Don’t miss ‘Servicing Through COVID’ at this year’s virtual conference. Over 3.6 million borrowers opted for forbearance given the loss of jobs nationally. Servicers Candace Russell of Carrington Mortgage Services, Christopher Carmen of BSI Financial Services, and Caitlyn Reynolds of Elite Commercial Servicing, join moderator Susan Pettem of Novare Settlement...
This year’s virtual conference will feature two full rounds of ‘UTA Jeopardy!’ as well as ‘Yappy Hour’. UTA Jeopardy! categories will include: Movie Quotes, Celebrities, Travel, and most exciting of all – Default Servicing. UTA Jeopardy! will be held Monday, October 5th from 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm. So brush...
Welcome to the following new members of UTA Max Newman, Total Lender Solutions, San Diego, CA Jeffrey LaMotte, Val-Chris Investments, Irvine, CA Rachel Seropian, Total Lender Solutions, San Diego, CA
UTA’s 45th Annual Education Conference will be virtual, due to the COVID pandemic, but it will still exciting and relevant education sessions for attendees, along with some UTA fun. The conference will be held over four days – October 4-8 – with two sessions per day. This year’s conference CLE...
UTA, along with the California Mortgage Association and the California Mortgage Bankers Association, will be filing an amicus brief to reduce exposure to future tort claims brought by borrowers. The California Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in Sheen v. Wells Fargo, a case that will have far-reaching impacts...
A bill that would enact a foreclosure moratorium for up to 24 months, AB 1436, has been introduced in appears headed for consideration in the California Assembly. After failing passage in June, AB 2501, appears to be dead. That bill would have imposed a blanket one-year foreclosure moratorium and required...
UTA is now accepting nominations for seats on the 2021 UTA Board of Directors. This year the membership will be electing six seats to the Board of Directors. Terms for each of the seats is for three years, beginning on January 1, 2021 and ending on December 31, 2023. The...
UTA’s 45th Annual Conference will be held virtually, October 2nd-8th, 2020. “We will have a single session in the morning and another one in the early afternoon across four days [October 2nd will hold certification classes],” said David Dutcher, UTA President. “This will allow members to attend sessions while keeping...
In early January, Governor Gavin Newsom presented the Legislature with his proposed budget for fiscal year 2020-2021, which commences on July 1. Building upon nearly a decade of explosive growth in the economy and stock market, Governor Newsom proposed a $222 billion general fund spending plan, with very significant new...
AB 2501 would enact a moratorium on residential foreclosures and evictions. It provides indiscriminately a one year complete moratorium on multi-family and residential mortgages, effective January 1. After that, a borrower, self-attesting that they have a COVID impact, can get two 180-day forbearances. It has been fast tracked by the...