Mortgage technology

This group is still relying on advice from other sources rather than making their own calculations.

Technology might be key to stay in compliance with the QM rule.

This segment has some vitality after three of the top four buyers had pulled out starting last year.

The pace of loan modification activity slowed during each of the first three quarters of 2013.

The Online Originator Award acknowledges a lender that has demonstrated a commitment to using Web-based technologies to generate borrower leads and convert them into closed loans. Learn about this year's finalists and see who won the 2013 MT Award.

Time to Accumulate MSRs? Better find a way to connect with your consumer first.

Fidelity National Financial, the largest U.S. title insurer, won approval from U.S. antitrust regulators for its $2.9 billion acquisition of Lender Processing Services.

Improvements in the internal control environment, investments in servicing technology and improved internal audit and Reg AB results led to the ratings changes, according to Fitch.

Score a win for the private market, as higher GSE prices make nonagency mortgages more attractive to investors.

The Release of the Year Award recognizes a new software, platform, alliance or initiative that’s expected to have the broadest future impact on the mortgage industry. Learn about this year's finalists and see who won the 2013 MT Award.

Issuers can get new commitment authority in as little as five minutes, according to Ginnie Mae president Ted Tozer.

The new feature will reduce errors and lender risk by ensuring the loan meets investor eligibility guidelines before it is too late in the process.

Sixty-three percent of lenders have an electronic document solution in place, the ninth Path to Paperless survey from Xerox finds.

Mortgage technology developer Optimal Blue acquired its largest competitor, LoanSifter, in a deal that combines the two largest standalone developers of product eligibility and pricing engines remaining in the mortgage industry.

An unprecedented annual jump in Internet mortgage banking transactions coupled with a 50% increase in mobile banking is profoundly changing retail bank operations and customer retention practices across the U.S., according to Accenture.

Any system will help your business as long as you use and update it.

Capsilon’s DocVelocity system now allows companies to send loans individually or in groups to seven financial institutions.

The $40 million in financing will help fuel the company’s expansion of services for the mortgage and property and casualty insurance industries through activities that include strategic acquisitions.

The only relief might come from a deduction for first-timers if they get housing counseling.

Subservicing volumes have surged by almost 40% in the past year as servicing compliance demand has increased.