A startup lender is catering to tech-savvy, do-it-yourself borrowers by using online and mobile tools to replace the upfront sales and marketing work of salespeople.

Black Knight Financial Services is bringing its Empower loan origination system to midsized mortgage lenders by offering a preconfigured version of its highly customizable platform.

Dramatic shifts in borrower expectations and a growing purchase market have elevated consumer-direct mortgages from a refi-driven channel to an alternative for staff-heavy lending to homebuyers.

Banks that are customers of one or both vendors may look to leverage the situation to get better terms for certain products. But would small clients get enough attention from the global player the merger would create?

At a time when mortgage companies are adding both staff and automation to cater to borrowers' changing needs, one lender has developed a distinctive compensation plan that leverages servicing revenue to encourage retention and recruitment of top producing loan officers.

The private-equity firm Vista Equity Partners will acquire D+H in a deal valued at $3.57 billion.

Ellie Mae has introduced a new online retail loan origination platform and a new portal for the tools and documentation supporting its Application Programming Interfaces.

Michigan Mutual's retail channel MiMutual Mortgage has implemented LendingQB's loan origination system.

Fannie Mae has selected electronic document management vendor eOriginal to host the government-sponsored enterprise's new electronic vault.

CoreLogic has named Frank Martell as president and chief executive officer in the wake of Anand Nallathambi's death.

CoreLogic President and CEO Anand Nallathambi died unexpectedly March 2 after a short illness. He was 55.

The reduction in refinance activity as the mortgage industry pivots toward purchase transactions amid higher interest rates has caused loan defect and fraud risk to rise, according to First American Financial Corp.

CoreLogic has released a new platform that provides information on lien and equity positions for whole loan traders and servicers.

The monthly prepayment rate declined in January, an indication of the effects of higher interest rates.

MetaSource has acquired Dallas-based mortgage document firm Orion Financial Group in an effort to expand upon its lien release offerings.

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings reported significantly higher net income for the fourth quarter, due to improved revenue in its servicing segment.

Economic growth and lasting positive change within the mortgage industry require carefully considered strategy and close analysis of potential scenarios, not hastily-conceived executive orders.

International Document Services has updated its idsDoc technology to support upcoming changes to Home Mortgage Disclosure Act reporting.

The mortgage lending industry may not yet be ready to share the market with marketplace lenders, but their choices are slim: Either get on board or get out of the way.

The American Land Title Association is calling on state governments to support regulations that recognize and authorize remote electronic notarizations.