Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

ConsumerDirect Mortgage rebranded itself to Real Genius and announced the launch of a modern mortgage application platform to simplify a borrower’s experience. Since 2016, we’ve helped more than 51,000 families with their mortgage needs, lending more than $15 billion,” said Thornton. Learn here! Presented by: Maxwell.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2021

Other investors included Rotor Capital , The Mortgage Collaborative Emerging Technology Fund , Prudence Holdings and existing investors including Anthemis Group , Route 66 Ventures , and Sovereign’s Capital. The capital raise follows a $5 million Series A funding round in June 2020. mortgage market. Presented by: Sutherland.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2022

Gloudeman’s career in mortgages and financial services will help “modernize compliance strategies for the quickly evolving mortgage landscape” as traditional approaches are falling behind, said Perry Steiner, chairman and CEO of Xactus said. Gloudeman started on Tuesday. .

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

As lenders continue to adjust to a new normal, the pivotal role of technology has become increasingly clear in maximizing productivity and keeping lending pipelines flowing. HousingWire reached out to Chandler to discuss how COVID-19 has propelled a much-needed modernization among lenders.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2021

The technology components required to digitize closings – things like eSignatures and webcams – have existed for decades. The limiting factor was not technology, but the fact that the closing process requires coordinated participation from many members of a fragmented ecosystem – each with their own chosen technologies and workflows.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2022

Xactus will add flood services to its list of verification solutions with the acquisition of MassiveCert , a software company that provides flood zone determinations for insurance, lending and real estate. MassiveCert will be rebranded as Xactus Flood Solutions. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2021

But there are definitely a few main things to looks out for — many of which are carrying over from a turbulent 2020 and early 2021 — when it comes to the upcoming landscape for the rest of 2021: Lack of inventory Fluctuating interest rates Increased adoption of technology. Inventory issues.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

As the appraisal process is undergoing major shifts towards modernization and new levels of automation, this void was ripe for a solution. By endorsing this standard, the CRN is encouraging emerging technologies to develop applications for gross living area calculations in a more uniform protocol. Technology impacts.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

News just broke that private equity investor LLR Partners announced strategic investments in two mortgage technology companies — Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang ( click here for article ). LLR is not a newcomer to mortgage technology or the overall fintech market. This isn’t a new story in mortgage lending or real estate brokerage.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 10, 2021

Clario’s growth is unprecedented, expanding from 30 staff appraisers in 2019 to over 100 by the end of 2020, and is on target to employ 180 staff appraisers by the end of 2021. We specialize in real estate valuations for the mortgage lending and financial services industries. About Clario: Clario Appraisal Network, Inc. 201.286.2273.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 9, 2021

Most agree that in 2021, we will not match the astronomical origination volume seen in 2020. How hybrid title and valuations help increase lending efficiency. It’s also a selling point to your potential lending clients. Having a modern, streamlined process makes a potential lending client’s decision much easier.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

HW: How have you seen technology impacted by COVID-19? RPA has been a necessity due to minimal in-person interactions during the pandemic in 2020 and has continued in 2021. It’s more important than ever for your bank to invest in solutions to reach new consumers and meet their expectations of convenient, modern banking and lending.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2021

LendWize took over management of the platform in early 2020 and integrated ARIVE’s software into its own technology stack. Months after taking over management of broker LOS platform ARIVE , mortgage software startup LendWize has finalized a deal to take complete ownership of the origination platform.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2021

Residential lending professionals today are being tasked to weather one storm after another. At the beginning of 2020, industry reporting suggested that lenders were experiencing a decreased number of compliance and quality control issues. Leveraging technology can help.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

This acquisition expands our footprint in the digital mortgage ecosystem, and we are thrilled to have them join us as we continue to develop innovative and streamlined technology solutions in the lending space.”. ReverseVision marks the second mortgage software provider acquired by CMS in the last couple of years.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Through this acquisition we’ve not only gained an amazing brand and business, but also an incredibly talented group of team members that bring additional editorial, technology and product expertise to our team.”. “In mortgage and housing markets and serves an audience of lending, servicing, investment and real estate market participants.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2021

Modernization will either take root and flourish throughout every branch of the mortgage industry, or our industry could miss a critical window to introduce meaningful reforms. In 2020, the use of “blind” appraisal waivers reached staggering, record highs. Poor data visibility.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The plan differs greatly from the one issued in 2020 under then-FHFA Director Mark Calabria, which made ending the GSE conservatorship a top priority. A FHFA spokesperson said making the appraisal process more efficient, particularly through technology and data, will boost affordable and sustainable housing, especially in rural areas.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2020

HousingWire recently spoke with Susan Falsetti, managing director of Origination Title and Close at ServiceLink, about the state of title in 2020 and how the EXOS technology platform allowed ServiceLink clients to take advantage of virtual closing solutions. This technology became essential amid social distancing guidelines.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 6, 2022

In an effort to cool inflation , the Fed has started rolling back the pandemic stimulus measures put in place beginning in 2020. Starting in March of 2020, the Fed began employing its tactic of quantitative easing (QE) by introducing a series of economic stimulus measures in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The impact of liquidity.

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2021

After a relatively slow start, Guaranteed Rate Affinity took off in 2020 – its equity earnings jumped to $126 million compared to $15 million a year earlier, according to Realogy’s public filings. Like Compass , Guaranteed Rate sees itself in the world of technology. Guaranteed Rate Affinity originated $13.4 Guaranteed Rate’s $73.9

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

With interest rates hitting all-time lows, lenders doubled their origination volume to more than $4 trillion in both 2020 and 2021, hired more staff and ramped up investment in technology to close loans faster. billion came from its origination technology, according to their earnings reports. Of the $387.2 Halbrook said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2021

Kristy Fercho , executive vice president and head of Wells Fargo Home Lending, currently serves as vice chair of the board of the MBA, vice chair of the MBA’s Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee, co-chair of the Affordable Housing Council, and a member of its Residential Board of Governors. to lobby for the industry and homeowners.

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Realtor

MAY 15, 2023

Lenders have a vested interest in the home appraisal because it protects them from lending more money than they can recoup should you default on your loan and go into foreclosure. And in 2018, Fannie Mae began testing its hybrid appraisal, a method it had worked on for years to speed up and modernize the traditional appraisal process.

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Clear Capital

OCTOBER 27, 2021

National real estate valuation technology company well-positioned to experience continued growth in 2021. October 26, 2021 — Clear Capital, a national real estate valuation technology company, today announced it has hired more than 350 people so far in 2021, with 170 jobs currently open and accepting applications.

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Clear Capital

MAY 24, 2022

Each year, technology plays more of a role in valuing homes for property appraisals , loan originations, secondary market investments, and even portfolio monitoring. As a leading real estate technology company, Clear Capital pioneers new advances in AVMs for mortgage lending. Having up-to-date, current data is key.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2022

A growing diversified base of technology companies continue to proclaim the Eastside market as one of the best living and job opportunities in the country,” noted local commercial property firm Broderick Group in a report issued last month. based on 2020 data from the U.S. million sq. The potent combo of rising U.S. two years earlier.

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Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Federal Reserve recently updated its forecast, hinting at a potential decrease of about 75 basis points (0.75%) in its short-term lending rate by the year’s end – promising news for borrowers in 2024. The Fed’s revised lending forecast sparked a celebratory mood among investors, particularly those tracking U.S.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 13, 2023

You are not going to get people to come back into the office to the same degree as they did before 2020. Data from the Federal Reserve indicates Goldman Sachs has the highest exposure to commercial loan losses at 16% of its lending total due within the next two years, followed by Morgan Stanley (14%) and Citizens (12%).

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Builders began construction on just under a million single-family homes in 2020. million mortgages in Q2, a 3% drop from Q1, marking the first time since early 2020 that the total number of home mortgages decreased. in existing-home sales April 2020-March 2021. The index hit an all-time high of 90 in November 2020.

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Appraisal Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

FNMA indicates that their 2022 lending volume is down 47% from 2021 and is expected to drop by another 50% in 2023. Many thanks to Ryan Lundquist’s 2020 blog post for the very appropriate image above! . • Unsupported adjustments (adjustments based on “my 30 years in the business” instead of facts). What’s happening now.

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