Mortgage technology

Freddie Mac is postponing the date it will make using its Servicing Gateway platform mandatory, and adding new requirements related to chargeoffs and interactions with document custodians.

Here's a look at five up-and-coming housing markets for digital mortgage professionals, based on home affordability and the availability of technology careers.

The end of the qualified mortgage patch should further accelerate non-QM origination growth, but is the mortgage industry ready?

Quicken Loans is now able to perform an electronic mortgage closing in all 50 states, claiming to be the first lender to have this capability.

Vista Equity Partners is considering the potential sale of a stake in Finastra in a deal that could value the financial technology company at more than $10 billion including debt, people familiar with the matter said.

A federal judge granted in part and denied in part Ocwen Financial's motion to dismiss Florida regulators' case against the company, the last remaining of 30 state lawsuits filed in 2017.

Freddie Mac is increasing the number of companies offering merged reports from the credit bureaus through integrations with its Loan Product Advisor automated underwriting system.

Although they still lag behind the rest of the mortgage industry, brokers are embracing advancements in technology in ways that could help build their business.

From its greatest potential to adoption challenges, here’s a look at what attendees at the Digital Mortgage Conference 2019 had to say about artificial intelligence.

By joining forces, Cloudvirga will integrate its digital mortgage software with Exos' cloud technology to enhance customers' desire for self-service during the transaction.

Business intelligence software from a compensation management technology provider and an auto-fulfillment service for disclosures were among new offerings introduced by companies at Digital Mortgage.

A mortgage company's dispute with Connecticut over what tasks a licensed loan officer needs to handle points to a potential compliance concern for direct and digital lenders seeking to maximize efficiencies.

With the mortgage industry inching closer to full digitization, lenders need to strike the right balance of man-versus-machine as borrowers still look to leverage human interaction during the origination process.

The most successful mortgage originators will use artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance and enable their people to have better, more meaningful engagements with customers.

Self-service technology gives borrowers the control, speed and convenience they desire, while providing lenders with higher origination volume.

The mortgage industry has put more emphasis on organizing data in a digital manner and presenting it in an easily digestible format.

Freddie Mac is partnering with Finicity to give lenders access to a new automated process that advances efforts to consolidate borrower-authorized data validation checks used in the secondary market underwriting process.

Offerpad claims its upcoming program can help homebuyers move into a house within 24 hours of finding it, while the industry average move-in and closing time sits at 43 days.

The Digital Mortgage Conference is heading back to Las Vegas on Sept. 23-24 to tackle technology across all sectors of the market. From a live demo competition to innovative insights, here's what to expect at this year's event.

Mortgage application fraud risk plummeted in the second quarter as refinance loans poured into the market, according to CoreLogic.