Santa Ana, California-based Veros Real Estate Solutions has released its quarterly forecast of the nation’s real estate markets. The forecast projects all of the market gains and declines for single-family residences in most metropolitan areas and a number of non-metropolitan areas.

eLynx, a portfolio company of American Capital Strategies Ltd., announced this week the release of the next generation of uSign—its electronic signature service. uSign’s new edition makes transactions digital and viewable throughout their life cycle.

New Hampshire Housing and the New Hampshire Bankers Association have recently announced a partnership to bring awareness of the HOPE Hotline to New Hampshire citizens. This partnership will fund a state-wide advertising campaign of television commercials aimed at raising public awareness of the HOPE Hotline’s availability and services.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott intervened in a case involving two companies running fraudulent mortgage rescue schemes. North American Foreclosure, L.L.P., of California, and Jireh Capital Services, L.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based ServiceLink, an origination and default services provider and subsidiary of the Fidelity National Financial network of companies, has appointed Christopher Behning to the position of executive vice president of Vision Global Solutions.

First American eAppraiseIT, a provider of real estate valuation products and services announced the release of VRR Lite, a low-cost, one page value reconciliation report that will help default and REO managers make better loss mitigation and pre-foreclosure decisions.

MarketLinx, Inc., a subsidiary of The First American Corporation, has announced the renewal of its Multiple Listing Service (MLS) agreement with the mid-Florida regional MLS (MFRMLS) this week. MFRMLS is itself in the process of expanding services to five neighboring realtor organizations and has selected MarketLinx’s Membership Director to replace its current membership management system.

Reno, Nevada-based InsideValuation, a real estate valuation provider, has introduced a new technology portal that is designed to expedite the turnaround time on valuation reports. The firm says its new technology is able to automate non-critical points in the valuation process and reduce delivery time.

Pleasanton, California-based Ellie Mae has released new editions to its Encompass Banker and Encompass Custom programs, which are both part of the company’s Encompass Mortgage Management Solution.