Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Our singular focus at The Loan Store is to equip our partners with tools and products that enable them to cast a wider net and support more homebuyers in their respective communities,” Phil Shoemaker , CEO of The Loan Store, said.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

LIVE WEBINAR | Commercial Appraiser Tech Tools Update. McKissock published their Appraisal Income Guide in 2019 where they reported appraisers who adopt new technology tools earned over $44,000 more per year than appraisers who did not. Communication tools (voice, video, email, messaging). SAVE MY SPOT. Computer security.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2024

They argue that understanding the technology is imperative when choosing a specific tool to deploy. “In But even with this expected influx of investment capital and user demand, BlackFin’s paper finds that mortgage companies are struggling today to implement AI tools in an efficient manner. trillion in 2032. trillion in 2032.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2024

Chris Clow/RMD: Comparing where we were in 2019 and 2020 when seeking conversations with financial planners, how have they changed? Going back to conferences in 2019, we’d be there, and people would come up and say, “What is Finance of America?” This is where tools — for example, like our Illustrator — come into play.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

Both recent examples (2018, 2019) were high-movement years. Advanced data tools allow unprecedented visibility in agents, offices, and markets for strategic planning and M&A support. April outpaced March in Movement: March is usually the peak movement month for agents. Learn more at www.relitix.com.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

The real estate industry faces juxtaposed issues: Outdated processes like constant phone calls, physical tools and long turn times, versus new technological solutions intended to replace the human element” Nick Conteduca, Opteon’s senior vice president of tech innovation, said in May 2022. “The

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Launched in 2019, LauraMac provides its technology services for companies acquiring assets in the secondary market, including document management, loan acquisition and loan reviews. In April 2022, LoanLogics launched LoanBeam Wage, an automated tool that allows lenders to calculate a borrower’s income using paper-based pay stubs and W2s.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2024

Tech enters the picture Alongside these possibilities, the integration of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool can also be a solution. Companies like Relitix , Lone Wolf Technologies , Courted , Brokerkit and MoxiWorks offer AI tools to streamline the recruitment process of agents. When labeled training data is not available (i.e.,

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2023

The UDC product provides lenders with tools for scalability, interchangeability and loan management, according to a statement. Clear Capital – the 2022 HousingWire Tech100 mortgage company , founded in 2019, has completed more than 250,000 data collections for agency loans, which utilize appraisal modernization programs.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2021

.” When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many states issued temporary executive orders to authorize the suspension of its requirement that the principal persons involved in notarization physically appear before a notary, and began allowing notarizes to view the singing of a paper document through an audiovisual communication tool.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Now, the industry will need to take a step back to figure out which fintech solutions can provide long-term solutions, according to Andy Crisenbery , Black Knight Senior Vice President of eLending Solutions and 2019 HousingWire Tech Trendsetter. Andy Crisenberry was included in HousingWire’s list of 2019 Tech Trendsetters.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Earlier this year, Notarize and Realogy Title Group announced they saw a 200% spike in RON closings in the first half of 2020, as compared to the full year in 2019. Is their job on the line, will RON bring a fundamental change to how their job is performed or will it be used as simply another tool that makes their job easier?

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2021

In 2019, Gorkem received the October Research Award, given annually to professionals showing exemplary accomplishment in the title, underwriting, lending and settlement services industries. SoftPro’s business exchange tool, SoftPro360, is also compatible with DataTrace.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2022

billion in volume in 2019 to 10,000 employees and $58 billion in origination volume in 2021. Better is also building a home-action tool that the company believes will allow preapproved mortgage holders to bid on homes and purchase them without broker fees. Better grew from roughly 2,000 employees and $4.9

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2021

The acquisition rounds out Lone Wolf’s technology platform that includes websites, lead generation tools, and CRM. Brokerages are piece-mealing together their tech platform finding that tools are not compatible or don’t meet their needs. Since then, Propertybase acquired BoldLeads in 2019 before now being acquired by Lone Wolf.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Shelley Giordano In 2019, the group exited the American College and reformed as the Academy for Home Equity in Financial Planning at the UIUC. It continued to contribute data and academic information about the reverse mortgage product and its potential use as a retirement planning tool. “We

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2021

billion in July 2019, tapped Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley late last year to underwrite the IPO. Founded in 2012 by Robert Reffkin and Ori Allon, Compass ended 2019 as the third-largest residential brokerage in the country, according to REAL Trends. billion in sales in 2019, double its figures from the year prior.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

This year, more female Realtors are carrying self-defense weapons or tools than last year – in 2020, 50% of women are carrying a self-defense weapon or tool while 46% of male Realtors do the same. In 2019, it was 49% of female Realtors and 45% of male Realtors.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

Polly, a software-as-service mortgage-technology firm that operates a loan-trading platform , has raised $37 million through a new funding round, its third since launching in 2019 — bringing the total raised from investors to $57 million.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2022

The tech firm aims to provide customers with “the right tools and workflow automation to navigate an ever-changing market,” Adam Carmel, chief executive officer of Polly, said in a statement. Polly raised about $57 million from three rounds of funding since its launch in 2019.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

and Canada closed 374,824 transactions, up 16% over Q3 2019. over Q3 2019 and up 49.47% over Q2 volume. The challenges our industry is facing in 2020 have inspired our team to work to refine and speed to market the models, systems and tools top agents need to win today,” Keller Williams President Josh Team said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2020

The first is listing tools – the products designed for you to convert potential sellers into listing contracts. And the last area is seller tools or companies that help to convert lookers to buyers (I could probably have thought of a better name here). Listing tools. Seller tools / Buyer conversion tools.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2022

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage exceeded four percent for the first time since May of 2019,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. As the Federal Reserve raised short-term rates for the first time in years, mortgage rates climbed 31 basis points to 4.16%, according to data from Freddie Mac ‘s PMMS survey.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2021

Finance of America’s new division offers the “Benji” portal, which gives contractors tools to expand their business. Homeowners in 2020 turned to renovation loans roughly as much as they did in 2019, originating $51.7 billion in 2019. Lending and services platform Finance of America Inc.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

When Brad Lawson and Fernando Escaffi founded Charlotte-based PrimeLine Capital in January 2019, they wanted their operation to be all about having fun. The broker leverages tools, like the newly redesigned pricing calculator, to increase the speed of the game throughout their business and relay information with incredible certainty.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The app offers potential buyers tools to find, research and bid on homes via a competitive auction format. Brookfield Residential has announced the expansion of Empower, a set of tools for homebuyers that to offer more choices and smart-home options for their home purchases. and Denver markets.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

As real estate professionals strategize on how to do business in 2021’s competitive, fast-paced housing market, they’ll discover the need for better tools to market their listings. Zillow’s CEO since 2019 has been Rich Barton, who co-founded Zillow and then left the company. Presented by: Apartments.com.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

FTC accepted a binding settlement that both firms will divest Black Knight’s two businesses, settling FTC charges in March that ICE’s deal with Black Knight, which combines the two top mortgage technology providers, would drive up costs, reduce innovation and limit lenders’ choices for mortgage origination tools.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In 2019, Origence launched its “end-to-end” mortgage lending platform. Its mortgage offerings support home equity lending, allow consumers to apply for mortgages on mobile devices, support mortgage processing and underwriting, and provides marketing and data management tools for lenders, according to its website.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2021

In February 2019, we wrote an article predicting this seismic shift, detailing how mortgage lenders could and should prepare to not only survive the shift but thrive in the future digital age. When we wrote the “Seismic shift” article in 2019, less than 50% of mortgage applications were taken digitally.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

With agents, lenders, and even appraisers working more remotely, tools like online 3D home tours are popping up across the country. Learn how brokers and agents are growing listing visibility among rental properties, attracting more clients in the new year. Presented by: Apartments.com.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2020

According to the Insurance Information Institute , natural disasters caused more than $150 billion in damages in 2019 alone. Forest Service’s Wildfire Risk to Communities tool can be helpful. Geological Survey’s tool to locate any faults or folds in the area. In 2018, it was $186 billion. Department of Agriculture and U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2023

based firms on percentage revenue growth from 2019 to 2022. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2019. The minimum revenues required are $100,000 for 2019 and $2 million for 2022. The self-reported list ranks U.S. They must be U.S.-based, Rank Company Growth (3-yr Avg.)

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2021

The update expands Zillow’s Local Legal Protections tool, which was created in 2018 to help LGBT home searchers identify if their rights were protected by local laws in certain jurisdictions. The app also lists any local laws protecting renters who use veteran’s benefits or Social Security insurance payments to pay their rent.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2024

TikTok has primarily served as a tool for mortgage pros to connect with first-time homebuyers through educational and entertaining content, maintain long-term relationships with the audience, and establish a reputation in the market. I can use it as a storage tool for educational value propositions to clients. million likes.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2021

COVID19 certainly accelerated development and focus on servicing, coming out of 2019 with record low default and foreclosure.”. The company was recognized as one of the 2021 HW Tech100 winners for its native eSign and hybrid transaction tools. When we launched Stavvy in late 2019, we had no idea what was in store for the world in 2020.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Reverse mortgage software solutions and loan origination system (LOS) provider ReverseVision announced on Thursday morning that it has been acquired by a division of Toronto-based Constellation Software , a holding company that bought another mortgage LOS in 2019. The company previously acquired forward LOS provider Mortgage Builder in 2019.

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