Proctor Financial, a provider of lender-placed insurance announced how it will be helping efforts in southeast Texas due to Hurricane Harvey.

Ellie Mae, a cloud-based platform provider for the mortgage finance industry, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Velocify, a sales acceleration platform.

Ellie Mae, a cloud-based platform provider for the mortgage finance industry, has announced Dinesh Shahane as their SVP of Engineering.

Tuesday, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will meet in an open session for a hearing titled “Examining the Fintech Landscape.” See the details as well as what else is coming in The Week Ahead.

Hurricane Irma, the biggest hurricane recorded in the Atlantic Basin, hit the Florida Keys Sunday morning leaving a path of destruction behind it. Many in the mortgage industry have stepped in to help.

Which companies are merging, and what professionals are moving? See some highlights in this update of the housing and mortgage industries.

Hurricane Irma is speculated to hit Florida Sunday, but with uncertainties for the future of the National Flood Insurance Program, Florida may be in danger of experiencing the full consequences of lapsed insurance.

In a Freddie Mac Perspectives blog, Kevin Palmer, SVP of Single-Family Credit Risk Transfer, explained how credit risk transfers and Guarantee fees have much more in common that one might think—one gives Freddie Mac significant insight into the other.

Kevin Palmer, SVP of Single-Family Credit Risk Transfer at Freddie Mac, on how credit risk transfers are indicating whether Freddie's Guarantee fees are in line with what the private market would charge.

The Appraisal Institute, the nation’s largest professional association of real estate appraisers, recently announced Jefferson L. Sherman of Ohio as its 2018 VP.