Technology

Mortgage rates increased as the improving job market bolstered speculation that the Federal Reserve will keep scaling back its stimulus.

Mortgage applications fell last week as fewer consumers purchased properties and refinanced their homes.

Tree.com, the parent of LendingTree, increased fourth-quarter revenue by more than half from a year earlier, a feat the company credited to strategy changes and new products.

Hope LoanPort has started new collaborative partnerships with several national organizations to collectively provide foreclosure-related fraud prevention assistance to homeowners.

Fannie Mae researchers attribute the sharp turn in perceptions to winter blues.

Zaio Corp., a Canadian company that tracks property values in the U.S., is in talks to acquire Axis Appraisal Management Solutions.

FICO plans to release a new broad-based scoring model this summer that helps lenders analyze a consumer's credit risk with greater accuracy.

These companies have cut 21,500 employees since last summer.

Mortgage Technology is pleased to begin accepting nominations for the 2014 Top 50 Service Providers.

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