Learn to appreciate a safety clause provision in exclusive representation agreements as assurance a fee is earned after expiration when your client sells or buys due to your efforts during the employment.

California’s homeownership rate dropped even as the typical age of first-time homebuyers rose.

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The mean price trendline reveals housing price deviations. Track the trends to reveal the direction of prices in the years ahead.

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Brokers and their agents need to update documents and procedures to reference the new timelines and motion procedures

Learn to protect your broker’s right to collect a fee when a seller-client removes their property from the market or cancels the representation agreement.

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