Technology

Commentary is an ongoing series on theMReport.com that focuses on opinions, ideas, and insights from experts across mortgage banking. TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule compliance is finally here. Pramod Karachur, project manager at IndiSoft, outlines how many, but not all, are adjusting to the new regulation and offers advice to those that are still working toward compliance.

VRM University, the training division of VRM Mortgage Services that provides nationwide training, certification, and continuing education for the mortgage and real estate industries, recently announced the launch of their new Diversity & Inclusion Self-Assessment Tool Kit.

Matt Martin Real Estate Management, a national real estate finance services provider, recently announced that the company has changed its name to Chronos Solutions and expanded its brand and service offerings. This update signals the firm's intentions to make its wide array of real estate finance services known to its national market, which will lead to another period of growth.

ComplianceEase, a provider of automated compliance solutions to the financial services industry, recently announced that the company's co-founder, Jason Roth, has been named chief technology officer.

As the single-family rental space becomes more populated with investors, all of whom are trying to gain any advantage that will help them cut costs and streamline processes, therefore maximizing profits, more of them are turning to technology.

Altisource Portfolio Solutions, a provider of mortgage, financial and technology services for the real estate and mortgage industries, has expanded their offerings into the home rental market with two new acquisitions.

Commentary is an ongoing series on theMReport.com that focuses on opinions, ideas, and insights from experts across mortgage banking. In this piece, Aaron King, founder and CEO of Snapdocs examines how technological advances can help alleviate some of the added pressures from the CFPB's TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule.

Provider of loan due diligence, surveillance, REO management, valuations, and consulting services to the mortgage and real estate industries, Clayton Holdings LLC, recently announced its newest acquisition: ValuAmerica, Inc., a Pittsburgh-based, national title agency, appraisal management company, and technology provider.

Commentary is an ongoing series on theMReport.com that focuses on opinions, ideas, and insights from experts across mortgage banking. This piece features John Vella, chief revenue officer of Altisource Portfolio Solutions, discussing how the residential property market is recovering–but at the same time, it’s experiencing a shrinking pool of the refinancing and distressed opportunities.

Auction.com, a leading national online real estate marketplace headquartered in Irvine, California, has announced the hiring of Sharmila Patel as SVP of commercial real estate finance and operations.