Mortgage technology

The online ballot is now open for mortgage lender and servicing professionals to vote for their favorite technology and services vendors.

Zillow Inc. is seeking to acquire rival Trulia Inc. in a move to combine the two most-visited U.S. real estate websites.

Using the MERS System helps stop mortgage lenders from fraudulently pledging the same loans to multiple warehouse lines. Most line providers register as interim funders. Some recent entrants may not.

For outsourcers to supply value to the originators that hire them, they must do than simply meet the terms of the agreement.

A lender's LOS can help or hurt its bottom line. When examining existing systems for process improvements or evaluating other alternatives, focusing on a number of key considerations can simplify the process and narrow down the field of LOS options.

Big data techniques could help mortgage lenders home in on the most qualified borrower leads, but uncertainty about the new technology has many originators clinging to existing practices with a known track record.

FormFree Holdings, a mortgage technology vendor in Atlanta, received a U.S. patent for its automated asset verification system, AccountChek.

Document imaging and data processing firm Kofax has launched new consumer-facing technology designed to make it easier for borrowers to submit their financial information for a mortgage application.

Altisource Portfolio Solutions' acquisition of Mortgage Builder Software will close next month, the companies announced Monday, following weeks of rumors but no official confirmation of the deal.

Under the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plan, lenders would need to respond to virtually every public complaint — even those by consumers, disgruntled employees, and competitors that abuse this forum.

Nearly five years after Bank of America dumped the Mortgage Servicing Package for technology it obtained in its acquisition of Countrywide, a forlorn Black Knight Financial Services is trying to win back the country's third-largest servicer.

Fiserv and ChannelNet have added a feature to LoanLink, their borrower self-service tool, that lets distressed consumers apply online to restructure their mortgage or installment loans.

Wolters Kluwer Financial Services will launch a suite of training tools to help lenders comply with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new integrated mortgage disclosures.

SharperLending, which runs a platform where lenders order settlement services from vendors, now offers employment and income verifications through The Work Number.

Lack of funding confidence is why many longtime mortgage professionals are jumping ship and hitching their wagons onto new companies.

National mortgage banker GMH Mortgage Services is opening a wholesale lending division.

The nomination deadline for the 2014 Mortgage Technology Awards has been extended until 6 p.m. EDT Thursday, July 10. Click Here to Enter.

Merscorp must face a trial to determine how much it owes Pennsylvania counties for shortchanging them on mortgage recording fees, a judge ruled.

FormFree Holdings, a mortgage technology vendor in Athens, Ga., has appointed John Sheppard, a former Coca-Cola International executive, to be its president and chief operating officer.

Digital shifts are rapidly redefining customer preferences and expectations.