Technology

Accessing a mortgage applicants' data from a direct source goes a long ways toward shortening the origination process, according to 96% of mortgage underwriters responding to a recent CoreLogic survey.

Customers are increasingly demanding that their mortgage providers provide more than loans; they want help finding a realtor and handling all the pieces of the mortgage process, said Anthony Hsieh, CEO of loanDepot, during the opening keynote at Digital Mortgage.

Stearns Lending is buying large equity stakes in smaller mortgage banking companies as it looks to grow its retail loan production business.

A man from Hialeah, Fla., will face sentencing in November after pleading guilty to conspiracy in an $8 million mortgage and tax-refund scheme.

Early adopters took digital mortgages from concept to reality. What will it take for everyone else to catch up?

From origination to servicing and everything in between, here's a sneak peek at the companies and products presenting demos at the 2018 Digital Mortgage Conference.

Due diligence firm American Mortgage Consultants has launched a new subsidiary in response to growing lender and servicer interest in digital transactions.

Lennar Corp. closed its first fully electronic digital mortgage with a remote notary, just a few months after the homebuilder made an equity investment in digital mortgage vendor Notarize.

Future reductions in loan application defect risk are likely because of mortgage lenders' fintech investments, even as the purchase origination share grows, said First American Financial.

The vast majority of consumers start the mortgage process with internet research, but when it comes time to initiate contact with a lender, borrowers are nearly as likely to pick up the phone as they are to connect online.