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NAR is pleased to share the latest consumer guide offering sellers 15 essential steps to take before every showing—from picking everything off the floor to wiping fingerprints from the refrigerator. By following these steps, and consulting with an agent who’s a REALTOR®, sellers can maximize their chances of selling their home more quickly and for top dollar.   As a reminder, all guides in this series are available for download—in both English and Spanish—on  facts.realtor .

Happy Lunar New Year! Lunar New Year is significant as a major cultural holiday marking the start of spring and a new year on the lunisolar calendar, emphasizing family reunion, honoring ancestors, driving away bad luck, and welcoming good fortune.

California housing affordability improves from third-quarter 2025 and a year ago, C.A.R. reports Eighteen percent of California households could afford to purchase the $869,300 median-priced home in the fourth quarter of 2025, up from 17 percent in third-quarter 2025 and up from 16 percent in fourth-quarter 2024. A minimum annual income of $213,200 was needed to make monthly payments of $5,330, including principal, interest, taxes and insurance on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgag