Technology

Delinquency rates on home equity loans may have peaked during last summer, but they still remain at "troublesome" levels, according to a new report released by the American Bankers Association on Thursday.

First American Title Insurance Co.'s national commercial services division has created an energy group, consisting of land title examiners, attorneys, project coordinators and insurance underwriters to work exclusively on energy-related real estate transactions.

Wells Fargo was both the top commercial/multifamily mortgage originator and top lender for 2011, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Small mortgage banking companies benefited from a 32% jump in loan production from the third quarter to the fourth quarter, but profitability per loan was crimped by a slight drop in pricing in the secondary mortgage market, according to a new report by the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Technology is an essential factor in the ongoing efforts to advance the efficiency and effectiveness of field service providers’ operations.

Jim Blatt, CEO of CRM vendor Mortgage Returns, explains how originators can use technology to build their referral business.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency's three-year effort to develop standardized loan data reporting requirements for newly originated Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgages will finally go live this month.

Prices of homes sold by owner/occupants are rising for the first time in years and there has been modest price appreciation in January and February, according to a new CoreLogic report.

Finale Document Services has created Spanish language reverse mortgage disclosure packages to comply with the unique real property requirements for Puerto Rico.

Residential servicers completed 20% fewer proprietary loan modifications in February than the month prior, according to new figures compiled by the Hope Now servicing alliance.