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California Enacts New Mortgage Servicing and Foreclosure Standards

On June 30, California Governor Newsom has signed AB 130, a budget trailer bill related to housing. This legislation includes new requirements for mortgage servicers of subordinate mortgages, defined in the bill, and took...more

Alston & Bird

California Quickly Enacts New Mortgage Servicing Standards That Can Affect Foreclosures

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What Happened? On June 30, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law, with an immediate effective date, California Assembly Bill 130, a significant housing bill that, notably renders certain mortgage servicer...more

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Licensing Link June 2025 Special Edition

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Licensing Link is a periodic publication that will keep you informed on hot topics and new developments in state licensing laws, and provide practice tips and primers on important issues related to state licensing across the...more

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New California Law Threatens to Stall All Second Lien Foreclosures

On June 30, 2025, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a large “budget trailer” bill that will have significant consequences on the mortgage industry. In relevant part, the new law addresses foreclosures on so-called zombie...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Immunity for Deed of Trust Foreclosure Trustees — Absolute or Qualified?

Under California Civil Code section 2924(d), a trustee’s communications and actions that are necessary to conduct a nonjudicial foreclosure sale pursuant to a deed of trust are privileged under Civil Code section 47. The...more

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Consumer Finance State Roundup - March 2025

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The latest edition of the Consumer Finance State Roundup highlights recently enacted measures of potential interest from two states: California: Effective January 1, California Assembly Bill 3108 addresses mortgage fraud. ...more

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New Financial Relief for Displaced LA Households: LA County Household Relief Grant and Governor Newsom’s $125 Million Mortgage...

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Households impacted by the Los Angeles fires may be eligible for two new financial relief programs announced by Los Angeles County and the state of California this month. On February 14, 2025, the Los Angeles County...more

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Los Angeles Wildfire Resources: What to do About Your Mortgage

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As a Los Angeles-based firm, we are deeply saddened by the devastation caused by the recent wildfires. We remain committed to supporting our clients and friends during this time and are hopeful that the general steps related...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California AB 3108 Creates Potential Mortgage Fraud Issue for Lenders on Owner-Occupied Mortgage Loans Made for a Business Purpose

California Assembly Bill 3108 became effective on January 1, 2025 and could conceivably make certain business purpose loans secured by owner-occupied property subject to mortgage fraud claims by the borrowers. The primary...more

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Real Estate & Construction News Roundup (2/5/25) – The Effect of Trump’s Policies on the Housing Market, Property Value Loss in...

In our latest roundup, Southern California wildfires impact supply chain, higher material prices threaten future project demand, commercial real estate distress strains regional banks, and more!...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

California and federal financial regulatory agencies issue statement on California wildfires to guide financial institutions

On January 14, the DFPI, in collaboration with the FDIC, the Fed, the NCUA and the OCC (collectively, the “agencies”) issued a joint statement addressing the impact of the California wildfires and straight-line winds on...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

California Governor announces mortgage relief for homeowners impacted by wildfires

On January 23, The Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, announced commitments from 270 state-chartered banks and one federally chartered institution, along with related support from credit unions and mortgage lenders, to...more

Blank Rome LLP

AB 238 Mortgage Deferment Act for California Wildfire: Mortgage Forbearance Relief

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AB 238, also referred to as the Mortgage Deferment Act, to add Title 19.1 § 3273.20 et seq. (the “Mortgage Deferment Act” or the “Act”), was introduced in the California legislature on January 13, 2025 to provide essential...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Led by California MBA, five banks provide mortgage relief for fire victims

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Led by the California Mortgage Bankers Association, five lenders have made commitments to provide mortgage relief for the victims of the California wildfires....more

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LA Wildfires Client Resources

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Allen Matkins takes great pride in our California roots and strong ties to the Los Angeles community, and we are profoundly saddened by the devastation caused by the wildfires in our state. We are deeply committed to...more

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Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Wednesday January 15, 2025

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January 14, 2025- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chair Martin Gruenberg gave a speech entitled “Three Financial Crises and Lessons for the Future,” at the Brookings Institution....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

RegFi Episode 50: Navigating California’s Mortgage Landscape

Hosts Jerry Buckley and Sherry Safchuk sit down with Susan Milazzo, the CEO of the California Mortgage Bankers Association (CMBA), to discuss the current state and future of mortgage banking in California. As the voice of the...more

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California Passes Law Extending new Protections to Mortgage Borrowers

On September 20, Governor Newsom signed AB 2424, which establishes a significant set of new foreclosure notification and sale requirements for mortgage lenders. The law is effective as of January 1, 2025....more

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FTC, California DFPI Team Up Against Mortgage Relief Scams

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The FTC and California’s Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) obtained default judgments against six companies doing business as Home Matters USA, Academy Home Services, Atlantic Pacific Service Group,...more

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California’s new mortgage servicer during a “state of emergency” to be effective

Recently, California enacted SB 455 to address mortgage servicing during a state of emergency. SB 455 will require a mortgage servicer (transferring a mortgage secured by a property within a proclaimed emergency zone) to...more

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California DFPI Publishes New Guidance on Remote Work by MLOs

On February 27, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) issued new guidance with respect to the performance of remote work by mortgage loan originators (MLOs) working for licensees under the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

National bank to pay $2 million in mortgage fee violation class action

On December 19, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted final approval of a settlement in a $2 million class action resolving allegations that a national bank violated California’s Rosenthal...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

The Title Reporter — Fall 2021

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Here is what we cover in this issue of The Title Reporter: A Legal Update for the Title Insurance Industry: •An appellate court in California has ruled that the state’s Quiet Title Act insulated a third party from the...more

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Why CFL Licensed Lenders Must Submit New License Applications By Year End

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Several thousand lenders and brokers are currently licensed by the Department of Financial Protection & Innovation under the California Financing Law.   The CFL generally requires that persons engaged in the business of...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

A Look at the California DFPI's Debt Collection Oversight Measures Thus Far

Since the California Department of Protection and Financial Innovation's (DFPI) formal establishment at the beginning of this year, a number of issues have come into focus as key agency priorities. Among these, debt...more

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