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Rising interest rates energize rental market

Buying a home is getting very expensive thanks to rising interest rates and it is making the cost of renting more attractive. “The effect of rising interest rates is direct on a number of sectors in real estate, especially residential houses,” Marcus & Millichap CEO Hessam Nadji told FOX Business’ Maria Bartiromo on Monday. “Prices are affected, sales have slowed.” The Federal Reserve has hiked interest rates eight times since 2015.  For consumers looking to buy a home, that translates into higher borrowing costs. But according to Nadji, consumers preferred to rent even before rates began to rise. “The demographics have changed. The financial crisis was a very hard hit to... Read more

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The Kings County Superior Court in Seattle hears eviction proceedings every day. After a landlord obtains a court order and completes an eviction data form, tenants...

[AAOA] Outline – Avoiding Legal Pitfalls in California Evictions – October 16, 2018 – Brewer Offord & Pedersen LLP [AAOA] Slides – Avoiding...

With the middle-class squeezed by the rising cost of living, particularly housing costs, many average-earners find it an onerous endeavor to create a decent life for...

New and Revised California Forms are in the Works

The Standard Forms Advisory Committee of the California Association of Realtors® (CAR) releases new and revised forms twice a year. (It is a never-ending process.) The next scheduled release will be in December of this year. What interested and involved agents ought to know is that (a) drafts of the new forms are currently available on the CAR website, and (b) comments and suggestions are being solicited until 12 p.m., Thursday, October 11. In the scheduled release there are four new forms and eleven revised ones. In some cases, revisions are quite minor; in others, they are substantial. In what follows here we will address three of the new forms. 1. Pre-Occupancy Storage... Read more

From KUT: “Possession to the plaintiff” Every day dozens of people who can’t pay their rent walk into a Travis County courtroom. They sit in front of judges who...

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Are you a landlord or property owner looking for someone to help you rent out your apartment units or homes? If so, you should consider hiring a leasing associate. A...

The Federal Trade Commission shut down a series of real estate websites that allegedly targeted Section 8 voucher recipients and falsely promised “exclusive”...