VirPack Bringing Streamlined Document Delivery Process to Radian
Radian Guaranty Inc., the mortgage insurance (MI) subsidiary of Radian Group Inc., has completed integration with the VirPack Document Management and Delivery System (DMDS)...
Mortgage Origination Volume Jumped Sharply from 2015 to 2016
A CoreLogic analysis of public records data showed that the dollar volume of all mortgages - purchase and refinance combined - originated in 2016...
30-Year Fixed Now At Its Lowest Level Since November
Freddie Mac says the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.86% with an average 0.5 point for the week ending Aug. 24, 2017, which is...
Lack of Housing Supply Still Creating Downward Pressure
First American’s proprietary Potential Home Sales model for the month of July 2017 shows that a lack of supply “continues to be the main...
Many Metros’ Home Values Surpassing Bubble-Era Peaks
Home values are setting new records in about half of the country's largest metros, and the national median home value is now $4,100 more...
‘Pre-Mover’ Interest Is Strong in Affordable Areas
ATTOM Data Solutions’ Q2 2017 Pre-Mover Housing Index shows that the markets with the highest pre-mover indices during the second quarter - predictive of...
Existing-Home Sales Down 1.3 Percent in July
Listings in July typically went under contract in under 30 days for the fourth consecutive month because of high buyer demand, but existing-home sales...
Housing Market in California Slowing Down for Fall
California pending home sales trended lower in July versus June and year over year, according to recent data assembled by the California Association of...
Vantage Production Using Optimal Blue Pricing Engine
Vantage Production says its VIP users can now incorporate real-time product and pricing information directly into consumers’ quotes and sales presentations via integration with...
Arch MI, OpenClose Provide Integration Via LOS
Arch Mortgage Insurance Comp. (Arch MI), a provider of private mortgage insurance, and OpenClose, a multichannel loan origination system (LOS) and mortgage software solutions...
GSE Rolling Out Automated Collateral Evaluation on September 1
Freddie Mac says it is now offering its automated collateral evaluation (ACE) service to consumers who are buying homes or refinancing existing mortgage loans....
QuestSoft Tech Features New Loan-Level Validation Functionality
QuestSoft’s Compliance EAGLE software platform has added new loan-level data checks and validation for Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System (NMLS) mortgage call reports, allowing lenders...
Refi Volume Inched Up a Bit in July
According to Ellie Mae’s July Origination Insight Report, the percentage of refinance home loans increased three points to 35% of all closed loans, following...
Survey Provides Insight into Millennials’ Thoughts on Home Buying
According to a recent survey conducted by loanDepot, 52% of Millennials (born between 1981 and 1997), cite no longer wanting to pay rent and...
Number of Equity-Rich Properties Continues to Grow
ATTOM Data Solutions’ Q2 2017 U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report shows that at the end of the second quarter of 2017, there were...
NAR: Housing Supply at ‘Pitiful Levels’
According to the latest quarterly report from the National Association of Realtors, the national median existing single-family home price in the second quarter was...
Comergence Launches Social Media Compliance Tool
Comergence, an Optimal Blue company, has debuted its newest compliance solution: Social Media Compliance.
Powered by regulatory intelligence capabilities and embedded with the specific policies...
Anworth Using SS&C to Enhance REIT Business
Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp., a publicly traded mortgage REIT, has selected SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. to streamline its trading, investment accounting and financial reporting...
Path LOS Users Now Have Direct Access to Radian MI
PathSoftware says its cloud-based mortgage loan origination software (LOS), Path, is now integrated with Radian Guaranty Inc., the mortgage insurance (MI) subsidiary of Radian...
Firms Partner to Offer Telemetry MBI to Mortgage Lenders
Spiegel Accountancy Corp. (SAC), a professional accounting firm that serves the mortgage industry and small businesses nationwide, has formed a professional alliance with 5X Solutions,...