Technology

The Mortgage Bankers Association reported that the average profit per loan originated in the first quarter was $1,654, up from $1,093 in the fourth quarter.

The stock market soared upwards on Friday morning and that rising tide also brought up many stocks associated with the mortgage industry.

Brian Vieaux has joined Flagstar Bank as senior vice president and head of its home lending division.

The operators of an allegedly deceptive mortgage modification business will pay more than $750,000 in ill-gotten gains to settle Federal Trade Commission charges. The settlements also permanently ban the 11 defendants from selling any mortgage assistance relief products.

Despite recent advances by credit scoring companies, the mortgage industry still questions whether credit scores can be relied on to predict borrower behavior.

Despite 12 years of education to the industry, there are still a lot of misconceptions out in the trenches about what e-mortgages are and where they can be used.

Ellie Mae’s secondary stock offering priced higher than expected and at $17 per share, will raise between $48.16 million and $55.36 million, after expenses, for the mortgage technology vendor.

A new service from CoreLogic incorporates servicer stop advance data into its private-label residential mortgage-backed securities dataset.

The National Association of Realtors reported that its pending sales index jumped nearly 6% in May back to 101.1, the same level in March and the highest this year.

Attempts by Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp. to sell off its eMagic and Myers Internet units have failed and the mortgage insurer will shut down the pair of technology providers on Sept. 1.