Mortgage technology

The qualified mortgage rule is a special carve-out to the ability to repay requirement.

The state of e-mortgages is now poised to take a quantum leap forward.

New compliance requirements don’t typically inspire the most innovative technology enhancements in the mortgage industry. But the upcoming overhaul of borrower disclosure forms has created an opportunity to re-engineer the way lenders and title companies execute mortgage closings, according to Document Systems Inc. CEO Dominic Iannitti.

In the past two years, 85% of Hispanics were engaged in online banking, compared to 74% of all U.S. households.

LendingQB has put the guidelines from four of the six private mortgage insurers onto its loan origination system’s automated underwriting engine.

With regulatory reform, the secondary mortgage market as well as the primary one will have heightened liability when it comes to loans.

When it comes to counseling consumers on their financial health, home buying or home retention, an effective client management system can help with that process that takes place following an initial counseling session.

Concordia Bank & Trust, with assistance from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, has provided a SNAP grant to a Mississippi senior citizen who needed a new roof for her home that was built more than 130 years ago.

NewDay USA, a lender that specializes in originating VA, FHA and reverse mortgage loans, has completed the move of their company headquarters to a new building in Fulton, Md.

A temporary worker for PHH Corp. potentially gained access to employees' personal information, including Social Security numbers and dates of birth.

As players in the business have adjusted their holdings, interest in outsourcing services and technology has picked up.

Fannie Mae is carrying its big stick once again and this time servicers and others in the mortgage industry had better be ready to duck.

Lender Processing Services has launched its Workout Interaction Tool.

Ancillary service providers are looking to help their mortgage origination clients with strategies for them to improve their volume going forward in 2013.

Lender Processing Services has agreed to pay $14 million to settle claims the company deceived investors about its business practices.

To better serve the needs of homeowners in New York SafeGuard Credit Counseling Services is using the IndiSoft RxOffice Premium Counselor Edition platform.

Tree.com narrowed its net loss from continuing operations to approximately $273,000 when compared with the $3.3 million loss in 1Q12.

We're hearing that the mortgage industry has some catching up to do when it comes to implementing electronic signatures.

As servicers try to comply with all of the new industry regulations being issued today, ISGN is doing their part in helping companies maintain compliance to these regulatory requirements.

Housing price gains and the critical role of valuations during the recovery may require lenders to watch over an appraiser’s shoulder.