Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2021

Buyside helps real estate agents and loan officers engage homeowners with not just home value tools but also branded wealth optimization tips on their home’s equity so homeowners can now truly view their home as an asset. “According to NAR over 69% of buyers have a home to sell, so really homeowners represent the earliest buyer.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

Largely hidden from view and misperceived by some to be on the lower end of the hierarchy of service providers, the position seemingly lacked the luster of the real estate agent or the panache of the loan officer. During the housing crisis of 2008, the title industry suddenly emerged from obscurity into full view.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

There is a lack of financial literacy in schools and in many communities, and we want to help provide the tools people need to understand home buying and what that process looks like. We’re also working on finding solutions for the qualified mortgage and on issues surrounding flood insurance. What does that look like?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech-focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, insurance and real estate. To that end, Blend plans to use the new capital to invest in product development such as speeding up the release of its digital closing solution.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Jimmy Kelly, president and CEO of Lone Wolf Technologies , to discuss the company’s development process and his vision for a connected real estate platform. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. It’s artificial intelligence plus human intelligence.

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Housing Wire

JULY 9, 2021

Homebuyers and sellers contend with a variety of entities — banks, insurance companies, mortgage servicers, appraisal companies, title providers, agents, brokerages, and even real estate marketers— and the process can be labyrinthine to even those who have gone through it before. Does your CRM hurt or help the customer experience?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, payments, insurance and proptech. insurance companies, including home and auto providers. Register for the FinLedger Daily Newsletter.

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Assurance Financial

MARCH 2, 2022

The greatest success story I have is winning over the ‘never-adopters’ of the industry, comprised of mostly the loan officers. After a few months, however, these capabilities made the loan officers the heroes. PEX Network: What key developments do you see happening in the mortgage space over the next couple of years?

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 13, 2023

ChatGPT: Valuable Tool or a Replacement for Real Estate Appraisers? 2023 E&O Insurance Brokers Risks of Expert Work by Claudia Gaglione, Esq A long article from Claudia with 4 very good case studies.

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AmeriMac

MARCH 29, 2024

Reverse mortgages are becoming an increasingly popular financial tool for homeowners over the age of 62 who want to access equity in their homes. One important aspect of the reverse mortgage process is the appraisal, which determines the value of the property and plays a crucial role in determining the size of the loan.

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Assurance Financial

JUNE 15, 2023

Freddie Mac also plays a role in setting underwriting standards for the loans it purchases, working with lenders to help ensure that the loans they originate meet those standards. Visit the Fannie Mae Loan Lookup tool or the Freddie Mac Loan Look-Up tool on their respective websites.

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Assurance Financial

MARCH 1, 2021

Homeowners insurance. Private mortgage insurance, if applicable. On top of carving out a large chunk of your paycheck for rent, you also likely have to pay for utilities, groceries, transportation, insurance and internet — not to mention the costs of treating yourself to luxuries like vacations and going out to eat.

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Clear Capital

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

And you know, many of the other studies or, you know, academic studies, using ABMs or using other tools to try to approximate appraisal value, but this is really looking at the appraisal data and not just the value itself, but but comp selection and things like that. And then that triggered a whole series of developments for us.

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