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Mortgage fintech Maxwell launches SSO tool for lenders

Housing Wire

Maxwell , the mortgage fintech backed by Wells Fargo and Fin Capital, has launched Maxwell Single-Sign On, an SSO (single sign-on) tool for lenders to enhance security and reduce the risk of data breaches, the company announced on Monday.

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Nearly 40 housing tech firms make the 2023 Inc. 5000 list

Housing Wire

469 LoanStar Technologies 1,241% 2016 Enabling lenders to connect and lend to customers who are traditionally underbanked or unbanked. 533 ReBuilt 1,096% 2015 Vertically integrated marketplace helping homeowners sell their unwanted property and real estate investors find great off-market deals. 4,105 FirstCloseFirstclose.

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Developing a lending strategy for rising mortgage rates

Housing Wire

The gen­er­a­tion made up 38% of home buy­ers in the year that ended July 2019, up from 32% in 2015, ac­cord­ing to the Na­tional As­so­ci­a­tion of Re­al­tors. ”. For those that have focused on purchase lending, they will see less of a drop in total volume. To contact the author of this story: Dave Stevens at dave@davidhstevens.com.

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Narrow Gauge Capital acquires Inco-Check

Housing Wire

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. Founded in 2000, Irvine, California-based Inco-Check leverages its proprietary web-based platform to support GSE, regulatory agency, and investor requirements.

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The CFPB is going after ‘junk fees’ mortgage lenders charge at closing. This could get ugly

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Broeksmit added that the Bureau’s “TRID” rule in 2015 and other rules imposed in 2020 reformed mortgage disclosures and customers’ ability to read these documents. We will also continue using our supervision and enforcement tools to make it safer for people to purchase homes and to hold companies accountable.”

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Maxwell adds Amy Brandt to board of directors

Housing Wire

Founded in 2015, Maxwell uses artificial intelligence to accelerate the mortgage process for over 300 community lenders, banks, and credit unions. In the point-of-sale tool, there are solutions for title, appraisal, processor, and underwriter, all interfacing in different ways.

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CFPB ponders how well HMDA captures discrimination

Housing Wire

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is launching a voluntary review of its mortgage data collection — a key tool in bringing redlining cases — to assess its effectiveness in detecting discrimination. The HMDA data is a crucial tool for the CFPB in constructing redlining cases.

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