Nine Members on Ballot For Board of Directors

  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...

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Success on the California Legislative Front

  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...

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Conference Hotel Room Guarantee Deadline is October 5th!

  Please note that the hotel room guarantee deadline for the UTA’s 41st Annual Education Conference & Trade Show is October 5th. The conference dates are Sunday, November 6th through Tuesday, November 8th. (Sunday is the Golf Tournament; the Cooking Class; the Hummer Tour and Opening Reception; the Conference Program...

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UTA Welcomes Ten New Members

Please welcome the following new members to UTA. Carla Asmundson, Digital First Media, Monrovia, CA Ryan Bourgeois, Barrett, Daffin, Frappier, Turner & Engel, Addison, TX Julie Bouslog, Digital First Media, Walnut Creek, CA Robert Forster, Barrett, Daffin, Frappier, Turner & Engel, Addison, TX Helen Leivan, Assured Lender Services, Tustin, CA...

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Successors In Interest Legislation Moves to Governor

  The California Legislature this week passed and sent to the Governor, SB 1150, relating to successors in interest of borrowers.  The bill is complex, but the basic intent is to extend many of the provisions of the Homeowner’s Bill of Rights (HOBR) to successors in interest of loans for...

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UTA’s Trustee Fee Increase Bill Signed Into Law By Governor Brown

  On Monday, August 22nd, Governor Brown signed UTA’s sponsored bill, SB 983 into California law.  The legislation, introduced by Senator Mike Morrell (R-40) increases the base limitations on the amount of trustee’s or attorney’s fees by $50 throughout the nonjudicial foreclosure process.  The new law also made a clarifying...

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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal holds that Nevada’s HOA “Opt-in” Notice Statute is Unconstitutional: Bourne Valley Court Trust vs. Wells Fargo Bank (Aug. 12, 2016)

  By Phillip M. Adleson, Esq., Adleson, Hess & Kelly   The facts in Bourne Valley Court Trust vs. Wells Fargo Bank (Aug. 12, 2016) were relatively simple.  Wells Fargo Bank held a first deed of trust on property in Nevada.   The property was part of a planned development with...

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