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The rebound of the mortgage and housing market is good news for all except those who work in the counter-cyclical segments, such as foreclosure and REO services. This print feature originally appeared in the October 2015 issue of DS News magazine.

The research behind every real estate transaction is based on antiquated and manual methods that have not changed dramatically in decades. Repetitive tasks in the title production process can slow productivity and generate opportunities for errors—creating the need for ‘straight-through processing’ (STP).

RedVision, an independent provider of nationwide title and real property research based in Parsippany, New Jersey, has announced the launch of RedVision STP (Straight-Through Processing), a solution-based approach that provides direct customer benefits by using direct system integration between RedVision and the customer to provide seamless and uniform title reports.

"Before Wall Street even entered the space, we had to build a good rental algorithm to provide a rental number for some of those other softwares," Charnoff said. "So when the market shifted and Wall Street started coming in, we were the only ones who had already collected data and figured out how to get to an accurate assessment of what the rent potential was for a single-family home."

DocMagic, a provider of fully-compliant loan document preparation, compliance, eSign and eDelivery solutions, recently announced that PHH Mortgage has signed a multi-year lease to use its products to further enhance TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule compliance capabilities.

Fannie Mae has built a strong and flexible technology organization in order to help the Enterprise more efficiently achieve its goals, which are to help provide people with access to affordable mortgage credit and to reduce risk to the taxpayer, according to a commentary from Bruce Lee, SVP and Chief Information Officer at Fannie Mae.

The newest innovation in process serving from JJL is TrueServe ESQ, an app that allows the user to pull up an entire array of evidence substantiating JJL's service for a particular case from smartphone or tablet anytime a judge or opposing counsel questions service of process.

Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC recently assigned its ‘MOR RV1’ residential vendor ranking to eMortgage Logic, LLC (EML), according to an announcement from Morningstar.

Mortgage fraud risk is being lowered by changes in residential origination practices and new regulation. According to a Fitch Ratings report released Tuesday, since the financial crisis, risk of fraud and misrepresentation has declined. "A key driver behind the poor performance ...

WaterfallCalc.com, an affordable, user-friendly loss mitigation waterfall calculator designed to meet the needs of all FHA mortgage servicers, has released Version 2.0 of its popular software, according to an announcement from the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based company.