Week: Conflict of Interest
A conflict of interest is when a broker or their agent has a competing professional or personal bias which hinders their ability to fulfill their fiduciary duties.
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Brokerage Reminder: Prior occupant’s death on a property – to disclose or not to disclose
Learn when to disclose or not disclose a prior occupant’s death on a property in this week’s Brokerage Reminder.
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Straight Notes
Use of a straight note to call for the entire amount of principal to be paid in a single lump sum due at the end of a period of time.
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California home sales volume lays low
Home sales volume is expected to continue its decrease in 2020.
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Prepare now for the return of real estate speculators
Expect to hear more about speculators over the next two-to-three years.
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Job losses wipe out the foundation for home sales volume, construction; Monthly Statistical Update (October 2020)
Jobs will be slow to return; The recession has impacted home sales volume first; Construction feels downward economic pressure
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California tiered home pricing
Home prices turn in a mixed performance across California’s metropolitan areas.
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Installment Notes: Interest-Included and Interest-Extra
Use of interest-included and interest-extra installment notes to set the repayment schedule of debt.
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Word-of-the-Week: Appraisal
An appraisal is an individual’s opinion or estimate of a property’s value on a specific date, reduced to writing in an appraisal report.
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San Francisco residents consider moves to Sacramento
Sacramento is currently the number one migration destination for homebuyers looking to move outside their current metros.
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