Mortgage technology

As depositories continue to balance the need for conserving resources with expanding their presence with branch locations, some technologists believe that video conferencing would likely become a bigger trend for mortgage originators.

Bank of America wants to clear out the backlog of distressed homes in Florida by using technology to speed up short sale approvals.

One of the easiest ways to get my attention is to follow me on Twitter and shoot me a message. I'm @mortgagenewz.

Mortgage Technology is pleased to begin accepting nominations for the 2012 Top 50 Service Providers.

Mortgage Technology is pleased to begin accepting nominations for the 2012 Top 50 Service Providers. The nomination form is available on MT’s website. The final deadline for nominations will be 6 p.m. EDT Friday, May 4, 2012.

Errors in good-faith estimates can be costly for the lender because of the need to make payments when there are tolerance violations. Meanwhile, consumers are looking for the lowest costs possible when closing their loans. There is now a partnership that will bring both of those things to the table for lenders.

CoreLogic, once the largest shareholder of Ellie Mae’s stock, sold its stake in the loan origination system vendor.

If your Loss Mitigation and REO Departments interact with listing agents in the traditional fashion, then you are enabling fraud.

In shaping the future of the housing finance system, Congress needs to review the patents Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac own on many lending, servicing and secondary market processes, according to the Consumer Mortgage Coalition.

Online-only mortgage lender Quicken Loans is using the recently announced layoff of 2,000 Yahoo employees to try to boost the tech talent within its own ranks.

For those of you who have doubts about pointing your marketing efforts towards online and the social media, here are a few tidbits of data, courtesy of Experian Marketing Services' 2012 Digital Marketer: Benchmark and Trend Report.

After having gone through an enormous disruption characterized by unexpected deterioration and massive losses, investors in residential mortgage-backed securities have a number of reasons to feel unsettled.

A new mortgage origination report developed by loan origination system vendor Ellie Mae provides insight into the books of business of the Pleasanton, Calif.-based software company’s lender clients.

William E. "Bill" Mills, Jr., co-founder and chairman of Atlanta-based public relations firm William Mills Agency, passed away on March 15. He was 78.

First American Title Insurance Co.'s national commercial services division has created an energy group, consisting of land title examiners, attorneys, project coordinators and insurance underwriters to work exclusively on energy-related real estate transactions.

Technology is an essential factor in the ongoing efforts to advance the efficiency and effectiveness of field service providers’ operations.

Jim Blatt, CEO of CRM vendor Mortgage Returns, explains how originators can use technology to build their referral business.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency's three-year effort to develop standardized loan data reporting requirements for newly originated Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgages will finally go live this month.

Finale Document Services has created Spanish language reverse mortgage disclosure packages to comply with the unique real property requirements for Puerto Rico.

A key piece of case law supporting defaulted borrowers' fight against Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. was vacated Wednesday, after a federal judge ruled that a New York-based bankruptcy judge overstepped his authority when he issued a scathing opinion of the private loan registry.