Technology

The number of California homeowners who began the foreclosure process in the fourth quarter last year dropped to its lowest level in six years.

Technology and closing cost data provider Ernst has received a U.S. patent for its recording fee and tax calculators used in tracking mortgage forms.

The National Association of Realtors’ leading indicator of future existing-home sales fell 4.3% in December after a four-month updraft.

On Think Big Work Small today, our exuberant analysts report the Federal Reserve is starting play a supervisory role in social media.

The Federal Reserve purchased $14.1 billion of agency mortgage-backed securities over the past week.

New home sales fell 7.3% in December after hitting a two-and-a-half-year high in November.

Purchases of mortgage loans and MBS by Freddie Mac plummeted 46% in December after a huge spike in November.

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.