Mortgage technology

The success of your mortgage origination business may very well depend on making changes to certain components of your operation.

Acquiring the mortgage analytics vendor Interthinx would give First American more products and services to match its rival title insurer Fidelity National — and former subsidiary CoreLogic, spun off in 2010.

The appraisal industry has seen many changes within the past few years, and with greater oversight and scrutiny coming from every direction—appraisers are under the microscope.

First American Financial Corp. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Interthinx for $155 million from its parent company, Verisk Analytics.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not properly using a web portal developed to collect and screen appraisal information in order to minimize losses, according to an audit released Thursday.

The Federal Housing Administration's long-awaited decision to start accepting electronic signatures on mortgage documents will cut down on costs and streamline operations for banks and other mortgage lenders. But the industry still faces several hurdles before it can reap the benefits of this technology upgrade.

The contest, as it were, is not really over when the big game ends.

Black Knight Financial Services finished yearend loan processing on a record 41 million loans last month.

A lender promises to be “ready to close" loans within 15 business days of receiving an appraisal—a far cry from where the mortgage industry once imagined it was heading.

Right now, there are contradictory messages between servicers of what is compliant. Utilizing technology can help servicers remain compliant to all of the industry regulation in effect today.

Alaska is the last on a very short list of states that have digitized 100% of their real estate and land inventories.

Mortgage companies, including mortgage servicing and property preservation firms that invest in the wrong type of data drilling and search engine optimization tools, can be in big trouble.

The Federal Housing Administration will immediately start accepting electronic signatures on all mortgage insurance endorsement and servicing documents, and will accept e-signatures on promissory notes beginning Dec. 31.

When it comes to hosting your system in the cloud, there are many options, and most people incorrectly assume that all cloud solutions deliver the same results.

The Harnessing Mobile Award commends the development and implementation of mobile technology in the mortgage industry. Learn about this year's finalists and see who won the 2013 MT Award.

A recent lawsuit contests the notion that the client database belongs to the loan officer, not the company.

Three default and fraud risk management veterans have established PointPredictive, a new firm that ties business and science to provide target technology solutions.

Harland Financial Solutions, Mortgagebot and Compushare are to operate under the brand D+H, although their offerings will keep their individual names.

Many are automating initial disclosures and using technology to standardize companies' takes on compliance until industrywide standards evolve. Interest in electronically archiving the rationale behind data changes also is growing.

The partnership supports Cenlar's efforts to organically integrate new features and update internal systems to comply with customer protection laws that came into effect in 2014.