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CLTA Members are Encouraged to be Prepared for the Industry-Wide Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Residential Real Estate Transfers effective March 1, 2026.
Stewart Information Services Corporation (NYSE: STC) last month announced a public offering of 1,900,000 shares of its common stock, at a price of $68.00 per share.
According to ALTA’s latest Market Share Analysis, the title industry nationwide generated $4.9 billion in premiums during the third quarter of 2025, up 14.2% compared to the same period during 2024.
A federal magistrate judge had recommended to a U.S. District Court that it rule in favor of FinCEN in a case filed by Fidelity last year seeking an injunction against FinCEN’s “Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Residential Real Estate Transfers.” Those regulations are scheduled go into effect on March 1, 2026.
Fitch Ratings has a neutral sector outlook for U.S. title insurance in 2026 reflecting its expectations for modestly higher commercial and residential origination volumes, continued expense management and strong capital positions that will support the sector’s margins and ratings.
Voxtur, one of the largest proponents and providers of attorney opinion letters (AOLs), has filed a Chapter 15 bankruptcy petition in Delaware.
Legislation that would have cut permissible rent increases in half – Assembly Bill 1157 (Kalra) – failed passage in the Assembly Judiciary Committee this month. The bill would have also included single family residences that are now excluded from California’s statewide rent control law in the revised law.
Assembly Bill 1406 (Ward), would increase the amount of liquidated damages presumed reasonable upon a contractual default by the buyer/occupant of residential property, from three to ten percent of the purchase price when the residential property is a newly constructed condominium.
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