Twenty-One Silent Auction items were sold during the course of the 41st Annual Education Conference raising $3,500 for the Association. Additionally, another $1,800 was raised from raffle ticket sales. UTA thanks the companies who contributed the excellent and exciting silent auction and raffle prizes that led to such a...
UTA’s 2016 Annual Dinner event paid homage to democracy and election day with an evening outdoor ‘Red, White and Blue’ barbecue and carnival featuring several carnival games, dancing and ‘Jeopardy!’ Jeopardy’s categories included, ‘Presidents’; ‘Hollywood’; and the ‘States’ – as well as ‘Foreclosure’; Field Services’; and ‘Bankruptcy’. Several attendees...
The 23rd Annual UTA Golf Tournament was pure pleasure this year as 28 duffers enjoyed the beautiful Dunes Course at La Quinta – which has hosted the PGA Club Professional Championship. The winners of the Scramble format Golf Tournament were the team of Patric Kelly, Kevin Hubbard, Martin McGuinn...
This year’s conference introduced two new social networking activities – a cooking class and an open-air Hummer Jeep Tour. 20 participants collectively prepared a three-course meal under the guidance of Chef Gavin: a locally sourced organic roast butternut salad; a warm seared salmon(cooked sous vide) and a dessert of...
UTA President Randy Newman has announced the dates and location for the 2017 Annual Conference. The Association’s 42nd annual conference will be held at the Peppermill Resort Spa Casino in Reno, Nevada, November 5-7th, 2017. Registration materials will be online July, 2017. “The 42st Annual Conference will be held...
Representatives from Freddie Mac will speak at the 41st Annual UTA Conference, held November 6-8th in La Quinta. Shannon Pastras, Associate General Counsel, Single Family Default Management Litigation with Freddie Mac will participate on a GSE panel addressing topics that are important to trustees and law firms, including the...
UTA’s 23rd Annual Golf Tournament will be held Sunday, November 6th at the beginning of the 2016 Annual Conference – with the tee time moved to 10 am. The tournament will be held on the La Quinta Resort Dunes Course at the La Quinta Resort & Club. This par-72...
UTA President Randy Newman and UTA Nomination Committee Chair Ben Levinson have announced that nine members will appear on the ballot for the four seats that are up for election to the UTA Board of Directors. Only “Regular” members have voting privileges. Terms for each of the Directorships is...
By Michael Belote, California Advocates, UTA California Lobbyist As this column is written, just two days remain in the California Legislature’s 2016-2016 two-year session. To the uninitiated, this is sausage-making at its worst. There are groups which begin their legislative programs in the final days. Fortunately, most rumors of...
By Holly Chisa, HPC Advocacy, UTA Washington State Lobbyist The Washington State Legislature is focused on issues other than revisions to the Deed of Trust Act. With the economy improving and fewer foreclosures taking place, their attention has been diverted to other things, like tax increases to fund education...