Technology

Ann Fulmer first encountered the negative consequences of mortgage fraud when a property-flipping scheme ran rampant in her suburban Atlanta neighborhood. She took the fraudsters on, using her experience as an attorney to investigate and root out mortgage fraud.

The National Association of Mortgage Field Services and REO property preservation and maintenance company Field Asset Services have recently launched two new tools to improve communication between code enforcement officials and field service providers.

Default servicing technology provider DecisionReady has released a new compliance management module that will help servicers handle relationships with their vendors.

A recently established technology vendor says its new database of commercial mortgage information will serve as a lead generation tool for brokers looking to contact property owners who may need to refinance CRE loans.

Specialty mortgage servicer Wingspan Portfolio Advisors says it is further expanding into new residential-related sectors, including technology and insurance.

MGIC is in discussions to sell its eMagic unit as well as its Myers Internet business, a company spokeswoman confirmed. The pair contributes minimal revenue to the company and it has made a strategic business decision to try and divest them, she said.

As consumers continue to turn to the Internet to shop for virtually everything, online home hunting and property search destinations are big business. These Web properties have their strengths and weaknesses, and their owners are engaged in a battle to delineate the perceptions and realities that differentiate these portals from one another.

As credit unions seek to understand reasons for their lending problems, some need to look right in the mirror.

With the 2010 revisions to the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act requiring lenders to provide mortgage and closing services information to consumers in an accurate and timely manner, ClosingCorp of La Jolla, Calif., has created a new pricing tool for title companies and settlement service providers to put on their own websites.

Appraisers will be following new procedures for gathering and reporting property data starting Thursday, as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac move forward with the appraisal requirements of their Uniform Mortgage Data Program.