January’s first-mortgage defaults declined 10 basis points from December and 50 basis points from January 2012 to 1.58%.

Mortgage application volume declined 1.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ended Feb. 15.

Single-family housing starts edged up by less than 1% in January but it was still enough to push construction activity to the highest level since July 2008.

Radian Group Inc. came out of the President’s Day holiday strong, as its stock set a new 52-week high in Tuesday trading.

Fiserv introduced LoanComplete at the MBA’s National Mortgage Servicing conference in Dallas after 12 months of being in pilot phase.

Gateway Mortgage Group did over $1 billion in annual mortgage originations for the first time in the company’s history during 2012.

Homebuilder confidence slipped a notch in February as concerns about rising lumber prices, labor costs and land availability seem to be rising.

Lender Processing Services has entered into a non-prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice that resolves inquiries made by the U.S. attorney's office for the Middle District of Florida.

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Starting in February the Lenders One national alliance will have a preferred vendor to Motivity Solutions technology.

Retreat Capital Management is focusing on how to differentiate compliance software for small- and large-size mortgage servicers.

The Orion Financial Group has partnered with Lenders Title Solutions to introduce a one-stop platform that streamlines settlement services for small- to medium-size investors.

MRG Document Technologies has developed legal compliance technology support software that addresses today’s “ever more complex” mortgage servicing policies and procedures.

Investors were a lot happier with Ellie Mae once they learned about the company’s results and management change.

An originator posting on the Mortgage Grapevine is asking how many files per month his processor should be handling.

The gap between the listing price for a property and the actual closing price continues to narrow in the U.S.

A record number of consumers utilized MortgageKeeper Referral Servicers’ database in January.

The Bay Area housing market had the strongest January sales in six years and the tenth straight year-over-year increase in the median sale price.

Tight inventories and winter weather are taking the steam out of home sales.

Ellie Mae posted net income of $4 million off revenue of $29.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2012.