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How JVM Lending plans to expand without any loan originators

Housing Wire

California-based retail lender JVM Lending plans to drum up business this year — but by doing the exact opposite. We would feed them leads, but they came back to us because they didn’t know how to structure the full document deals,” Jay Voorhees, co-founder at JVM Lending, said in an interview with HousingWire.

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Jeff Nelson returns to Guaranteed Rate after a two-year absence 

Housing Wire

“Over the past couple of years, I have learned that Guaranteed Rate is truly the company with all the tools and the platform to help originators grow their business and provide the best service for customers and clients.” Since leaving Guaranteed Rate, Nelson held executive positions at Nations Lending and Movement Mortgage.

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Reverse appraisal company hires former AAG chief appraiser

Housing Wire

In 2017, he became chief appraiser for longtime reverse mortgage industry leader American Advisors Group (AAG), a position he held until the end of 2022. Joe’s unparalleled expertise and proven leadership will be instrumental in advancing our mission of delivering exceptional valuation management services to our clients.“ “I

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Optimal Blue Promotes Rick Allen to Chief Operating Officer

Appraisal Buzz

Prior to joining Optimal Blue in 2017 as vice president of business strategy, Allen built his decades of experience across both the lending and vendor sides of the housing industry.

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Fintech Stavvy acquires servicing tech firm Brace

Housing Wire

Stavvy , a fintech company specializing in digital and remote collaboration for lending and real estate companies, acquired Brace , a digital mortgage servicing platform. Founded in 2018 , Stavvy works to increase efficiency and transparency in real estate and mortgage lending. Terms of the deal were not announced.

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Nearly 40 housing tech firms make the 2023 Inc. 5000 list

Housing Wire

126 Transactly 3,852% 2017 Real estate transaction platform providing automation, integrations and tech-enabled services that significantly reduce process time. 193 CertifID 2,807% 2017 A company dedicated to fighting wire fraud for the real estate industry. 4,105 FirstCloseFirstclose. 4,105 FirstCloseFirstclose.

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Tim Bowler named president of ICE Mortgage Technology

Housing Wire

Bowler joined ICE in 2017 to lead IBA, the company’s subsidiary responsible for overseeing global benchmarks, including the ICE Swap Rate, the LBMA gold price, and ICE London Interbank offered rate (LIBOR). While the mortgage technology division at ICE posted $249 million in total revenue in the fourth quarter, down 9.8%