Technology

An originator census helps lenders understand the makeup of their origination teams, giving them insight into exactly how their team is working and how it stacks up against other teams in the industry.

One-third of the nation's counties now have access to e-recording software, according to the Property Records Industry Association,

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has made some key changes to its compliance guide for the three major mortgage rules that took effect earlier this year.

Lenders cannot afford to relax when it comes to performing regression analysis and fair lending training, but may find if they have strong compliance that they have more pricing options.

While it might be an understatement, the pressure of rising servicing costs and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's insistence on improved customer experience are adding to the increased challenges in this new world of mortgage servicing.

More investors in mortgage servicers lost faith in the firms as quarterly results highlighted their struggles to expand into businesses, control costs and address issues raised by regulators.

Ocwen Financial is making progress to settle allegations against it, but that does not mean it will be cheap, one analyst says. The current servicing freeze in the industry has grown so serious that some say it may be delaying the government’s goals to expand the availability of mortgage credit.

Photos from the 15th Annual Mortgage Technology Awards Ceremony in Las Vegas

Narayan Bharadwaj, the former general manager and head of mortgage technology vendor Wipro Gallagher Solutions, will serve as president and chief operating officer of the newly created professional services division of document preparation vendor DocuTech.

Lack of diversity in the sales force is one of several nagging issues underlying mortgage lenders' concerns about tepid home sales.