Carrington Mortgage Services Launches MyLoanDetail
Carrington Mortgage Services has introduced MyLoanDetail, a proprietary online tool designed to help borrowers understand their obligations under their mortgage application and contract....
Ellie Mae’s Platform Ready For New CFPB Integrated Disclosures
Ellie Mae reports that its Encompass loan origination system is now ready for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) Real Estate Settlement Procedures...
U.S. Home Prices Basically Flat Month Over Month In January
U.S. home prices dropped 0.1% in January compared to December but were nonetheless up 4.5% compared to January 2014, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller...
Edward Golding Is White House’s Top Pick To Head FHA
Edward Golding, who worked for decades at Freddie Mac, has reportedly been tapped by the Obama administration to head the Federal Housing Administration...
MBA: Independent Mortgage Banker Profits Fell In Q4
Independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks reported a net profit of $744 on each loan they originated in the fourth...
D+H Expands Footprint With Acquisition Of Fundtech For $1.25 Billion
In keeping with its strategy to grow through acquisition, mortgage technology provider D+H is acquiring payments solutions provider Fundtech for $1.25 billion. The...
Black Knight: U.S. Home Prices Inched Up Slightly In January
U.S. home prices increased 0.1% in January compared to December and were up 4.6% compared to January 2014, according to Black Knight Financial...
NAR: Pending Home Sales Showed Modest Increase In February
Pending home sales rose a modest 3.1% in February compared to January and were up 12.0% compared to February 2014, according to the...
Wells Fargo To Accept AccountChek Asset Report From FormFree
FormFree Holdings Corp., a provider of automated deposit and asset verifications, says that Wells Fargo will now accept FormFree's AccountChek asset report for...
Capsilon Rolls Out New Version Of DocVelocity
Capsilon's DocVelocity solution now supports the e-signing of borrower disclosures. Thus, it gives lenders the ability to automatically assemble disclosure packages and email...
Mortgage Master Launches Mortgage Master University
To help its mortgage origination professionals improve service levels and increase production, Mortgage Master, a national mortgage lender, has launched Mortgage Master University,...
Freddie Mac: Mortgage Rates Moved Lower
Mortgage rates continued to decrease for a second week straight this past week, which should bode well for the spring home buying season....
Home Price Appreciation Outpaced Wage Growth 13:1 During The ‘Recovery’
A new report from RealtyTrac gets to the core of why the U.S. housing market is so sluggish. According to the firm's research,...
Parkside Lending Hires Three For Key Roles
Gail Dolton has joined Parkside Lending, a national wholesale and correspondent lender, as general counsel. Dolton brings more than 20 years of industry...
Freedom Mortgage Hiring More Than 75 Employees
Freedom Mortgage Corp. reports that it is hiring 75 or more employees over the coming months for its new 7,000 square-foot direct lending...
March Will Be A ‘Weak’ Month For Home Sales, Auction.com Predicts
March is going to be a weak month for home sales, according to Auction.com's Real Estate Nowcast, which forecasts housing market conditions. The...
MUFG Union Bank Signs Up For Black Knight’s Closing Insight
MUFG Union Bank is the latest mortgage lender to sign up for Black Knight Financial Services' Closing Insight solution, a suite of Web-based...
Ellie Mae Names Two New Executive Vice Presidents
Mortgage software provider Ellie Mae reports that Cathleen Schreiner Gates has been promoted to executive vice president of sales and marketing, while Joseph...
MBA: Mortgage Applications Jumped 9.5%
After falling for six of the previous seven weeks, mortgage application volume jumped 9.5% on an adjusted basis during the week ended March...
OptimalBlue And National MI Now Integrated
Users of OptimalBlue's product and pricing engine now have fast access to pricing for National Mortgage Insurance Corp.'s (National MI) private mortgage insurance,...