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Brokers Watch Out – Here Comes DRE!

February 22, 2012 by Dave Tanner Leave a Comment

In case you have not noticed the California Department of Real Estate (DRE) is becoming more aggressive in disciplining brokers. There are several reasons for this. The first is that there is much documentation of gross misconduct by licensees in the past ten years. During that time many new licenses came into the business and… CONTINUE

Filed Under: DRE, Real Estate Tagged With: BRE, DRE Acusations, DRE audit, DRE compliance, DRE Defense Attorney, DRE Enforcement, DRE violations

The New News May Be Bad News for Brokers

January 9, 2012 by Dave Tanner Leave a Comment

 New laws that have come into effect include such things as the DRE’s new mandate for “consumer protection” (read: get the brokers) and notice to buyers regarding water conserving plumbing fixtures (has the crap really hit the fan yet?). More to follow in the next few days.

Filed Under: Real Estate Tagged With: Best Practices, california real estate agent, california real estate attorney, california real estate law, Disclosures, DRE compliance, DRE violations, Foreclosure Tenancy, Foreclosures, REOs

Who’s on First, What About Second(s)?

August 23, 2011 by Dave Tanner Leave a Comment

Last year the Legislature passed Senate Bill 931 adding Section 580e to the California Code of Civil Procedure.  This new Section established that the beneficiary on a loan secured by a first deed of trust on 1 to 4 unit residential property could not pursue a deficiency judgment after a short sale which they had… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Real Estate, Short Sales Tagged With: California foreclosures, california real estate agent, california real estate law, California REO, california short sale, federal bailout program, foreclosure, Foreclosures, housing market, mortgage broker, mortgage fraud, real estate broker liability, real estate investing, short sale, Short Sales, strategic default

CO Detector Disclosure – What Is And Is Not Required

July 22, 2011 by Dave Tanner Leave a Comment

 Last month I wrote about the new law requiring the installation of carbon monoxide (CO) detectors and its impact on the TDS as of 1/1/11.  This month I want to clarify what the new law does and does not require.  To begin I will repeat the opening paragraph of last month’s article. Effective July 1,… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Real Estate Tagged With: california real estate law

Dodd-Frank. Protection? Or Problem?

May 23, 2011 by Dave Tanner Leave a Comment

Senator Dodd and Congressman Frank, the people who were key players in allowing the financial collapse, have brought us legislation to “fix the problem”.  The Dodd-Frank Act is 2,314 pages of disjointed and wide spread enabling legislation that will impact all areas of the financial structure.  To see the briefest summary I have been able… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Real Estate Tagged With: California real estate, california real estate law, Dodd-Frank Law, federal bailout program, housing market, mortgage fraud, real estate broker liability, U.S. housing market

Latinos Account for Half of CA Foreclosures

August 26, 2010 by Dave Tanner Leave a Comment

The Center for Responsible Lending, a nonprofit research center and borrower advocacy group, reports that Latinos account for almost half of the foreclosures in California. The CRL says that Latino borrowers make up 48.2 percent of the over 700,000 California homes currently in the foreclosure process, based on their analysis of data from ForeclosureRadar and… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Foreclosures Tagged With: California foreclosures, california real estate agent, california real estate attorney, california real estate law, California REO, Fannie Mae, foreclosure, Foreclosures, REOs

Crimes Rates Unaffected by Foreclosures

August 25, 2010 by Dave Tanner Leave a Comment

A new University of Texas-Virginia Tech study says that while foreclosures may “destabilize and disorganize” communities, they do not directly affect the neighborhood crime rate. Researchers said that instead of affecting crime, foreclosures are — like crime — symptomatic of a community’s lack of political clout, poverty and segregation. The study used data on foreclosures… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Foreclosures Tagged With: California foreclosures, california real estate attorney, california real estate law, California REO, foreclosure, Foreclosures

Housing Market Leaders in 2014

August 13, 2010 by Dave Tanner Leave a Comment

Bloomberg Businessweek has listed the top 10 markets that will lead the housing market recovery by early 2014 from data provided by Fiserv Case-Shiller Indexes and Moody’s Economy.com. The housing forecast is based on factors that include income growth, unemployment rates, demographic trends, construction costs and foreclosure rates. There were 384 markets surveyed, and the… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Real Estate Tagged With: California real estate, california real estate attorney, california real estate law, housing market, U.S. housing market

A Condo or a Car?

August 12, 2010 by Dave Tanner Leave a Comment

CNNMoney.com reports that several condo markets in the U.S. are seeing units priced “lower than a Toyota Corolla”, at or even below $25,000 in nice neighborhoods. Median home prices have fallen about 23 percent during the housing market collapse, but condo prices have suffered even more. According to NAR, nationwide condo prices have fallen about… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Real Estate Tagged With: California real estate, california real estate attorney, california real estate law, U.S. housing market

Foreclosures: There’s an App for That

August 11, 2010 by Dave Tanner Leave a Comment

In early July, ForeclosureRadar, the online service that provides market information on foreclosures in California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon and Washington state, released an iPhone app to make all its information available to subscribers in a mobile format. Now Foreclosure Radar has released another technology tool: an alert service that sends an email or text to… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Foreclosures Tagged With: California foreclosures, California real estate, california real estate attorney, california real estate law, foreclosure, Foreclosures

Treasury Says Housing Revamp Coming in 2011

July 23, 2010 by Dave Tanner Leave a Comment

Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin told the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) conference in New York recently that Treasury will not propose housing finance reform measures until 2011, and will probably do so in conjunction with the agency’s enforcement of the new financial reform law just passed by the Senate and due to… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Real Estate Tagged With: California foreclosures, california real estate attorney, california real estate law, Fannie Mae, FHA, foreclosure, Foreclosures, Freddie Mac

Housing Market Double Dip a Reality?

July 21, 2010 by Dave Tanner Leave a Comment

According to Capital Economics, a Toronto-based independent macroeconomic research firm, a double dip in the U.S. housing market is beginning to show itself. In addition, the Double Dip Begins report found that for every home currently on the market, there are two more waiting to be sold. In an article at HousingWire.com, the report author… CONTINUE

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