Technology

Mortgage lenders need to pay attention because Americans are interacting with peer-based networks to make major purchasing decisions.

Technology companies such as Ellie Mae, which almost doubled its employees to 700 and saw its stock price reach a new high this year, are seizing an opportunity to transform how mortgages are made.

Auction.com, which got a $50 million investment from Google in March, said it will use the Internet-search company’s big-data capabilities to try to predict U.S. home sales and other trends ahead of competitors.

Mortgage executives who have long decried new regulations as excessive are increasingly becoming resigned to the fact that changes are here to stay.

Federal and state laws, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, require title companies to develop a written information security program that describes the procedures they employ to protect non-public personal information.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities rose at a weaker pace in the year ended in August as borrowing standards remain tight and wage gains fail to accelerate.

Commercial real estate borrowing and lending continued at a strong clip in the third quarter, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Private insurers are considering a request by U.S. officials to guarantee mortgages for veterans — the fastest growing part of the market.

Homeowners are less confident about their ability to sell than in the previous quarter, according to Redfin.

Residential real estate property price gains continued in August, albeit by a shrinking margin, according to Black Knight Financial Services.