Removal of Discipline Information from the DRE’s Website – Regulations Approved
The Department of Real Estate (DRE) has issued a Real Estate Advisory, approving Regulation 2915 effective March 7, 2019. This regulation establishes the process and standards for a petition by a current real estate licensee for the removal of license...
A message from C.A.R. President Jared Martin
Dear CAR Member, The year is starting off to be a busy one on the legislative front. C.A.R. recently announced its sponsorship or support of legislation to address California’s housing shortage. Among the measures intended to increase housing construction that...
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State Rent Control Issue Takes National Stage
Across the country, various state and local governments are currently considering – or debating – legislative rent control measures. However, these efforts are misguided. They do nothing to address residential construction deterrents like imprudent local zoning...
New CCRE partner paper sheds light on land use decisions
From the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley and the Center for California Real Estate The first in a five-part collaboration between the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley and the Center for California Real Estate, this paper explores...
Real Estate Mediation Services Available
The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Real Estate Mediation Center for Consumers offers a highly qualified pool of specially trained, objective and reliable mediation professionals to assist home buyers and sellers (as well as other parties to real estate...
Affordability Impedes Homeownership, But Still Plenty of Potential Buyers
The California Association of REALTORS® recently released its Housing Affordability Index (HAI) for the 4th quarter of 2018. With a reading of 28, it showed that fewer Californians can now afford the median priced home than could one year ago....
The Secret To Building Relationships For Your Real Estate Business
As realtors, our relationships with people are the foundation of our business. Relationships lead to referrals, which make our businesses sustainable. Otherwise, real estate is just a job, not a career, and we are (effectively) unemployed after each and every deal....
Wave of Earnest Money Deposit Scams Reappear
While we all are concerned about cybercrime and identity theft, it appears taking someone’s money the old-fashioned way has reappeared in a short sale EMD scam. The alleged scam appears to follow the same basic format. An agent claims to have a listing for a...