This market chart presents 2011′s successes in the world of real estate: the thirty brokers who employ the largest number of agents.
This Market Charts feature presents and examines the number of broker and sales agent licenses issued by the California Department of Real Estate from 1997-present, with forecasts for economic recovery.
This article examines the ongoing changes in reporting and endorsement requirements imposed on residential mortgage loan brokers and their agents under the recently passed Senate Bill 36.
Charts with up-to-date information and predictions about the course of the California real estate market.
A digest of recent court cases affecting real estate.
A look at the legislation affecting real estate enacted during the 2009-2010 Legislative Session. For an archive of Legislative Watch years, click here.
This Legislative Watch reviews Senate Bill (SB) 36, which subjects residential loan originators to additional regulation by the DRE.
How far have housing prices fallen? The answer depends on who you ask. The most popular national answer (but by far the least accurate) is provided by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Their data shows that prices are down 13% from their peak in April 2007. But NAR relies on the median price, a [...]
This article examines a Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) report on the California Department of Real Estate’s (DRE’s) increasing inability to protect consumers, a failure of its primary purpose for existing.
This article discusses a broker’s or his agent’s use of finders to provide them with leads to sellers, buyers, or borrowers under California and federal law.
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