Amilda Dymi

While praising the mortgage industry for the promising amount of customer relief delivered so far, Joseph A. Smith Jr., monitor of the national mortgage settlement has three specific concerns in his 2013 agenda.

Michigan’s 6th Circuit Court ruling on Conlin v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems establishes a precedent insiders see as a small victory for lenders and servicers.

Fiserv has partnered with ChannelNet to offer borrowers the same multifaceted self-service website opportunity it has so far provided to lenders.

An estimated 81,351 homeowners received a permanent loan modification in February.

Insiders are expressing renewed optimism for growth in real estate capital markets and commercial real estate fundamentals, even compared to expectations of just six months ago.

Regulation has created a window of investment opportunity in the current booming mortgage servicing rights market.

Value Services LLC changed its name to reflect its renewed focus on residential and commercial property appraisal services.

An Ernst Publishing Co. survey shows the mortgage lending industry’s use of mobile technologies is lagging behind other financial services.

QuestSoft's fifth annual compliance survey reaffirms compliance requirements that have kept lenders up at night for three years in a row will continue to be a high concern at least until January 2014.

California’s housing counselors find the nation’s largest banks already are failing to comply with the National Mortgage Settlement and the state’s Homeowners Bill of Rights.

360 Mortgage Group is offering a product designed for borrowers who qualify for less than 20% mortgage downpayment loans.

Litvin Law Firm has ventured a unique yet quite simple approach to foreclosure risk analytics.

Most mortgage stocks traded at cents on the dollar up or down on Tuesday.

SNR Denton, Salans LLP and Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP have merged into a new polycentric global law firm.

Inconsistent, manual or expensive platforms that do not assess a mortgage loan portfolio in its entirety are a thing of the past.

The TD Bank Mortgage Service Index found that over half of the participating consumers expect more from their lenders.

With the exception of MGIC, by the end of the day all Mortgage Industry Equity Composite stocks were in the red.

As of April mortgage banks large and small are expected to ensure their loan originators take the so-called Uniform State Examination, which by default is relevant to servicers as well.

To increase online banking efficiency USAlliance Federal Credit Union has partnered with cross-selling technology provider Micronotes.

Bell State Bank & Trust has completed the purchase of the Business Bank, including its Prime Mortgage division.