Mortgage Accounting Firm Richey May Fully Acquires Amata Solutions
Richey May, an accounting and advisory firm serving the financial services and real estate industries, has fully acquired Amata Solutions, a provider of customized...
Tim Mayopoulos Joins Blend as President, Among Other Executive Hires
Mortgage point-of-sale software provider Blend has picked up a key player for its executive team, as Tim Mayopoulos, former CEO of Fannie Mae, has...
ComplianceEase Adds Tool that Speeds Decision-Making
Mortgage compliance software company ComplianceEase has launched a new tool that helps lenders more quickly resolve common compliance issues.
The new tool, DecisionMonitor, helps reduce...
Flagstar Rolls Out New Version of Loantrac LOS
Flagstar Bank has upgraded its proprietary loan origination system (LOS), Loantrac, with new features capabilities focused mainly on ease of use and transparency for...
New York Bankers Association Endorses Promontory Fulfillment Services
The New York Bankers Association (NYBA), through its wholly owned subsidiary, the New York Bankers Service Corp. (NYBSCO), has endorsed Promontory Fulfillment Services (PFS)...
Commerce Bank Now Using Black Knight’s MSP to Service HELOCs
Commerce Bank, a large regional bank operating in approximately 330 locations in the central U.S., is converting its home equity lending portfolio to Black...
Black Knight Enhances Expedite Close with AI, Data Recognition Capabilities
Black Knight has rolled out a new version of its digital mortgage closing solution, Expedite Close, that uses advanced intelligence and data recognition capabilities...
Mortgage Technology Firm Cloudvirga Announces Two New Hires
Dan Sogorka has joined Cloudvirga, a provider of digital mortgage software, as chief revenue officer.
In addition, Kelly Kucera has joined the firm as senior...
Property Data Firm ATTOM Data Solutions Acquired by Lovell Minnick Partners
Lovell Minnick Partners, a private equity firm specializing in financial and related business services companies, has acquired ATTOM Data Solutions, a provider of data...
MBA Taps Bill Packer to Chair RESTECH Forum
Bill Packer, executive vice president and chief operating officer at American Financial Resources Inc. (AFR), is the new chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association’s...
LoanLogics Hires David Parker as SVP of Product Development
David Parker has joined LoanLogics, a provider of loan quality technology for mortgage manufacturing and loan acquisition, as senior vice president of product management.
Parker...
Computershare Loan Services Completes Purchase of LenderLive Network
Third-party mortgage services provider Computershare Loan Services (CLS) reports that it has completed its acquisition of LenderLive Financial Services and its operating subsidiary, LenderLive...
Downsizing Helped Boost Mortgage Application Defect Rate
The rate of serious defects in mortgage applications increased to 1.72% in the second quarter, up from 1.71% in the first quarter, according to...
Gena Roach: Mobile Optimized Websites Versus Mobile Apps
PERSON OF THE WEEK: To cut operating costs, stay competitive and deliver an outstanding borrower experience, it has become imperative for mortgage lenders to...
CoreLogic Buys HomeVisit, Completes Acquisition of Symbility
CoreLogic has acquired HomeVisit, a provider of marketing focused real estate solutions, including property listing photography, videography, 3D modeling, drone imagery and related services,...
Tranched Multifamily CIRT Deal a First For Fannie Mae
Fannie Mae recently completed its first tranched multifamily credit risk sharing transaction - a pool of approximately $10.9 billion of existing multifamily loans.
It was...
NotaryCam, Stewart Title Facilitate First Remote Online Closing in Virginia
NotaryCam reports that its remote notary service was used to facilitate the first remote online closing (ROC) for a purchase and sale transaction in...
Valligent Now Integrated with Veros
Valligent Technologies, offering valuation solutions including AVMs, is now integrated with Veros’ VeroSELECT platform.
As such, mortgage lenders using VeroSELECT now have direct access to...
NAMB Launches Mortgage Origination Platform Built on Calyx
The National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) has partnered with Calyx Software to launch a new mortgage origination platform for mortgage brokers that covers...
Time to Retire Outdated Manual Underwriting Processes
BLOG VIEW: The introduction of an advanced, automated and comprehensive platform for underwriting a loan is long overdue.
In an age when digitization and automation...