The Seattle City Council has released its report, ‘Principal Reduction and Foreclosure Prevention’, recommending that the Eminent Domain not be pursued by the city in addressing foreclosure issues.

A useful interactive graphic article on Bloomberg.com explains the differences in housing market trends in various cities nationwide in an examination of why the bubble-bust-recovery pattern varies in different locations.

The United Trustees Association welcomes the following new members: • Julie Brosterman of WFG National Title from Glendale, CA • Terrie Ceniceros, American Default Management, Beverly Hills, CA • Thomas Darnell of Federal Property Registration Corp. from Melbourne, FL • Benjamin Petiprin, Law Offices of Les Zieve, Irvine, CA •...

Contra Costa County Superior Court Presiding Judge, Barry Goode has extended the drop-dead date for trustees’ sales at the Contra Costa County Courthouse Grounds to June 2, 2014.

The State of Nevada Foreclosure Mediation Program has changed their scheduled March 11, 2014 Beneficiary and Trustee Roundtable on FMP Rule Changes for Trustees from an in-person event to a Webinar event.

Heading into the deadline for introducing new bills in 2014, UTA California lobbyist Michael Belote looks at some of the current legislation being shaped in his state.

Before the housing crash, HOA foreclosures weren’t all that common. However, as the crash happened and more people defaulted on both their mortgages and HOA fees, their frequency has increased...

Washington's Foreclosure Fairness Act (FFA) has been tweaked and discussions regarding the larger issue facing the long-term future of the mediation program continue...

UTA Oregon lobbyists Shawn Miller and Elizabeth Howe provide brief summaries of House Bills 4065 and 4103, draft bills that were considered during the state legislature's recent annual short session.

UTA holds its 6th Annual California Lobby ‘Afternoon’ on Tuesday March 11th. Members will meet with their State Assemblymen and Senators. A dinner event will be held that same evening in Sacramento.