Earnest Money Deposit Scam
Buyer loses $40,000 in Earnest Money Deposit Scam In March we reported that a wave of earnest money deposit scams had reappeared and warned brokers and buyers to be vigilant. Here in June, these same scams are still occurring, and the perpetrators are absconding with...
Building Even Better Homes: Strategies for Promoting Innovation in Home Building
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has a long history of investing in a more innovative and productive homebuilding industry. This report provides an update to a 2003 report, Building Better Homes: Government Strategies for Promoting Innovation in...
Online Rental Applications at No Cost to You!
Instead of printing or emailing a C.A.R. rental application for applicants to fill out, you can now collect all the information in a simple digital format using RentSpree. No more illegible or missing information! Better yet, you can also receive a premium...
REimagine Registration Opens June 19th
REGISTRATION OPENS JUNE 19, 2019 Grab your shades (there’s lots of sunshine), hop on the road, and make your way to the City of Angels where REALTORS® from across the state will turn La La Land into REALTOR® Land. REimagine! Los Angeles is where learning takes center...
CA Real Estate Magazine Now Available
MAY/JUNE 2019 What's Inside This Issue: Your Story Matters REALTORS® share their homeownership stories in celebration of National Homeownership Month. The New Abnormal Wildfire market shock lives on in the wake of last year’s fires. Behind the Billions Real estate...
California Land Use Working Paper Series
California's housing crisis has prompted public leaders and citizens alike to examine the policies and practices that shape the state's use of land, including how and where housing gets built and preserved. Using a brand new set of data profiling land use policies and...
Flood Insurance Program Extended Until June 14th
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which was due to expire at midnight on Friday May 31st, has been extended for two weeks until June 14th. The two-week reauthorization will allow for the issuance of flood insurance policies and the renewal of...
Revised TSMLS Forms Now Available Online
The following forms have been revised and posted to the Tahoe Sierra Board of Realtors website at: https://tahoemls.com/tahoe-sierra-bor/tsbor-forms/ Tahoe-Truckee Regional Area Advisory (rev 5/19) Tahoe-Truckee Area Addendum to the Purchase Agreement (rev 5/19) To...
No on AB1481 and AB1482
Urge Your Assembly Member to Vote NO on AB 1482 and AB 1481 that Establish Restrictive Rent Caps and “Just Cause” Evictions OPPOSES UNLESS AMENDED AB 1482 (Chiu), which creates a very restrictive statewide rent cap, and AB 1481 (Grayson and Bonta), which establishes...