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LERETA Launches Charitable Tax Grants Initiative for Military Veterans
Partnership with Operation Homefront Supports Permanent Homes for Veterans Program

POMONA, Calif., March 30, 2023 — LERETA, a leading national provider of real estate tax and flood services for mortgage servicers, today announced the LERETA Tax Grants program which will help pay property taxes for military veterans through Operation Homefront, a national nonprofit whose mission is to build strong, stable, and secure military families so [...]

LERETA Launches Charitable Tax Grants Initiative for Military Veterans
Partnership with Operation Homefront Supports Permanent Homes for Veterans Program
2023-03-30T16:17:58+00:00

In Calculating Staffing Needs, Don’t Overlook the Massive Volume Shifts in ‘20 and ‘21

The sharp slowdown in new originations has resulted in significant downsizing for many lenders, with reductions occurring across the organization, including servicing as well as loan origination. But as executives look at the forecast for lower volumes of new loans coming in the door, they also need to consider how much servicing volume was [...]

In Calculating Staffing Needs, Don’t Overlook the Massive Volume Shifts in ‘20 and ‘212023-03-14T22:47:25+00:00

LERETA & Data Partner Sperlonga Launch End-to-End HOA Solution
Servicers Now Have Real-Time Monitoring, Payment & Escrow Options

POMONA, Calif., February 15, 2023 — LERETA, a leading national provider of real estate tax and flood services for mortgage servicers, together with Sperlonga Data and Analytics Systems, today announced the launch of a first-of-its kind solution for Homeowner Association (HOA) reporting and payments. Powered by Sperlonga’s data, the solution can automatically monitor payments for more [...]

LERETA & Data Partner Sperlonga Launch End-to-End HOA Solution
Servicers Now Have Real-Time Monitoring, Payment & Escrow Options
2023-02-15T17:34:21+00:00

LERETA’s Legislative Updates 2022 Q4

Legislative Updates By Staci Hardy, VP Internal Audit & QC Manager LERETA's compliance team regularly monitors and tracks statewide property tax legislation that impacts tax service for our customers. This quarter we are including details on introduced legislation and the progression of nine bills that we are following. None of these will have any impact [...]

LERETA’s Legislative Updates 2022 Q42022-12-20T19:47:02+00:00

Is Your Tax Vendor Flexible? A Lesson in the Basics of Tax Yoga

  By Tiffany Keohane, Client Implementation Manager & Susan Portnoy, SVP Product and Enterprise Operations   It may sound like a “stretch,” but some of the basic principles of yoga offer a surprisingly relevant checklist of best practices to look for when assessing a tax servicer – practices that will pay off [...]

Is Your Tax Vendor Flexible? A Lesson in the Basics of Tax Yoga2022-11-22T03:56:40+00:00

Managing Special-Lien Tax Risk Isn’t Easy: Three Questions for Tax Servicers to Ensure Specialty Liens Don’t Cause Special Problems

By Pat Hedges, SVP Senior Tax Operations Manager Typically, it’s not property taxes – which are most often escrowed and included with monthly mortgage payments – that pose the biggest headaches for lenders and servicers, but rather special-lien tax assessments that can be hard to identify and even harder to [...]

Managing Special-Lien Tax Risk Isn’t Easy: Three Questions for Tax Servicers to Ensure Specialty Liens Don’t Cause Special Problems2022-10-21T14:53:47+00:00

Together Again. 

LERETA's Manager Meeting, 2022 La Jolla, California Two years. What a vast span of time and space between our team as we worked diligently behind screens, seeing each other only in virtual meetings with carefully [...]

Together Again. 2022-07-26T15:19:41+00:00

LERETA Expands Board of Directors with Seasoned Technology and Mortgage Veterans

POMONA, Calif., April 13, 2022 — LERETA, a leading national provider of real estate tax and flood services for mortgage servicers, today announced the addition of three new directors to its board as the company continues to emphasize and expand its technology focus. Joining the LERETA Board of Directors are technology and mortgage veterans Stephen [...]

LERETA Expands Board of Directors with Seasoned Technology and Mortgage Veterans2022-09-02T17:14:16+00:00

Mitigating “Lower Liens” Risk with GIS Technology

By Priscilla Anand, Vice President / GIS Technical Manager Mapping Tool Helps Protects Servicers and Homeowners Alike If you’ve read any of our previous blogs, you’ve probably picked up on a common theme: tax servicers need to be extremely diligent setting up tax lines. Miss a parcel or a taxing agency and down the [...]

Mitigating “Lower Liens” Risk with GIS Technology2022-08-30T21:06:19+00:00

LERETA Announces Sale to Flexpoint Ford and Vestar Capital Partners

Private Equity Firms' Investment will fuel next-generation growth of LERETA COVINA, Calif., July 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — LERETA, LLC ("LERETA" or "the Company"), a leading national provider of real estate tax and flood services for mortgage servicers, and its equity holders, including funds managed by Tarsadia Investments, LLC, announced today that they have reached an [...]

LERETA Announces Sale to Flexpoint Ford and Vestar Capital Partners2022-09-12T17:54:35+00:00

How Little Liens can Cause BIG Problems

By Shelley Lucas Vice President Tax Operations LERETA Hard to Identify Lower Liens Can Cause Loss of First Lien Position and Collateral Risk Today, it’s hard enough for servicers and tax servicers to keep up with the 23,000 taxing authorities across the U.S., which is why the additional thousands of [...]

How Little Liens can Cause BIG Problems2022-09-16T18:11:43+00:00

Manufactured Homes: A Growing Market and A Growing Challenge for Servicers

By Heather Amick, Senior Client Executive, LERETA Approximately 22 million Americans live in manufactured homes today, and that number is expected to grow as the price of a site-built home becomes less affordable and the population ages. But as the popularity of manufactured homes grows, so will tax servicing challenges for banks, mortgage [...]

Manufactured Homes: A Growing Market and A Growing Challenge for Servicers2022-08-30T21:12:13+00:00

Tax Vendor Risk Assessment – Where to Begin?

By Jim Micali Chief Operations Officer LERETA “Third parties are an extension of the engaging organization and, in some cases, perform very critical functions for them. Therefore, it is vital to ensure that third party ecosystems, supply chains and other external partnerships are as resilient as the engaging organization.” [...]

Tax Vendor Risk Assessment – Where to Begin?2021-07-13T20:17:45+00:00

LERETA Acquires Flood Determinations Business

POMONA, Calif., December 14, 2020 /BusinessWire/ — LERETA, a leading provider of national real estate tax and flood services, has acquired the Flood Determinations Solution from Wolters Kluwer Governance, Risk & Compliance for an undisclosed sum. In partnership with LERETA, Wolters Kluwer will continue to enable its lending customers to purchase flood determination services through [...]

LERETA Acquires Flood Determinations Business2022-09-12T17:57:56+00:00
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