On behalf of the United Trustees Association, Ann Marshall, Esq., of Bishop, Marshall & Wiebel, has filed an amicus brief in the case of Meyer v U.S. Bank.

Wright Finlay & Zak is seeing a recent influx of “direct deeding” issues with REO sales in GSE foreclosures in Nevada -- yet direct deeding itself is arguably unlawful in the state since October 2011...

An article in The San Francisco Chronicle headlined ‘How Deft Bid-Riggers Harmed Ex-Owners of Foreclosed Homes’, noted that the FBI has investigated bid-rigging at foreclosure auctions – whereby bidders collude with other bidders to suppress the sale prices of foreclosed properties and then hold private illegal secondary auctions where they...

Sixty attendees enjoyed UTA’s June San Diego Dinner, which featured a lively discussion on HOA lien foreclosures, CFPB rules, and lender audits.

Tina Suihkonen, currently serving as President of Beacon Default Management, has been appointed by UTA President Joyce Copeland to the Board of Directors.

Long-time UTA Member John Babigian has died. UTA will honor John’s memory with an award presentation at the 39th Annual Conference in La Quinta, California. John served as Vice President of Metropolitan News Company from 1988 until his retirement in 2002. Prior to that, he worked for 27 years with...

UTA’s Dallas Dinner will be held July 30th at the Embassy Suites Dallas – DFW International Airport North. California, Nevada and Texas HOA lien foreclosures will be discussed.Register Now.

Members – Don’t forget that UTA has a Job Board where members can post available jobs. The UTA job board currently has a new position posted for a Trustee Sales Officer.

The 2014 Utah legislative session resulted in five bills of interest to the default mortgage industry. Two of the bills, Senate Bill 20 and Senate Bill 130, have a direct impact on default mortgage servicers.

The five-year saga of changes to Michigan’s foreclosure by advertisement statute may be finally ending. As this update is being written, enrolled house bill 5277 is sitting on Governor Synder’s desk awaiting his signature. Read more