Platinum Data’s RealView Merges With Ellie Mae’s Encompass
Platinum Data Solutions, a provider of valuation data and analytics technologies, says it has integrated its RealView technology with Ellie Mae's Encompass all-in-one mortgage...
Inlanta Mortgage Implements LendingQB’s Mortgage LOS
Brookfield, Wis.-based mortgage lender Inlanta Mortgage Inc. says it has implemented the Web-based loan origination system (LOS) from LendingQB, a provider of mortgage loan...
CDT Awards $1.2M Mortgage Loan To Revitalize Detroit Neighborhood
The Community Development Trust (CDT), a New York-based real estate investment trust that provides capital for the preservation and creation of affordable housing, has...
Black Knight: U.S. Home Prices Up 1.1% In May
U.S. home prices increased 1.1% in May compared with April and increased 5.4% compared with May 2015, according to Black Knight Financial Services home...
Homes Selling Fast Amid Low Supply
On average, homes are selling a week faster than they did a year ago, meaning home buyers should be prepared to move quickly in...
FHFA: Home Prices Increased 0.2% In May
U.S. home prices increased 0.2% in May compared with April and increased 5.6% compared with May 2015, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency's...
NAR: Existing-Home Sales Increased 1.1% In June
Existing-home sales were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of about 5.57 million in June - an increase of 1.1% compared with a downwardly...
ClosingCorp’s DART Now Integrated With Qualia
ClosingCorp reports that its DART service, which provides guaranteed recording fee, transfer tax and filing instruction data for every residential property in the nation,...
Average FICO Score On Closed Mortgages Jumped To 726
Looser credit? What looser credit?
The average FICO score for all loans closed through Ellie Mae's Encompass loan origination system increased to 726 in June...
Clayton Intros New Underwriting Solution For Fix And Flip Market
Clayton Holdings, a provider of loan due diligence, surveillance, real estate owned property management, consulting, valuation, title and settlement services to the mortgage industry,...
Housing Starts Jumped 4.8% In June
Building permits in June were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of about 1.153 million, an increase of 1.5% compared with the revised May rate of about 1.136 million.
MBA: Mortgage Application Volume Dipped 1.3%
After increasing the previous two weeks, mortgage applications reversed course and decreased 1.3% on an adjusted basis during the week ended July 15, according...
Ellie Mae Releases New Version Of Encompass
The latest version of Ellie Mae's Encompass loan origination system (LOS) features the launch of new Freddie Mac integrations, updates to the Encompass Product...
PrimeLending Hires Kate Woody As Loan Officer
Kate Woody has joined Dallas-based residential mortgage lender PrimeLending as a loan officer in the company's Odessa, Texas, branch.
Woody is new to the mortgage...
Black Knight Updates LoanSphere To Support Home Equity Products
Black Knight Financial Services' LoanSphere Empower loan origination system now offers better support for home equity loans and home equity lines of credit.
That means...
Roostify, DocMagic Team To Streamline The Mortgage Process
Roostify is now integrated with DocMagic.
That means lenders that deploy Roostify’s automated transaction platform can use DocMagic's e-sign and e-delivery solutions natively with the...
Ray Brousseau Promoted To President At Carrington Mortgage Services
Ray Brousseau has been promoted to president of Carrington Mortgage Services, a fully integrated mortgage company with lending and mortgage servicing operations and an...
Whiteboard Mortgage Rolls Out New CRM System Designed Specifically For LOs
Whiteboard Mortgage Software, a division of OREN USA, a company that makes real estate sales and marketing software, as well as dynamic real estate...
Alterra Home Loans Secures Private Equity Funding From Panorama Point Partners
Omaha, Neb.-based private equity firm Panorama Point Partners has made a significant investment in Alterra Home Loans, an independent mortgage bank headquartered in Nevada,...
David Upbin Promoted At Mortgage Bankers Association
David Upbin has been promoted to the position of associate vice president of education operations and programming and MBA strategy at the Mortgage Bankers...