California Land Title Association eNews

CLTA is pleased to announce: Fraud and Forgery: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly -- a live webinar delivered to your desktop on January 5th, 2012! This comprehensive webinar is designed for both escrow and title professionals. For those needing MCLE and for Professional Designation holders, a total of 1.5 CE credits are available for attending the webinar.

 

The CLTA will host its 105th Annual Convention at the St. Regis Monarch Beach in Laguna Beach, California (May 14-16, 2012)
Bulletin 11/12-50 - December 13, 2011 (CLTA News Express) ...

 

 

Several initiatives to raise taxes may be on the ballot next November. The initiative sponsored by Governor Jerry Brown would raise income taxes on ...

 

California Attorney General Kamala Harris and Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto announced a joint investigation alliance designed to assist homeowners who have been harmed by misconduct and fraud ...

 

The Law Revision Commission is proposing the establishment of a separate statute governing commercial and industrial common interest developments. ...

 

The NAIC Title Insurance Task Force is looking at solvency issues in title insurance, including risk-based capital requirements and financial examination guidelines. ...

 

According to ALTA’s preliminary 2011 Second-Quarter Market Share Analysis, California generated the most title insurance premiums during the second quarter of 2011 at $320 million, down 8.8 percent compared to the first-quarter of 2010. Overall, the title insurance industry generated $2.3 billion in title insurance premiums during the second quarter of 2011, down $2.33 billion during the same period a year ago. (end)

 

ClosingCorp announced its SmartGFE Calculator can be embedded on a title company’s website to automatically calculate title and settlement rates, transfer taxes and recording fees for Good Faith Estimates (GFE). ClosingCorp operates the Title Wizard, launched with the CLTA in 2007 to provide title cost estimates to consumers. (end)

 

The Property Records Industry Association (PRIA) reports that the number of counties nationwide that are electronically recording documents now surpasses 700.

 

CLTA is pleased to announce: Fraud and Forgery: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly -- a live webinar delivered to your desktop on January 5th, 2012! This comprehensive webinar is designed for both escrow and title professionals. For those needing MCLE and for Professional Designation holders, a total of 1.5 CE credits are available for attending the webinar.