California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a legal alert to assist California local officials in processing housing development project applications consistently, fairly, and lawfully in light of the Permit Streamlining Act was enacted in 1977 and the “Housing Crisis Act,” that amended the Permit Streamlining Act. 

​The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) recently announced the conforming loan limit values (CLLs) for mortgages Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will acquire in 2026. 

Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), released last Thursday, show the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.22%. 

California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) regulations were approved by the California Office of Administrative Law in late September and will take effect on January 1.  A draft of the regulations was circulated to the members of the CLTA’s Privacy Working Group.  The regulations cover cybersecurity audits, risk assessments, automated decisionmaking technology (ADMT), insurance companies, and updates to existing CCPA regulations.

​Freddie Mac’s today Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), released last Thursday, showed the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.24%. 

Spoofed versions of the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) website are now circulating online, and they lead straight back to the scammers.

After a comprehensive review of its operation Radian plans to divest itself of its title insurance services. Radian Title Insurance Company is licensed to do business in California and is a member of the California Land Title Association.   

Real estate brokerage Compass has agreed to buy Anywhere Real Estate (formerly known as Realogy)  for $1.6 billion in an all-stock transaction.

In a recent press release, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that it is postponing the reporting requirements of its Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for the Residential Real Estate Transfers Rule (RRE Rule) by three months to March 1, 2026. 

ALTA filed an amicus brief on Sept. 2 supporting Fidelity National Financial’s motion for summary judgment in its challenge to the FinCEN's Anti-Money Laundering (AML) rule for residential real estate transactions.