E-docs

Amy Brandt has joined Docutech as its president and chief operating officer, bringing years of experience running a mortgage banker.

Fannie Mae has selected electronic document management vendor eOriginal to host the government-sponsored enterprise's new electronic vault.

MetaSource has acquired Dallas-based mortgage document firm Orion Financial Group in an effort to expand upon its lien release offerings.

The American Land Title Association is calling on state governments to support regulations that recognize and authorize remote electronic notarizations.

Origin Bank in Addison, Texas, has begun offering warehouse financing for electronic mortgages.

Some of the most popular contributors to National Mortgage News' Voices community weigh in on what they see coming in the next year for origination, servicing, technology and regulation.

Radius Financial Group worked for years to achieve an end-to-end digital closing process, finally doing so this fall. Here's how the Massachusetts lender got it done.

A flood of fintech companies are promising to create a better experience for mortgage borrowers, forcing lenders to contemplate buying a vendor's software, building applications in-house — or even outright acquiring a company with digital expertise.

SAN FRANCISCO — Want to improve the customer experience? Start by making the employees' tools better.

Digital mortgages are not an idea for the future; they are here to stay, and the mortgage industry must put aside its misplaced fear of technology and change and embrace them.

The rise of digital mortgages and increasing lender consolidation are just two reasons mortgage brokers should make the transition to mortgage banking sooner rather than later.

Freddie Mac has published a list of companies that meet its requirements regarding the creation, signing and storage of electronic promissory notes.

Banks have been waiting on Justice Department guidelines on how to make their websites compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, but many are being advised to take action now or face lawsuits from disabled customers.

The single-director structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau represents an unconstitutional concentration of executive power, a federal appeals court said Tuesday. But the court stopped short of disbanding the agency, instead giving the president more power to remove its leader.

First American Financial Corp. has acquired post-closing services and document management technology provider TD Service Financial Corp.

Xerox Mortgage Services will change its name as it becomes a part of Conduent, the company that will incorporate Xerox's business process outsourcing division.

United Wholesale Mortgage has rolled out a new tool that allows mortgage brokers to receive automated income verification.

The events of the past 40 years pale in comparison to the strides the mortgage industry has made with technology, from pen-and-paper processes to handheld interest rate checks in minutes. The most exciting part: the best is yet to come.

If the past 40 years has revealed anything about the mortgage industry, it's that change is constant, and inevitable. From the future of Fannie and Freddie to the role technology will play in underwriting, here's a look at 10 bold predictions that will shake up the mortgage industry.