Appraisal management isn’t such a hum-drum business after all.

Foreclosure activity in all New York City boroughs continued to slow down in 2012, with first-time foreclosures that are up for auction reaching a seven-year low.

GTE Financial has become one of a handful of credit unions to offer its members the HarmonyLoan.

United Wholesale Mortgage is providing the mortgage brokers who sell product to it with metrics involving loan quality, efficiency and production.

Fannie Mae has released its first round of monthly loan-level disclosure data for single-family mortgage backed securities as part of its broader LLD initiative.

Lender Processing Services estimates that 2.6 million Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans may still be eligible for refinancing via the Home Affordable Refinance Program.

As we approach 2013 it is safe to say that a New Mortgage Industry continues to emerge.

Keystone Asset Management has entered into a strategic partnership with RealtyPilot to utilize its cloud-based valuation technology.

Origination News is seeking loan officer volume for 2012 for its annual top 150 producers list.

The price of single-family homes in San Diego County was at $418,500 in December 2012, up nearly 18% compared to the same month in 2011.

HFF Inc. said the 2012 transaction volume of all of its operating partnerships exceeds $41 billion on more than 1,300 transactions across its capital market platforms.

Home prices rose in December by over 11% year-over-year in the 19 markets tracked by real estate broker Redfin.

There was an 18 basis point decline in commercial mortgage-backed security loan delinquency rates in December over November.

Wells Fargo reported a 10% decline in mortgage originations in the fourth quarter.

One vendor in a partnership that has been gearing up to offer industry clients access to the electronic signatures the Internal Revenue Service began allowing this week is finding those with smaller operations are moving the fastest.

Updates to Ellie Mae’s Encompass360 software were written to accommodate the needs of Citigroup’s mortgage arm.

Approximately 29% of American homeowners do not have any debt on their primary residence.

A recent jump in long-term rates and bond yields increased the Freddie Mac average for the week ending Jan. 10 by six basis points from the previous week.

Regulators are focusing on what an executive with the Compliance Group termed “misleading and deceptive advertising,” but what that exactly means is left up to the interpretation of the enforcement agency.

The MLS Data Co-op enables data-sharing relationships among several different multiple listing services.