Technology

Silicon Valley Bank in Santa Clara, Calif., has launched a program that lets new customers sign up for accounts using electronic signatures.

Here's a look at the 10 markets with a population of more than 500,000 that had the largest growth in home sales activity on a per capita basis during the first quarter, based on data from RealtyTrac.

InSellerate, a startup sales automation software company focused on the mortgage industry, has received financial backing from Sekits Capital.

ISGN Corp. has completed the sale of its business process outsourcing unit to Firstsource Group USA, a subsidiary of the Indian firm RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group.

Two recent court rulings affirmed that lenders can enforce electronically signed and transferred notes, laying important groundwork for wider adoption of electronic mortgage technology that could improve the customer experience for borrowers and save lenders and servicers a bundle.

From the Common Security Platform and Freddie Mac loan sales to new accounting rules and what direction mortgage rates are headed, there was plenty to debate during this week's MBA Secondary Conference in New York.

This summer, Freddie Mac will start rolling out a suite of tools that should speed sales of loans to the GSE. Relief from reps and warranties will take longer, however.

Black Knight's purchase of eLynx is the first since the Fidelity National Financial spin-off went public and expands its mortgage servicing offerings.

The June 25 launch, which will provide lenders with much more information about a borrower's credit history, will mark the first widespread use of trended data in the mortgage industry.

Commercial real estate executives remain upbeat about their prospects for 2016, though they do see some potential hurdles on the horizon, according to CIT Group's 2016 Commercial Real Estate Outlook survey.