Mortgage technology

In an effort to improve its member business lending processes, AltaOne Federal Credit took to the streets seeking a new vendor that wouldn't increase existing costs. It found its answer pretty close to home.

Bellwether Community Credit Union has deployed iPad technology in an effort to streamline loan applications.

Wells Fargo and Citigroup are laying off hundreds of employees at their mortgage units.

Like any sport or other pursuit like sales, the professionals always make it look so easy.

While training with the aim of compliance is no doubt hot, there are other compelling reasons to train as well, including the value it can provide in staffing and loan sales.

The nomination deadline for the 2013 Mortgage Technology Awards has been extended until 6 p.m. EDT Wednesday, July 24.

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CoreLogic has purchased Bank of America’s flood zone determination and tax processing services businesses.

There may be an exclusion from the originator definition unless the communication involves a discussion of credit terms particular to the borrower.

New business practices mandated by regulators in an effort to reform the primary mortgage servicer market appear to have leveled off large versus small bank differences in customer satisfaction.

For those who do use social media, they have to decide where they are going to get the best return on their efforts.

I was pleased to hear from many readers who read my column last week about trying to reboot their businesses in the midst of rapid market change.

Regulators have begun a push to significantly limit, and in some cases completely eliminate, the use of automated valuation tools in property valuation efforts.

You need to be able to deal with an unexpected temporary shutdown of operations.

Rentsys Recovery Services, a provider of disaster recovery solutions for community banks, credit unions and other enterprises, acquired EverGreen Data Continuity.

LoanLogics has developed an automated module to detect the cause of reconciliation errors between MERS data and servicing system data that can improve origination.

With this acquisition, Accenture hopes to become the largest end-to-end provider of mortgage services in the U.S.

ISGN CEO Ritesh Idnani explains how outsourcing fits into mortgage lending and servicing operations.

A new online wholesale trading platform was launched by SecondaryWire designed to accommodate the sale of brokers’ and correspondents’ loans to investors.

In the preliminary stages, lenders may not yet know what they need, much less want.

Applications for financing on new home purchases in June were down 15% from the previous month.