Most lenders are said to be embracing the regulatory changes being made to the home equity conversion mortgage, but for Generation Mortgage those changes meant too much risk and lower margins.

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CRM companies are rolling out products to help originators get in contact with and convert purchase leads.

An originator census helps lenders understand the makeup of their origination teams, giving them insight into exactly how their team is working and how it stacks up against other teams in the industry.

One-third of the nation's counties now have access to e-recording software, according to the Property Records Industry Association,

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has made some key changes to its compliance guide for the three major mortgage rules that took effect earlier this year.

Lenders cannot afford to relax when it comes to performing regression analysis and fair lending training, but may find if they have strong compliance that they have more pricing options.

While it might be an understatement, the pressure of rising servicing costs and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's insistence on improved customer experience are adding to the increased challenges in this new world of mortgage servicing.

More investors in mortgage servicers lost faith in the firms as quarterly results highlighted their struggles to expand into businesses, control costs and address issues raised by regulators.

Ocwen Financial is making progress to settle allegations against it, but that does not mean it will be cheap, one analyst says. The current servicing freeze in the industry has grown so serious that some say it may be delaying the government’s goals to expand the availability of mortgage credit.

Photos from the 15th Annual Mortgage Technology Awards Ceremony in Las Vegas

Narayan Bharadwaj, the former general manager and head of mortgage technology vendor Wipro Gallagher Solutions, will serve as president and chief operating officer of the newly created professional services division of document preparation vendor DocuTech.

Lack of diversity in the sales force is one of several nagging issues underlying mortgage lenders' concerns about tepid home sales.

The recent dip in mortgage rates isn't likely to spur a refi boom, but with the industry now into the fourth quarter of a tough year, many lenders are looking for ways to boost business.

Some industry observers believe a CFPB pilot program may do what technology advances and e-commerce advocates have failed to accomplish for more than a decade: spark widespread adoption of e-closings.

He founded and owned Myers Internet Services, which at one time hosted over 8,500 websites for originators and real estate agents.

National home prices are continuing to rise from a year earlier, but the rate of growth is slowing down.

Industry veteran David Applegate will serve as CEO of Common Securitization Solutions LLC, the new firm co-owned by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to develop a common securitization platform for the mortgage secondary market.

During the past week, consumer and industry groups have lobbied the agency in different directions, with consumer groups arguing the agency did not go far enough and lenders saying it went too far in seeking more data from lenders.

Lenders could face tougher enforcement and higher penalties if they make errors on the new mortgage disclosure forms that are slated to go in effect next August.