Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2023

As nominations continue to roll in for the 2023 TECH100 award — nominations close today! — Looking ahead in 2023, all signs are pointing to an industry that will focus on increasing efficiencies and, in turn, cutting costs. According to Ligris , 2023 will be “a year of optimization,” specifically for title and settlement.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

Home-equity lending overall found its wings in 2023 as a number of independent mortgage banks ramped up product lines over the course of the year — despite a bump in the road in the third quarter when mortgage rates surged past 7%. Market indicators so far appear tentatively promising.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

“CoStar Group intends to support and invest in research and development opportunities to further develop Matterport’s spatial technology , including the application of AI and machine learning to extract information from the 3D spatial data library as well as using generative artificial intelligence to imagine and reimagine physical spaces.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

N ominations for HousingWire’s Insiders award are open now through Friday, June 23, 2023. Be it new experimental technology, legislation or regulation to respond to, disruptive proptech models, shifting market dynamics and so on,” said Price. As Endpoint continues to invest in automation technology and its closing platform.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

million to Black Knight Servicing Technologies , concluding a five-year legal battle over allegations of trade secret theft involving two of the biggest companies in the housing industry. million plus interest, granted as an interim award in November 2023, to $150.2 million in net income in 2023, down from $475.5

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2023

InstaLend is a tech-enabled real estate loan lender that provides capital to residential developers through streamlined technology and automated workflow, according to its website. We are doing a lot of research and development in it and artificial intelligence,” Slyusarchuk said. “We 5000 – 2023

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

It’s supported by Varun Krishna , a veteran in the financial technology world and former executive at Intuit and PayPal , who was appointed as the company’s new CEO in July 2023, replacing Bob Walters. The lender says the technology allows the company to close loans 2.5 Rampell co-founded several fintech firms, including Affirm.

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2023

The 2023 HousingWire Annual agenda is here. Plus, don’t miss CEO Playbooks, technology-focused sessions, data-focused sessions and advice from the industry’s top performers. HousingWire Annual 2023 is the one event where you can expect to network with executives from all across the housing ecosystem.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Figure Lending LLC is now operating under the umbrella of Figure Technology Solutions , independent of CEO Mike Cagney ’s Figure Technologies. Figure Technologies launched a wholesale lending platform in June 2023 that gives loan originators access to the company’s home equity line of credit (HELOC) offering.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The top three opportunities mortgage pros see are new construction (15.3%), first-time homebuyers (14.5%) and cultivating referrals and building new relationships with buyers, builders and agents (13%), according to HousingWire ‘s Q4 2023 LenderPulse survey. About 37% of respondents were spending money in social media and 34.8%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) focused on technology — in a deal that values the combined company at $358 million. Heller currently serves as president of OJO Labs , a real estate technology company focused on improving homeownership. In 2022 and 2023, HousingWire recognized Heller as an HW Vanguard.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2024

Dark Matter Technologies (DMT) tapped Tony Fox, former director of ICE Mortgage Technology , as its new chief of client engagement. Fox was director of client management at I CE Mortgage Technology for four months after the firm acquired Black Knight in September 2023.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Shortly after EasyKnock acquired home equity investment platform Balance Homes , the company appointed former Balance Homes co-founders Judd Schoenholtz and Aaron LaRue as chief revenue officer and chief technology officer, respectively. LaRue, meanwhile, will focus on the expansion of EasyKnock’s technology platform.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Unlike off-the-shelf POS solutions, Blueprint Builder allows lenders to customize technology that is designed to help improve operations, Maxwell noted. In the current environment, a rigid, static technology stack can prove fatal.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

He also often looks to the robust marketplace of technology tools available to help automate the mundane to ensure he stays focused on his skill set: delivering stellar customer service. What changes can you make to your day-to-day business practices, technology stack or marketing plan to help avoid these in the future?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Pennymac Financial Services has made changes to its technology leadership, creating a new role focused on digital innovations, the company announced on Tuesday. He had a crucial leadership role in Pennymac’s mortgage fulfillment, production business technology and servicing divisions.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2024

2023’s ‘massive pivot’ at FOA, AAG acquisition FOA became the leading lender in the industry virtually overnight with the AAG acquisition. “We Even in technology, the things that we would need to invest in to catch up to those peers [presented a challenge]. The episode of “Ten Minute Talks” featuring Kristen Sieffert. “We

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Congratulations to the 2023 Women of Influence winners. Their collective expertise spans the entire spectrum of the sector, encompassing areas such as lending, tech, real estate, appraisal, compliance, operations, sales and so much more.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Executives at Doma on an earnings call Thursday said the company was growing across key metrics and investing heavily in machine learning technology, moves that will pay off in the coming two years. Doma has said it plans to be profitable in 2023. In 2020, the company posted a $19 million loss. million from $143.5 million in 2020.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Ananthakrishnan, a 2023 HousingWire Vanguard , also previously worked at Freddie Mac as a senior director of product development. “We It serves clients in the financial services, manufacturing, education, aerospace and technology industries.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

As of third-quarter 2023, the most recent data available, Freddie Mac’s repurchase volume was $384 million, with Fannie Mae’s volume at $382 million. The report notes, however, that “in Q3 2023, Freddie repurchases fell 35% from the prior quarter while Fannie’s fell only 12%.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2023

Technology to support the growing needs of the appraisal department. Most appraisal desks in the industry are still using technology that hasn’t seen any significant improvements to it for many years. Technology investments are getting a lot of attention. Don’t be afraid to consolidate vendors to match volume.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

When asked to recommend AI application ideas for the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) to develop for the mortgage industry, lenders pointed to appraisal automation, borrower income/employment verification , data/documentation reconciliation and standardization, and compliance management.

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GoForrmz

JANUARY 26, 2023

Join construction industry leaders in a live, roundtable discussion about construction tech solutions 2023 is likely to continue to bring challenges to the construction industry, including labor shortages, high material costs, and rocky economic conditions. Register for the Webinar

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

In its March Supervisory Highlights, the FDIC stated that many institutions have developed policies and procedures to ensure sufficient mortgage broker services are provided in order to receive compensation , which was the first of a two-part test.

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GoForrmz

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Watch the recording of this roundtable discussion all about making the most of technology in your construction business. In 2023, the construction industry will continue to face labor shortages, high material costs, and rocky economic conditions.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has tremendous potential to cut costs and improve customer experience, but regulation has not caught up to develop a governance program, industry pros said of AI’s implementation in mortgage lending. Have we developed a model that is in fact fair?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

Bogle was recognized as a 2023 HousingWire Marketing Leader for her more than 20 years of financial services marketing experience. We’ve also implemented project management technologies and streamlined processes to improve workflow and turnaround times for loan officer requests, effectively halving the time it takes to fulfill them.

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Lamacchia Realty

JULY 21, 2023

After spending over a year as a REALTOR with Lamacchia Realty, Chris Rochon has made the exciting jump to the Business Development team. John Millen Director of Business Development Early on with his time at Lamacchia Realty, Chris was drawn to working with the Business Development team. Welcome Chris!”

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2023

As our financial system evolves, it is critical that we adapt our application of the Fair Housing Act and ECOA to deal with technological change and other developments,” Barr said in his speech. “As However, there is also the potential for these technologies to exacerbate existing issues related to lending equality, Barr explained.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2023

As lenders strive to maximize the return on investment of today’s technology and gear up for major projects in the latter half of 2023, the presence of a team that can scale according to their needs and ensure efficient service delivery is crucial, according to the company.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2023

Victoria Deluce , senior vice president of business development and capital markets thought leader at Delmar Mortgage is an expert at bringing her capital markets expertise and her understanding of rates data to originators to help interpret where the market is going.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on Tuesday released its priority open recommendations report, submitted to HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge designed to highlight as-yet unaddressed risks in the management of the department.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

FTC sued ICE earlier this year alleging the two top mortgage technology providers would drive up costs, reduce innovation and limit lenders’ choices for mortgage origination tools. In parallel, ICE plans to develop its own PPE to provide additional options to lenders and partners, ultimately lowering the cost for the consumer. “We

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 2, 2024

Minard previously served as a sales engineer for ICE Mortgage Technology’s Surefire CRM platform, which was included in the company’s 2023 acquisition of Black Knight. Prior to joining the mortgage technology space, Minard worked directly for a lender, First Centennial Mortgage, as the marketing and creative manager.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

“Unfortunately, we do not see this change taking place within the base period or extended base period of the Community Economic Development Agreement (CEDA),” Allen noted. The current project location is still operational and occupied by key information technology teams and senior leaders. million over the course of 12 years.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The rule, originally proposed in March 2023 , takes into consideration stakeholder comments. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is not reducing its oversight of the housing finance ecosystem, the notice said.

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