Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2022

Milo , a Miami-based digital lender, will soon offer a crypto mortgage to clients with digital assets. According to Milo’s press release , clients who use the company’s services can pledge their Bitcoin to purchase a property. If a client qualifies, they will receive a low interest rate 30-year crypto mortgage, the company said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In late August, when mortgage rates were well over 7% and beginning their climb toward 8%, Jeff Anderson had a client do what few other homeowners are willing to do: She gave up her 4% mortgage rate. mortgage rate at the end of August. “At At closing, my client will get $10,000 of cash up-front.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2021

The 2021 Women of Influence winners represent 100 of the most influential women in leadership in the housing economy. More than just breaking records in the housing finance space, the HousingWire 2021 Women of Influence are shattering glass ceilings and leaving a legacy for years to come. Aslan Home Lending Corporation.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

Consolidation in the mortgage industry is likely in 2022, analysts and lending executives said. Justin Woodward has experienced the best and the worst of the mortgage industry in only 18 months. “I had not done first mortgage lending before, but I was familiar with the basics of real estate lending.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke with Desmond Smith , chief growth officer at United Wholesale Mortgage , about the role that wholesale lending plays in the mortgage ecosystem and common myths and misconceptions about becoming an independent mortgage broker. HW: How has wholesale changed over the past 2–3 years?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2023

a mortgage artificial intelligence firm focused on automated mortgage underwriting decisions, has conducted layoffs as lenders rush to cut costs. Candor is executing a change in strategy to address the ever-changing mortgage market and to pivot along with client operations,” Tom Showalter, CEO of Candor , said in an e-mailed response.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

For those of us who have been in the mortgage industry for any length of time, we understand the complexities surrounding guidelines, the importance of staying up to date on key changes within the industry and how our communication to both our clients and partners is imperative in order to build and maintain relationships.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Leading property data and analytics company CoreLogic has acquired Roostify , a digital mortgage technology provider. In its statement, CoreLogic said integrating Roostify ‘s mortgage platform into its own network of data assets and workflow platforms would reduce errors and help streamline the mortgage process.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Mortgage lenders are offering discounts on loan pricing to capture borrowers. Another loan closing today is for a real estate agent who is an investor and has done many mortgages in the past. I feel she’s going to know what the national average (for a 30-year fixed mortgage rate) is at around 6.8%. She’s well educated.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Mortgage Technology reported operating income of $57 million in 2022, down from last year’s $397 million — a reflection of the headwinds the mortgage industry is facing. The mortgage technology division at ICE posted $249 million in total revenue in the fourth quarter, down 9.8%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

As the country embraces technology now more than ever, lenders and title companies have an opportunity to embrace the possibilities of mortgage technology to connect with consumers in new ways and grow their businesses. You want to maintain that ‘good feeling’ with your clients.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

The lending industry is notorious for its poor customer retention – in fact, only 1 in 5 borrowers return to their original lender for a subsequent loan. Sales Boomerang solve this problem by helping banks, credit unions and independent mortgage lenders build lasting, profitable relationships with their borrowers.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

Mortgage assumption is a niche option that gained momentum in 2023. An assumable mortgage enables a qualified buyer to take over a seller’s mortgage terms, including the existing balance and interest rate. trillion in mortgages were originated in 2020 and 2021, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2021

The HW Marketing Leaders make up the best and brightest minds in marketing within mortgage lending, servicing and real estate. The new award program was inspired by marketing execs like Sarah DeCiantis , CMO at United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) , who, alongside her team, worked to meet clients where they needed her most.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

Guaranteed Rate made two significant executive appointments, the Chicago -based mortgage lender announced on Monday. CJ Rose was promoted to the role of executive vice president of growth and acquisition, while Chris Hutchens was hired as producing area manager for North Carolina and senior vice president of mortgage lending.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The banks had courted high-net-worth clients working in speculative tech and crypto startups in Silicon Valley, while also tying up a large portion of the banks’ assets in Treasury securities. Moody’s also downgraded NYCB subsidiary Flagstar Bank , through which the bank originates residential mortgages.

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Housing Wire

MAY 12, 2022

Worsening market conditions are only going to accelerate an already hyper-competitive mortgage lending industry that is still learning to adapt to post-pandemic homebuying behaviors. Customer-facing technologies, particularly loan origination and decisioning software, are now standard in mortgage lending’s tech stack.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

United Wholesale Mortgage. First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation. First American Mortgage Solutions. DHI Mortgage Company. American Mortgage Network. First Community Mortgage. President of Residential Servicing and Correspondent Lending. Freedom Mortgage. Academy Mortgage Corporation.

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2022

Mortgage consulting firm LendArch has hired Karthik Kumar, the former global mortgage practice head at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). He then spent 18 years at TCS, where he focused on solution architecture, operational delivery and entity transformation for most of the top-40 mortgage lenders and the largest vendors.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Miami-based fintech provider LoanPASS has integrated with ICE Mortgage Technology, a division of global data, technology, and market infrastructure provider Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. Its partners include Mortgage Bankers Association, LendingPad, LendingWise and Mortgage Action Alliance, among others.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with John Jeanmonod, Regional Vice President of Sales at Angel Oak, about non-QM lending and the outlook for the second half of 2022. We have been out educating the mortgage industry on what non-QM is and how to utilize it since we were founded. Not in droves like in 2021, but the business is out there.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

Direct retail lender Revolution Mortgage has scooped up two of loanDepot ‘s top LOs, accelerating its plans to expand market share despite a tough origination environment. Lotsoff and Brok spent nearly 10 years at loanDepot and the branch they managed originated $1 billion in volume in 2020 and 2021, Lotsoff and Brok said. “We

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Several historic events over the past few years have brought seismic changes to the way the mortgage lending industry operates. Today, as we face what appears to be the beginning of a modest recovery in the marketplace, we can see the effect of those events in the way mortgage lending has changed forever.

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2022

Guaranteed Rate is looking to diversify its product mix amid the mortgage downturn. The mortgage lender has rolled out its first personal loan product. ” The personal loans could also be a good source of leads for mortgages down the road. .” What opportunities do lenders miss out on by not focusing on credit.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Stavvy , a fintech firm specializing in digital and remote collaboration for lending and real estate companies, acquired SigniaDocuments, a technology suite from Texas-based lender Evolve Mortgage Services. Epperson was tapped as chief product officer and Anderson was named executive vice president of digital mortgage strategy.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The coming winter is expected to be an existential test of survival for many independent mortgage banks (IMBs), according to leaders of several mortgage advisory firms. “We’re really at the darkest part of the market this winter,” Brian Hale, CEO and founder of consultancy Mortgage Advisory Partners , said. .

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2022

Nima Ghamsari, CEO and founder of mortgage fintech Blend Labs. Publicly traded mortgage tech company Blend Labs isn’t changing its strategy to survive a shrinking mortgage market, even though a drop in originations is sapping its revenue stream and forcing it to trim its workforce. Cooper Group for $422 million in March 2021.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2021

Even with total credit risk transfers (CRT) and non-QM lending trending down due to seasonality, some observers are predicting a strong beginning to 2021. Officials with dvo1, a lending markets analytics company , remain encouraged by low levels of new impairments, which reached pre-pandemic levels in both CRT and non-QM.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

Pontiac, Michigan-based lender United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) Wednesday launched a new platform for independent mortgage brokers to access purchase leads, past clients and real estate agents — a move to entice and retain loan officers in a shrinking mortgage market. According to its earnings report, UWM originated $38.8

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

Polly, a software-as-service mortgage-technology firm that operates a loan-trading platform , has raised $37 million through a new funding round, its third since launching in 2019 — bringing the total raised from investors to $57 million. Building the next generation of tech: Three ways to digitize home lending.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2023

Add Moon Mortgage to the list of fintechs offering crypto-backed mortgages. Since 2021, other fintechs have launched crypto mortgage products, including Toronto-based Ledn and Miami-based Milo. Moon’s crypto mortgage product has a minimum loan amount of $1 million. Six months after raising $3.5

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The mortgage lender’s overall origination volume dropped 54% from January to September compared to the same period in 2021, according to data from Inside Mortgage Finance. ” In fact, the correspondent channel is a relatively bright spot for a mortgage industry that’s had a devil of a time in 2022.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are a few key priorities related to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and its Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program. Of that total, $220 billion is estimated for standard forward mortgages and $17.9 Within the congressional justifications for the U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Wells Fargo and information services company CoreLogic partnered on real estate tax processing operations to enhance risk management, compliance and customer experiences in the mortgage servicing sector. A total of $152 billion in property tax payments were processed through the portal in 2021 and about 80% of U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

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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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2023

Scott Miller, a former mortgage loan originator at Sprout Mortgage , knew the clock was ticking when the non-qualified mortgage (non-QM) lender abruptly closed doors in July 2022. Up to 30% of the 1,000 largest independent mortgage banks projected to disappear by the end of 2023 via sales, or failures.

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Housing Wire

MAY 5, 2021

Rocket Mortgage originated more than $100 billion in mortgages for yet another quarter, but profit margins are trending down. And the country’s largest mortgage lender expects a good-sized slowdown in the second quarter of 2021. All told, the Detroit lending powerhouse originated $103.6

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