Technology

Software startups say bringing borrowers, builders and lenders onto one digital platform can remove some of the risks lenders faced during the crisis.

Gateway Mortgage Group says its launch of a digital-only bank is scheduled for this summer.

Having an all-digital process results in lower customer satisfaction for home equity line of credit providers than an all in-person or a mix of methods, a J.D. Power survey found.

Technologies like Siri and Alexa will only make mortgage production more efficient if users communicate with them precisely and securely.

A subsidiary of digital-media company Beta Music Group is linking its origination support technology with Arive's online platform, which connects mortgage brokers to lenders, borrowers and third-party vendors.

Borrowers were more than twice as likely to use a lender they found online in 2018 as they were in 2017, making search engines the mortgage industry's top source of referrals.

The 2020 budget would add the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and FSOC to congressional appropriations, charge lenders for FHA upgrades and require universities to have skin in the game on student loans.

A patchwork of state laws makes it tough for lenders to adopt electronic notarization, but they'll need to if they want to make a fully digital mortgage a reality.

Freddie Mac is broadly offering instant representation and warranty relief for automatically validated self-employment income following a test of the concept last year.

Assessing the implications of big tech's inevitable next run at the business of mortgage lending.