CAR’s Efforts to Address off-MLS Listings

Last month, the CAR President addressed your concerns with “off-MLS” or “pocket” listings – a listing that an agent has obtained but does not place on the MLS.  He mentioned the numerous steps that C.A.R. has taken to help you deal with these types of listings and to...

Win an iPad with CAR Online Education

CAR is giving you the chance to win an Apple iPad®. You’re automatically entered to win an iPad® by clicking the link to access your 12 FREE hours of online CE courses. Hurry! You must click the link to access your 12 FREE hours of online courses by June 30,...

CAR Market Matters

Talking Points Distressed home sales continued to decline in April, as previously underwater homes rose in value, and the share of REO sales registered in the single-digits for the first time in more than five years, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.)...

Legal Q&A Update

C.A.R. provides REALTORS® with many legal articles covering a wide range of topics of interest. Three of our new or newly revised legal articles available at http://qa.car.org/ are as follows: Regulation Z – Ability to Repay Standard for Loans: Provides upcoming rules...

REALTORS® Beware of Identity Theft

C.A.R.’s Member Legal Services has received several reports of REALTORS®’s identities being misused without their knowledge. Unscrupulous people are generally impersonating real estate agents to defraud members of the public into paying money for fake real...