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The Real Estate Commissioner is appointed by the Governor, and serves as the chief executive of the Department of Real Estate. [4]Chika Sunquist was appointed Commissioner of the California Department of Real Estate (DRE) by Governor Gavin Newsom on November 28, 2023, and she assumed office on January 3, 2024.
A real estate license is an authorization issued by a government body to give agents and brokers the legal authority to represent a home seller or buyer in a real estate transaction. Real estate agents and real estate brokers are required to be licensed when conducting real estate transactions in the United States and in a small number of other ...
The California Real Estate Act has two core components: licensing and enforcement. [1] [2] Both licensing and enforcement functions are required by the Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC), the federal government organization which oversees all state real estate appraiser licensing agencies. [2]
An assessor's parcel number, or APN, is a number assigned to parcels of real property by the tax assessor of a particular jurisdiction for purposes of identification and record-keeping. The assigned number is unique within the particular jurisdiction, and may conform to certain formatting standards that convey basic identifying information such ...
Flat-fee real estate agents charge a seller of a property a flat fee, $500 for example, [11] as opposed to a traditional or full-service real estate agent who charges a percentage of the sale price. In exchange, the seller's property will appear in the multiple listing service (MLS), but the seller will represent him or herself when showing the ...
A multiple listing service (MLS, also multiple listing system or multiple listings service) is an organization with a suite of services that real estate brokers use to establish contractual offers of cooperation and compensation (among brokers) and accumulate and disseminate information to enable appraisals.
The deadline to obtain a California Real ID for U.S. domestic travel is officially less than a year away. Beginning May 7, 2025 , the new federal identification requirements take effect in California.
California business license and Tax ID (if LLC or Corporation) Fingerprinting Live Scan; Completion of "Law and Business" exam; Completion of secondary trade-related exam; Completion of the asbestos open-book examination; Initial licensing fee of $200; Contractor bond or cash deposit of $15,000; Bond of QI (if applicable) of $12,500