Secondary market platform Tradeweb released numbers showing to-be-announced mortgage-backed securities trading reached a record high of $24 trillion in 2012.

Clayton Holdings is responding to the growing volume of MSR transactions generated by recent regulatory changes.

Recent settlements between lenders and regulators over alleged foreclosure abuses and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new servicing rules may do little to lift the cloud of litigation risk hanging over lenders.

Solidifi said that its parent company, Real Matters, appointed Robert Courteau to its board of directors.

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The No. 2 home lender will market the government's Home Affordable Refinancing Program to hundreds of thousands of customers acquired from MetLife. To speed closings, it's licensing Quicken Loans' technology.

Ernst Publishing has embraced the open source technology movement.

Global DMS has integrated its valuation management software with LendingQB’s loan origination system.

A multimillion-dollar investment by DocMagic to build a new state-of-the-art technology center to enhance its security protocols has been completed.

For the week ended Jan. 18, total application volume was up 7%, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

House prices rose in November for the 10th straight month.

Despite the residential delinquency rate rising in December, the foreclosure presale inventory fell.

Compass Analytics has released a new product that comprises the company’s mortgage analytics suite.

Over seven in ten commercial mortgages originated through a conduit which came due in 2012 and were still outstanding as of July 2011 paid off as scheduled.

Axios Valuation Solutions and its parent company eMortgage Logic said that Tony Pistilli has joined Axios as its new executive vice president and chief appraiser.

Continuous demand for cloud-based document imaging technology helped more than double Capsilon's revenue in 2012 and may lead to further growth this year.

National home values finished 2012 with the largest annual gain in six years since the peak of the housing bubble.

The National Association of Realtors reported that existing-home sale prices rose 6.3% during 2012 to $176,600.

The wholesale channel is regaining market share and that should be the case in 2013.

New Harris Poll data is consistent with the consumer sentiment entering 2012.