REALTOR® Votes Counted

Through all the mail pieces, television ads, canvassing, and punditry, we survived the mid-term elections! Every election year, our political activity kicks into high gear, and 2018 was no exception. Not only did we survive, but we broke records – 1.1 million...

CAR President’s Message

Dear CAR Member,   For the better part of this year, we embarked on a historic and comprehensive effort to pass Proposition 5, C.A.R.’s own Property Tax Fairness Initiative, which would remove the “moving penalty” for seniors 55 and older, the disabled, and...

Legislative Update

AB 1289 (Arambula) and AB 2884 (Irwin), C.A.R.’s sponsored real estate law cleanup bill, was signed into law by the Governor. C.A.R. has been involved in a multi-year effort to update the real estate law including updating terminology and clarifying the law to...

Civil Liability – Sexual Harassment

Existing law allows a client to sue an agent for sexual harassment. This new law lowers the bar for bringing such a claim. It provides that even if a business, service, or professional “relationship” does not presently exist (as is required in existing law), a real...