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CLTA, in conjunction with CEA, is pleased to offer: Fraud in the Real Estate Industry-My How It Has Changed, a 1.0-hour live webinar delivered to your desktop on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 from 11:00am - 12:00pm PST. Participants requesting MCLE or PD will receive 1.0 CE credit.
Visit https://www.clta.org/news/411904/Live-Webinar-Fraud-in-the-Real-Estate-Industry-My-How-It-Has-Changed.htm to view the full article online. 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.
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Survivors Bill of Rights Amended to Exempt Reverse Mortgages; Homeowner Bill of Rights Headed Towards Reinstatement; CLTA Sponsored HELOC Reforms Extended.
Visit https://www.clta.org/news/415000/Governor-Signs-Several-Bills.htm to view the full article online. The California Homeowner Bill of Rights (HBOR) was signed into law in 2012 as a response to the foreclosure crisis, but much of the law then expired on ...
Visit https://www.clta.org/news/415146/Homeowner-Bill-of-Rights-Headed-Towards-Reinstatement.htm to view the full article online. INDUSTRY NEWS
A CLTA News Express (August 21, 2018). In a press release issued this morning, the California Department of Insurance announced that Insurance Commissioner Jones has approved a license for insurtech title insurer States Title. According to the press release ...
Visit https://www.clta.org/news/415168/California-Department-of-Insurance-Announces-Licensure-of-First-Insurtech-Title-Insurer.htm to view the full article online. At its recent annual meeting, the Uniform Law Commission approved updates to its model state notarization law, the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (RULONA), to allow...
Visit https://www.clta.org/news/414838/Uniform-Law-Commission-Approves-Remote-Online-Notarization-Updates-to-RULONA.htm to view the full article online. The California Department of Child Care Services reports that child support collected due to lien collections exceeded $18 million for the 2017-18 fiscal year. This was an increase from ...
Visit https://www.clta.org/news/414844/Millions-Collected-from-Child-Support-Liens-in-California.htm to view the full article online. Existing home sales dropped 4.1% in the second quarter in the western region of the United States according to the National Association of Realtors. Lawrence Yun, NAR’s Chief Economist, attributed ...
Visit https://www.clta.org/news/414846/Existing-Home-Sales-in-Western-Region-Drop-in-Second-Quarter.htm to view the full article online. A non-profit group, Housing California, announced that it’s turned in signatures for a ballot initiative to change California’s property tax law to permit higher property taxes on commercial and industrial properties. Differing ...
Visit https://www.clta.org/news/414849/Proposition-13-Threatened-by-Ballot-Initiative.htm to view the full article online. Old Republic, First American Financial, Fidelity National Financial and Stewart Information Services second quarter report...
Visit https://www.clta.org/news/414843/Second-Quarter-Results.htm to view the full article online. Typical for the renewal of the US flood insurance program, Congress waited until the very last minute to approve a four-month extension that was signed by the President the day before ...
Visit https://www.clta.org/news/414847/National-Flood-Insurance-Renewal-Signed-by-President-Trump.htm to view the full article online. Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey® showed mortgage rates not moving much from the prior week. Freddie Mac reported that mortgage rates remained mostly flat ...
Visit https://www.clta.org/news/414850/Fixed-Rate-Mortgage-Remain-Mostly-Flat---Slightly-Above-4.5-with-Half-a-Point.htm to view the full article online. The Wall Street Journal reports that two neighboring Bel-Air California homes are competing to become the most expensive homes sold in the United States. One home ...
Visit https://www.clta.org/news/414848/Want-to-Buy-2-Neighboring-California-Homes---Only-368-Million-for-Both---Maybe-Get-a-Discount.htm to view the full article online. As viewers of the HGTV show "Fixer Upper" know, Chip and Joanna Gaines decided to end the show after 5 seasons, with the show's final episode airing this past April. After five years of...
Visit https://www.clta.org/news/414845/Did-Chip-and-Joanna-Call-the-Top-in-the-Real-Estate-Market.htm to view the full article online. |