June 2019

An Update on REALTOR® Demographics

The National Association of REALTORS® evaluated their membership demographics and compared certain aspects from 2017 to 2018 and found some interesting changes. In that one year, there was a 4% increase in the number of female REALTORS® and a 5% increase in net income for REALTORS® overall. REALTORS® continue to see an overall growth in …

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Gavin Newsom Housing Plan Support

We are in the midst of an immense housing shortage in California, and our new Governor is on a mission to begin repairing it. Governor Gavin Newsom’s housing plan is part of his $1.75 billion 2019 housing crisis package. He spoke throughout his campaign about building 3.5 million new housing units in California by 2025. …

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PACE Loans: Consumers Beware

PACE loans, or Property Assessed Clean Energy loans, are a way to borrow money for clean energy projects. California has many providers of PACE programs. A consumer may see them in the marketplace as HERO, (Home Energy Renovation Opportunity), YGrene, or CaliforniaFIRST. These loans get people’s attention because they finance green energy projects with no …

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Legislation Update: What You Should Know

Read the current status of the most important legislation to the real estate industry. Most of the following are bills in the California State Legislature, and two in Congress. We are closely following these bills as they all have potential to influence you as our members.

The True Cost of Electrification

California has continuously adopted aggressive and far-reaching goals for greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Specifically, these goals aim to reach an 80 percent reduction below 1990 greenhouse gas emissions levels by 2050. Local jurisdictions in the Sacramento Region toyed with the idea of mandating electric appliances to lead the state in greenhouse gas emissions policy. Electrification …

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