Mortgage Biz News

Equator (EQ), a provider of default servicing technology, has announced in its fourth quarter report that approximately 1.2 million short sales have been initiated since the launch of its short sale module in November of 2009.

Pending home sales continued to gain in November and reached the highest level in 19 months, according to the latest Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The PHSI is a forward-looking indicator based

Change. Few words in the English language evoke such equal and opposite feelings—of both dread and excitement. Rapid and relentless, everyday change is precisely what mortgage brokers face, and I’

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has announced that a Statewide Grand Jury has indicted Jill Evans and her company, Paramount Mortgage of Colorado Ltd., of defrauding more than a dozen individuals ac

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On Nov. 15, the Kindle Fire made its debut. The price is only $200 which should push more tablets into the mainstream at a breakneck pace.

Valuation Partners has announced the addition of Clint Reinhardt as vice president and national account executive.

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has released its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the weeks ending Dec. 23, 2011 and Dec. 30, 2011, finding that mortgage apps for the week ending Dec.

Trepp LLC, a provider of information, analytics and technology to the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), commercial real estate and banking markets, has released its December 2011 U.S.

Riding a wave of new refinance loans, the VA home loan program experienced a huge year in Fiscal 2011, guaranteeing nearly 360,000 loans, according to data provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. VA refinance loans surged 40 percent from FY10, as military borrowers sought to capitalize on historically low interest rates.