Mortgage technology

Despite the "wow" factor, programs like ChatGPT are not, by themselves, the right tool for anything in the home loan space, argues the Director of Research at FormFree and Associate Director of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence at The University of Georgia.

The hackers, on their dark web blog, recently threatened to release supposed company and borrower information if the lender did not pay.

The tools are there to create a faster loan process, but fear of noncompliance and reliance on old habits still prevail, industry technology leaders said at the Fintech Nexus USA conference this week.

New products that have come to market since the start of 2023 include one that aims to ensure TRID compliance and another that handles image processing for appraisals.

Lenders used the firm's software in nearly a quarter of originations in the second half of last year, up from 14% over the same period in 2021.

The incident affecting the information of 1,361 customers is a rare disclosure of a data breach from a top mortgage lender and servicer.

Both tools are currently in use by eligible customers with waitlists open to others who are interested.

Earnings dipped for both companies coming in at $236 million and $328.2 million, respectively.

The servicer didn't disclose how many customers were affected by the incident.

The parties responded to the Federal Trade Commission's court filing that sought an injunction to halt their merger pending an internal adjudication.