Technology

Ellie Mae said that Susan Chenoweth Scarth has joined the company as senior vice president of marketing.

The taxman is allowing electronic signatures to be used for income verification documents, removing a lingering obstacle to paperless origination.

In September and August, issuance of Government National Mortgage Association MBS topped $39 billion each month.

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In July of last year BB&T expanded its reach into warehouse lending when it bought certain assets from the failed Colonial Bank.

National home values continued their year-long climb as prices rose in October for the twelfth consecutive month.

The recovery of the mortgage market relies partly on banks' ability to quickly sell the real estate properties they own to new buyers.

While banks applaud the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's goal of simplifying the tangled mass of required mortgage disclosures, the industry has found that simpler is not always better in the agency's proposal for streamlined forms.

The residential finance division of JPMorgan Chase plans to roll out a new mortgage origination technology platform next year.