Mortgage technology

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.

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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.

In light of new regulations, servicers need to take a fresh look at their servicing file tools, processes, policies and procedures.

Altisource would gain a venue to sell more of its origination services, while Mortgage Builder would get a larger company's backing to help achieve its goal of faster growth.

While use of facsimile has decreased in the workplace for general business practices over the years, fax machines still remain the default delivery method for sending and receiving mortgage payoff statements.

A new analysis by TransUnion gauges just how much the reporting of on-time rental payments can improve consumers' credit scores, especially for those with blemished credit.

A significant number of lenders are submitting the data required by Home Mortgage Disclosure Act with formatting errors, according to a new study.

Fidelity National Financial and First American Financial are pitching lenders additional technologies and services that complement their core title businesses. CoreLogic, by contrast, is diversifying its clientele beyond mortgages.

The CFPB believes that the answer to all of these problems lies in taking the paper completely out of the transaction and closing electronically.

Today, LinkedIn is the de facto standard to connect with other business executives on social media.

Nearly twice as many direct lenders are offering electronic disclosures to consumers now as they were only one year ago, and most of the consumers are opting to use them.

Carrington Mortgage Services launched a marketing portal to allow its brokers to close more loans in their respective markets.

Fannie Mae's short sale portal has been updated with new features for real estate agents.

Ellie Mae, the mortgage technology vendor, has hired 20-year industry veteran Harry Gardner as vice president of electronic strategies.

Mortgage lenders may have managed to learn about hashtags and followers, but streaming audio and podcasts are still pretty mysterious to them.