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Senate Bill 837 (Blakeslee) was signed into law by the Governor on July 30, 2011. It amended California Civil Code Section 1102.6 by placing “water-conserving plumbing fixtures” on the Real Estate Transfer Disclosure Statement (TDS) in Section II – Seller’s Information. In addition, in a state-wide effort to promote water conservation, Senate Bill 407 (Padilla) [...]

The weather in our area isn’t the only thing that’s HOT!  Our real estate market is blazing a trail unlike any we’ve ever experienced.  Values in Placer County (on average) rose another 2.3% a square foot last month.  That’s up 21.8% from one year ago!   We’ve seen increases each month for the past 15 [...]

BrightNest lets its content do the talking, sees 20% growth in the last week (via Pando Daily) By Michael Carney On March 29, 2013When 500 Startups alumni BrightNest launched its home maintenance utility platform platform in early 2012, it offered a simple calendaring and reminder tool. Not surprisingly, it bombed. The problem was that home [...]

Forget City Hall, the insurance industry is what could really help the sharing economy (via Pando Daily) By James R. Fisher On May 7, 2013Understanding risk has been my life’s work. Over the past 36 years, I have spent time in all varieties of insurance: reinsurance, personal and commercial lines, accident, health, and more.  I’ve [...]

Think you take pride in your company, would you tattoo the company logo on your body for 15% more pay. That is exactly what some local NY real estate agents did. Real Estate Agency Employees Show Company Pride With Tattoos (via NewsLook) Video News by NewsLook Agents at one New York City real estate agency [...]

U.S. home prices up 9.3% in February (via The Star-News) WASHINGTON | U.S. home prices rose 9.3 percent in February compared with a year ago, the most in nearly seven years. The gains were driven by a growing number of buyers who bid on a limited supply of homes. Facts Mixed results locally The average [...]

HARP doing well, HAMP still an embarrassment to nation (via AGBeat) HAMP vs. HARP: a tale of two government programs The Home Affordable Refinance Program (HAMP) and the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) are federal responses to the housing crash, with HARP set up to help underwater and nearly underwater homeowners refinance their mortgages, while [...]

S&P/Case-Shiller: home price increases beat expectations (via AGBeat) Home prices steadily climbing According to the S&P/Case-Shiller home price index for February, home prices are steadily climbing, with the 20-city index increasing 9.32 percent compared to February 2012, and rising 1.24 percent for the month, both of which are slightly stronger readings than had been…   [...]

Housing rebound is facing obstacle: Too few homes (via The Dispatch) Beth Heinen Bell and her husband, Christian, are sick of renting. They want more space. They’d like to host friends for dinner. And now, having seen the real estate market start to rebound, they want to turn housing payments into long-term equity. So after [...]