Mortgage technology

Technology Credit Union has increased its lending limits on super jumbo loans up to $8 million on ARMs and $3 million on fixed-rate mortgages.

C3 Compliance Consultants Inc. and industry vendor ComplianceEase have agreed to a joint marketing arrangement.

2013 is the year the housing market will see even stronger recovery.

Genworth U.S. Mortgage Insurance has created a rate and comparison tool for loan officers.

New technology brings the promise of improved processes—and most lenders understand that.

Residential real estate brokerage ZipRealty has released a proprietary technology tool designed to verify for consumers the sales status of homes they find online.

For at least the past 25 years the residential mortgage industry has gone through one refinance-driven boom-and-bust cycle after the other.

Cooperation was the common theme among field service providers attending the MBA National Mortgage Servicing Conference and a necessity that will drive business strategies in this segment of the marketplace this year and beyond.

Mortgage software manufacturer MortgageFlex has formed a partnership with Global DMS, a provider of valuation software.

Everyone in the mortgage banking industry is dealing with the effect of the foreclosure crisis which brought about unprecedented regulatory pressures and the need to reinvent the way mortgage servicers do business on a daily basis while planning for the long term.

Quality Mortgage Services has launched an offshore subsidiary that specializes in knowledge and business processes outsourcing for lenders and servicers.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has launched its first housing discrimination mobile application.

Data show the distressed asset inventory is dwindling down simultaneously, opening the way to a sustainable housing recovery and gradually closing what appears to be a window of opportunity in short sales.

The Transforming Valuations Award recognizes technology advancement in the appraisal, broker price opinion or automated valuation sectors. Learn about this year's finalists and see who won the 2012 MT Award.

Specialized Business Software has enhanced its Docunym Document Management Solution tool to help mortgage servicers automate loan processing in compliance with federal and state level regulation.

Mortgage lender and servicer New American Funding has chosen Ellie Mae’s mortgage management system.

Post-closing document management has taken on new importance in the mortgage industry, particularly in light of record foreclosure volume, the robo-signing scandal and subsequent regulations and scrutiny.

Since 2007 when the volume of delinquent mortgage loans increased to unprecedented levels, while surprised and unprepared, servicers started to reinvent their business and adjust to the new reality.

We're hearing in the last few years, private equity, hedge funds and Wall Street types have eyed the distressed housing market for buying opportunities.

Electronic signatures can help mortgage originators increase their sales, move things quicker through the process and as a result get better prices for their loans from investors.