Marketing

FNF Group, a division of Fidelity National Financial, has agreed to acquire real estate software company Commissions Inc.

Technology developed by SmartZip analyzes 2,000 variables about a housing market and its homeowners to help real estate agents and lenders identify consumers most likely to sell their house or need a new mortgage.

Loan officers encounter a wide range of obstacles in the process of seeing a mortgage loan through to closing, but how many can spin silence into livestock?

There were patterns of racial disparities in mortgage originations in the St. Louis, Milwaukee and Minneapolis metropolitan statistical areas, according to the National Community Reinvestment Coalition.

Carmen Inclan of Raymond James Bank recognizes customers are happiest, and business booms, when communication is prioritized.

RealtyUSA has merged with Pittsburgh-based Howard Hanna Real Estate Services.

Alterra Home Loans in Las Vegas has secured an expansion capital and equity investment commitment from private equity partnership Panorama Point Partners.

While many depositories do just enough mortgage lending to low- to moderate-income borrowers to meet statutory requirements, The Federal Savings Bank has made it a backbone for growth.

Intensive year-long program features program managers as coaches, business segment rotations and even group hugs.

Manhattan renters left their apartments in search of better deals last month, pushing back against landlord price increases and taking advantage of a flood of new choices on the market.

Calling the crazy-idea department…a U.S. Bancorp-branded bus is more than halfway through a cross-country, social-media-tracked journey to promote community development and alter its profile. It's an example of the new style of reputation-oriented marketing being pursued by banks.

The board of Nationstar Mortgage Holdings has unanimously elected CEO and President Jay Bray as the company chairman, succeeding Wesley Edens, who retired July 1.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently dressed down the mortgage industry for failing to innovate. Here are 10 tech ideas from the National Mortgage News team that could improve efficiency, margins and the industry's image among growing demographics. Some might sound farfetched, but so do most great inventions at first. Dream big.

A previous career in the restaurant industry sparked an idea that helped Chong Yi nearly double his production dollar volume.

Mortgage rates are up two basis points over the previous week, but they are not increasing as fast as the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield.

Drew Boland's positive attitude and love of a challenge are two defining characteristics that help him stand out from his peers.

Brokers remain perplexed over how to strike a balance between helping borrowers shop for the best deal and maintaining compliance with the TILA-RESPA integrated disclosures. Specifically, how do brokers and wholesalers meet TRID's delivery deadline and accuracy requirements when a loan is resubmitted to a new lender?

The mark of an excellent salesperson is the ability to progress even in challenging markets. Here's a look at the loan officers featured in the Top Producers Rankings who logged increases of more than 75% of their previous year's dollar volume of mortgage originations.

Confidence among homebuilders climbed to a five-month high in June, signaling the residential real estate market may have some scope for a pickup, according to a National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo survey.

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage saw interest rates fall to the lowest level in three years as expectations for the Federal Reserve's June meeting and Britain's potential exit from the European Union drove investors to the safety of U.S. bonds.