Realtors and mortgage bankers say they’re hoping President Obama’s call for streamlining mortgage rules will lend new momentum to efforts to prevent imposing a strict minimum downpayment for home loans.

Code violations are a slippery slope. If not careful your property might descend into lien oblivion, racking up enormous fines that create unwanted risk for investors.

With the California Homeowner Bill of Rights taking effect at the beginning of 2013, it didn’t take long to see the legislation’s impact on the default foreclosure process.

California foreclosure activity continues to decline as defaulting homeowners are taking advantage of federal programs.

Servicers will soon be subject to new guidelines as well, as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized rules in January of 2013 designed to establish a national servicing standard.

Genworth U.S. Mortgage Insurance has completed interfaces with Ellie Mae’s Encompass360 and Lender Processing Services’ PCLender loan origination systems.

Home Loan Servicing Solutions closed Wednesday up 3.59%, the leading gainer by percentage among Mortgage Industry Equity Composite stocks.

Responding to market demand for automated regulatory compliance tools Equator has incorporated the new mortgage servicing rules set forth by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into the Equator Loan Segmentation module.

The Synergy Award recognizes technology initiatives and alliances that encourage the integration of software and processes to promote automation, efficiency and broad mortgage industry use. Learn about this year's finalists and see who won the 2012 MT Award.

Mortgage application volume has declined from the previous week for only the second time in 2013.

The LSS platform G/Serv is now formally known as Colonnade, chosen for its “connotation of stability and support.”

The day after investors punished Radian Group for posting a fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 loss, it was the leading gainer by percentage among Mortgage Industry Equity Composite stocks on Tuesday.

The American Institute of Architects recognized DocMagic with a 2013 AIA Institute Honor Award for interior architecture.

Looking for the top 150 mortgage originators for 2012.

The average rate for the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage according to the Zillow Mortgage Marketplace is 3.43%.

A Mortgage Grapevine poster is considering switching from Calyx Point to PointCentral and was asking his fellow originators who use that product for their opinions.

Walker & Dunlop has moved up on the list of Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting and Servicing program multifamily lenders from 10th in 2007 to the top spot for 2012.

You first need to know what the problems are with the mortgage application.

A presale report shows a $1.49 billion commercial mortgage-backed securities deal backed by multiple loans is coming to market.

It took a phone call from reemployment solutions provider NextJob, to Fifth Third Bancorp to start rolling a unique partnership that oly a few years ago would have been unimaginable.