Alterra Home Loans Recruits Tom Middleton As SVP Of Business Development
Mortgage industry veteran Tom Middleton has joined Alterra Home Loans, a national mortgage lender, as senior vice president of business development and national expansion.
Middleton...
MBA: Applications For Mortgages For New Home Purchases Sank 20% In April
Applications for mortgages for new home purchases decreased 20% in April compared with March and decreased 4.3% compared with April 2016, according to the Mortgage...
Optimal Blue Partnering With Media Center CRM To Develop New Prospecting Tool
Optimal Blue recently announced that it is partnering with Media Center CRM to offer a new prospecting tool that can be used by both...
Docutech Hires Amy Brandt As President And COO
Amy Brandt has joined Docutech, a provider of document and e-sign technology to the mortgage industry, as president and chief operating officer (COO).
Brandt has...
Mel Watt: GSE Reform Needs To Happen Soon
Watt, however, seems content to leave the whole thing up to Congress.
Freddie Mac: Mortgage Rates Basically Flat
Mortgage rates held more or less flat during the week ended May 11, with the average rate for a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) at...
DocMagic, BeSmartee Partner To Make The E-Mortgage A Reality
DocMagic's mortgage document management technology is now integrated with BeSmartee's mortgage automation platform.
Via this integration, DocMagic and BeSmartee are enabling borrowers to complete a...
North Carolina Hosts Its First All-Electronic E-Closing
North Carolina made history last week when it hosted its first paperless, all-electronic e-closing in the state.
What's more, it was only the fifth all-electronic...
LaNette Holley Joins The Mortgage Collaborative As Director Of Strategic Initiatives
LaNette Holley has joined the Mortgage Collaborative, an independent association of mortgage lenders, as director of strategic initiatives.
Holley has more than 25 years of...
Mortgage Cadence Buys License To Offer FirstClose’s Technology
Mortgage Cadence, an Accenture company, recently purchased a licensed copy of FirstClose's proprietary software in order to facilitate a "lights-out" integration between the two...
MBA: Applications For Conventional Mortgages Reached Highest Level Since 2009
Mortgage application volume increased 2.4% on an adjusted basis during the week ended May 5, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage...
Appraisal Management Company Accurate Group Expands Sales Team
Mortgage and settlement services industry veteran Matthew Lichtner has joined Accurate Group, a provider of real estate appraisal, title and compliance services, as senior...
ValuAmerica’s Title Services Now Available Via LendingQB
ValuAmerica, a wholly owned subsidiary of Clayton Holdings and national provider of appraisal, title, closing and settlement services, reports that it has enhanced its...
Tim Ross Becomes CEO Of Ross Mortgage, Tim Pascarella Named President
Tim Ross has transitioned into the role of CEO for Ross Mortgage Corp., a regional, full-service residential mortgage lender headquartered in Troy, Mich.
In addition,...
StoneHill Group Hires Bill Wood As Corporate Trainer
William “Bill” Wood, an expert trainer of mortgage origination, underwriting and compliance requirements, has joined The StoneHill Group, a national provider of quality control...
Require Holdings Acquires Service 1st Valuation And Settlement Services
Require Holdings recently acquired Service 1st Valuation and Settlement Services Inc., a provider of valuation risk management services, including desk reviews, valuation risk analysis,...
Reverse Mortgage Funding Launches New Processing Service
National reverse mortgage lender Reverse Mortgage Funding (RMF) has launched a new processing service that it claims dramatically simplifies and reduces the amount of time...
ARMCO’s ACES Platform Now Supports Upcoming HMDA Changes
ARMCO says it has added 15 new enhancements to its ACES Risk Management quality control (QC) and compliance software, including support for the new...
GSEs Release ‘Duty To Serve’ Plans For Public Comment
Each plan aims to address the needs of America's three most underserved markets: manufactured housing, affordable housing preservation and rural housing.
Mortgage Network Opens New Location In Pennsylvania
Mortgage Network reports that it has relocated its West Chester, Pa., branch office to Exton, Pa., in the heart of Chester County, and further...