Lender Processing Services has had a turbulent couple of years since the beginning of the robo-signing scandal from 2010 to the present day that included lawsuits, a consent order and several settlements of charges. The robo-signing allegations involved an LPS unit that allegedly created bogus mortgage assignments so that foreclosures may be processed more quickly and efficiently.

Home prices jumped 1.3% from February to March as the spring home buying season got off to a good start.

Potential homebuyers are worried about the inventory shortage and rising prices in regards to current market conditions.

New home sales rose 2.3% in April following an upward revision in March sales and prices rose at a fast pace.

Despite the national negative equity rate falling through the first quarter of 2013, millions of homeowners with mortgages that are not underwater still lack enough equity even if they wanted to move.

Lender Processing Services is in talks to be acquired by title insurer Fidelity National Financial and private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners in a $2.9 billion deal.

Quandis’ valuation system is completely Web-based and enables asset management outsourcers to manage the placement, receipt, distribution, processing and automatic delivery of broker price opinion orders in one automated platform.

Technology platforms incorporating mobile devices are tailor-made for CRE—the time is now.

More than 3.1 million housing units are delinquent but not in foreclosure.

Sales of previously owned homes edged up 0.6% in April from the month prior and there was a noticeable increase in homes coming on the market.

Residential Finance Corp. is offering the “Foreign National Loan Program” designed to meet the special needs of foreign-born buyers.

Fragmented mortgage market share would preserve the market, distribute risk and alleviate fear.

During the last decade, process serving has become more of a science than a paper delivery service.

Accurity Valuation has adopted new software that allows the company to organize and streamline the production and distribution of its appraisal reports.

Collectively, credit unions originated more than $100 billion in loans last year for the first time.

April home values reached similar levels from nearly nine years ago, according to the latest Zillow real estate market report.

Laggards in adopting compliance technology can take a long time to get up to speed.

When it comes to appraisals, different lenders have different needs, depending on lending strategies, business models and areas served.

Real Integrated Technology has released version 2.0 of its Commercial Site Inspector.

Compliance Connections, which allows mortgage loan servicers and municipalities to communicate immediately when code issues arise, has surpassed processing 20,000 violations.