The convergence between regulatory calls for machine-readable forms and technological advances are increasing the amount of electronic doc management used in origination and servicing.

Specialized Business Software, a provider of custom software solutions for mortgage, insurance and financial services companies, earlier this month released Docunym 2.2.

Mortgage portfolios of the country's largest lenders showed more signs of improvement during the second quarter despite an uptick in early delinquencies.

The votes have been counted and Mortgage Technology is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2013 Lenders’ Choice Mortgage Technology Award.

Mortgage purchases by Freddie Mac fell 15% from July to $36 billion in August, the lowest level since December.

Among other things, the technology suite provides a view of the loan pipeline, productivity stats and private-label branding.

Through the end of August, the U.S. loan delinquency rate—loans 30 or more days past due, but not in foreclosure—stands at 6.2%.

Some are technologically complicated while others are simple, easy and effective.

Optical character recognition used to “read” documents still has challenges when it comes to identifying data on forms, but these can be addressed.

LendingTree has created its own Credit Accessibility Report, which will measure the likelihood of borrowers gaining access to credit for home loans based on its own data.

Rising mortgage interest rates are undercutting a revival in the housing market and creating a drag on the economy.

New home sales staged a comeback in August as sales in the South rebounded by 14%.

Tactile Finance is rolling out a new feature for its Pro product for mortgage loan officers, a screen-sharing function which lets them remotely show and explain to their clients the benefits of different loan scenarios.

This year, the market for mortgage servicing rights has heated up and the price for these rights has increased at least one full multiple while the number of active buyers appears to have quadrupled on advertised bids.

Wipro Gallagher Solutions on Wednesday officially launched its “Lend Value” suite of enterprise loan origination technology, integrating its three technologies.

Providing incomplete information can mean heavy fines or worse, making it crucial for mortgage companies to have proper compliance technology in place.

Life insurers had a loss of 1.92% on their commercial mortgage investments in 2Q13, the first time this has occurred since the fourth quarter of 2008.

On a year-over-year basis, FHFA HPI is up 8.8%, but right now it is 9.6% below its peak month of April 2007.

Over the last 12 months, prices rose 12.3% and 12.4% as measured by the 10- and 20-city composites.

Since seller-funded down payment assistance is no longer available, social media sources might be an alternative.