Stearns Lending is buying large equity stakes in smaller mortgage banking companies as it looks to grow its retail loan production business.

A man from Hialeah, Fla., will face sentencing in November after pleading guilty to conspiracy in an $8 million mortgage and tax-refund scheme.

Early adopters took digital mortgages from concept to reality. What will it take for everyone else to catch up?

From origination to servicing and everything in between, here's a sneak peek at the companies and products presenting demos at the 2018 Digital Mortgage Conference.

Due diligence firm American Mortgage Consultants has launched a new subsidiary in response to growing lender and servicer interest in digital transactions.

Lennar Corp. closed its first fully electronic digital mortgage with a remote notary, just a few months after the homebuilder made an equity investment in digital mortgage vendor Notarize.

The vast majority of consumers start the mortgage process with internet research, but when it comes time to initiate contact with a lender, borrowers are nearly as likely to pick up the phone as they are to connect online.

Wire fraud committed through business email compromise schemes has emerged as a serious threat to mortgage and real estate transactions. Defending against these scams requires a comprehensive strategy that includes technology, training and nonstop vigilance.

Fraudsters can track a home sale from the moment it goes on the market until the deal closes, make these transactions a ripe target for business email compromise scams that seek to intercept wire transfers and steal from legitimate participants in a deal.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded JPMorgan Chase's prime jumbo mortgage originator assessment to its second-highest rating, citing the bank's growing reliance on correspondents with delegated underwriting authority and shortcomings in its technology infrastructure.

Post-crisis measures made it harder for rogue borrowers and employees to commit fraud. Now, a new threat has emerged from scammers posing as title agents, real estate professionals and more.

Tech-focused startups are knocking on the door of a $15 billion industry that's dominated by just four companies: Title insurance.

Computershare Loan Services has agreed to acquire a loan fulfillment and secondary marketing unit owned by LenderLive Holdings in order to broaden its services along the full mortgage lifecycle.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development took the very rare step of filing a secretary-initiated fair housing complaint — only three were made in the last two fiscal years — against Facebook.

The U.S. is siding with fair housing groups that claim Facebook's ad targeting tools permit discrimination based on sex, religion, familial status and national origin.

Credit Karma is diving into the mortgage industry with a plan to acquire digital mortgage startup Approved, a provider of consumer-facing online point of sale technology.

The CFPB made changes to a rule that allows financial firms to be exempt from sending annual privacy notices to customers if they meet certain conditions.

Capital One's dispute with Plaid raised questions about the ability of banks and aggregators to work together. But the end of that fight, and Capital One's deal with Finicity, show common ground can be reached — eventually.

Banks aren’t the only ones that need to keep pace with digital innovation — government agencies must also work to stay relevant.

Xome, a company Washington Mutual successor WMIH Corp. obtained when it bought Nationstar, has appointed a new CEO who previously was part of Genesis Capital's C suite.