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4 hours from now California Revises Electronic Recording Regulations » In 2016, the Legislature expanded the types of instruments that may be recorded electronically and the types of entities t...
4 hours from now California-Based CoreLogic Acquires Tax Service Company » Real estate data and technology company CoreLogic announced that it has acquired National Tax Search LLC, which provides p...
4 hours from now C.A.R. Releases its 2020 California Housing Market Forecast » The California Association of Realtors “2020 California Housing Market Forecast” has been released and C.A.R. sees a small...
4 hours from now Majority of Californians Consider Relocating » Although half of California voters considered California “one of the best places to live,” more than half have thought abo...
4 hours from now Fannie and Freddie Get to Keep Their Earnings » The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Federal Housing Finance Agency jointly announced that they will allow the gov...
4 hours from now California Recorders and IRS in Fee Dispute » The IRS has sent a letter to California recorders announcing that effective October 1, the IRS is lowering the fees it wil...
4 hours from now Mortgage Rates Low as Entry Level Buyers Strong » Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey released last week shows the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.57...
Monday, September 16, 2019 MISMO Updates Remote Notarization Standards » MISMO recently released its remote online notarization (RON) standards , which include an update to the draft standards...
Monday, September 16, 2019 CoreLogic Predicts Rising Prices - California Surpasses its Pre-Crisis Peak but Cooling » CoreLogic is forecasting national home prices to increase 5.4% from July 2019 to July 2020, although home prices have been...
Monday, September 16, 2019 Top 5 Fastest Rising Metro Area Rents - Surprisingly Not in California » According to Housing Wire, the real estate data firm Yardi Matrix reported that the national average for cost of rent rose...
Monday, September 16, 2019 California Agency Calls for Massive Increase in Housing Construction » Last month the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) released its Regional Housing Needs Assess...
Monday, September 16, 2019 Fidelity and Stewart Call Off Merger » Fidelity National Financial and Stewart Information Services Corp. have agreed to terminate Fidelity's proposed merger wit...
Monday, September 16, 2019 ALTA Publishes White Paper Providing Guidance on the Redaction of Information in Public Land Records » ALTA’s Real Property Records Committee has finalized a white paper titled “ Privacy, Redaction, and Public Land Records...
Monday, September 16, 2019 Fraudulent Deeds Delay $5.8 Billion Sale - Including Luxury California Hotels » According to the Wall Street Journal the sale of China insurer Anbang’s U.S. hotels was held up when fraudulent deeds were...
Monday, September 16, 2019 Board of Equalization Issues Letter About Rescinding Deeds Causing Reassessment » The Board of Equalization (BOE) staff initiated a project to issue a Letter To Assessors (LTA) that summarizes the various...
Monday, September 16, 2019 California Blockchain Working Group to Hold its First Meeting » California’s Blockchain Working Group, organized by the Secretary of the Government Operations Agency as required under a...
Monday, September 16, 2019 California #2 in Title Premiums for First Half of Year » The title insurance industry generated $6.95 billion in title insurance premiums during the first six months of 2019 compa...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 Stakeholder Group Tentatively Set to Examine Remote Online Notarization Legislation in California » Legislation that would authorize California notaries to conduct remote online notarizations (RON) in California, AB 199...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 Will Escalating Homeowner Insurance Rates Slow Sales? » The Sacramento Bee reported that two consecutive disastrous wildfire seasons have created an insurance crisis for thousand...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 Fidelity Extends Stewart Closing Date » Fidelity exercised its second option to extend the closing date to Sept. 18 for the acquisition of Stewart Information Ser...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 Solid Earnings for Major Insurers » First American Reports Q2 Earnings First American Financial Corp. reported that its title insurance segment poste...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 Refinancings Surge Ahead » According to a recent forecast from the Mortgage Bankers Association, the drop in mortgage rates may result in refinancing...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 New Homebuilder Title Company in the Western States » Last month William Lyon Homes, a leading homebuilder in the Western U.S., announced the formation of ClosingMark Financial...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 ALTA Approves Technical Change to Closing Protection Letters » ALTA’s Forms Committee approved a technical correction to the ALTA Closing Protection Letters that is effective Aug. 1, 20...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 California Leads in the Number of LEED-Certified Residential Units » This month the U.S. Green Building Council released its new LEED in Motion: Residential report . LEED stands for Leaders...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 Rates Remain Steady While Refinancing Spikes » Last Week Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS®), showed that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) rat...
Tuesday, July 16, 2019 EnTitle Insurance Company Becomes Radian Title Insurance Inc. » Radian Group Inc. announced that EnTitle Insurance Company has been renamed Radian Title Insurance Inc. Radian acquired th...
Tuesday, July 16, 2019 California has Highest National Mortgage Debt » 24/7 Wall Street reported that California leads the nation in average mortgage debt while it has the second lowest homeown...
Tuesday, July 16, 2019 Expensive Real Estate in California » A Bel Air mansion, which reportedly had a 20% price reduction from $245 million to $195 million, is the most expensive lis...
Tuesday, July 16, 2019 AR Continues to Fund Tech Companies, including a Blockchain Title Registry » Silicon Valley startup Propy, with blockchain software, has a new investment from the National Association of Realtors tec...
Tuesday, July 16, 2019 President Signs Bill to End VA Loan Limits » President Trump last month signed the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act to allow the Department of Veterans Affairs...
Tuesday, July 16, 2019 Mortgage Rates Remain Low and Stable » Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), released last week, showed that after declining for most of the yea...
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 CFPB Updates TRID Rule FAQs to Address Construction Loans » The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on May 31 updated its TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule FAQs to ad...
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 Refis May Pick Up Due to Declining Rates » Housing Wire reported that because of the recent drop in 30-year fixed mortgage rates, almost 1 million more mortgage hold...
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 California's Housing Market Holds Up in April » According to CoreLogic, California’s housing market gained a little steam in April as some buyers were motivated by lower...
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