Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

“At UWM we focus on our client service, operational efficiency and speed to close loans. With this unwavering focus, we help brokers close loans fast, get referrals and grow their business,” Chief Operating Officer Melinda Wilner said. Blink+ is a white-label, borrower-facing digital application tool.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Podcasts are a great resource for mortgage professionals to continue learning, with shows covering industry updates, business advice and the experiences of other pros in the mortgage industry. Loan Officer Freedom. Loan Officer Leadership. Loan Officer Leadership. 10 Loans a Month.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

A race is a useful analog for the mortgage business, especially as it relates to the refinance business. It’s amazing how many loan officers miss this, don’t return the call quickly, and lose their race before it’s even underway. In our business, that’s the refinance transaction.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

Two years later, the division has proven to be a key player in the business at Longbridge. To mark the anniversary of the launch and the posture of the wider industry that has evolved during that time, RMD sat down with Parks to discuss how the business has progressed and what it’s looking to accomplish in the future.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

Investor interest, product offerings When asked about investor interest, Krajewski said that partners are eager about the prospect of more companies entering the reverse mortgage business — especially firms that are well known to them. Too often, forward loan officers are just focused on their real estate agent partners.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2022

Intuitive technologies developed and built by experts in both mortgages and technology can drive efficiency, reliability and profitability when paired with exceptional customer service. At UWM, we’re always looking for ways our brokers can grow their business,” said Justin Glass, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer at UWM.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

We recognize that loan officers have a choice, and when they choose to join a company on their own, it just seems to work better. RA: One thing that most don’t realize about NAF is that we consider ourselves a legacy family business. We are a family business, and a lot of our family works here.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

Established in 1997, 360 specializes in comprehensive online training solutions for individuals and businesses across industries – including financial services, real estate, healthcare and environmental health and safety. 360training.com, Inc.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Paul Anastos, CEO, Chief Innovation Officer Gateless, Guaranteed Rate. Paul Anastos has been on the forefront of innovation within the housing industry for over a decade, specializing in developing technology solutions and transforming businesses into industry powerhouses.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2023

What the Ernst & Young study showed was that women who are high school and college athletes are also being coached on how to be leaders in the business world. You develop stronger relationships with your teammates and coaches when they know that you are genuine and real. That communication focus extends to business.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The virtual notary services industry has become increasingly popular amid the COVID-19 pandemic as businesses have adopted remote signatures to adhere to social distancing protocols while closing on mortgages and other loans. business advisory firm in real estate, mortgage finance, digital mortgage, banking and capital markets.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2023

The AI-powered language tool has been sparking conversations about where and how it can be used to make work more efficient, and the mortgage business is no exception. The tool has been trained on millions of pages of writing dating from 2021 and earlier across the internet. ChatGPT was launched in November 2022 by OpenAI.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

As the top mortgage lender, we are always building, growing and improving broker tools on a daily basis. Mortgage brokers are uniting like never before and finding a true community as entrepreneurs and independent business owners with common goals. In fact, in 2022, over 20,000 loan officers joined the wholesale channel.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

The HECM for Purchase is not a refinancing tool; it is not akin to a Home Equity Line of Credit ( HELOC ). But economic forecasts and housing market predictions suggest that businesses need to be prepared for another shake-up in the near future. For real estate professionals, this option presents an opportunity to capture more sales.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Another example is the LIDAR that’s now available on iPhones, which adds a whole other dynamic to developing point cloud technology to gather measurements and spatial information about anything that you’re scanning. Now, we’re giving a fully transparent data package to the appraiser that they have to use to develop their opinions.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

We get our fulfillment not from the numbers but from watching our people develop and grow,” said Lawson. Brad and Fernando have created a business that makes sure their people are set up to win inside and outside their business. Part of this success-filled ecosystem is PrimeLine Capital’s use of Rocket Pro TPO technology.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Apart from selling produce that is popular in former Soviet countries, these stores represent a marketing opportunity for Alex Naumovych, a loan officer at Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corporation. I have my business cards everywhere because the more people that see your cards and face, the better,” Naumovych said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2021

Adding gas to the fire, Google acknowledged that they would not develop alternate identifiers to track individuals browsing the web or use them in their products. The reality is that those consumers likely to do business with you have already expressed an interest. Now is the time to improve first-party data collection and usage.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2021

That has caused a significant shift to a digital lending model that has significantly impacted a lender’s ability to do business during these challenging times. . Retail lenders originate loans through their in-person retail branches. Record low-interest rates have driven U.S. According to the J.D. Power 2020 U.S.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

I sat down with Tim Bowler, president of ICE Mortgage Technology, a business unit of ICE, to talk about the company’s mortgage automation strategy — and what keeps him up at night. SW: Affordable housing initiatives are on the radar of more lenders this year, but your typical loan officer may not have a lot of experience there.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2021

Buyside helps real estate agents and loan officers engage homeowners with not just home value tools but also branded wealth optimization tips on their home’s equity so homeowners can now truly view their home as an asset. “According to NAR over 69% of buyers have a home to sell, so really homeowners represent the earliest buyer.

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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. Because as much as automation is a long-term vision, it’s also about lenders proving value to the business as they move along the course.”.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

This sounds like great news for lenders, for whom millions of newly refi-eligible mortgages means a lot of new business coming in. To help prepare, the industry experts at TMS have compiled a list of proactive steps to take to make sure that, when refi sweets are less abundant, your business will already be nutritious.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2020

This morning, Blend President Tim Mayopoulos (and former CEO of Fannie Mae ) told me that Blend didn’t necessarily “need” the funding but saw the value in accelerating its product development plans. To that end, Blend plans to use the new capital to invest in product development such as speeding up the release of its digital closing solution.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2023

This hesitation not only hinders lenders from reaching them, but also poses a compliance risk to the business if incorrect numbers are dialed. Even if you have the right information and tools to engage customers and prospects, you likely can’t engage with all customers at all times, nor should you want to. Expand on what you know.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

We, like many companies, have a lot of knowledge in email systems across our business. Real estate companies might want to engage with AI, they might want to use those tools. I like to think about how much more business each of our people could be doing if they are able to focus on the human elements of a transaction.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2022

We recently spoke to Bao Huynh, Director of Business Development at LoanScorecard, about these changes and the challenges of originating non-QM loans. BH: Bank Statement programs are by far the most popular, and they are expected to become an even more important tool as self-employment and the gig economy grow.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The platform automates the mortgage process, providing lending teams with simple configurations that align with their business goals and improve origination speed, efficiency and quality. Loan officers can access high-priority information via its Sales Portal interface, which includes pipeline views and outstanding conditions.

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2022

” As news of the Fed’s decision circulated, the S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq all rose and extended gains while Realtors, loan officers, mortgage brokers and other industry professionals considered the immediate ramifications on the housing market. ” Powell said “after expanding at a robust 5.5%

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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

JANUARY 13, 2021

“Seller Digital exceeds these requirements with its unique personalization, automation and integration features, while giving lenders the power to customize configurations based on their own specific business requirements.”. suburbs in the upcoming months.

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2024

Varun Krishna, Rocket Companies CEO, sat down with HousingWire CEO Clayton Collins at The Gathering event several weeks ago to talk about the company’s AI strategy and their new AI tool, Synopsis. Clayton Collins: You entered this business and this industry at a relatively challenging time. What’s your charge in year one as CEO?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Exponentially increase your loan officers’ origination potential without incurring additional expense? Examiners such as the CFPB and FDIC provide stringent oversight of digital activity, and mistakes can cost you and your loan officers dearly. Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it?

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Housing Wire

JULY 9, 2021

The more you leverage your own data the better off your agents or loan officers will be because they’ll be able to identify, target and create better customer experiences. In the recent “ Gathering of Eagles” conference , a particularly high-powered set of panelists all agreed that real estate is a “people business.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

However, we can’t lose sight that this process should be built on human connections and relationships, and these digital tools need to help support these necessary interactions. We must provide consumers with the tools and education they need to more easily navigate the home buying process. Everything should be in sync.

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Assurance Financial

MARCH 2, 2022

The greatest success story I have is winning over the ‘never-adopters’ of the industry, comprised of mostly the loan officers. After a few months, however, these capabilities made the loan officers the heroes. PEX Network: What key developments do you see happening in the mortgage space over the next couple of years?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

So, we’re not little, but we’re not big, like some of these companies with 500 developers. We have a development team and so we have software developers, system analysts, business analysts, quality assurance testers, and people that manage deployments. We have smaller teams, but they’re very effective.

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