Technology

Waushara County in Wisconsin is now using eRecording to electronically record real estate and land use records.

Mortgage Contracting Services (MCS), a national property preservation and inspection company, announced it is teaming up with Pruvan, a Round Rock, Texas-based company that offers a photo app for field-based businesses.

First time claims for unemployment insurance for the week ended May 4 dropped 4,000 to, 323,000, again the lowest level in more than five years the Labor Department reported Thursday. Economists expected initial claims to increase to 335,000. First time jobless claims for the week ended April 27 were revised up to 327,000 from the originally reported 324,000.

After being developed and tested over the past three years, Fannie Mae announced the broad release of a tool that helps to streamline foreclosure prevention efforts. Leslie Peeler, SVP of Fannie Mae's national servicing organization, explained that while adoption of the tool is voluntary for servicers, it will be required at some point in the near future.

Poli Mortgage Group, Inc. and Norcom Mortgage recently announced they will be utilizing AllRegs, an information provider to the mortgage industry, to publish and maintain their library of mortgage underwriting guidelines.

CoreLogic, a leading residential property information, analytics, and services provider headquartered in California, announced its acquisition of Case-Shiller from Fiserv, Inc. The acquisition closed March 20.

Clarifire, a Florida-based provider of workflow automation technology, announced the launch of its next-generation website, eClarifire.com.

ISGN CorporationTM (ISGN), a Florida-based provider of end-to-end technology solutions and services to the mortgage industry, teamed up with TRUPOINT Partners, an independent regulatory compliance organization, to offer a comprehensive Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Mock Audit.

MortgageDocs, a national notary signing services company based in California, has named Christian Redmond as its new CEO. Prior to his appointment at MortgageDocs, Redmond was VP of business development at the Walz Group, a case management and document fulfillment firm that handles critical communications between the mortgage servicing community and borrowers such as default and foreclosure notifications as well as loss mitigation packages.

Xerox Mortgage Services announced the release of BlitzDocs Servicing to simplify the paperless mortgage process for lenders and servicers. BlitzDocs provides an electronic loan folder that imitates traditional paper loan folders. Through the expanded offering, the solution is able to provide a single point of reference for all documentation related to a borrower for the lifespan of a loan, which results in better customer service for the borrower.