CLTA is pleased to offer: Basics Easement & Access Issues, a 1.0-hour live webinar delivered to your desktop on Thursday, May 10, 2018 from 10:00am - 11:00am. Participants requesting MCLE or PD will receive 1.5 CE credit for participating in the webinar. ...

Assembly Bill 3014 (Cunningham), on a go forward basis, prohibits private transfer fees that do not provide a direct benefit to the encumbered property. The bill follows up on a ...

AB 3208 (Cooper) would permit the City of Elk Grove to, in an attempt to combat the operation of illegal marijuana grow houses, adopt an ordinance allowing the city to confiscate and seek an order of ...

Assembly Bill 2529 (Chu) removes the withholding exemption for a 1031 exchange if the replacement property is located outside of California. A qualified intermediary would be obligated to withhold ...

CLTA is opposed to new amendments to Senate Bill 721 (Hill), which seeks to require periodic balcony safety inspections on certain multifamily dwellings and common interest developments, that would grant ...

Portions of the Homeowner’s Bill of Rights (HBOR) enacted in response to the foreclosure crisis expired on January 1, 2018. Senate Bill 818 (Beall) seeks to reinstate the expired provisions. There is a concern that reinstating the ...

The Property Records Industry Association, through the generosity of a grant from Ernst Publishing, offers the opportunity for a one-year scholarship which includes membership in PRIA, along with registration (travel and hotel included) for one ...

Bulletin 17/18-80 | April 3, 2018.  Last year, over the objections of the California Land Title Association (CLTA), California enacted Senate Bill 50, which prohibits the sale of federal lands without the consent of the State Lands Commission. The United States Department of Justice has announced ...

Radian Group Inc. recently announced it acquired Entitle Direct Group, Inc., a national title insurance and settlement services company. This acquisition positions Radian to provide title insurance and settlement services nationwide. ...

The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) rose 2.5 points in March to 88.3, reversing last month’s decrease. The increase can be attributed to increases in three of the six ...

Research released by Freddie Mac finds that increasing numbers of our population are less interested in owning their own home, largely due to affordability. ...

A developer has reportedly paid $127 million for a 41,582-square-foot residential development in Singapore. The property is zoned for residential development and could acommodate a 21 or 22 story development of 154 units with an average unit of 753.5 square feet. Yes, that's right - 753.5 square feet.   END