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One-Year Ban on Canceling Policies Due to Wildfire Risk

December 23, 2019

California has banned home insurers from dropping policies in areas vulnerable to the effects of wildfire risk. The new policy places a one-year moratorium preventing insurers from dropping customers in or alongside ZIP codes struck by recent wildfires. The moratorium covers some 800,000 homes around the state. The state has also asked insurers to voluntarily […]

Filed Under: At A Glance, Government Affairs, Industry News Tagged With: California Department of Insurance, catastrophic risk, home insurance, homeowner, insurance, policy cancellation, reinsurance, wildfire

Airbnb Income Counts for Refi

February 20, 2018

With the backing of Fannie Mae, home-sharing giant Airbnb has announced a new partnership with select lenders, including Quicken Loans, Citizens Bank, and Better Mortgage, that will allow homeowners to report rental earnings as part of their income when applying to refinance a mortgage. Owners who rent rooms on Airbnb had been facing delays, higher […]

Filed Under: At A Glance, California News, Government Affairs, Industry News, National News, Pro Tips Tagged With: Airbnb, CVAR, cvar.net, Fannie Mae, homeowner, refinancing

California Owners Get Real About Home Values

January 22, 2018

 The gap between homeowners’ and appraisers’ perceptions on the value of properties is continuing to close. While Southern California homeowners are slightly underestimating their home’s value, homeowners, in general, still tend to slightly overestimate the price of their home–but not by nearly as much as they did a year ago. Home appraisals were, on average, […]

Filed Under: At A Glance, California News, Government Affairs, Industry News, Pro Tips Tagged With: appraisal, appraiser, California, home value, homeowner, Quicken, realtormag.com

11 Reasons For Sale by Owner Is a Bad Idea

October 30, 2017

Agents can save sellers time, money, liability and hassle  FSBOs are more costly than homeowners realize — including lower sales prices and hidden fees. Selling a home is a complicated transaction — sellers and buyer alike can get burned with FSBOs. Time costs money — a FSBO costs the seller valuable time, and it takes […]

Filed Under: At A Glance, CVAR News, Industry News, Pro Tips Tagged With: FSBO, homeowner, Inman, marketing, NAR profile, paperwork, Scams

Zillow Tests ‘Instant Offer’

June 5, 2017

Zillow Group is testing a new service called “Zillow Instant Offers,” allowing sellers to receive bids on their properties within 24 hours, and if they choose to accept it, close in as little as a week.  Unlike Opendoor, Zillow doesn’t buy the homes and flip them, it merely connects sellers with investors, acting as a […]

Filed Under: At A Glance, Industry News, Pro Tips Tagged With: C.A.R., cvar.net, cvarconnect.com, homeowner, Inman, Instant Offer, online, seller, Zillow, Zillow Instant Offer

Trump Tax Proposal Impact on Homeowners

May 1, 2017

Analysts are examining who will benefit from the President’s Tax Reform proposal. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (right) said the plan will eliminate all personal tax deductions other than the mortgage interest deduction and charitable contributions. The tax plan would reduce individual and corporate income tax rates, from 35% to 15%,  and repeal state and local […]

Filed Under: At A Glance, California News, CVAR News, Government Affairs, Industry News Tagged With: #taxreform, C.A.R., cvar.net, cvarconnect.com, homeowner, N.A..R., New York Times, Steven Mnuchin, Tax proposal, tax reform, Treasury Secretary, Trump, William E. Brown

Is This the New Normal for Homeownership?

February 13, 2017

The homeownership rate is on the decline again. The latest numbers reflecting the fourth quarter of 2016 show the homeownership rate fell from 63.8 percent a year earlier to 63.7 percent, the Census Bureau reported. While the drop may seem slight, it reflects an overall trend for homeownership in the country for the past few […]

Filed Under: At A Glance, Government Affairs, Industry News, Pro Tips Tagged With: Census, cvar.net, cvarconnect.com, homeowner, homeownership, Moody's Analytics, Wall Street Journal

Client Tip: Get Money Back After Foreclosure

January 9, 2017

Your client might be entitled to money back after a foreclosure auction, if the house sells for more than the lender is owed. Because of the demand for affordable residences in markets such as ours, where home prices are surging, some homes sold at foreclosure auctions are netting more than what the lender is owed. […]

Filed Under: At A Glance, Industry News, National News, Pro Tips Tagged With: auction, cvar.net, cvarconnect.com, foreclosure, homeowner, lender, Realtor.com

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