OKLAHOMA CITY, OK -- a la mode, a leading developer of desktop, mobile, and Web tools for real estate professionals, and HomeGain Inc., a leading provider of customized services to consumers and agents utilizing the Internet to buy and sell homes, have announced that users of a la mode's Agent XSites will now be able to receive qualified homebuyers sent directly to their personal websites. The announcement was made this morning prior to the opening of the National Association of REALTORS® 2004 Conference and Expo in Orlando.   Read more...

A lot of buzz in the media and in the halls came out of our booth at the 91st annual Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Conference & Expo in San Francisco October 24-26 with our announcement that in conjunction with Wave Systems, we're bringing digital signature technology to small and medium sized mortgage brokers and lenders in December.   Read more...

Last month, retail banking giant Bank of America (BoA) announced its plans to layoff 4,500 employees as part of its ongoing FleetBoston Financial integration. It already had plans to lay off 12,500 employees as a result of the merger completed April 1, which hailed to "bring unrivaled convenience and advantage to more than 35 million households and businesses across the country."   Read more...

Unable to find a buyer for its mortgage business, Cendant Corp. recently spun off its PHH Corp. mortgage and fleet management operations to its shareholders to better focus on its travel and residential real estate sectors. Cendant's mortgage business, operating as Cendant Mortgage, is the sixth largest retail originator of residential mortgage loans in the United States.   Read more...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK -- In what promises to be one of the biggest draws at the annual National Association of REALTORS® 2004 Conference and Expo Nov. 5 - 8 in Orlando, a la mode is giving some lucky agent their very own silky gray, two-seat 2005 Mercedes SLK 350 convertible.   Read more...

As a real estate agent, you know that by marketing your services daily you stay on the minds of your current clients, build relationships with new prospects - and, of course, grow your business. But between showings, listing presentations and closings and daily administrative duties, many agents don't have the time or money to dedicate to a full-time marketing department and crucial lead generating e-mails and print campaigns often become last on the agent's to do list.   Read more...

Vault 3.0 is here, and you're invited to upgrade your existing Vault service for free (as is always the case with our upgrades) by visiting our upgrade page. Your upgrade will include an Instant Customer Update (ICU) mechanism such as we use with WinTOTAL, so you'll automatically be delivered future updates without having to visit any page or download any files.   Read more...

Women are no longer waiting to find "the man of their dreams" before investing in their future as the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) reports that single women now make up 21 percent of all home buyers - that's 1.7 million. That makes them the second largest home buying category next to married couples.   Read more...

Pittsburgh-based General American Corp. (GAC), one of the nation's largest mortgage vendor management companies, recently completed a custom plugin for our XSite Order Manager (formerly Mercury Desktop) product for our nationwide roster of real estate appraisers.   Read more...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- The benefits promised by e-signature technology vendors and expected by industry watchers have been huge, while the results delivered have been – to put it mildly – disappointing. But one company, a la mode, announced plans today at the annual Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Conference & Expo to change all of this by speeding the adoption of electronic signatures by the thousands.   Read more...