Ellie Mae registered a $60 million primary offering and a secondary offering of 1 million shares of common stock, a move that precedes a potential prospectus filing by the Pleasanton, Calif.-based mortgage technology vendor.

The government is sharpening its focus on how mortgage lenders receive the information they use to manage pending and existing loans.

Businesses went knocking on banks' doors to ask for more loans over the past few months, boosting optimism that demand would continue to rise in the coming year.

New figures compiled by the National Mortgage Licensing System show a wide difference between the operations of state-licensed mortgage companies and depository mortgage lenders.

The interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate loan fell to 3.67% for the week ending June 7, an eight basis point decline from seven days earlier.

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New technology and approaches are making automated valuation models more accurate.

Mass Companies is listing 23 bank-owned Michigan properties that total $9.7 million for auction next week on its website.

Navy Federal Credit Union unveiled two new ARM products: a 3/5 and 5/5 conforming (or jumbo) loan with start rates as low as 2.875% (2.943% APR).

All regions except for the Midwest showed positive results regarding home values for the latest rolling quarter—the most recent four months compared to the previous three months—and year, Clear Capital said.

Applications to refinance returned to highs last seen in February as a new round of record-low contract rates helped drive new business upward by 1.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending June 1.

Property valuation compliance requirements are challenging lenders and servicers as much as home price fluctuations.

Regulatory pressures have given the mortgage industry headaches along with a renewed motivation to create more efficient solutions.

As Fannie Mae's July 1 deadline approaches, lenders and servicers must meet the GSE's requirement to satisfy homeowners association claims in order to preserve their first lien position.

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Home prices—including distressed sales—increased in April for the second consecutive month (by 2.2%), the first time this has happened in almost two years.

Wil Armstrong, CEO of Blueberry Systems and chairman of Cherry Creek Mortgage, discusses how origination technology can help lenders' retained servicing strategies.

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A new Lender Processing Services offering helps servicers match first and subordinate liens on a property to streamline the process of modifying mortgages for distressed borrowers.

The final wholesale tally is in for 2011and the nation’s top ranked wholesalers – in terms of volume – were: Provident Funding Associates ($19.8 billion), Wells Fargo ($18.1 billion), U.S. Bank Home Mortgage ($7.3 billion), MetLife Home Loans ($6.6 billion), and Fifth Third Mortgage ($6.1 billion).