Industry Briefs, Dec. 15, 2025
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Rocktop Technologies Partners With Bron
Rocktop Technologies, Irving, Texas, announced a strategic partnership with Bron Inc., Temecula, Calif., focused on property registration. The companies will work to improve a fragmented set of processes that increases servicers’ risks and costs.
The firms described some scenarios they’re attempting to remedy: for example, when a property in a servicer’s portfolio becomes vacant or transitions to real estate ownership and the servicer is left in limbo.
“Registration chaos can ensue as approval bottlenecks trigger rework, fines and investor issues, and daily compounding fees go unnoticed. Moreover, with no single system tracking which properties are registered or exempt, servicers wind up reconciling conflicting data themselves and paying fines on any errors that are flagged, adding up to thousands of dollars per loan,” the firms said. “Ultimately, those costs dilute the yields on affected mortgage assets.”
The enhanced registration and compliance process from Bron and Rocktop will focus on risk mitigation, transparency and control, and speed.
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Equifax Rolls Out Income Qualify
Equifax, Atlanta, announced Income Qualify, a new product to deliver income and employment insights from The Work Number to mortgage lenders during the prequalification and pre-approval phase as a value add alongside the Equifax consumer credit file.
Income Qualify provides verified income and employment data earlier in the process, empowering mortgage lenders to conduct an initial assessment faster and helping reduce risk in the lending process.
The product will provide name/social security number, employer name, job tenure and prior-year total income alongside the Equifax Mortgage Credit Report.
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ACES Quality Management Introduces ACES DATABRIDGE
ACES Quality Management, Denver, has rolled out ACES DATABRIDGE, rendering ACES customer data fully portable.
It allows financial institutions to seamlessly extract, manage and report on their ACES data using their own tools and environments.
It enables secure, flexible and fully configurable data exports from ACES into client-controlled data warehouses.
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First American Data & Analytics Integrates With MeridianLink Mortgage LOS
First American Data & Analytics, a division of First American Financial Corp., Santa Ana, Calif., announced its loan-level regulatory compliance tool, RegsData, is now integrated into the MeridianLink, Costa Mesa, Calif., loan origination system.
The integration provides lenders with seamless access to compliance monitoring directly within the MeridianLink LOS environment.
Benefits of the integration include automatic compliance checks flagging issues related to TRID, QM, TILA, HOEPA and other regulatory violations; fully embedded functionality in the LOS environment; quick and efficient ordering process for reports; interactive PDF reports; override capabilities for approved users; and historical access to prior orders and reports.
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FirstClose, Stewart Lender Services Team
FirstClose, Austin, Texas, and Stewart Lender Services, a division of Stewart Information Services Corp., Houston, announced a new partnership to expand FirstClose’s order management system with enhanced home equity fulfillment capabilities.
FirstClose OMS users will gain integrated access to Stewart’s comprehensive suite of home equity title, valuation and closing solutions. The streamlining will help lenders reduce manual steps, accelerate decisioning and improve borrower experiences.
Lenders using FirstClose OMS can also access Stewart Valuation Intelligence’s offerings, including desktop and field appraisals, AVMs, hybrid inspections and analytics that support accurate property valuation and risk assessment.
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