The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Builder Application Survey (BAS) data for August 2025 shows mortgage applications for new home purchases increased 1.0 percent compared from a year ago. Compared to July 2025, applications decreased by 6 percent. This change does not include any adjustment for typical seasonal patterns.
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NotaryCam®, a Stewart-owned company and provider of remote online notarization (RON) and identity verification/authentication technology for real estate and legal transactions, has partnered with mortgage subservicing leader Dovenmuehle Mortgage Inc. and Texas-based law firm RUTH RUHL, P.C. to offer remote online notarization (RON) services for loan modification agreements. This collaboration aims to modernize the loss mitigation process by improving efficiency, reducing cost and friction and enhancing the borrower experience.
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OptifiNow, a CRM and sales-enablement platform for wholesale mortgage lenders, has released “Brand onDemand”, a unique tool that lets wholesale lenders offer custom branded marketing materials to their broker customers—while automatically recording who uses the materials and notifying the assigned account executive the moment engagement occurs.
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Mortgage credit availability increased in August according to the Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI), a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) that analyzes data from ICE Mortgage Technology.
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Commercial mortgage delinquencies increased in the second quarter of 2025, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) latest Commercial Delinquency Report.
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EquityProtect, an innovator in real estate fraud prevention and data security, effectively protected a San Luis Obispo County property owner from a sophisticated real estate scam. The situation exemplifies one of many cases in which EquityProtect has stepped in to prevent fraud before it happens, and it highlights the inefficacy of monitoring services that simply alert property owners after fraud has occurred.
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ICE Mortgage Technology, part of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), released its September 2025 ICE Mortgage Monitor Report, highlighting the continued surge in property insurance costs and its growing impact on overall mortgage affordability.
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MISMO® announced the publication of updates to its Consumer-Facing Charge and Fee Naming Guide.
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DocMagic launched DocMagic® One, a new platform for lenders that eliminates the inefficiencies of juggling multiple systems by bringing every critical loan manufacturing step into a single, intuitive platform. Document preparation, compliance checks, collaboration between borrowers, title agents and settlement agents, and closing coordination all happen in one place. Role-based permissions and organizational hierarchies keep tasks moving without bottlenecks.
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MISMO®, the real estate finance industry’s standards organization, has published the SMART Doc® V3 eHELOC Specification. This standard was developed to meet requests for natively created electronic documents to support the growth of home equity lines of credit (HELOCs). The use of the MISMO SMART Doc provides assurance that loan documents and associated data are consistent, reliable, and unaltered.
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