What the Transfer Disclosure Statement Requires Sellers to Tell Homebuyers

Of all the disclosure documents in a California residential real estate transaction, the Transfer Disclosure Statement is the one that belongs to the seller personally. Not to the title company. Not to the natural hazard disclosure vendor. Not, technically, to the agent. The TDS is the seller's own

What the Natural Hazard Disclosure Actually Tells You

California requires sellers to disclose a lot. One of the more consequential documents in that stack is the Natural Hazard Disclosure report, a third-party assessment of whether a property falls within any of six statutory hazard zones the state has identified as material to a buyer's decision. Most

Entering Q4: What the 2026 Real Estate Market Data Means for Monterey Peninsula Sellers

Three quarters of 2026 are behind us. If you follow national real estate coverage, the story has been consistent and not particularly encouraging: sales volume near generational lows, affordability at historic stress levels, a new Federal Reserve chair whose approach to interest rates is less predic