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Inside Mortgage Trends

January 21, 2011

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Mortgage Banking Earnings Soften in Late 2010, BofA Settlements Depress Results

Top lenders reported widely varying results from their mortgage banking activity during the fourth quarter of 2010, according to a new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of earnings reports from a dozen major firms. As a group, the 12 companies reported...[Includes one data chart and one graph] Read More

Servicers Urged to Focus on Risk and Quality

Faced with their toughest challenges, mortgage servicers must realign and strengthen their quality and risk control if they are to survive the current crisis and thrive in the future, according to a recent analysis of the servicing industry by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Soon, oversight of the mortgage servicing industry will be... Read More

Credit Unions Take New Refi Product to Market

The Credit Union Mortgage Association this month rolled out a new residential mortgage product that allows borrowers to reset their mortgage interest rate automatically in a paperless transaction. The Harmony Loan allows a borrower to get the benefits of refinancing to a lower rate through an online transaction to reset... Read More

Mortgage Tech Investment to Increase in 2011

Spurred by delayed technology expenditures and the need for systems upgrades coupled with the growing need of lenders and servicers to stay on top of high mortgage default rates, technology experts and vendors report an expected boost in tech investment in 2011. In a random sample of lenders that produced... Read More

Loan Pricing Systems Keep Evolving

Loan eligibility and pricing systems are playing an increasingly important role in helping cost-conscious, right-sized mortgage origination firms stay up to date with the accelerated rate of new government regulations, better positioned... Read More

Internet Increasingly Used for Mortgage Shopping

More consumers are turning to the Internet to conduct a mortgage search, use loan calculators, compare rates and prices and get in contact with mortgage lenders and other parties involved in the transaction. “By the nature of it, the loan process is... Read More

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