Mortgage technology

With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's QM regulation implementation date looming large, credit unions are gearing up to make sure all of their related software and operating systems ducks are in a row.

Home value data reported by Pro Teck Valuation Services confirm that state regulation will continue to negatively affect property values and the housing recovery.

Consumers who refinanced their mortgages over the last year or so still saw stacks of paper on the closing table. Now, an unlikely agent of change may help push paperless adoption: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The Transforming Valuations Award recognizes a technology advancement in the appraisal, broker price opinion or automated valuation sectors. Learn about this year's finalists and see who won the 2013 MT Award.

With its ancient technology updated, the agency now is developing a scorecard to spot troubled mortgage-backed securities servicers.

Recent improvements in lending technology are having a strong impact on loss mitigation practices for lenders.

Efforts to adjust to new market demands and comply with a heavily regulated mortgage lending marketplace involve anything from massive layoffs to speeding up loan processing automation.

The origination technology provider is buying a customer-relationship management platform.

Originators should outsource the verification of employment function.

Mortgage websites often make one of the same mistakes the disastrous healthcare.gov did. So both mortgage technologists and government officials can share the derisive tag “the monkey court” for once.

Risk management and compliance has increased from safety and soundness reviews to encompass consumer protection and operational risks since the founding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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While the housing market is slowly picking up steam, there is still a very large inventory of distressed loans that pose a potential risk to the mortgage industry.

Servicers are still finding ways to cope with heightened regulatory scrutiny and continue to evaluate options to increase efficiencies while maintaining legal compliance.

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The title insurer will raise the funds by selling stock and taking a bridge loan.

The market for bank-owned assets is inefficient and fragmented. Buyers have to search dozens of websites, sift through hundreds of potential leads, and track down sellers from incomplete or out of date listings to find what they are looking for.

PCV Murcor’s ValuationsDirect makes it easier for mortgage brokers and correspondents to not only pay for a borrower’s appraisal, but track the status of a report.

The 14th Annual Mortgage Technology Awards Ceremony will be held at 7:30 p.m. EDT, Sunday, Oct. 27 at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Downtown Hotel. RSVP online and share the spotlight with the industry’s leading innovators.

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