California’s short-term rental bans, examined
Here in California, governments have struggled with how to regulate this type of rental housing.
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Category: Property Management
California renters moved out in 2020
2020 was a rough year for everyone, with renters and landlords often bearing the brunt of the recession.
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Renting and owning across counties
Homeownership and rental vacancy rates decline across California. Are rentals the future of real estate?
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Letter to the editor: When a landlord is foreclosed upon, what happens to the tenant’s lease, security deposit and any prepaid rents?
Residential tenants have several protections when their rented residence is sold at a foreclosure sale to a new owner.
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Apartment conversions add to rental inventory
2020’s shifting property demands make apartment conversions attractive options for landlords of vacant commercial space.
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Over one-half of renters, one-third of homeowners aren’t sure they can pay next month’s housing payment
Homeowners and renters are deeply insecure about their financial situations in 2020.
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Commercial investors are betting the remote work trend will continue
Commercial property owners will need to get creative as the market adapts to the harsh realities of 2020.
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Law gives tenants in assisted housing more chances to improve their credit scores
With the passage of SB 1157, tenants in buildings receiving government assistance will have a new way to add to their credit histories.
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May a tenant be forced to arbitrate habitability disputes under an arbitration provision in a lease agreement?
Williams v. 3620 W. 42nd Street, Inc.
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College town landlords feel the rent crunch first
Now that the rent cuts have begun, landlords will get in line to remain competitive.
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The economic impacts of the eviction moratorium
The eviction moratorium has deep implications for the real estate market and broader economy.
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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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Form-of-the-Week: The tenant lease worksheet and exclusive authorization to locate space – getting the best for your tenant while protecting your fee – Forms 111 and 555
Form 111 and 555 show agents and brokers how to efficiently negotiate a commercial lease arrangement.
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HUD kills fair housing
Fair housing is an integral part of the system that makes up our housing market.
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The Tenant, Homeowner, and Small Landlord Relief Stabilization Act of 2020 Part 1: Tenant protections
This article is part I of a two-part series covering California’s Tenant, Homeowner, and Small Landlord Relief Stabilization Act of 2020.
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May the landlord of an elder-care facility enforce an arbitration provision in a tenancy agreement?
Harris v. University Village Thousand Oaks, CCRC, LLC
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May a landlord collect holdover rent from a holdover tenant under a graduated rent provision in a lease agreement?
Constellation-F, LLC v. World Trading 23, Inc.
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