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Automated data validations are integral to a seamless digital mortgage experience. But the extent of data exposed in the Equifax breach raises questions about the risk of fraudsters exploiting those technologies to further compromise consumer data.

While many mortgage lenders focus on updating the front end of the borrower experience, other lenders are making strides on the back end of the process with new electronic closing capabilities.

Technology isn't a magic bullet for success, and just doing mortgages digitally doesn't change how the business fundamentally works.

Many lenders are focusing too much time on user experience and overlooking the frustratingly inefficient mortgage process happening behind their pretty loan applications.

As lenders embrace the automated processes and data integrations of digital mortgages, they must also rethink their approach to quality control.

The Equifax breach has millions of Americans now thinking about freezing their credit to guard against identity theft. But those who act could be cutting themselves off from the nation's vast credit economy.

An organization that plays a role in the racial integration of Tennessee's neighborhoods and schools has — after nearly 100 years — installed its first black president.

Along with the temperature, the housing market in the Twin Cities is beginning to cool.t

An overwhelming majority of millennials with student loan debt do not currently own a home, and are blaming student debt for delaying their ability to purchase.

Mortgage investors want Freddie Mac to align its policy with Fannie Mae's when it comes to how delinquencies related to Hurricane Harvey affect credit risk transfer deals.