Assembly Bill 2018 (Bocanegra) is quickly working its way through the California legislature in Sacramento. The bill deals with the use of team names and fictitious business names in the real estate business. The bill is the result of collaborative work by The California Association of Realtors® (CAR) and The California Bureau of Real Estate […]
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CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL PURCHASE AGREEMENT UNDERGOES THOROUGH REVISION
California’s standard Residential Purchase Agreement (RPA), produced by the California Association of Realtors® (CAR) is undergoing a major revamping. While the changes being made do not represent a radical transformation or restructuring of the nature of the agreement, there are still many, many changes. Some of them are only slight alterations in wording; others are […]
CALIFORNIA BUREAU OF REAL ESTATE ROLLS OUT “CITE AND FINE” POLICY
The Summer 2014 issue of the Real Estate Bulletin, produced by the California Bureau of Real Estate, announces that the Bureau has finalized its authority to issue citations and assess fines without first going through a lengthy, and sometimes expensive, process of administrative hearings. The details of the “cite and fine” program can be found […]