CLTA's 111th Annual Convention is scheduled to be held April 22-24, 2018 at the beautiful Ojai Valley Inn.  Please mark your calendar and join us next year at this premiere industry event!

Bulletin 17/18-43 | November 13, 2017.  A ballot initiative entitled the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 has been filed with the Secretary of State. Title companies could be impacted because the initiative applies to ...

The New Year will see the implementation of the Water Bill Savings Act, which authorizes a joint powers authority to provide funding for customers who install, or repair a water efficiency improvement. The improvement ...

Governor Brown recently signed legislation establishing the nation’s most extensive set of consumer protections for California homeowners who finance energy-efficiency improvements through the Property Assessed Clean Energy, or PACE program. ...

Governor Brown vetoed legislation, Assembly Bill 1209 (Fletcher), that would have required employers with 500 or more employees in California to collect data on gender pay differentials for both exempt employees and ...

The nonpartisan California Tax Foundation reported that in this year’s Legislative session various California state lawmakers proposed $373.4 billion in higher annual taxes and fees. ...

Bulletin 17/18-46 | November 15, 2017.  Richard Cordray, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), announced Wednesday that he will leave the agency by the end of November. 

California’s expensive housing markets face unfavorable changes under the recently released tax-reform bill. Mortgage interest would be deductible on loans up to $500,000 instead of the current $1 million for couples ...

In July, the CFPB finalized 560 pages of amendments to the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule. The amendments contain clarifications and technical changes that confront title and settlement agents commencing with ...

The C.A.R. housing forecast for 2018 sees a modest gain in existing single-family home sales of 1.0 percent next year to reach 426,200 units, up slightly from the projected 2017 sales figure of 421,900. The 2017 figure is ...

State Controller Betty T. Yee reported that California’s total revenues of $6.74 billion for October were just $38.7 million shy of expectations. A strong month for retail sales made up for a ...

Homebuilder Lennar, which has North American Title Group in its organization, announced plans to merge in a $5.7 billion all-stock merger deal for CalAltantic. The combination will create America's biggest ...

Fidelity National Financial, First American Financial, Old Republic International and Stewart Information Services Quarter 3 earnings report...