Technology

Mortgage document preparation software is kind of like shopping for a new suit. Like the rows of suits in a variety of styles, colors and sizes; massive libraries contain a variety of ready-to-use electronic forms for lenders to prepare initial disclosure and closing documents.

Default servicing technology provider DecisionReady this week released a new compliance management module designed to aid servicers in handling their relationships with vendors.

The Mortgage Bankers Association will resume running the day-to-day operations of its MISMO subsidiary on Dec. 1, taking the task back from Merscorp, which has been handling those duties since February 2009.

Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins this week filed suit against MERSCORP, seeking a judicial determination of whether the industry's use of the Mortgage Electronic Registration System is legal in the Lone Star State.

Consumers are sharing more personal information online than ever — but they don't want to share it with their mortgage lenders and banks.

BuildFax and DataVerify have come together to create an automated solution that confirms if a proper appraisal was conducted for newly constructed properties.

A Florida court ruling could make it harder for mortgage servicers to use computer records as evidence for foreclosure without verifying the underlying information.

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Bill Beckmann begins each week with a flight from his home in St. Louis to Washington, D.C. The weekly flights have become a routine of sorts since he took on a job that of late, has become among the most daunting among executive jobs in the mortgage industry, president and chief executive of Merscorp Inc.

ISGN, Bensalem, Pa., last month at its client conference highlighted the accessibility of its Catapult origination system via smartphones and tablet devices at its client conference in Atlanta.