Technology

Early predictions from three different sources are very bullish on housing, with the head of real estate broker Re/Max going as far to say that 2013 will be the best in many years.

The new ability to electronically sign the Internal Revenue Service’s 4506-T form is expected to both improve quality control and efficiency by reducing rejection rates.

Kofax is using more than $1 million in third-party investments to develop a data capturing business process management tool for the real estate and mortgage financing market.

Foreclosure activity in 2012 increased in 25 states, with the majority using the court system to file the foreclosure.

Single-family housing starts jumped 8% in December after a 3.2% decline in November as construction activity strengthened in the final month of the year.

Genworth Financial Inc. will undertake a restructuring that in essence separates out its U.S. and European mortgage insurance operations from its life insurance operations.

Ellie Mae’s latest monthly sample data suggest originators who use its system continued to close an increasing amount of Home Affordable Refinance Program loans through yearend.

Purchase applications have risen to the their highest level since April 2011.

December home sales in Southern California reached their highest mark in three years.

Can a law that has yet to be fully implemented force a company to shut down a line of business?