Technology

Lending.com, a lending-as-a-service platform recently appointed Liz Verrier as General Counsel. According to the company, in her new role as Lending.com's Chief Legal Officer, she will provide legal guidance to their board of directors and upper-level management.

The merger is expected to enhance the size of the largest publicly-traded single-family rental company, California-based American Homes 4 Rent, which prior to the merger owned approximately 38,000 rental properties.

ValuAmerica, Inc., a national title agency, appraisal management company and technology provider, recently announced that the company has teamed up with Black Knight Financial Services, Inc., a provider of integrated technology, data and analytics to the mortgage and real estate industries, to provide a fully integrated loan closing solution for lenders.

As 2016 lies just under one month away, the mortgage industry is already on top of what to expect in the coming year with predictions on what the housing sector may or may not bring.

OpenClose and Lending & Banking Automation Software announced that they have teamed up to provide an automated loan compensation process, which will no longer require companies to manually track commission and payouts. OpenClose is an enterprise-class, multi-channel, end-to-end loan origination system provider and LBA Ware provides commission automation software.

Zillow Group recently announced that the company has joined the Google Compare for Mortgages platform to offer consumers a heightened mortgage shopping experience.

CoreLogic Inc., announced that the company has released its enhanced home equity data set to expand the information delivered through its two home equity data solutions: CoreLogic Loan Level Home Equity and TrueStandings Home Equity. The data set captures home equity information from eight of the ten largest home equity lenders, which includes more than 37 million records and monitors the performance of 6.2 million active Home Equity Lines of Credit and Home Equity Loans with active balances totaling more than $315 billion.

The Appraisal Foundation, an organization that sets Congressionally-authorized standards and qualifications for real estate appraisers, and provides voluntary guidance on recognized valuation methods and techniques for all valuation ...

LRES, a national REO and appraisal management company offering property valuations, asset management, HOA and technology solutions for the mortgage industry, announced that the company has hired Mike Rasooli as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Satisfaction among mortgage customers has improved overall this year as lenders have shifted their focus to developing functional digital channels and improving operational efficiency.