Technology

REO maintenance and inspections provider Mortgage Contracting Services has launched a new online platform to educate its contracted employees more effectively about how to do their jobs correctly and new regulations that go into effect.

County and state officials are turning up the heat on MERS, as recent lawsuits filed in Florida and Delaware challenge the validity and accuracy of the mortgage industry-controlled loan registry.

Whether users call it a one-stop shop, bounded services or component servicing, vendors are racing to leverage easy-to-use technology that can be constantly updated with new tools capable to help manage the mortgage servicing process and enhance the resale value of distressed properties.

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Product and pricing engine vendor LoanSifter is the latest technology provider to feed mortgage rates and borrower lead data back and forth across Google Comparison Ads for lenders that advertise on the mortgage rate search platform.

The Obama administration seized on a rare case of bipartisan consensus Thursday — the need for strong consumer protections for members of the military — to pressure Senate Republicans to confirm Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Electronic trading platform for U.S. and European fixed-income bonds MarketAxess Holdings just added non-agency RMBS and CMBS to its e-trading platform.

With the mortgage industry hyper-diligent about loan reporting these days, it is turning to technology to bring servicing operations in-house while achieving the same cost efficiencies that traditionally have been achieved via subservicing arrangements.

The 10X Award commends a company, product or technology that’s had an exponential impact on mortgage finance.Here are the finalists for the 2011 award.

The Fix-It Award recognizes technology that provides an effective solution to a specific industry problem, need or channel.Here are the finalists for the 2011 award.