Technology

Mortgage and real estate industry-related firms will be active in the annual reconstitution of the Russell Investments equity indexes, taking place after the close of markets Friday.

Ellie Mae and Lenders Processing Services were the only mortgage-related stocks bucking the negative trend on Wall St. Thursday morning, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average, once down 235 points on the day, was still off 156 at 1 p.m.

The decline of mortgage brokers has had a profound affect on loan origination system provider Ellie Mae. As indicated by the Pleasanton, Calif.-based company’s disclosures to the Securities and Exchange Commission, its customer base has shifted dramatically from broker to lender since 2008.

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Gabe Minton was appointed to a two-year term on the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization board of directors, the Mortgage Bankers Association announced Wednesday.

A pair of automated service providers said Monday they are partnering to provide more granular household-level borrower data within ethnic demographics.

CoreLogic released a tool Monday to let servicers run automated checks on pools of loans to determine if borrowers are protected from foreclosure by the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.

More than 10 states recently made legislative and/or regulatory changes related to real estate loans and foreclosures, according to MRG Document Technologies, which regularly tracks such compliance changes.

Stonegate Mortgage Corp., Fishers, Ind., this week hired industry veteran Dan Bettenburg as its new president.

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