LoanLogics Integrates Mortgage Pricing Platform With Vantage Production’s CRM Platform
LoanLogics' LoanDecisions product eligibility and mortgage loan pricing platform is now integrated with Vantage Production's sales and marketing automation platform. That means lenders...
Accenture Updates Mortgage Cadence Platform For TRID
Accenture says it has updated its Accenture Mortgage Cadence Enterprise Lending Center platform with new features and capabilities to help lenders stay in...
ComplianceEase Says ComplianceAnalyzer Now Fully Updated For TRID
ComplianceEase reports that its online compliance management platform, ComplianceAnalyzer, now fully supports loans originated under the new TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rules. In...
Genworth MI, Ellie Mae Announce Non-Delegated Integration
Genworth Mortgage Insurance, a unit of Genworth Financial Inc., has enhanced its integration with Ellie Mae's Encompass360 platform in response to growing demand...
Housing Starts Fell 11.1% In April
Housing starts were at an annual rate of about 1.036 million units in May - a decrease of 11.1% compared to the revised...
The Money Source Selects Black Knight’s MSP Platform
The Money Source, a national correspondent lending company, has signed a five-year contract for Black Knight's MSP platform. The company is moving its...
ISGN, Bradford Technologies Launch New Desktop Appraisal Solution
ISGN Corp. has teamed up with Bradford Technologies to launch Valuation Advantage Desktop Appraisal, a new desktop appraisal product supported by a third-party...
OpenClose Releases Version 4.0 Of OC Optics
Mortgage technology provider OpenClose recently released version 4.0 of OC Optics, a Web-based analytics and reporting system that integrates tightly with the company's...
Mortgage Network Hires T.J. Curran For Its Providence Branch
Veteran mortgage professional T.J. Curran has joined Mortgage Network Inc., one of the largest independent mortgage lenders in the eastern U.S., as a...
NTC Launches Collateral File Audit And Remediation Service
Nationwide Title Clearing Inc. (NTC) has introduced a new collateral file audit and remediation service that reduces the risk of buyback requests, increases...
HUD Revises HECM Policies To Help Eligible ‘Non-Borrowing Spouses’ Stay In Their Homes
Thanks to revisions to the Federal Housing Administration's (FHA) policies pertaining to Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs), lenders now have more options for...
Freddie Mac: 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Now Averaging Above 4%
Fixed mortgage rates increased significantly during the week ended June 11, according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey. The average rate for...
Citadel Servicing Corp. Now Using USRES For BPOs
Citadel Servicing Corp. (CSC), specializing in nonprime loans for both owner-occupied and non-owner-occupied residential properties, is now using USRES for broker price opinion...
Freddie Mac Hires Sean Becketti As VP And Chief Economist
Mortgage industry veteran Sean Becketti has joined Freddie Mac as vice president and chief economist. Previously, Becketti was senior vice president and head...
MBA: Mortgage Application Volume Surged 8.4%
Mortgage application volume surged 8.4% during the week ended June 5 compared to the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA)...
Lenders: Dodd-Frank Is Choking The Life Out Of The Mortgage Business
The Dodd-Frank rules are choking the life out of the mortgage banking industry, a survey of 182 lenders recently conducted by the American...
RealtyTrac: Average Down Payment Dropped To Three-Year Low In Q1
The average down payment on a single-family home in the U.S. was about 14.8% of the purchase price in the first quarter -...
Former Regulator Sandra Braunstein Joins Wolters Kluwer
Sandra Braunstein, former federal regulator, has joined Wolters Kluwer Financial Services to provide compliance management and Community Reinvestment Act consulting services to the...
Inlanta Mortgage Expands Third-Party Origination Business With New Manager
Inlanta Mortgage Inc. has promoted Gary Grocholski to third-party origination (TPO) manager to handle the company's expanding TPO business and oversee the execution...
Auction.com Adds Former Yahoo! CFO As New CEO
Online real estate marketplace Auction.com has hired Tim Morse, former Yahoo! Inc. chief financial officer (CFO), as the company's new CEO. Morse joined...