Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

Louis-based developer of a leading white-label financial fitness and homeownership platform, announced the closure of a $17 million Series B funding round on Tuesday. In addition to product development, FinLocker (a former HousingWire Tech 100 winner) plans to expand its strategic partnerships and collaborations within the mortgage ecosystem.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

On Tuesday at The Gathering by HousingWire in Scottsdale, Arizona, Guild Mortgage CEO Terry Schmidt sat down with HousingWire editor in chief Sarah Wheeler to talk about the principles guiding much of the lender’s actions in recruiting, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and overall business outlook.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2023

Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI), a data intelligence and market insight tool provider for the mortgage and real estate industries, has appointed Brian McKray as the director of product development. To be part of this dream team that Ben has put together is exhilarating and flattering at the same time,” said McKray.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

Lennar Mortgage , a financial services subsidiary of Lennar Corp. will move its servicing operations to the industry-leading MSP loan servicing system from ICE Mortgage Technology , ICE announced on Monday. It can also be used as a channel for mortgage holders to seek assistance in times of distress.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

A race is a useful analog for the mortgage business, especially as it relates to the refinance business. Anticipating the start of the refi race When mortgage rates finally rose above their historically low levels, the mortgage refinance business started to dry up. In our business, that’s the refinance transaction.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Talk to any mortgage technologist about the future of the industry and two topics will emerge immediately: big data and smarter automation. Joe Camerieri, EVP Mortgage Cadence. Today, while the mortgage industry has the technology to support this, we’re still in the early stages of determining how it should be used.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2022

With the recent downturn in volume of new originations, many lenders are using this time to take inventory of the available tools geared toward risk mitigation and workflow optimization. There is also a renewed interest in the future state of residential mortgage originations. Looking Inward. Looking Forward.

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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. That is a lot of technology and a lot of wasted effort. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2022

Clear Capital’s data science team developed the product and built it into the already existing platform, a review system that automates collateral underwriting in compliance with internal credit policies and government-sponsored enterprise guidelines. At the moment, the technology is being piloted internally.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

Malhotra will oversee, among other areas, the firm’s artificial intelligence (AI) development, data science, product engineering, technology operations and information security. HousingWire reported in early April that Rocket Mortgage chief Information officer Brian Woodring left the company to pursue other opportunities.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2023

Mortgage lender Revolution Mortgage has partnered with Tavant, an AI-powered digital lending company, to integrate Tavant’s Touchless Lending product suite into Revolution Mortgage’s platform. The technology is designed to automate and streamline the underwriting and application processes, per the statement.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

The wholesale channel will continue to grow as more retail originators and borrowers learn the benefits of working with a mortgage broker. United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) is solely focused on growing the wholesale channel and helping independent brokers thrive. “At Blink+ is a white-label, borrower-facing digital application tool.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

Digital mortgage automation solution provider Floify launched a mortgage point-of-sale (POS) platform for lenders. is a software development company that offers a digital loan origination system and POS for the mortgage industry. Floify Lender Edition is a counterpart to Broker Edition , which was rolled out in December.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Thursday announced new guidelines that aim to apply the provisions of the Fair Housing Act to the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the realm of housing. The meteoric rise of generative AI technology has created several concerns in the housing and mortgage industries.

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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. Desmond Smith: There are two ways to get a mortgage — wholesale or retail.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Photo credit: AJ Canaria Reverse mortgages became an unexpectedly prominent topic during certain parts of The Gathering by HousingWire , held earlier this week in Scottsdale, Arizona. Reverse mortgages for purchase are taking up more conversation on the reverse side of the business recently.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2021

The global pandemic hit our industry like a pair of defibrillator paddles, bringing mortgage industry CFOs to life and sending millions of dollars into new technology investment and implementation. But how can we differentiate between a true end-to-end platform versus a tightly integrated collection of disparate tools?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2022

Intuitive technologies developed and built by experts in both mortgages and technology can drive efficiency, reliability and profitability when paired with exceptional customer service. UWM recently launched an exclusive new marketplace called Boost.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Pennymac Financial Services has made changes to its technology leadership, creating a new role focused on digital innovations, the company announced on Tuesday. They also come as the mortgage industry is making efforts to adopt artificial intelligence solutions to improve productivity and better assist customers.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

A passion for technology led her to work in the fintech and blockchain spaces, and she has now turned her attention to the senior finance space by founding a company called Graceful Finance. But she quickly realized it is facing real challenges, and she began asking why it has not grown and developed to a place it could be. “I

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 18, 2021

SimpleNexus , a homeownership platform developer for loan officers, borrowers, real estate agents and settlement agents, has acquired Georgia-based software firm LBA Ware. The post SimpleNexus Adds Business Intelligence Tools with LBA Ware Acquisition appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2021

” From the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA): “While MBA supports the ongoing development of such tools, MBA also acknowledges the need for appraisers and lenders to provide some level of oversight and due diligence to preserve the overall quality of the data referenced in future valuations. .”

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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

MARCH 14, 2022

To mortgage lenders, adoption has been the constant, insurmountable challenge keeping the industry from realizing the benefits of technological advances. Why embrace the new when the folks in the back office were doing just fine with the tried-and-true tools — even if these tools were pen and paper?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Scot Rose , CIO at Class Valuation , to talk about innovation in the appraisal space and how the technology being deployed for appraisal modernization can actually protect appraisers. SW: How do you think about technology and prioritizing what to do next? What’s changing there?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

a provider of property data and valuation technology solutions. With the acquisition , Consolidated Analytics expands its valuation solutions, offering clients tools — from data and analytics to appraisals — to predict market value and access a more comprehensive selection of collateral assessment products, the company said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2024

Rocket Companies , the parent company of Rocket Mortgage , hired its first chief technology officer this week, bringing former Thomson Reuters and Intel executive Shawn Malhotra into the fold. As a technologist, one of the biggest strategic imperatives that we have is to bet big on technology , and specifically AI technology.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has tremendous potential to cut costs and improve customer experience, but regulation has not caught up to develop a governance program, industry pros said of AI’s implementation in mortgage lending. Have we developed a model that is in fact fair?

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

Ironically, the technology he’s developed can be a benefit to real estate agents as well. SW: Why did you want to develop this platform? BR: This really came out of decades of being in the mortgage business. We’re just providing them with the technology to be able to do it. And that’s what I did.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) announced a series of roadshows in partnership with Freddie Mac and Rocket Pro TPO, starting Dec. NAMB is dedicated to offering the finest professional development tools throughout the entire marketplace,” NAMB board president Ernest Jones Jr. Louis, Missouri.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

For years, customized integrations have been the sign of a healthy tech stack , seamlessly connecting the various technologies used by a particular title agency ( mortgage lender, broker or appraisal management company, for that matter) to deliver optimal performance. Here’s how.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 27, 2022

Loan origination system (LOS) developer Vesta is integrating with LodeStar Software Solutions , a national provider of closing fee-related compliance tools for mortgage lenders. The post Vesta, LodeStar Integrate Software Capabilities for Mortgage Lenders appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Looking for a quick and easy way to stay up-to-date on mortgage lending news, trends and technology? Podcasts are a great resource for mortgage professionals to continue learning, with shows covering industry updates, business advice and the experiences of other pros in the mortgage industry. Mortgage Marketing Radio.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The mortgage industry is contending with a loan-underwriter shortage that has acted like a governor on an engine — slowing the pace of a fast-growing private-label securitization market. One solution advanced is to simply develop and recruit more underwriters for the private-label market. It is complex, with multiple, varied causes.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2023

Both organizations were recognized as 2022 TECH100 winners for their innovation in mortgage solutions. With high competition and borrowers of all ages accustomed to digital tools, consumer experience will be even more critical than ever before and the key differentiator for borrowers,” he added.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2022

Figure , a blockchain-focused financial service company and Apollo , a global alternative asset manager, announced today completing a transaction involving the origination of digital mortgage loans and transfer of ownership via blockchain technology, according to a press release shared with FinLedger.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2024

Bettios has been at NFM Lending for seven years and previously worked at US Bank Home Mortgages and First American Mortgage Solutions. He started his career as a developer and spent 10 years as a senior product manager at Fannie Mae. Sarah Wheeler: You’ve been on different sides of the mortgage transaction.

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