Technology

Fannie Mae Chief Economist Doug Duncan explains the impact of the eurozone crisis on the mortgage industry.

Increased volumes have pressed many people and their loan production platforms to a breaking point.

Bank of the West sees online video as a way to recruit and prepare mortgage customers.

Existing-home sales rose in August for the third consecutive month while the median price paid for a house increased for the sixth straight month.

Roughly 58% of LOs told Hammerhouse that they consider their compensation “fair and compliant,” while 56% said their firms consistently meet “industry service standards.”

Mortgage Builder is set to release the latest version of its loan origination system.

Single-family housing starts jumped 5.5% in August to their highest level in more than two years with home building executives starting to feel good about their future.

Mortgage applications were just about flat for the week ending Sept. 14, but refinancings—thanks to the HARP program—are on the rise.

Sales of existing homes rose 2.5% in August on a nonseasonally adjusted basis, after falling 10% in July.

Lending to investors and second-home buyers rose 10% in 2011 while overall purchase money transactions fell 5%, according to new origination figures culled from Home Mortgage Disclosure Act reports.