Mortgages

Accenture acquired BeesPath's ClosingBridge product to become part of its Mortgage Cadence loan origination software and help lenders with TILA-RESPA integrated disclosure compliance.

Robotics and other forms of intelligent automation is already helping lenders and servicers increase capacity and redeploy staff to more customer-centric tasks.

Robotic process automation makes cumbersome loan manufacturing tasks more efficient and consistent, providing lenders and servicers with an opportunity to focus employees on activities that enhance the customer experience and increase capacity.

Love 'em or hate 'em, the mortgage business is full of jargony abbreviations. Test your mortgage knowledge on these key industry terms.

First-quarter foreclosure activity was down 19% from the same period last year to the lowest level since the third quarter of 2006.

Per-loan profits for nonbank lenders increased over 13% in 2016 from the previous year, driven by higher loan balances and increased revenue.

Mortgage rates have been on a steady decline since the March 15 Federal Open Market Committee meeting, hitting a new low for 2017, according to Freddie Mac.

The energy bust continues to seem ever more distant, especially in the local housing market where home sales and prices have been rising month after month.

Almost half of U.S. housing markets are now seeing foreclosure rates lower than they were before the Great Recession.

Tampa Bay's foreclosure and mortgage delinquency rates continue to fall substantially, although they still are above the national averages.

Record loan originations and the continued accumulation of wealth management assets added up to 12% earnings growth at the San Francisco bank.

Some are wording the language of amendments used to refinance deals so as to be able to benefit if risk retention rules are repealed.

Mortgage applications increased 1.5% from one week earlier even though refinancing activity continues to shrink, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage delinquencies are declining in the Toledo, Ohio, area.

When Tom Bauer put his three-bedroom, two-bathroom tri-level house in Oak Creek up for sale late last summer, it drew little interest, so he took it off the market just before Christmas.

After years of sitting on the sidelines of the housing market, a growing population of millennials has begun to embrace the financial benefits of owning a home.

The lender relationships resulted from a partnership the government-sponsored enterprise entered into with a non-profit housing group.

Doubling the size of a National Historic Site doesn't happen often, but there's a chance a foreclosure auction may help the Kate Mullany National Historic Site in Troy, N.Y., pull it off.

More renters are optimistic about their financial situations and expect to stay where they are even if their rents increased.

Analysts at Goldman Sachs Group say it's not too late to bet against commercial mortgage bonds, even if parts of the trade have become crowded this year.