Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

HousingWire: What role do you see technology playing in the future of underwriting and client service within the mortgage industry? Agnes Standowicz: Technology already plays a huge part in who we are at UWM and what we’re able to accomplish, and I only see this trend continuing. That’s where technology comes in.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 17, 2024

Brad Vasto has joined Asurity Technologies, which offers consumer lending compliance software and advisory services, as senior vice president – sales. Vasto also has held senior sales leadership roles at Washington Mutual, Homeside Lending, ALLTEL Information Services and Informative Research.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

California-based nonbank lender loanDepot is suing former chief operations officer Tammy Richards for breach of contract and fiduciary duty, accusing her of stealing confidential information concerning the lender’s customers. 30, 2020, and informed loanDepot that she needed to take an immediate leave of absence.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The American Land Title Association announced the promotion of Vice President Kelly Romeo to senior vice president and the newly created role of chief information officer. In her new role, Romeo will continue to focus on technology as eClosings and remote online notifications continue to increase across the mortgage industry.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 3, 2024

Informative Research , a provider of borrower verification solutions and data, has integrated Veri-Tax , a provider of income and employment verifications, with its platform, thus giving mortgage lenders access to advanced validation tools that elevate the accuracy and reliability of borrower information.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

and Bradford Technologies announced their partnership at the Valuation Expo in Las Vegas on Monday. As part of the partnership, Restb.ai’s AI technology will be integrated into Bradford Technologies’ report quality control processes. Computer vision and AI solutions provider Restb.ai

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Movement Mortgage on Friday announced the appointment of Lyra Waggoner as its chief information officer. Her role will focus on technology to drive the company’s growth. “She has a proven track record of leading sales-centric technology teams and delivering with speed to market,” he added.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2021

Stewart has acquired Informative Research , a mortgage-focused data and analytics tech company based in Houston, the companies announced on Thursday. Informative Research said the deal, which is subject to regulatory approvals, values IR at about $192 million. And this one’s a big one. That’s up from $54.2 million, at $1.44

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 26, 2021

Stewart Information Services Corp. is acquiring Informative Research (IR), a credit, consumer and real estate data and technology services provider. The post Stewart Strengthens Analytics Abilities with Informative Research Acquisition appeared first on Appraisal Buzz. IR serves more than 3,000 customers across the U.S.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 31, 2021

Stewart Information Services Corporation today announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Informative Research, a leader in providing credit, consumer, and real estate data and technology services. The post Stewart Information Services to Acquire Informative Research appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As a result, lenders aim to include reliable mortgages in their securities and have technology to assess credit risk, detect fraud, and monitor performance — in order to avoid forced buybacks or losses for investors that diminish market confidence. This prevents falsities upfront.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

Dark Matter Technologies , formerly Black Knight Origination Technologies, is gearing up to bring more lenders on to use its Empower loan origination system in 2024. Read on to learn more about how Dark Matter Technologies’ plans increase market share and utilize AI in its LOS.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke to Sandra Madigan, EVP of product strategy – servicing technology at ICE Mortgage Technology , about improving the home buying and ownership experience with technology and how the industry can do so thoughtfully. What do you think the disconnect is there, and do you see this changing in the future?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Sheila Reddy, CEO at Mosaik, to talk about how the company is leveraging their experience building technology solutions for healthcare to benefit real estate agents and homebuyers. Sarah Wheeler: What differentiates Mosaik’s technology?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Over the past few years, we’ve seen an increased demand for smart home technology as consumers continue to embrace a digital lifestyle. Now, however, renters actually expect to see this technology in their living spaces.”. Why smart home technology now? and that really helps an operator maintain a higher level of security.”’.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

I sat down with Tim Bowler, president of ICE Mortgage Technology, a business unit of ICE, to talk about the company’s mortgage automation strategy — and what keeps him up at night. SW: ICE Mortgage Technology is known for its focus on automation. Sarah Wheeler: ICE’s acquisition of Black Knight just closed today.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 24, 2021

Chrysalis Holdings LLC has made an investment in INVISR, a financial technology business focused on digital transformation. Before founding INVISR, Gozhansky was a leader in launching and scaling Salesforce’s financial services practice in New York City, and technology initiatives for multiple Fortune 500 financial services firms.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 10, 2024

SMART ASSIGN: THE RSDS TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE RSDS Appraisal Diversity believes that everything they can measure, track and review also gets improved. GAME-CHANGING RESULTS Since implementing its technology platform, RSDS has seen an increase in efficiency in all metrics. Visit rsdsllc.com/careers for more information.

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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

MARCH 28, 2023

Cenlar FSB , the nation’s second-largest mortgage servicer and largest subservicer, has named Rene Gonzales as its new chief technology officer (CTO), according to an announcement on Tuesday. Gonzales initially joined Cenlar in 2018 as its SVP of infrastructure and engineering.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2020

When the concept of big data first emerged, it was a dream based on the need to centralize information so lenders could run analytics to gain insight into the nature of their evolving businesses and the changing demands of customers. Lending technology out of focus. Joe Camerieri, EVP Mortgage Cadence. But there is still a problem.

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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. The LOS should serve as the central hub of the tech stack, allowing lenders to orchestrate their entire business from a single system of record.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2023

Appraising can be a subjective process in a lot of ways — as appraisers are always working within dollar ranges and imperfect information. Connecting the data dots According to Tavant, the next step toward eliminating appraisal bias is to connect the dots of all this data and information. “I

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2023

Achieving digital optimization is a main priority for federal housing agencies, and it’s happening at a time when incorporating technology is becoming a crucial part of the entire industry. It goes back to the access to data when making informed, data-driven decisions, Bell noted. We just replatformed our underwriting system (.)

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2020

The electronic appraisal delivery technology is part of our vision to build out the FHA Catalyst platform to expand the effectiveness of our data collection and analysis capabilities,” said Department of Housing and Urban Development Chief Information Officer David Chow.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 11, 2021

Insights by ICE Mortgage Technology. The post Mortgage Tech Demo Day: Insights by ICE Mortgage Technology appeared first on HousingWire. Users can view by benchmark, map count, map trends, performance at a glance, see aggregated borrow profiles, closed loan trends, and much more. Get More Info.

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Housing Wire

MAY 11, 2021

Unfortunately, the ability to obtain information on individual property data about these two factors is hard to come by, short of an interior physical inspection. The post Property condition information that’s cloud-based – “Word cloud” based appeared first on HousingWire. Realtor Comments Hold Vital Info.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2022

With the recent news about desktop appraisals, appraisal technology is top of mind for many. HousingWire recently spoke with Reggora co-founder and CTO Will Denslow about the role of technology in appraisal innovation. How will this affect appraisal technology moving forward? How can technology help mitigate this issue?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In the third quarter of 2020, First American’s information and other revenues were $282.7 Docutech, a document, eSign, eClosing and compliance technology provider, is one of the top tech companies in the housing industry. The post Docutech purchase drives First American information revenue up 38% appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2020

This change, while disruptive and uncomfortable for some, has provoked the rapid adoption of real estate technology, the likes of which we haven’t seen before. Agents, teams and brokerages are now seriously reconsidering the technology platform, tools and services needed to effectively do business today.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 29, 2022

Jake Rowoldt has been promoted to vice president, information services, at Waterstone Mortgage. Most recently, he served as senior manager, information services. He has nearly a decade of experience in project management and technology services. In his new role, Rowoldt.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2022

The eClose technology used by Black Knight solves many of the common pain points that have traditionally been associated with eClosings, allowing lenders to focus more on a smooth transactions and customer satisfaction. Rich Gagliano, President, Origination Technologies.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2021

The public response to the recent Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Request for Information on appraisal-related issues was significant, with 164 unique written comments. These entities make many other comments about technology, workforce options, modernization and the need for change. ” The Value of the Human Appraiser.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2021

Over the last several years, significant technology trends continue to change the way people interact and work, and collateral valuation is no exception. This unique valuation offering is bolstered by the industry’s largest, most comprehensive database of property and homeowner information and recorded document images.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 13, 2021

It uses Infrrd’s proprietary and patented artificial intelligence-based (AI) IDP technology to extract and manage essential information from mortgage borrowers’ documents in the most accurate way. The post Infrrd Debuts New Intelligent Document Processing Technology appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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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. That would lead to less confusion and more streamlined information.

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2024

The AI application simplifies the loan process by automatically filling out forms with accurate information, saving time and limiting errors, and thereby making it faster and easier to get a mortgage, Loan Factory CEO Nguyen said. Loan Factory , one of the largest mortgage brokerages in the U.S., He declined to comment further.

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