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Scam Alert
Several REALTOR® members from around the state have reported receiving a fraudulent email asking them to wire their delinquent REALTOR® 2019 dues. In reported cases, an email with the subject line "2019 Dues Deadline - LAST CALL" has come from a yahoo.com email...
S.H.I.F.T. Report Now Available
The 2018 State of the Housing Market has been released. The report 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...
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CAR Member Benefit Guide Now Available
C.A.R.’s 2019 Guide to Member Benefits is now available for viewing and downloading. The Guide allows members to access a variety of tools, services and products that your state Association provides for your professional growth. Explore the 2019 Member Benefits...
Legal Tool: Negotiation After Inspection
This month's legal tools topic, Negotiation After Inspection, introduces a new form, Amendment of Existing Agreement Terms (AEA) and how this form and the Request for Repairs (RR) and Response to Request for Repairs (RRRR) forms may each be used in the negotiation...
NAR: Real Estate Pros Get Big Win in Tax Qualified Business Income Rule
The National Association of REALTORS® is calling a recent ruling from the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service on the new 20 percent deduction on qualified business income a “significant victory” for real estate professionals. The department and...
Court Rules ADA and Unruh Act May Require Business Website to Conform to WCAG 2.0
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Domino’s Pizza may have to conform its website to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 to ensure that disabled persons have as full and equal enjoyment to its website as non-disabled persons. In the case...
What Are Your 2019 Goals?
As online services like Zillow and Trulia disrupt the real estate business, one thing remains certain—homebuyers and sellers will always trust a human over a machine, especially if that person is chock full of knowledge and genuinely eager to help. To succeed as...