Contract signings fell in every region during July, leaving purchase activity 30% below its 2019 level despite a larger workforce

The verification gives lenders another option for inspection-based appraisal alternatives, but it covers only one piece of a much broader collateral-readiness challenge

The former CEO acknowledges an “administrative error” left him without enough consents to remove five directors, but his formal campaign for board control is moving forward

The acquisition adds consumer-permissioned payroll and banking data to Checkr’s mortgage platform while lenders confront increasingly convincing fabricated financial records

AI has made convincing financial documents easier to create, forcing lenders to look beyond appearance and verify the evidence behind the numbers

A practical look at where automation can help, where it needs guardrails, and why the last stretch of a mortgage file still depends on judgment