Real Property Law Section

Jose Mendoza So you have been a member and now advisor of the real property law section executive committee for 10 years…tell me about some of the changes you have seen in the group?One of the fundamental goals of the RPLS is to draw from diverse constituencies including, but not limited to geographic location, racial and ethnic diversity, practice type, district representation, and gender and sexual orientation. The current composition of the ExCom now consists of more younger and racially… Read more

The Real Property Law Section would like to welcome new wonderful staffers! Read more

The CLA Real Property Law Section’s Annual Spring Conference (formerly the Real Property Law Section Retreat) is the leading educational conference for California real estate lawyers. Read more

From the statue of Frauds, to the Notice of Compensation, to the recording of activity at the property to sellers' signatures, when a real estate broker takes a listing of residential property many of the terms need to satisfy legal or regulatory requirements. C.A.R's senior legal adviser to its Standard Forms committee will go over those items in the listing contract that have legal implications. Read more

Verbal discussion between e-bulletin coordinator and co-chair- of RPLS highlighting important statutory and case law developments, upcoming RPLS sponsored events and featuring interviews with prominent Ex-Com members, CLA leaders and others. Read more

Real estate transactions in today’s world often involve the wiring or electronic funds transfer (EFT) of money to complete a deal. Previous consumer alerts have referenced or covered wire fraud in timeshare transactions and fraud against seniors. Read more

This piece was originally titled “Tips for Solo Survival”. But mere survival is not really a viable long-term option for most attorneys. You will tire of the struggle to make ends meet and the demands on your time without acceptable corresponding financial reward, and eventually move onto something different. The goal is to succeed professionally, financially, and personally. Here are some tips from a long-time solo trial attorney to help make that happen! Read more

For years, mortgage lenders defended TILA rescission actions by arguing that the notice of rescission or action was untimely and/or barred by applicable statute of limitation. In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt lender’s efforts a severe blow when it held that the notice of rescission could be issued at any time within three (3) years after the loan closed, not file suit to rescind within three years, as the industry had argued (Jesinoski v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 135 S. Ct. 790 (2015). Just recently on December 6, 2018, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion that further weakened the lenders’ position (Hoang v. Bank of America, N.A., F.3d , Case No. 17-35993, 2018 WL 6367268 (9th Cir. 2018)). Specifically, the Ninth Circuit expanded the time for a borrower to sue to enforce rescission of a loan if a lender fails to wind up the loan after a notice of rescission. Read more

Real Property January 2019 eNews
I want to welcome Ona Dosumnu, the new Executive Director of the CLA, who Roland Brandel has said is a superlative and proven leader. We are really excited to have you on board. Ona, you are going through couple of moves here in the last few months? How is the personal move going?
Thanks, J.R. I’ve settled into my new home nicely and am really enjoying Sacramento so far. Thanks to Amazon Prime, I had everything I needed to be comfortable in my apartment already delivered when I got there. Read more