Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

As the mortgage industry continues to evolve at breakneck speed, risk management has never been a more critical lynchpin in the lending ecosystem. This meticulous approach ensures loans meet the MCRS standard, which is particularly crucial in non-agency and non-conventional lending where risks and complexities are higher. Click Here

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

They discuss the latest developments in the mortgage market, along with key dynamics and growth strategies for lenders as interest rates continue to fall. Artificial intelligence and other tools help lenders originate loans more effectively without staffing up, so to speak.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2024

The duo dive into several topics, including Lower’s transformed culture and leadership structure following its acquisitions of Thrive Mortgage and Universal Lending. They also discuss fintech developments for loan officers, recruitment and even the CPO’s favorite hamburger.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

People take pride in their work when they believe that their leaders are invested in them as people — not just as tools to help them reap short-term rewards. But brand recognition doesn’t develop overnight. The post Refi Sugar High: How to balance your lending diet appeared first on HousingWire. Tip #3: Start marketing now.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2022

“With technology impacting all areas of our lives, it is time for participants across the mortgage ecosystem to experience an improved process that simply works better and costs less,” said Daniel Wallace, GM of Figure Lending.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2023

Black Knight recently launched a web portal that enables clients, third-party providers and their developers to access the company’s application programming interfaces (APIs) across the mortgage life cycle. Its new tools also allow lenders to cut costs in a higher-rate environment.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2021

Our first goal was to make mortgage lending easier and more accessible, but we’ve been intentional in recognizing that our technology can be used to facilitate so much more, including commercial lending, servicing, foreclosure and more,” Ligris said. Presented by: Sagent Lending Technologies.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2022

Founded in 2000, Irvine, California-based Inco-Check leverages its proprietary web-based platform to support GSE, regulatory agency, and investor requirements. With NGC’s acquisition of Inco-Check, the company aims to enhance loan quality and prevent fraud in a competitive mortgage and consumer lending market, Inco-Check said.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 16, 2024

Initially drawn to the intricate intersection of real estate law and financial regulations, I found my niche representing lenders, servicers, and debt buyers in matters related to lending, collections, and compliance. Q: What tools do you feel any legal expert needs to survive and thrive in today’s marketplace?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

New York-based multichannel lender US Mortgage Corporation previously announced that it was renewing its efforts in the reverse mortgage industry, having hired industry veteran Ken Krajewski to serve as managing director and head of reverse mortgage lending. However, I really do look at this as a financial planning tool.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2021

Roostify, which powers the digital mortgage platforms of JPMorgan Chase , TD Bank , Guild Mortgage , HSBC Bank USA and more, allows different lending parties to bring in data and information from online sources that then tailors the homebuying process.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) this week announced the launch of a new program designed to allow for the purchase, refinance or renovation of manufactured housing under a loan program sponsored by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2022

The question was on the minds of many at the Waldorf Astoria in Dana Point, California on Thursday – will non-qualified mortgage products become more commoditized as the rising rate environment wallops agency lending? Taylor Stork, chief operating officer at Developer’s Mortgage Company , agrees. It’s not subprime lending.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

There are too many factors involved in implementing a lender’s strategy to go too deeply into the technology here, but regardless of how the lender wants to run the business, there are tools available that can make that happen. Each lender is different and so their use of these tools will differ. Two things I will say about technology.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2021

HousingWire: What does the performance of non-QM in the first half of 2021 tell us about the future of non-QM lending? As well, restrictions set forth by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac along with increased bank lending restrictions mean increased demand for non-QM. We can save the deal for our clients and the borrower.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The acquisition includes the components of ReverseVision’s full product suite including its core platform, ReverseVision Exchange (RVX), RVDOC Composer (RVDOC) that provides customized compliant reverse mortgage documents, and ReverseVision Sales Accelerator (RVSA) which includes advanced loan modeling and comparison tools.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2022

As the market shifts, interest in non-QM lending from traditional lenders and brokers has increased. We recently spoke to Bao Huynh, Director of Business Development at LoanScorecard, about these changes and the challenges of originating non-QM loans. And investor guidelines are continually evolving.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2021

The IPO gives the cloud-based software company the ammunition to grow market share , develop new products and dive deeper into various sectors within fintech, including consumer banking and auto. Blend’s investors are betting that the firm can be much more than the tech that underpins mortgage application processing.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

What we’re trying to do at ICE is break down the various transactions where a borrower and a lender might interface and figure out how we can deliver a set of technology tools and solutions so that the borrower can get their loan — for purchase or refinance — as fast as possible with the least amount of cost.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2021

The company recently launched ClearLabs, an in-house research and development group that works alongside industry leaders and government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) to continually build on what’s possible in compliant real estate valuation and analytics. lenders and nearly every mortgage investor, including the GSEs.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

News just broke that private equity investor LLR Partners announced strategic investments in two mortgage technology companies — Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang ( click here for article ). With efficiency metrics and client outcomes like these it’s no surprise that the company continued to attract capital and investor interest.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2023

The Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) has decided to pause its rate hikes in June after data that pointed to cooling inflation and the need to assess how much banks have slowed down their lending due to the recent tumult in the sector. However, 60% of these investors bet officials will impose a rate hike at the July 26 meeting.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2020

As one of the largest correspondent investors in the country, AmeriHome is focused on being a consistent, reliable partner to its clients. In the COVID-19 era, that means AmeriHome has spent even more time listening to what clients need and adapting their products and services to help clients navigate constantly changing lending conditions.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2020

This morning, Blend President Tim Mayopoulos (and former CEO of Fannie Mae ) told me that Blend didn’t necessarily “need” the funding but saw the value in accelerating its product development plans. 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

APRIL 26, 2022

A rising player in the world of crypto-mortgages and blockchain-enabled financing, LoanSnap, plans expand its reach in the market by opening its lending platform to licensed mortgage brokers across the country in the near future. The financing for the initial deal was handled through a cryptocurrency lender called Helio Lending.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

CAPE Analytics has unveiled a new, AI-powered , automated property condition report (aPCR) tool crafted for institutional lenders, whole loan investors, and real estate investors. The tool can be paired up with other types of valuation metrics. The real competition for us is the status quo,” added Begley.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2021

When concern about the economy is high, investors gravitate toward safe-haven investments like Treasury bonds and mortgage bonds, pushing bond prices higher but the yields on those bonds lower.”. For those that have focused on purchase lending, they will see less of a drop in total volume.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Most appraisers are experiencing a significant slowdown in mortgage lending work due to rapidly increasing mortgage rates which are slowing down the housing market. I have seen a slowdown in my lending work also. Half my work is non-lending work, and that’s been a blessing. It also offers a lot of other great tool options.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

“Rate declines will impact companies differently based on their business model,” said Craig Freel, partner and co-chief investment officer at Rice Park Capital Management , an investor in residential mortgage assets. But acquiring these clients is only part of the strategy.

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The Robert Weiler Company

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

In most instances, such as public development projects or litigation cases, the commercial appraisal review is a mandatory examination of an appraisal report to spot mistakes, address errors in a CRE appraiser’s judgment or update information based on changing conditions due to the passage of time. Grant Applications.

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Clear Capital

JUNE 14, 2022

We’re excited to announce that property rental data is now available in ClearProp , the lending-grade, industry-leading valuation tool. ClearProp is an interactive property valuation tool that provides a quick and reliable assessment utilizing more than 200 data points on nearly every property in the U.S. properties.

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Listing Spark

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Episode Summary Julie Daniels subs in for host Aaron Jistel and Rachael Holladay, VP of Lending at Stallion Funding. About Rachael Holladay Rachael Holladay is the VP of Lending at Stallion Funding, a real estate and hard money lending firm. She has been with the company for 12 years and enjoys helping her clients be successful.

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Listing Spark

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Brandon Smith, who has over 13 years of investing and lending experience, specializes in owner financing and has developed a successful system for sourcing deals and minimizing risk. What tools and services investors should use if they want to get into owner financing. Where can you find good sources of lending.

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Clear Capital

MARCH 17, 2022

From informing medical diagnostics to measuring investor sentiment, using technology to scan images has brought revolutionary advancements across fields. Appraisal photos help lenders verify the condition of the property and ensure the value is supported in line with their investor guidelines. FHA Appraisal Photo Requirements.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Encompass by ICE Mortgage Technology is designed to enable users to manage their entire lending workflow in one place, from the customer’s initial point of thought through investor delivery. All of these features come together to help lenders achieve operational efficiencies across their entire business for every lending channel.

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Listing Spark

AUGUST 11, 2022

For those that haven’t been a real estate investor before, hard money lending may be confusing. We’ll dive into hard money lending with Romney Navarro, CEO of Streamline Funding which is a Texas-based private lending company. Romney says that if you’re a first time investor or new builder, you need to find a partner.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

“Thanks to our strategic emphasis on technology, including years of investment in AI and the cloud, Mr. Cooper is well positioned to provide our customers with world-class service, operate as a trusted counterparty for our industry stakeholders, and grow and sustain investor returns.”

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