I am extremely honored and proud to accept this year’s appointment as President of the California Land Title Association.  I would like to thank Jeff Kerns for his outstanding leadership over the past year. ...

The CLTA is looking forward to welcoming you to the 112th Annual Convention at the Meritage Resort in beautiful Napa Valley, California.  Mark your calendar for April 7-9, 2019.  Your support of the title industry is sincerely appreciated by all CLTA members. 

A CLTA News Express (July 9, 2018).  Senate Bill 1139 (Morrell), a CLTA-sponsored measure that indefinitely extends home equity line of credit (HELOC) reforms that standardize the written notification process for the easy closing of ...

Before Governor Brown even had a chance to sign the newly enacted California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) on June 28, 2018, lawmakers were signaling in committee testimony that the legislation would need ...

A CLTA News Express (June 28, 2018).  Assembly Bill 375 (Chau), which enacts sweeping new privacy controls for Californians beginning January 1, 2020, has been signed into law by Governor Brown after passing unanimously out of ...

A rent control initiative has qualified for the November ballot that would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act enacted in 1995. That act prohibited rent control on certain buildings first occupied after ...

Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey showed that mortgage rates rose slightly over the past week. ...

Mortgage applications increased 2.5 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending July 6, 2018. This week's results included ...

Court Orders Governor Brown to Refund Housing Money; Federal Home Loan Bank Awards Affordable Housing Grants; and CalHVA Financing Hits Record High for First Time Homebuyers

In January of 1993 Bill Clinton was sworn in as President of the United States, and later that year the North American Free Trade Agreement was approved. In July of 1993 the ...

California received more tax revenue than expected during the month of June and for the entire 2017-18 fiscal year, which ended June 30. According to State Controller Betty Yee ...

McLear-Gary v. Scott (A146719).  In this appeal from a judgment declaring plaintiff's prescriptive and implied easement extinguished by adverse possession, the court affirmed in part and reversed in part, holding ...