Optimal Blue Joins Lenders One Alliance
Optimal Blue, which offers a suite of cloud-based technology solutions and services to the mortgage banking industry, has joined the Lenders One alliance...
Tableau Reporting Solution Integrated With ARMCO’s Mortgage QC Software
ARMCO, ACES Risk Management, a provider of quality control (QC) software for the mortgage industry, reports that it has enhanced the reporting capabilities...
MBA: New Government Incentives Boost Mortgage Credit Slightly In January
Mortgage credit availability increased 1.8% in January compared to December to reach a score of 117.8 on the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Mortgage...
S&P To Pay Nearly $1.4 Billion To Resolve Mortgage Bond Probe
Standard & Poor's Financial Services, along with its parent, McGraw Hill Financial Inc., will pay $1.375 billion to resolve allegations that the ratings...
MBA: Mortgage Application Volume Rose 1.3%
After falling about 3.2% the week prior, mortgage application volume increased 1.3% on an adjusted basis during the week ended Jan. 30, according...
Two New Account Executives For LenderLive’s Correspondent Lending Division
Andrew Lion and Wendy Lovett have joined LenderLive Network Inc. as regional account executives for the company's correspondent lending division. Lion has more...
Shasta’s Calcubot Facebook Tools Integrated With MeridianLink’s LOS
In order to capture more business, smart mortgage lenders today are leveraging social media channels, including Facebook, and mobile technologies in order to...
Bayview & Lakeview Wholesale Using Comergence For Originator Due Diligence
Bayview & Lakeview Wholesale, a portfolio and agency mortgage lender, is now using Comergence Compliance's due diligence and monitoring services to ensure that...
Envoy Mortgage Hires Andrew Pettola As RVP Of Northeast Region
Andrew Pettola has joined Envoy Mortgage as regional vice president (RVP) of the Northeast region. Pettola has more than 24 years in the...
CoreLogic: Home Prices Dipped Slightly In December
Home prices dipped 0.1% in December compared to November, but prices were up 5% compared to December 2013, according to CoreLogic's Home Price...
William Shuey Joins Opus CMC As Director Of Securitization
William Shuey has been named director of securitization for Opus Capital Markets Consultants LLC (Opus CMC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Wipro Ltd....
Veteran Mortgage Executive Rick Cardillo Joins 1st Alliance Lending
Rick Cardillo has joined 1st Alliance Lending, a full-service mortgage banking and servicing company offering Federal Housing Administration, Veterans Administration and conventional mortgage...
Rockland Trust Using Embrace Home Loans For Mortgage Processing
Embrace Home Loans has inked a multiyear deal to provide Rockland, Mass.-based Rockland Trust, a $6.4 billion asset institution with nearly 80 branches...
FHA Rule Lets Lenders Offer HECM Borrowers Additional Protections
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has implemented a new rule that will give additional protections to homeowners who take out reverse mortgages. Under...
CFPB Loosens Rules For Small Creditors Serving Rural Areas
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is relaxing some of its mortgage rules in order to make it easier for small lenders -...
NAR: Pending Home Sales Fell 3.7% In December
Despite interest rates reaching their lowest level of 2014, pending home sales fell 3.7% in December compared to November, according to the National...
Freddie Mac: Mortgage Rates Increase For First Time This Year
Mortgage rates increased for the first time in 2015 during the week ended Jan. 29, according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey....
Ellie Mae Joins ESRA To Promote E-Signatures
With the introduction of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new integrated disclosures going into effect this August, plus the significant advancements in e-document,...
MBA: Mortgage Application Volume Fell 3.2%
After increasing dramatically the previous two weeks, mortgage application volume fell 3.2% on an adjusted basis during the week ended Jan. 23, compared...
Valuation Partners Announces Staff Changes
Mark Lyons has been promoted to the new role of senior vice president for corporate sales development at appraisal management company Valuation Partners....