Mortgage rates fell to their lowest level in two months, decreasing borrowing costs after a weak March employment report.

Mortgage applications rose for the third consecutive week as purchase volume increased to its highest level since July 2013.

Burlingame, Calif.-based mortgage compliance service ComplianceEase has acquired Mortgage Banking Systems of McLean, Va.

Mortgage credit availability increased in March, the Mortgage Bankers Association's monthly Mortgage Credit Availability Index found.

Consumer demand for housing has dropped to its lowest recorded level due to reduced confidence in financial security and income raises, a new survey from Fannie Mae says.

A new report from analytics firm CoreLogic predicts that national home prices will experience a healthy rise from January 2015 to January 2016.

Holders of servicing rights will soon demand more than the basics from these third-party providers. Subservicers may be expected to help promote an institution's nonmortgage products or provide portfolio analytics.

ReverseVision has created an operations team within its company to improve its capacity management about a month after its RV Express system's last reported outage.

The mortgage and title industries are creating training programs to teach those in the home sales process this is not just a swapping out of two forms for new ones.

Mortgage rates largely stayed put amidst mixed housing data as the March jobs report looms.

Home prices notched up slightly in January as housing markets in certain parts of the country continued to see impressive gains, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Compliance software provider QuestSoft found that nearly one in five lenders is considering switching their loan origination systems this year.

There are many ways our industry can use mobile technologies. But if we don't do it, someone else will.

Wells Fargo's quality-control procedures will play a key role in a closely watched mortgage-fraud case that could go to trial this summer. Federal prosecutors are using the bank's internal reports to allege its executives knew about deficient loans.

Mortgage applications increased for the second consecutive week as both the refinance and purchase market saw its overall volume rise.

The mortgage application and closing process is once again facing an overhaul. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will soon require lenders to provide customers with integrated disclosure forms, which aim to clarify costs associated with real estate transactions. As with any new process, the switch poses a number of challenges for lenders — and could even put business at risk during implementation. Here are five pitfalls to look out for in the process.

The technology, still in its early development stages, will analyze Home Mortgage Disclosure Act files prior to formal submission to the regulator so lenders can spot and fix errors faster.

Clayton Holdings has acquired technology valuation provider Red Bell Real Estate and its sister company, Main Street Valuations.

Home equity lines of credit originations have increased 21.5% in 2014 from a year earlier, according to Equifax's National Consumer Credit Trends Report.

There is plenty of information available on the Internet so that mortgage firms can stop using the same old school approach to customer acquisition.