REimagine! Presentations
Whether or not you were able to attend REimagine! last week, all of our research presentation slides are available to view and download on our website! Including: The Future of Brokerage: Exciting? Scary? Or Both by Joel Singer, C.A.R. CEO 2020 C.A.R....
The Key Essential Guide for Everything Legal Tools
Save yourself time by using C.A.R.’s recently updated Legal Tools Quick Reference Guide. This Guide now includes over 70 different topics about key legal issues facing today’s REALTOR®. The all-in-one reference guide also contains each of C.A.R.’s Disclosure Charts...
One Cool Thing
C.A.R. releases its 2020 California Housing Market Forecast
Low mortgage interest rates will support California’s housing market in 2020 but economic uncertainty and affordability issues will mute sales growth, according to a housing and economic forecast released today by the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF...
FHFA Formally Ends Mortgage Volume Discounts from Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria recently issued a formal directive to end guarantee fee discounts for high-volume lenders from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The FHFA explained that it is attempting to "level the playing field"...
AVMs Launching in Paragon with October 9 Release
Black Knight is excited to announce the launch of Automated Valuation Models in Paragon, Collaboration Center and Paragon Connect. They will be enabled Oct 9, alongside the 5.73 release. Automated Valuations are estimated market values based on mathematical modeling...
Home Offices Are Increasingly in Demand
More people are working from home, and that is having a big effect on their real estate needs, The New York Times reports. About 24% of employed people in the U.S. worked at least part of the time at home last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor...
Wildfire Claim Deadline
If you or your clients suffered a loss resulting from the Northern California fires, you may be eligible for compensation. PG&E, which was deemed responsible for the wildfires, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of...
Paragon Update Streamlines UI
An exciting upgrade is coming in the next Paragon update that streamlines the main user-related actions and reduces visual clutter. This upgrade standardizes workflows so that Paragon works in a similar manner to other web applications your users are familiar...