Digital mortgages

Vista Equity Partners is considering the potential sale of a stake in Finastra in a deal that could value the financial technology company at more than $10 billion including debt, people familiar with the matter said.

Freddie Mac's test of artificial intelligence to make lending decisions could be a significant turning point in broadening the use of the technology.

Freddie Mac is increasing the number of companies offering merged reports from the credit bureaus through integrations with its Loan Product Advisor automated underwriting system.

Although they still lag behind the rest of the mortgage industry, brokers are embracing advancements in technology in ways that could help build their business.

From its greatest potential to adoption challenges, here’s a look at what attendees at the Digital Mortgage Conference 2019 had to say about artificial intelligence.

By joining forces, Cloudvirga will integrate its digital mortgage software with Exos' cloud technology to enhance customers' desire for self-service during the transaction.

Business intelligence software from a compensation management technology provider and an auto-fulfillment service for disclosures were among new offerings introduced by companies at Digital Mortgage.

A mortgage company's dispute with Connecticut over what tasks a licensed loan officer needs to handle points to a potential compliance concern for direct and digital lenders seeking to maximize efficiencies.

With the mortgage industry inching closer to full digitization, lenders need to strike the right balance of man-versus-machine as borrowers still look to leverage human interaction during the origination process.

The most successful mortgage originators will use artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance and enable their people to have better, more meaningful engagements with customers.