Fiserv has integrated its Common Origination Platform and LoanServ systems to provide real-time, full-circle loan boarding processes for mortgage, home equity lines of credit and installment loans.

While the number of individuals looking to become appraisers is falling, an uptick is taking place for those currently working in the industry gaining certification.

redit unions need to capture as many purchase mortgages as possible because the long-running refinance boom is winding down.

QuestSoft's fifth annual compliance survey reaffirms compliance requirements that have kept lenders up at night for three years in a row will continue to be a high concern at least until January 2014.

Genpact Limited has released its next generation of applications from its Quantum technology platform.

In just the past couple of years, servicers have had to scramble to keep up with the overflow of documents that need to be recorded in the nation’s more than 3,600 recording districts.

While Friday’s jobs report was bad and the 10-year Treasury fell to 1.69%, a spike in refinancings may be short lived, according to a Mortgage Bankers Association economist.

The government still dominates the secondary mortgage market but the trend is starting to shift.

The number of Redfin customers making tours of homes for sale increased 9% in March over February, versus a 4% increase for the same period in 2012.

Hiring by residential builders started to pick up last fall and in November exceeded 10,000 for the first time in years.

Mortgage companies added 700 full-time employees to their payrolls in February after cutting 3,000 positions in January.

All of the stocks in the Mortgage Industry Equity Composite, except for OceanFirst Financial and MGIC Investment Corp., finished Thursday’s trading ahead of their previous close.

As investors continue their interest in buying single-family housing units as rentals, it may not always make sense to acquire housing units in certain markets.

A single GSE eliminates competition between automated underwriting systems mitigates risk and ensures sound mortgage lending decisions are made—if a recent plan from the FHFA comes to fruition.

Real estate agents in some markets say sales are surging, with many houses attracting multiple offers.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. defeated most of a lawsuit brought by Dexia SA over about $1.6 billion in mortgage-backed securities it bought before the financial crisis.

During the downturn, the percentage of banks that exceeded the 100% capital line on construction lending declined from 35% in 2008 to 11% in 2011.

CoreLogic said in its monthly Home Price Index that home values escalated by 10.2% in February compared to a year ago.

Problem: The bank's loan appraisal approver was suffering serious health issues due to overwork. Solution: Software that automates some of the appraisal review process.

A former GSE regulator is giving a big thumbs up for the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s plan to build a new securities platform that will replace the aging platforms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are currently operating.