Inside Mortgage Trends

Online Origination Volume Rises but Still Lags 2006; More Major Players Exit Business

Online mortgage origination volume in the second quarter of 2007 rose 8.9 percent, perhaps showing a rebound after three straight quarters of decreases. Indeed, online volume rose at a faster pace than overall mortgage originations during... [Includes two charts] Read More

Mortgage Site Patterned After Travel Sales Allows Real-Time Rate and Fee Shopping

Mortgagebot has just launched Mortgage Marvel, a Web site that gives potential borrowers the opportunity to compare actual rates and fees from multiple lenders. The system is patterned after the way travel services such as Expedia market airline tickets. “Consumers want... Read More

First American Launches Home Price Data Index

First American LoanPerformance, a provider of residential mortgage information and analytical tools, has launched a new online product that offers real estate pricing information, banking on lenders’ increasing interest in improving the quality of information used to... Read More

Carteret Mortgage Banks on Credit Repair Technology

Carteret Mortgage hopes to boost its business with technology that helps potential borrowers boost their credit scores. A mortgage originator downloads the applicant’s credit reports, and Deal Maker Score, a program from Market Kinetix, produces a customized set... Read More

Cash-Strapped LION Inc. Sells Mortgage 101 Web Site

In a move designed to bolster its finances, LION Inc. has sold its Mortgage 101 Web site and other related assets to Internet Brands for $5 million. Internet Brands agreed to pay as much as $350,000 more by December 31, subject to post-closing adjustments. LION... Read More

Technology Newswire

RealEC Technologies, a provider of network technology services for the mortgage industry, has joined with Fidelity... Calyx Software has upgraded its Internet offerings. The enhancements to the firm’s Web Caster product include 12 new... Read More

Technology Procurement

Right Stop Mortgage has implemented a loan origination software program offered... MDMC, a national mortgage loan analysis firm, has selected Chicago-based InRule... Lenders seeking to improve document management also need to ensure that any upgraded processes... Read More

Technology Management

PropertyInfo, a unit of Stewart Title, has appointed Nancy Pratt director of business development for the eMortgage services group... Integrated Mortgage Solutions, a collateral protection resource for the mortgage banking industry, has appointed Gene Baker vice... Read More

October 12, 2007

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Online Origination Volume Rises but Still Lags 2006; More Major Players Exit Business

Mortgage Site Patterned After Travel Sales Allows Real-Time Rate and Fee Shopping

First American Launches Home Price Data Index

Carteret Mortgage Banks on Credit Repair Technology

Cash-Strapped LION Inc. Sells Mortgage 101 Web Site

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Technology Procurement

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