Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 18, 2021

SimpleNexus , a homeownership platform developer for loan officers, borrowers, real estate agents and settlement agents, has acquired Georgia-based software firm LBA Ware. The post SimpleNexus Adds Business Intelligence Tools with LBA Ware Acquisition appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 16, 2023

SimpleNexus , a homeownership platform developer for loan officers, borrowers, real estate agents, and settlement agents, announced this week a new integration with Empower, the loan origination system (LOS) from Black Knight.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

When the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to zero on March 15, 2020 and set off an extraordinary real estate boom, Rocket Mortgage was ready. The lender made focused efforts to target the purchase market in 2021 and set up dedicated teams to cultivate relationships with real estate agents. billion in 2021.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Regardless, it’s clear that title businesses will need to compete for their share of that available volume, in large part, by differentiating themselves from the competition. In doing so, these title businesses will very likely be building unique differentiators for themselves , not just for the short term. Processes, or chokepoints?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

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. The post 2020 HW Tech Trendsetter: Paul Anastos appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Their innovative marketing technology is easy to use and is proven to move the needle in our industry. Roomvu claims that more than 100,000 real estate agents are preparing their local social media content on the platform. ” With the partnership, NAMB members will receive a 20% discount on Roomvu services.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2023

on Monday announced that Frontwave Credit Union will now implement Empower, Black Knight’s cloud-based loan origination system, and its integrated solutions, for the expansion of its mortgage lending operations. It will also cut down on recurring hosting costs by reducing technology-based work. Black Knight, Inc.

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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

JUNE 30, 2022

An increasingly digitized world has given way to new solutions that are making business easier for everyone, mortgage lenders included. With all else equal, it would appear to an outsider that any technology you purchased at the beginning of 2020 must have been miraculous, because your volume and productivity clearly skyrocketed.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2023

“Brian has a passion for developing and optimizing technologies to provide the best user experience, and we are incredibly confident in his ability to craft a best-in-class platform that not only makes an impact for MMI clients but the mortgage industry as a whole,” said Teerlink.

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The Appraiser Coach

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

We frustrate buyers, sellers, loan officers and, sometimes, real estate agents. Appraisers have been accused of being “speed bumps” in the lending process. In some ways, I can understand their. Read More.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2021

This tipping point came after several years of rapid technology growth in our industry. The trends we elaborated on two years ago, pre-COVID, are now the standard: Digital is the new normal and technology is now the price of entry rather than a competitive advantage. This could become a real disruption in the future.

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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. It’s also good business.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Scot Rose , CIO at Class Valuation , to talk about innovation in the appraisal space and how the technology being deployed for appraisal modernization can actually protect appraisers. SW: How do you think about technology and prioritizing what to do next? What’s changing there?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

While that may be accurate, as digital platforms continue to evolve at an exceptional rate, it has become nearly impossible for businesses to thrive without a social presence. While technologies such as ChatGPT are great tools to help with efficiency, it’s not the end-all be-all. You want to become the go-to source for housing needs.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

Now, they are sitting at 22% and climbing, because they offer the most loan options to borrowers. DS: The growth of the channel has been significant, especially in terms of technology. UWM is focused and committed to building custom technology specifically for independent mortgage brokers. And those tools are just the start.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

California-based ICE Mortgage Technology announced this week two enterprise agreements to integrate its eClose solution to Maxwell and Roostify platforms, enabling a more streamlined closing process for lenders and borrowers. Roostify, a mortgage technology provider, will integrate the solution to its digital home lending platform.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Find the right mortgage with a local broker and Rocket technology,” intoned the narrator on the commercials, which premiered during the Super Bowl. The ads are mostly set not in a loan office, but a home showing. Rocket rocketed to being the highest volume mortgage lender in the country by late 2017. Already a member?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2021

Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. The seven-year-old Offerpad – founded by the company’s present CEO Brian Bair – describes itself as a lean operation looking to accelerate growth.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Lenders who are modernizing across the entire scope of the origination journey — digitizing processes from application and title through close and post-close — are building unprecedented momentum for their businesses. Streamlining operations Once a borrower is approved for a mortgage loan, the process should run like clockwork.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

“The feedback (from the Fee Freedom initiative) has been incredible from brokers because it helped them to be able to save money on a monthly basis, spend on marketing, spend on tools and things that can help them grow their business,” Fawaz said in an interview with HousingWire on Tuesday.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2023

From our perspective, it’s time to get busy investing in relationships and playing the long game, while weathering the storm. HW: What types of technology can lenders use to improve the borrower experience? HW: What makes borrower relationships so crucial to the mortgage business? This is where Milestones fits in.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

How 2020 exposed a greater need for collaboration between real estate agents and LOs. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. In 2020, the business line accounted for the majority of the company’s revenue and expenses.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2022

Cuts were being made in back-office staff (71%), general and administrative expenses (66%) and loan officers (19%), according to the survey. Millennials are driven to technology,” said an executive of a large institution, categorized as a lender that produced more than $2.3 billion in loan origination volume in 2021. “We

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The builder’s real estate agent swapped in the middle of the transaction, so things got a bit mixed up and no one updated the clients’ files to reflect the change in lender,” Summers explained. “So, In turn, real estate agents are doing everything they can to ensure they get their clients into their home of choice.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

Pontiac, Michigan-based lender United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) Wednesday launched a new platform for independent mortgage brokers to access purchase leads, past clients and real estate agents — a move to entice and retain loan officers in a shrinking mortgage market.

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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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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. The no-cost solution allows brokers to submit applications, price out loans, eSign documents and helps make the experience smoother for borrowers and real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

A seasoned retail and commercial banking salesman in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the 39-year-old Woodward joined Interfirst Mortgage as a loan officer in October 2020 after a recommendation from an old college friend. “I had not done first mortgage lending before, but I was familiar with the basics of real estate lending.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2020

QLMS has always been focused on providing exceptional pricing, products and technology to our partners. Through that research, we learned there were three areas where they are clamoring for advancement with every lender they partner with: more technology, marketing and better access to leads. HW: You mentioned technology advancements.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2021

Prior to SimpleNexus, Schreiner Gates served as the EVP of sales and marketing at digital mortgage technology provider Ellie Mae (now ICE Mortgage Technology ). ” The Utah-based software developer offers a private-label digital mortgage platform and mobile app designed to connect lenders with borrowers and real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2021

There are many more moving pieces and loan originators spend a great deal of time communicating with clients and their real estate agents. Built using Rocket technology, the pricing calculator helps LOs see loan scenarios side-by-side so they can deliver better options to their clients.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2023

Achieving success as a real estate agent requires more than simply understanding the mechanics of the job. Here are 10 essential skills every real estate agent should possess. Here are 10 essential skills every real estate agent should possess. Another hat to place on your head?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2021

Since UWM president and CEO Mat Ishbia appeared on Facebook Live on March 4 and announced that brokers could not work with Fairway and Rocket Mortgage and still do business with UWM, Fairway has seen a dramatic uptick in business, according to its CEO, Steve Jacobson. Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2021

“To be competitive in today’s correspondent market, lenders must be able to offer their sellers a simple, self-service platform,” said Rich Gagliano, president of Black Knight Origination Technologies. Through the automation, CoreLogic’s tech will then analyze and calculate the income based on the loans guidelines.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

We are living in fast-changing times, and lenders that don’t embrace those changes will not compete well for business in a post-COVID-19 world. We can’t know all of the ways this crisis will impact our business going forward. Low interest rates have kept refinance loan volumes robust, but no one knows for how long.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Despite rising housing unaffordability , we in the real estate business know that homeownership is still a fantastic way to build generational wealth. According to the CFPB, hundreds of loan officers at BofA failed to ask mortgage applicants demographic questions and falsely reported that they had chosen not to respond.”

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