Because the mortgage industry is so focused on staying on top of regulatory changes, adopting new technology has taken a back seat, according to a vendor of a cloud-based management tool. “When you’re up to your ankles in alligators, it’s easy to forget your goal is to drain the swamp,” said Brian Coester, CEO of Coester Appraisal Group. This year, the company launched Cloud Control, a web-based management technology that integrates different aspects of the appraisal process – from compliance to social media to real-time data – in a cloud-based system. “There’s a huge backlog in terms of what people...