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Legislature leaders and the Governor reached an agreement to extend provisions of the COVID-19 Small Landlord and Homeowner Relief Act of 2020 and expand tenant protections. The agreement was ...

Senate Bill 315 (Roth) extends the operative date of the Transfer on Death Deed law until January 1, 2032. The bill also defines and redefines terms, including, but not limited to ...

The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation is engaging in the rulemaking process to update rules regarding establishing, maintaining and preserving escrow books and ...

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1 would create an additional exception to the 1% limit on ad valorem real property taxes to authorize a local governmental to levy an ad valorem tax to ...

Senate Bill 308 (Min) would lower the amount of unclaimed property required to be electronically escheated to the Controller from $20,000 to $2,000. ...

The new Department of Financial Protection and Innovation has published an Invitation for Comments asking stakeholders to provide input on regulations to implement the California Consumer Financial Protection Law ...

Earlier this month, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit challenging Lake County’s approval and certification of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed ...

The DRE launched a website (HousingIsKey.com) to provide crucial information about the new tenant legal protections, including the required declarations for tenants in multiple ...

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced that it will execute the Biden Administration’s request to extend the deadline for borrowers with FHA-insured mortgages who are ...

The use of eNotes registered on the Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems increased a full 261% year-over-year in December 2020 according to Housing Wire. The MERS eRegistry is ...

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Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey shows 30-year rates last week averaging 2.73%. “It’s a tale of two economies. The services economy remains in the doldrums, but the ...

CoreLogic has agreed to accept an $80 per share buyout offer from two private equity firms – Stone Point Capital and Insight Partners. CoreLogic is one of the country’s largest real estate ...

Late last month, DocuSign announced that, in 2021, CAR members will be able to access the C.A.R. Standard Forms directly from DocuSign eSignature and DocuSign Rooms for Real Estate. The ...