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Are open houses too dangerous to justify?

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Following a wave of headlines about open house-related crime, agents say safety issues are a growing concern in the real estate industry. Continue reading →

3 Bay Area MLSs join forces to create shared database

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RE California will synchronize data across multiple MLSs and represents the latest example of cross-organization collaboration. Continue reading →

Agentology rebrands as ‘Verse,’ branches out beyond real estate

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The company will now field and vet leads for companies in sectors such as education and insurance, as well as real estate. Continue reading →

Wife can’t perform ‘spousal duties’ after fall at home showing: Suit

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Lisa and Marc Primeau are suing HomeSmart, Keller Williams and a pair of Orange County, California, brokers after the woman says she fell on an uneven patio. Continue reading →

Los Angeles eviction rates boom ahead of rent-control law

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Landlords have evicted more than 200 tenants in the Los Angeles area ahead of a Jan. 1 deadline to bypass a 5 percent rent cap. Continue reading →

Trade group and landlords divided on rent control law in California

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The law exempts most apartments built within the past 15 years, and, thanks to lobbying by the California Association of Realtors, doesn’t apply to most single-family homes. Continue reading →

When will real estate investors start reacting to climate change?

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Just a few days ago, Orlando-area real estate agent Eric Rollings was talking to his parents, Michigan-based snowbirds who’ve had a home on the Florida coast for decades. And they talked about the area’s Blue-green algae blooms that give of… Continue reading →

Trump Administration cites housing regulations as major source of homelessness crisis

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A new White House report on homelessness says that overregulation and other factors have led to hundreds of thousands of people living on the street. Continue reading →

Nearly 776K homes are at extreme risk of wildfire damage: CoreLogic

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As wildfires continue to ravage Southern California, hundreds of thousands more homes are at risk of fire-related damage. Continue reading →

California gig economy bill passes senate with real estate exemption

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California is set to remake the so-called “gig-economy,” passing legislation Tuesday evening that would codify the “ABC” test, set forth to determine whether a worker is an employee or can be classified as an independent contractor. But fears that the … Continue reading →