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Sonu Mittal reflects on how technology can improve fraud prevention and Freddie Mac's efforts help make loans safer and less expensive .

The top five states have an average effective real-estate tax rate of 2.02%

Also, Argyle, Two Harbors add mortgage tech experts to boards, Planet Home expands sales team and Calque names its CEO.

In the midst of a separation between Mike Kortas and Mat Grella, the company's CEO sets course to double headcount.

In an interview, Candor Technology's Sara Knochel recounts how she applies her childhood interest in languages and numbers to crucial home lending issues.

UWM kicked off the new year as the number one lender in the U.S. in overall and wholesale production as well as purchase mortgage originations, but it has not been all smooth sailing.

What recent patterns in FHA delinquencies, distressed loan outcomes, foreclosures and the rates at which loans are prepaying or underwater can reveal about where the market is headed.

Some vendors can act as backups when a cyberattack knocks the regular provider's system offline. Others offer vendor management expertise that may help.

While many working in home lending are looking to artificial intelligence for future efficiency and automation, job loss is also a concern among a majority of respondents in a new Arizent survey.

Keeping vendor arrangements under wraps, "pen-tests" and a few simple email setting changes can make a world of difference in avoiding future attacks, experts say.