by Heather | Mar 21, 2019 | C.A.R., TSBOR, TSMLS
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...
by Heather | Mar 20, 2019 | C.A.R., TSBOR, TSMLS
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...
by Heather | Mar 14, 2019 | C.A.R.
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....
by Heather | Mar 13, 2019 | C.A.R., TSBOR, TSMLS
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....
by Heather | Mar 12, 2019 | C.A.R., Legal, TSBOR, TSMLS
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...
by Heather | Mar 11, 2019 | C.A.R., TSBOR, TSMLS