Data and information management

CoreLogic's second-quarter net income increased 2% over the previous year on higher operating income from improvements in productivity.

From automated applications that borrowers can complete on their own, to data-mapping that speeds up the underwriting process, here's a look at strategies that can help lenders close loans faster.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's efforts to provide representation and warranty relief to lenders that perform automated data validations before loans close will improve mortgage credit risk assessment and lower costs for lenders and borrowers.

If you borrowed to buy your home, chances are TheNumber knows a good deal about you.

LendingTree has added property valuation data to its My LendingTree site, showing consumers how much equity in their home they can tap.

CoreLogic is acquiring appraisal technology company Mercury Network from Serent Capital just two years after the San Francisco-based private equity firm purchased it.

Real estate site Zillow is launching a $1 million competition among data scientists to improve its "Zestimate" home valuations, but said the crowdsourcing initiative is unrelated to recent lawsuits filed in Chicago against the company.

Homeowners insurance agencies are embedding their policy-underwriting technology into mortgage companies' origination and servicing systems in a bid to chase the same customers together.

Incenter Mortgage Advisors is brokering a $2 billion portfolio of mortgage servicing rights on agency loans with imaged files on behalf of an undisclosed seller.

The time needed to close a mortgage improved nine days since the start of the year as the market has shifted to doing more purchase loans.