Gateway First Bank, Sagent Extend Residential Mortgage Partnership
Sagent, a fintech company focused on mortgage and consumer loan servicing for banks and lenders, has signed a multi-year partnership extension with Gateway First...
CoreLogic LoanSafe Explorer Helps Lenders Delve Deeper into Fraud Risks
CoreLogic has introduced its LoanSafe Explorer service - the newest addition to its LoanSafe fraud and risk mitigation suite.
The tool is designed to assist...
Foreclosure Starts Ticked Up in December as Moratoriums Concluded
The mortgage delinquency rate (30 days or more past due) fell to 3.38% in December, down nearly 6% compared with November and down nearly...
Mortgage Servicers Must Adapt to New Regulatory Realities
BLOG VIEW: At the onset of the pandemic, mortgage and consumer regulators relaxed the supervision and enforcement of servicers’ compliance with certain requirements that...
Guild Mortgage Hires Garcia DeLuca as VP of Marketplace Diversity Strategy
Victoria Garcia DeLuca is the new vice president of marketplace diversity strategy for Guild Mortgage, an independent mortgage lender providing residential mortgage products and local...
FHA Expands REO Purchase Opportunities For Owner-Occupant Buyers
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is increasing the exclusive listing period on certain HUD single-family real-estate owned (REO) homes to allow more time for...
Rate of Mortgages in Forbearance Dropped 26 Basis Points at End of 2021
The Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) new monthly Loan Monitoring Survey has revealed that the total number of loans now in forbearance decreased by 26...
ATTOM Data Show a Large Drop in U.S. Foreclosures
ATTOM has released its Year-End 2021 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, showing that foreclosure filings – default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions – were...
Mortgage Delinquency Rates Decreased This Fall, Reports CoreLogic
CoreLogic’s monthly Loan Performance Insights Report for October 2021 shows that 3.8% of all mortgages in the U.S. were in some stage of delinquency...
loanDepot Begins Offering Ginnie Mae Loan Servicing
loanDepot, a nonbank retail lender, is bringing the servicing of FHA, VA and USDA-funded Ginnie Mae loans in-house.
The move leverages ongoing investment in loanDepot's...
Mortgage Delinquencies Improve While Active Foreclosures Fall
In its report on November 2021 month-end mortgage performance statistics, derived from its loan-level database representing the majority of the national mortgage market, Black...
MBA Survey Shows Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Decreases
The Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) new monthly Loan Monitoring Survey reveals that the total number of loans now in forbearance decreased by 39 basis...
DocMagic Debuts eDecision to Aid with Digital Closing Eligibility
DocMagic Inc., a provider of fully compliant loan document preparation, automated regulatory compliance and comprehensive eMortgage services, has rolled out eDecision, a solution that...
Doma Holdings Expands Mortgage Closing Technology Reach to Additional States
Doma Holdings Inc. has expanded its Doma Intelligence closing platform into the states of Washington, Utah, Maine, Tennessee and Mississippi, as well as the...
ProTitleUSA Acquires DocSolution for Document Preparation and Recording Capabilities
ProTitleUSA has completed an acquisition of document preparation and recording firm DocSolution Inc. by Charles A. Brown and Associates PLLC. The new company will...
Stewart Information Services Acquires Devon Title Agency
Stewart Information Services Corp. has acquired Devon Title Agency for an undisclosed sum.
Devon is one of the largest title agencies in Michigan, with more...
Guild Mortgage Hires Russ Fowlie as EVP of Loan Servicing
Guild Mortgage, a mortgage lending company originating and servicing residential loans, has named Russ Fowlie its executive vice president of loan servicing.
Fowlie has 25...
First American Docutech’s Print/Mail Facility Doubles Loan Document Fulfillment Capacity
First American Docutech, a provider of document, eSign, eClose and print fulfillment technology for the mortgage industry, and member of the First American family...
Deephaven Mortgage, Incenter Offer Appraisal Services to Non-QM Brokers
Deephaven Mortgage is partnering with Incenter Appraisal Management to offer non-agency/non-QM brokers remote appraisal services for Deephaven’s loans.
Deephaven will provide brokers with Incenter Appraisal...
VyStar Chooses Black Knight Mortgage Origination and Servicing Systems
VyStar Credit Union, a Florida-based credit union, has signed an agreement to use Black Knight Inc.'s integrated, end-to-end mortgage origination and servicing solutions, including...