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Accurate Group acquires eMerge Property Solutions

Housing Wire

Real estate tech provider Accurate Group announced on Tuesday the acquisition of eMerge Property Solution for an undisclosed sum, three months after receiving a strategic investment from Novacap. Accurate will retain the team, including e-Merge’s co-founder and CEO, Brandon Winters, who has over 15 years of experience in the valuation space.

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Why is now the time for lenders to modernize their appraisal processes

Housing Wire

With tech solutions and automation dominating more and more of the mortgage experience, the appraisal process can feel a bit dated, often causing significant slowdowns. Erin Reed : Lenders are looking for a solution that improves the overall cycle time while maintaining the quality of a traditional appraisal report.

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The risks and benefits of non-traditional appraisal methods

Housing Wire

This scarcity catapulted appraisal costs and cycle-times running into three to four weeks in many cases and highlighted the growing need for appraisal modernization, including technological and data-driven solutions and other appraisal alternatives. HW: How and why has appraisal management technology evolved over the past year?

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Best practices to speed up the appraisal process

Housing Wire

New products speeding up the process. They give you the ability to scale the amount of appraisals you can do with the current appraiser population that you have, and that’s an important part of all the modernization initiatives that have been going on,” said Scot Rose, chief innovation officer at Class Valuation. What’s going on?

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Will divesting Optimal Blue guarantee approval of Black Knight-ICE merger?

Housing Wire

A divesture of Black Knight ‘s product and pricing engine unit Optimal Blue is a feasible path to guarantee the merger deal with Intercontinental Exchange Inc. KBW sees “limited needle-moving acquisition alternatives” for ICE in the mortgage category beyond Black Knight.

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SmartZip Review: Can data improve your prospecting game?

Housing Wire

If you’re an agent, team or brokerage looking to keep a pipeline of qualified listing leads coming your way, SmartZip may the solution you need. Exclusivity: No Trial period: No Contract requirements: Annual contract required SmartZip is a lead generation, marketing and CRM solution founded in 2008. How does SmartZip work?

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The looming non-QM commoditization question

Housing Wire

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? As a result, non-QM borrowers rely on alternative documentation such as bank statements and assets.

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