UTA’s 39th Annual Educational Conference, held November 9th -11th at the La Quinta Resort & Spa in La Quinta, California received very high reviews by attendees. View Conference Photos

Attendees to UTA’s 39th Annual Education Conference & Trade Show may access the complete UTA Education Conference Binder materials – including the presentation by Laurie Maggiano of CFPB – online. Attendees who would like to access the updated materials may contact Richard Meyers for the online password.

The Los Angeles city council voted on November 12th to amend the foreclosure registry ordinance to add a registration fee for any single family resident property when the status changes to foreclosure completed. Read UTA’s opposition letter. Read story in Los Angeles Times

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has an additional set of measures designed to expand foreclosure protections for mortgage borrowers, specifically surviving family members and other homeowners with the same protections as the original borrower. Read the full story in DS News. Read details about CFPB’s proposal. Read a copy...

UTA joined ALFN in filing an amicus brief in opposition to the Nevada’s Supreme Court decision (by a 4-3 vote in SFR Investments Pool 1 LLC v. U.S. Bank, N.A.). Read the UTA/ALFN Brief. Read the Court’s decision. Read story in Las Vegas Review Journal

The California Legislature has been described as operating a bill factory, an assembly-line operation where the “product” is new laws. There is some truth to that: each year the Assembly and Senate introduce 2000-2500 new laws, of which slightly less than half are eventually enacted and signed into law by...

UTA has filed an amicus brief in the case of Torigian v WT Capital Lender Services. The case involves a trial court awarding hundreds of thousands of dollars in attorney fees against a Trustee who recorded a Notice of Default when the borrowers had successfully contended the note had been...

UTA will be filing an amicus brief in a case that addresses whether a nonjudicial foreclosure constitutes debt collection. The case – Ho v. ReconTrust Company – also addresses whether nonjudicially foreclosing is covered by FDCPA (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act).

UTA will be filing an amicus brief in the case of Yvanova v. New Century. The case involves a borrower who lacks standing to pursue a quiet title claim without first tendering amount on her loan.

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed legislation that will recognize a new holiday in the state of California. ‘Native American’ day will be recognized on the fourth Friday of each September. Read the law and a complete summary of all California state holidays