CAR Market Matters
Talking Points Mortgage applications increased three-weeks straight as the market gears up for spring home-buying season, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending March 10 found that applications increased...
Housing Affordability Fund Helps with HOA Dues
REALTOR Magazine Available Online
The March/April issue includes information about: Advocates in Action On tax reform, flood insurance, and a host of other issues, NAR leaders are standing up for your interests Make Retirement a Reality Roaring Back From the Abyss What First-time Sellers Don’t...
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CAR Market Research Data
Market Snapshot: California Homeownership: Buckle Up for a Bumpy Ride Homeownership has yet to recover from the Great Recession, and even dipped lower last year. The latest Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey for 2016 pegs...
Getting Ready for the 2018 Advertising Standards
Although it is only February 2017, it is time to start thinking about the new advertising standards taking effect January 1, 2018. AB 1650 makes significant changes to Business and Professions Code § 10140.6 expanding what must be included in advertising materials,...
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CAR Market Matters
Talking Points CoreLogic® reported that U.S. homeowners with mortgages (roughly 63 percent of all homeowners) saw their equity increase by a total of $783 billion in 2016, an increase of 11.7 percent. Additionally, just over 1 million borrowers moved out of negative...
NAR Weekly Newsletter
News you can use from NAR - Weekly REALTOR Newsletter
All Sellers Must Sign Listing Agreement
To collect a commission for selling real estate, the statute of frauds requires the agreement to be in writing and signed by the party to be charged. This means that any seller who has not signed the listing would not be liable to pay a commission. But what if...