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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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 29, 2024

For at least ten good years, appraisers have had a flood of business. By the mid-2000s, I’d built up a large residential and commercial appraisal business with a partner and was now striking out on my own. The biggest question for me was: Do I even want to be in this business if this is how it’s going to be?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The CRA rule, enacted in 1977, mandates that banks help meet the credit needs of communities in which they do business, specifically in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. The issuance of the OCC’s NPR today is an important step toward strengthening and modernizing the CRA,” said Acting Comptroller Michael J.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2022

HousingWire Annual is where the community from across the housing ecosystem comes together to share strategies, drive business, discover new technologies, discuss best practices, and meet industry leaders. 06 Appraisal modernization: What’s the endgame? All Things Housing. 03 Marketing Leaders Success Summit: The Future of Marketing.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2023

Black Knight recently launched a web portal that enables clients, third-party providers and their developers to access the company’s application programming interfaces (APIs) across the mortgage life cycle. ICE claims the merger will modernize the mortgage servicing platform and the merger “will afford significant benefits to U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2021

Clients include Credit Union of Colorado , Texas Lending and JMAC Lending. Increasing lending and servicing capacity – regardless of mortgage rates. Business process outsourcing and digital transformation are proven solutions that more mortgage companies are adopting. Presented by: Sutherland.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 15, 2024

Using the form structure, GSEs have been ingesting these eclectic abbreviations to develop a large database of residential valuation. In their software, appraisers have historical files that they may want to refer to, they have extensive template language already developed, and frankly they’re just used to it.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

With this unwavering focus, we help brokers close loans fast, get referrals and grow their business,” Chief Operating Officer Melinda Wilner said. UWM’s technology and resources are driven by the needs of the broker community and are aimed at making the lending process faster, easier and cheaper for borrowers. “We

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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. The technology they use should complement their processes and optimize what they do, not replace the expertise they have spent decades building and developing.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Constellation has a proven track record for supporting its businesses and empowering them to advance the industries they serve. 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.”.

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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

JUNE 9, 2021

Bank CRA obligations cover far more than their mortgage lending. It extends to their checking and savings accounts, small business and community development debt and equity financing, bank branch locations, financial literacy, grantmaking and more.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2020

At Wolters Kluwer, Agarwal has tapped his extensive banking product development experience to create a group of offerings that assist local and regional banks to more effectively scale their operations and processes in support of their consumer-facing offerings.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

Real estate still relies on a “system” unable to integrate production across the silos of media, brokerage, lending, insurance and trading. Technology hasn’t been the barrier since 1998 when Equifax, and later other firms, developed systems to secure complex, multi-party transactions over the Internet.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2022

alleging that the bank carried out redlining in its mortgage lending practices. The complaint alleged that Old National Bank structured its business to avoid extending mortgage credit to Black residents and neighborhoods in the Indianapolis area, and that the bank made many fewer loans to Black applicants than its peers did.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

million investment in eOriginal, a multi-year Tech100 winner that developed a ‘simple closing experience for lenders, borrowers and settlement agents.’ Later in 2020, eOriginal was acquired by Wolters Kluwer for $280 million in cash and continues to operate within the Wolters Kluwer Governance, Risk & Compliance business.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2021

This general alignment matters a great deal as the FHFA, through their oversight of the GSEs, who have the vast majority of the market share, plays a key role in the conforming lending market being the de facto regulator. These entities make many other comments about technology, workforce options, modernization and the need for change.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2022

Nevertheless, the IRS’ initial attempts to update and automate its system didn’t quite align with Congress’ goal to streamline the lending process for small business owners and consumers. The 4506 process revamp is intended to modernize the income verification process, benefiting both the borrower and lender.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2021

We work to modernize the way appraisal management companies provide valuation services through innovation, transparency, accountability and world-class service.“. What differentiates us can differentiate our lending partners too. From a regulatory standpoint, this suite of solutions ensures compliance with federal and state guidelines.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

This diverse group of tech professionals helped to bring about the long-awaited modernization of the housing industry. One of the 2020 Tech Trendsetters, Kallol Das worked quickly to shift digital lending tech provider Blend’s product roadmap to its rapidly-changing client needs.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2021

Mortgage servicers are staying busy. The company recently launched ClearLabs, an in-house research and development group that works alongside industry leaders and government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) to continually build on what’s possible in compliant real estate valuation and analytics.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

“Reverse mortgages are an important product within Finance of America’s diverse range of flexible, end-to-end consumer lending solutions spanning the entire home financing and home equity spectrum,” she explains. Reverse mortgages have been part of our lending solutions toolkit since our founding,” she says. Kathryn Amor. “We

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2021

“Appraisal is one of the most time-consuming and inefficient parts of the lending process,” said Brian Zitin, co-founder of Reggora. “In Reggora is driving appraisal innovation with a modern platform for mortgage lenders and appraisal vendors. “The Brian Zitin, Co-Founder and CEO. Kevin Flynn, Vice President, Product.

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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

APRIL 6, 2022

Although no one can predict exactly how the markets will react to certain events, mortgage lenders that develop a strategy for the uncertainty we find ourselves in will be best equipped to handle whatever comes next. More rate hikes from the Fed.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 15, 2022

Mark: I have 13 years in the AMC industry working with mid-sized and large mortgage lenders performing operations, vendor management, and business development at the C-Level. Mark: Incenter’s growth in the lending world includes some of the largest military-based and non-bank lenders in the country. We put appraisers in control!

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 27, 2022

Over the past 10 years my focus has been on developing new lines of business and ways to bring the skills we possess as valuation experts to markets outside of just lending and bank work and beyond the four walls of ‘appraisal practice.’ I remember using a 35 mm camera and having to get my pictures developed.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

I’ve always been mechanically inclined and developed a love for cars at an early age, based on the four drag race cars my father owned. To some degree, appraiser capacity issues can be mitigated by modern appraisal products like desktop and hybrid appraisals. HousingWire: If you had chosen a different career path, what would it be?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2023

First, the PPE should be architecturally designed to accommodate any lenders’ unique business strategy or use case. It should have native cloud capabilities and be web-based so the system can flex up and down with the market and enable speed of feature consumption and development.

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Appraisal Today

MARCH 15, 2024

You can expand your area to include rural appraisals to get more business. Urban, Suburban, Rural in Appraisals Appraisal Business Tips Humor for Appraisers Click here to subscribe to our FREE weekly appraiser email newsletter and get the latest appraisal news!! Is the GSE’s “Appraisal Modernization” Really Just Mass Appraisal?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2020

For many years, we’ve been developing and investing in technology to deliver an end-to-end digital mortgage experience. These time-savings are critical in today’s lending environment. The best providers combine improving their clients’ processes with modernizing the consumer experience.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2022

A customized loan application developed for Angel Oak Home Loans will support both agency mortgage and non-QM lending “for borrowers of diverse financial backgrounds,” said Shane Westra, chief product officer at Simple Nexus. How should the current market impact lenders’ tech adoption? Presented by: Polly.

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Appraisal Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

I suppose it is because most appraisals are done (now) for residential lending purposes. 2024 USPAP For Appraisers Appraisal Business Tips Humor for Appraisers Click here to subscribe to our FREE weekly appraiser email newsletter and get the latest appraisal news!! It’s known as the “Modern Montauk Tree House,” the listing notes.

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Clear Capital

OCTOBER 27, 2021

In one of the most challenging business climates in history, we have had revenue growth exceeding 50% and are in the fortunate position where we can continually expand our workforce and bring new talent into the fold — professionals who are dedicated to making a positive impact in our industry,” said Duane Andrews, Clear Capital CEO.

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Industry Insider Insight on Risk and Modernization. Joe Minnich, a condo risk consultant, spoke on how loans secured by an individual unit in a condominium project have greater risk than found in typical SFR lending. Fannie New Appraisal Form Modernization. Appraisal Business Tips . To read more, click here.

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Appraisal Today

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Most appraisers have been through some extremely busy seasons that have been very positive. A time to finally work on and execute a plan for your business. Appraisers were busy cranking out appraisal reports. Appraisers were busy cranking out appraisal reports. Now appraisers are not busy, but they should be.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

It took several years to re-establish effective and meaningful communication between appraisers and their lending partners. When it comes to lending activity, appraisal revisions have always been a part of the appraisal process. Appraisal Modernization. Complexity in Process and Properties. Is there room for more improvement?

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