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

JULY 31, 2022

The post-pandemic business landscape is totally different from what we were used to just a few years ago. As the world races towards increased digitization, mortgage professionals are striving to keep up with the demand for convenient lending solutions that allow borrowers to navigate the process from the comfort of their own homes.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2023

For those in the mortgage space, there are a myriad of technology solutions claiming to help streamline lending operations and improve efficiency. When investing in a technology that someone else designed to automate workflows, it’s important to ask — how do I make this workflow work for me?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Several historic events over the past few years have brought seismic changes to the way the mortgage lending industry operates. Today, as we face what appears to be the beginning of a modest recovery in the marketplace, we can see the effect of those events in the way mortgage lending has changed forever.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2023

Digital lending solutions provider DocMagic announced this week that it has added ADA-compliant mortgage loan documents to its document library. Much of modern lending technology is designed to give consumers the convenience to access loan documents in the ways that work best for them.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Chris Mozilo: While I’ve spent most of my 30-year career working at large firms, the most I ever learned in the mortgage business was the five years I worked at a small independent mortgage banker. At a small mortgage banker, leadership has to know all aspects of lending. I always enjoyed beautiful and simple designs.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Yet borrowers have had limited agency in the lending process to date. FormFree, the ATP fintech led by HousingWire Tech Trendsetter Brent Chandler , is launching a blockchain-based exchange for consumers to take control of the lending process. The smart contract presents the borrower’s lending request to the exchange.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2023

Wholesale lending is great for helping serve underserved borrowers. The wholesale channel has the ability to offer borrowers a variety of choices, with access to many different bank and lending programs. As a CDFI (Community Development Financial Institution) — a designation given by the U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2020

Lenders need to be able to grow their business in a way that is not linear and is not tied to the market cycles – leveraging automation technology can help. The company’s solutions involve applications of a few different types of automation technology. Indecomm’s Automation Continuum.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 23, 2024

He spent over a decade in various executive and managerial positions, where he led a highly successful team that included analytics, risk management, training, communications and vendor management while managing two of the top five lending institutions and the firm’s GSE relationships.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Technology has made many aspects of day-to-day life more seamless than ever, with instant, easy and personalized consumer experiences; however, lending is still difficult. In return, borrowers have a lending experience that is streamlined and more personalized.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2023

Financial wellness technology company EarnUp reached a new milestone last quarter, helping millions of Americans schedule mortgage, auto, and student loan payments through its Payday to Payday program and technology. Lending and servicing organizations turn to EarnUp to reduce risk and streamline operations.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 15, 2024

The original forms were designed before the digital age, to be completed on typewriters. Appraisal software companies have innovated the process of “filling out “these forms, but they are still constrained with the original typewriter design. Most appraisers have diversity in their business channels.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2022

Add to those challenges increased competition in a rising interest rate environment that is choking off refinance business, driving overall mortgage volume down significantly. But unless the automation is specifically designed to solve these problems, it stands little chance of being effective. appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2023

Cornerstone Servicing , a division of recently formed Cornerstone Capital Bank , has launched a subservicing business, the company announced Monday. Cornerstone Capital Bank was formed following a merger between a nonbank and a traditional depository. The deal created a financial institution with more than $380 million in capital and $1.5

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The portal is designed to offer GHMC partners a “unique borrower online application experience” at no additional costs. Innovative technology is imperative to the mortgage industry with more and more applicants taking advantage of online options offered by lenders,” GHMC president and CEO Chip Adkins said in a prepared statement.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke with David Bernard, senior managing director of Specialized Mortgage Services at Western Alliance Bank , Member FDIC, about warehouse lending and how the warehouse sector and mortgage finance have progressed and continue to evolve. DB: Warehouse lending has evolved beyond traditional boundaries.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Black Knight is looking to hook mortgage brokers with a new loan origination system designed specifically for them. By providing anytime, anywhere access to advanced LOS technology, LoanCatcher meets brokers when and where they are, giving them the freedom to expand their business and better serve their customers.”. “By

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2022

In light of this, HousingWire recently caught up with Teraverde Chief Technology & Innovation Officer Rob Peterson to learn more about the key to lender profitability in today’s lending environment. HousingWire: As businesses of all types begin to rely more heavily on automation, is the mortgage industry doing enough to keep pace?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In 2021, Gigliotti created Axis 360 Lift , an online academy designed to educate aspiring mortgage and title professionals. Axis 360 Lift strives to offer a comprehensive understanding of the mortgage business by addressing each step of the process. He expects hiring to pick up again on the lending side in the third quarter of 2024.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

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. The following list of honorees comprises many more examples of exceptional leadership from some of the industry’s most accomplished women.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2020

If you wanted to do business with millennials, the emerging core of the home buying customer base, at a bare minimum engaging the consumer in a mobile-friendly, online experience was required just to get a seat at the table. Digital lending is easier for companies that were born in the cloud. The digital point of sale (POS) was born.

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2022

The CFPB issued a statement to warn creditors that technology being “too complicated” is not an excuse for noncompliance. The designers historically have been unwilling to tell lenders all the factors used and how they are weighted,” Kully said. Presented by: Mortgage Coach.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

As purchase transactions move back to the forefront of lending, the broker channel will only continue to grow and gain momentum. a home loan company, offers resources to help support a broker’s business for continued success. Caliber offers a “triple play” of resources to help elevate a broker’s business.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2023

The first phase of the portal will include APIs specific to Black Knight’s servicing technologies and will expand to include offerings in the lending and secondary markets space. “By Servicing Digital, offered as an app or web design, enables customers to access their loan- and home-related information.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Flagstar Bank and the FinTech Consortium revealed that fintech startups Home Lending Pal , Stavvy and Real Key are the latest initiates to the companies’ ongoing MortgageTech Accelerator program. Explore three steps that enable technology to work more efficiently, which helps drive profitability. Presented by: Total Expert.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2022

As the world population was forced to press pause on many of life’s biggest milestones, innovation took hold and companies found new ways to conduct business through the digital landscape. Back then, the tech craze was booming, and the company’s founders recognized an opportunity to bring data and technology to the industry.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As the housing market suffers through a drought of home sales and related mortgage originations in the current high-rate environment, home prices and home equity continue to climb, helping to spark a revival of another sector — home equity lending and investment. Jim Riccitelli, CEO of Unlock Technologies, said there is about $1.5

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The goal is to help drum up business for lenders during an extremely challenging time in the industry. . Polly, a San Francisco-based fintech, is a software-as-service mortgage technology firm that operates a product and pricing engine (PPE) and loan-trading exchange.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Thrive’s chief operations officer Selene Kellam , who designed the lender’s operations workflow, will be the chief executive officer starting in 2023. We are continually seeking opportunities for partnerships to help us lead our industry into the next generation of mortgage lending.”. We keep our company well capitalized.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The Mortgage Cadence Platform (MCP) is comprised of features and functions that deliver a complete, end-to-end cloud based digital lending platform. A complete platform that reduces your technology footprint and consolidates 5-7 systems on average, while providing a flexible open architecture. #2. Product Fast Facts. #1. Get More Info.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Patterson will be joined on the panel by Dave Vermillion , founder and CEO of Mortgage Champions , and Fred Bolstad , executive vice president of retail lending at U.S. Patterson has led Homepoint’s third-party originations business since 2015. Bank Home Mortgage.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2023

Our appraisal, property inspection, title and closing technologies are designed to plug into any digital platform.” Among other initiatives the company is taking to digitize its real estate lending process is expanding its affiliate appraisal management platform AppraisalWorks to include title and closing services, Doman added. .

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Serving some of the top organizations in the real estate and lending space is a privilege,” said Jason Mitchell, president of JMG. When you are able to add the number of closings we do to our agents’ book of business, they understand the importance of delivering the results we require.”. Technology plays a vital role in this.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2023

During his decade-long tenure at ICE Mortgage Technology , Sahi learned the importance of bi-directional communication between software applications to achieve optimal workflow efficiencies, user experience and maximize profitability. “If Another thing to note when identifying the right PPE is the technology partner.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

has launched LoanCatcher, a loan origination system (LOS) designed specifically for the needs of mortgage brokers. Entirely cloud-based, LoanCatcher gives brokers affordable access to the same level of technology leveraged by the nation’s largest and most successful lenders. Black Knight Inc.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2021

Better, faster, cheaper has long been the promise of technology in the mortgage industry. Some may argue whether today’s technology is that much better than the tools we used in the past, particularly in the servicing business where many still use platforms designed and first built decades ago.

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