Digital mortgages

The expansion of borrower data collected in the new URLA upends an industry standard and lenders are experiencing some growing pains.

Major secondary market players have been testing Fincity’s technology, which is in the final approvals stage with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

National Mortgage News presents the third annual Best Mortgage Companies to Work For — a survey and awards program dedicated to identifying and recognizing the industry's best employers and providing organizations with valuable employee feedback.

The automation is more prevalent but the net adoption rate is low, the Stratmor Group found.

The company received an undisclosed amount of Series A funding from two investors to expand technology currently focused on helping lenders with timelines that are, on average, spinning out of control.

The visionary co-founded electronic signature company SignOnline in 1999, a year before legislation legalized e-signatures at the federal level.

The mortgage industry’s technology emphasizes speed, but a surge in volume has elongated the closing process for many, which is problematic ahead of a potential seasonal uptick in more time-sensitive purchase loans.

The transaction consisting of $24 million in securitized Ginnie pools followed a 265% jump in broader industry eNote registrations last year.

AlphaFlow, an asset manager that buys real estate loans from lenders, sold the first of what it expects to be a series of securities linked to mortgages often used by house flippers.

The mortgage lender will promote its brand, products and services through MLB-related television or radio ads, in addition to digital outlets.