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Features, Real Estate

Trending mortgage rates

by ft Editorial Staff | Sep 13, 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.

May an HOA trim trees on a parcel within the HOA when its CC&Rs do not include a tree-cutting provision while other parcels do have a provision?
by Robin Jennings | Sep 6, 2024 | Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0
May a buyer record a second lis pendens on a property after the original lis pendens has been expunged?
by Branden Ekas | Jul 17, 2024 | Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0
Is a residential landlord liable for injuries caused by a tenant’s dogs when the landlord is unaware the dogs are potentially violent?
by Robin Jennings | Jul 16, 2024 | Property Management, Recent Case Decisions | 0
DRE Bulletin Digest: Spring 2024
by Amy Platero | Jul 11, 2024 | Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Recession Hangover

Negative equity and foreclosure

by David Swistock | Mar 27, 2024 | 0

When does strategic default make sense for a negative equity homeowner?

Despite Q4 2023 FRM rate slippage, Buyer Purchasing Power remains negative
by Carrie B. Reyes | Jan 10, 2024 | 0
California home sales volume: more misses in November 2023
by Carrie B. Reyes | Jan 5, 2024 | 0
Mortgage delinquencies inch higher, equity shields homeowners — for now
by Carrie B. Reyes | Dec 19, 2023 | 0
California home sales volume: the slide continues in October 2023
by Carrie B. Reyes | Dec 18, 2023 | 1

Charts

SoCal commercial vacancy rates continue ...

Apr 30, 2024

California residential construction star...

Mar 27, 2024

California home sales volume

Mar 25, 2024

SoCal commercial vacancy rates continue ...

Feb 9, 2024

California tiered home pricing

Jan 30, 2024

Agents pivot as the economy teeters on t...

Jan 2, 2024

Jobs move real estate

Dec 14, 2023

Using the yield spread to forecast reces...

Dec 14, 2023

Sales volume trends, from a weak year; M...

Nov 30, 2023

As mortgage rates rise, so must property...

Nov 2, 2023

California’s for sale inventory: a...

Oct 5, 2023

Unstable economic signals hold down new ...

Sep 27, 2023

Video

Controlling the Vesting of One-Half

by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 30, 2024

This is the final episode of our video series covering the right of survivorship among co-owners, and how a right-of-survivorship vesting is severed.

Clear Title on Death by Affidavit
by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 23, 2024
Severing Right-of-Survivorship Vestings
by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 8, 2024
Conveying Community Property
by ft Editorial Staff | Jul 17, 2024
Creating a Joint Tenancy and a Joint Tenant’s Right of Survivorship
by ft Editorial Staff | Jul 8, 2024

Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura
Orange County
Inland Empire
San Diego

Zoning obstacles for manufactured homes in California

by Amy Platero | Sep 8, 2023 | 1

More acceptance of manufactured homes within California's zoning laws may help address the state's 980,000-unit housing deficit.

May a landlord maintain an unlawful detainer (UD) action against a month-to-month tenant who remains in possession following expiration of a notice of intent to vacate when the unit is subject to a rent control ordinance?
by David Swistock | Aug 14, 2023 | 0
SoCal commercial vacancy rates continue to rise in Q2 2023
by Amy Platero | Aug 7, 2023 | 0
Los Angeles housing indicators
by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 3, 2023 | 11
HCD awards grants to increase access to housing
by Amy Platero | Jul 28, 2023 | 0

SoCal commercial vacancy rates continue to rise in Q1 2024

by David Swistock | Apr 30, 2024 | 0

Southern California's commercial market softened even further in the first quarter of 2024.

Zoning obstacles for manufactured homes in California
by Amy Platero | Sep 8, 2023 | 1
SoCal commercial vacancy rates continue to rise in Q2 2023
by Amy Platero | Aug 7, 2023 | 0
Orange County housing indicators
by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 6, 2023 | 17
HCD awards grants to increase access to housing
by Amy Platero | Jul 28, 2023 | 0

SoCal commercial vacancy rates continue to rise in Q1 2024

by David Swistock | Apr 30, 2024 | 0

Southern California's commercial market softened even further in the first quarter of 2024.

Zoning obstacles for manufactured homes in California
by Amy Platero | Sep 8, 2023 | 1
Riverside housing indicators
by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 9, 2023 | 15
SoCal commercial vacancy rates continue to rise in Q2 2023
by Amy Platero | Aug 7, 2023 | 0
HCD awards grants to increase access to housing
by Amy Platero | Jul 28, 2023 | 0

SoCal commercial vacancy rates continue to rise in Q1 2024

by David Swistock | Apr 30, 2024 | 0

Southern California's commercial market softened even further in the first quarter of 2024.

California tiered home pricing
by ft Editorial Staff | Jan 30, 2024 | 30
Zoning obstacles for manufactured homes in California
by Amy Platero | Sep 8, 2023 | 1
San Diego housing indicators
by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 10, 2023 | 29
SoCal commercial vacancy rates continue to rise in Q2 2023
by Amy Platero | Aug 7, 2023 | 0

Bay Area
Bakersfield-Fresno
Sacramento

May a landlord maintain an unlawful detainer (UD) action against a tenant who had a prior conflict with the landlord when the landlord intends to remove the property from the rental market?

by David Swistock | Nov 20, 2023 | 0

640 Octavia, LLC. v. Karl Heinz Pieper

Is the owner of a property used for sporting events entitled to an exclusion from assessed value an allocation for future functional obsolescence?
by David Swistock | Aug 29, 2023 | 0
Santa Clara County regional housing indicators
by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 21, 2023 | 6
San Francisco housing indicators
by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 15, 2023 | 6
Does an owner’s renovation and conversion of residential improvements into multiple units qualify for an exemption to a rent control ordinance as a new construction project?
by David Swistock | Aug 14, 2023 | 0

Zoning obstacles for manufactured homes in California

by Amy Platero | Sep 8, 2023 | 1

More acceptance of manufactured homes within California's zoning laws may help address the state's 980,000-unit housing deficit.

Grants awarded to pro-housing metros
by Amy Platero | Jul 12, 2023 | 2
Rents continue to rise in 2021
by Amy Platero | Jun 14, 2021 | 2
Golden state population trends
by ft Editorial Staff | May 2, 2021 | 7
Age and education in the golden state
by ft Editorial Staff | Mar 9, 2021 | 0

Zoning obstacles for manufactured homes in California

by Amy Platero | Sep 8, 2023 | 1

More acceptance of manufactured homes within California's zoning laws may help address the state's 980,000-unit housing deficit.

Sacramento County housing indicators
by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 22, 2023 | 7
HCD awards grants to increase access to housing
by Amy Platero | Jul 28, 2023 | 0
Grants awarded to pro-housing metros
by Amy Platero | Jul 12, 2023 | 2
Attorney General files lawsuit against Elk Grove for violating state housing laws
by Amy Platero | May 18, 2023 | 0

Forms

RPI real estate forms have always been in compliance with NAR’s most recent antitrust settlement

by Amy Platero | Apr 9, 2024

Unlike trade unions, RPI forms for decades has had methods for the buyers broker to set their own fees and disclose the fee amount to their buyer clients.

Form-of-the-Week: Purchase Agreement for Note and Trust Deed, and Agreement to Hypothecate — Forms 241 and 242
by Amy Platero | Jan 15, 2024
Purchase Agreement for Note and Trust Deed — RPI Form 242
by Amy Platero | Jan 15, 2024
Purchase Agreement for Note and Trust Deed — RPI Form 241
by Amy Platero | Jan 15, 2024
Form-of-the-Week: Personal Property Inventory, and Security Agreement For Note Secured by Personal Property — Forms 256 and 436
by Amy Platero | Jan 5, 2024

FARM Letters

FARM: future-proof your home against drought

by ft Editorial Staff | Jun 20, 2022

Water-smart upgrades are just one way to protect your investment.

FARM: fire hardened homes
by ft Editorial Staff | Jun 13, 2022
FARM: Firescape your property
by ft Editorial Staff | Jun 6, 2022
FARM: Now is the time to downsize!
by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 6, 2022
FARM: Don’t like your mortgage payments? Change them!
by ft Editorial Staff | Dec 8, 2020

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