Ben Levinson Receives Member of the Year Award

Ben Levinson of Law Office of Benjamin R. Levinson was awarded the Dorothy Schick Member of the  Year during the Association’s 47th Annual Education Conference. Levinson received the award for his work on the Board for six years, including two years as Vice-President of the Association, and for leading UTA’s...

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SB 1323 On Equity Foreclosure Sales Will Not Be Signed Into Law!

SB 1323 will not be signed into law. The bill had proposed creating two foreclosure tracks – one for properties with equity and one for properties without equity. For properties with equity, the trustee would have been required to appraise the property, select a real estate agent, list the property...

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UTA Silent Auction Raises $2,210

Seventeen Silent Auction items were sold during the Annual Dinner Event at the 47th Annual Education Conference raising $2,210. UTA thanks the companies who contributed the excellent and exciting silent auction prizes that led to such a successful event. – Josh Jacoby gave the winning bid on Beats Studio Buds,...

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UTA Members Encouraged to Send Opposition Letter on SB 1323

SB 1323 passed though the Assembly Judiciary Committee on June 28th, but it has been referred to the Appropriations Committee before it can be sent to the Assembly floor. Because the recent amendments to the Bill propose the use of a database by trustees from which to randomly select a...

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Role of Trustee at Issue in California

By Michael Belote, Esq., California Advocates, UTA California Lobbyist Probably as long as nonjudicial foreclosure has existed in California, bills have been introduced to refine the process. Many of those bills have been sponsored by the California Trustees Association, and now, United Trustees Association. But never in memory has the...

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Washington State Agency Will Spend the Summer Reviewing Trustee Practices

By Holly Chisa, HPC Advocacy, UTA Washington State Lobbyist Most of you are familiar with the recurring discussions in Washington State among stakeholders about trustees – how the industry is regulated, whether trustees should be licensed, do trustees remain independent during the nonjudicial foreclosure process.  The industry has responded effectively...

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Fannie and Freddie Speakers Highlight Annual Conference

Representatives from Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac highlight the sessions at UTA’s 47th Annual Education Conference, held at the South Point Hotel Casino and Spa in Las Vegas, August 21-23, 2022. Room rates are just $75 per night, Sunday – Tuesday, and $185 per night Friday and Saturday (plus $17...

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UTA’s California Basic Trustee Certification Class Offered

UTA’s California Basic Trustee Certification Class is Offered Sunday, August 21st at the 47th Annual Conference in Las Vegas. The Basic Foreclosure Certification Course Syllabus includes Outline of state foreclosure procedures; Monetary and non-monetary defaults; Judicial v. nonjudicial foreclosures; What a Lender provides to the Trustee; What a Trustee does; Notice of...

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Show Me The Money: An Evening of Dinner, Networking, Friendship, Magic, Dancing … and Limbo!

This year’s UTA annual dinner gala, held on Monday, August 22nd at the South Point Hotel Casino & Spa, will feature a 30-minute ‘Show Me The Money’ performance from Rob Anderson, one of Las Vegas’s finest magicians. Our Polynesian-themed night of roving dining and networking includes a limbo competition, hula...

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Silent Auction Held at Annual Party

UTA’s Annual Silent Auction will be at the 47th Annual Conference, held August 21-23 in Las Vegas. The silent auction has brought in over $40,000 to the Association over the past 15 years.  The silent auction will be held on Monday Night at the Polynesian-themed event at the Grandview Lounge –...

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