FHA Expands Assistance for Borrowers Struggling to Make Mortgage Payments
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) recently announced that it is expanding and enhancing its set of loss mitigation options used to help borrowers struggling to make mortgage payments on their FHA-insured mortgages. The enhancements extend FHA's COVID-19 loss...
New Case Upholds Real Estate Licensees’ Choice to be Independent Contractors
C.A.R. is pleased to announce that the California Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District, has granted C.A.R.’s request to publish the recently decided case, Whitlach v. Premier Valley. Plaintiff James Whitlach filed a class action and Private Attorney General Act...
State of the Housing Market Annual Survey
The State of the Housing Market takes a comprehensive look at the recent developments in the California real estate and provides an outlook for the housing market. The report uses monthly transnational data and results from the Annual Housing Market Survey to get a...
New CAR Partner Program Launches
All of your exclusive offers, discounts, and free trials are now located in one convenient location: the C.A.R. Partner Program page. This new site offers all the essentials for running a successful real estate business, in one spot. The C.A.R. Partner Program...
Buyer Representation Agreements: Misconceptions and Corrections
There are lots of misconceptions out there about the new buyer representation forms and especially a new provision that was added to the RPA in December 2022. This article attempts to correct some of those common misconceptions. Misconception # 1 Buyer...
2022 State of the Housing Market Motion Graphics
Below are a few highlights for the annual study Housing Affordability Challenge for First-Time Buyers Buyers Have More Skin in the Game This Time The Outmigration Trend (New) Investors Snapped Up a Bigger Share of Home Sales in 2022 (New) Equity Gain Remains at a High...
California REALTORS® Encouraged by Governor’s Funding for Housing in State Budget, Press for Greater Homeownership Opportunities
C.A.R. has issued a statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2023-24 state budget proposal: “While the state’s current budgetary shortfall may delay fully funding homeownership programs such as Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins’s California Dream for All...
Q1 Issue of California Real Estate Magazine Is Online
New Year, New Opportunity: Property Management Conference
Ready to start the new year off with new opportunities to grow your business and increase your revenue streams? Check "strengthening property management knowledge" off your resolution list by signing up for C.A.R.'s Property Management Conference on Thursday,...
Proposition 13 Helps Property Owners Fight Inflation
The California Taxpayers Association notes that property owners in California would face a property tax increase of more than 7 percent this year if not for the cap set by Proposition 13. This is based on information released December 23 by the State Board of...