Technology

Many potential applicants are taking the first offer they receive on their mortgage, missing out on substantial savings.

Secure Settlements has developed a proprietary risk analysis software that references national databases and a risk rating system to verify closing companies and individuals in real time and provide a standardized evaluation and reporting platform for mortgage originators.

Sales were as hot as the weather in Houston in July as they were up for the 14th consecutive month.

According to new figures compiled by the Mortgage Bankers Association, the refi share fell to 80% of all new business, compared to 81% the week prior.

Scandals have tarnished the reputations of many large bank mortgage lenders and one expert believes they need to go back to being community lenders, the same niche their smaller competitors occupy.

Analysts at JPMorgan Chase expect the upcoming National Association of Realtors' report to show a 3% increase in sales from June to a 4.5 million seasonally adjusted annual rate in July.

Determining a portfolio’s exact level of risk is particularly challenging due, in part, to the sheer volume of data and information requiring thorough review.

Attus Technologies, a provider of regulatory compliance products, has introduced six new Dodd-Frank Act planning and mortgage reform compliance self-assessment modules to its Managed Compliance Service.

Given the pace and complexity of changes impacting the mortgage industry, getting it right the first time can be quite a challenge.

When faced with a regulatory change that impacts business operations, there are two ways to view the challenge: as a crisis or as an opportunity.