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Brokerage Reminder: Buckle up and look both ways!

by Casandra Lopez | Sep 17, 2021 | Brokerage Reminder, Laws and Regulations, Real Estate | 0

Brokers, how would you secure your business against car accidents?

Brokerage Reminder: Protect yourself – and your clients – against adverse possession

by ft Editorial Staff | Sep 3, 2021 | Brokerage Reminder, Laws and Regulations, Real Estate | 2

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

DRE Hot Seat: Making substantial misrepresentations constitutes dishonesty

by Amy Perry | Aug 30, 2021 | Laws and Regulations, Property Management, 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 California real estate license of a broker who made substantial misrepresentations to his clients, mishandled a trust account, and more.

Survey says: 2021 is a seller’s market

by Amy Perry | Aug 27, 2021 | Buyers and Sellers, Economics, Real Estate | 0

Consumer sentiments on buying in the current housing market are at a new low.

Change the law: Create a state agency to fund small residential builders

by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 8, 2021 | Change The Law, Real Estate | 0

firsttuesday proposes the creation of a new state agency with the sole function to lend to builders who will use the funds to construct more housing.

Licensee beware: a lapsed license is risky real estate business

by Guest Author Summer Goralik | Jul 6, 2021 | Fundamentals, Laws and Regulations, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Real Estate Compliance Consultant and former California Department of Real Estate (DRE) Investigator, Summer Goralik, shares advice on maintaining an active real estate license.

Brokerage Reminder: Property tax reassessment 101

by ft Editorial Staff | Jun 21, 2021 | Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, Tax | 0

An overview of transfers automatically excluded from reassessment.

Downpayment Toward Equity Act proposes lifeline for disadvantaged homebuyers

by Bethany Correia | Jun 14, 2021 | Interest Rates, Laws and Regulations, Loan Products, Mortgages, Real Estate | 1

Downpayment Toward Equity Act of 2021 One of President Joe Biden’s campaign promises was to help...

Four key housing bills agents need to watch in 2021

by ft Editorial Staff | May 24, 2021 | Laws and Regulations, Pending Laws, Real Estate | 1

For a peek into 2021, learn what legislation California lawmakers are reviving from 2020.

DFPI Bulletin Digest: April 2021

by Bethany Correia | Apr 19, 2021 | Mortgages, Pending Laws, Real Estate | 0

The April 2021 DFPI Bulletin focuses on COVID-19 relief, PACE solicitor sanctions and financial...

DFPI Bulletin Digest: March 2021

by Bethany Correia | Mar 17, 2021 | Laws and Regulations, Real Estate | 0

The March 2021 DFPI Bulletin focuses on the upcoming Economic Equity Conference, Assembly Bill...

California crime-free housing policies disproportionately harm Black and Latinx renters

by Benjamin J. Smith | Mar 14, 2021 | Laws and Regulations, Real Estate | 0

A Los Angeles Times report explores how crime-free housing policies not only hurt Black and Latinx renters, but the California real estate market as a whole.

Federal foreclosure moratorium extended through mid-year

by Carrie B. Reyes | Mar 8, 2021 | 2020 Recession, Economics, Laws and Regulations, Real Estate | 0

The foreclosure moratorium that has kept jobless Californians in their homes during the ongoing recession has been extended yet again.

Form-of-the-Week: Homestead exemption, an asset preservation declaration – Form 465

by Amy Perry | Feb 18, 2021 | Forms, New Laws, Real Estate | 0

Form-of-the-Week: Declaration of Homestead and Automatic Homestead – Form 465

California grants statewide entitlement extensions

by Bethany Correia | Feb 12, 2021 | Feature Articles, New Laws, Real Estate | 0

To lessen housing production delays amidst California’s affordable housing shortage, Governor...

Is a contractor digging a trench liable for killing a boundary-line tree and timber trespass when a city code forbids digging in a tree’s critical root zone?

by Amy Perry | Feb 4, 2021 | Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0

Russell v. Man

The spirit of compliance: Career Compass sets itself against CAR and the DRE

by Benjamin J. Smith | Feb 1, 2021 | Feature Articles, Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Read about The Career Compass’s ongoing battle with the DRE and CAR, highlighting the need for the DRE to foment competition and compliance equally among all course providers — including CAR.