The First American Loan Application Defect Index for September 2019 finds that the frequency of defects, fraudulence and misrepresentation in the information submitted in mortgage loan applications decreased by 5.5% compared with the previous month.

Independent mortgage retail company Guaranteed Rate and residential brokerage firm @properties have announced a new joint venture, Proper Rate. So reports Crain’s Chicago Business.

Docutech, a provider of document, eSign, eClose, and print fulfillment technology in the mortgage industry, has named Adam Stern as its chief product officer.