Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

People who invest in technology often ask the question: is this a “nice to have,” or a “need to have?” Few have the resources to invest in technologies they don’t need. What’s the worst that can happen if we don’t invest in this technology?”. Mike is an experienced mortgage loan officer. Not anymore.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2023

The purchase, which includes the bank’s consumer-direct technology platform, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2023. NMLS showed the bank has 63 registered loan officers. The BNC platform is expected to transition to the First Federal branch within a few months of closing. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

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. Instead, we invest heavily in empowering our loan officers.

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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: ICE Mortgage Technology is known for its focus on automation. Sarah Wheeler: ICE’s acquisition of Black Knight just closed today.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Stevens, President at SRE.com, about the challenges mortgage loan officers and brokers face as the market continues to shift toward purchase money business and how human-assisted eCommerce can help them win more business. HousingWire recently spoke with John G.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

The digital lender made changes in its commercial operating model to achieve this goal and will continue to invest in Tinman, its proprietary technology platform. The operating model change involved Better pivoting to hiring experienced loan officers on commission-based compensation plans. Better posted a GAAP net loss of $59.5

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2024

Radian Group announced a strategic investment in FinLocker that will closely connect the technology between Radian’s Homegenius platform and FinLocker’s financial fitness and homeownership platform. Clients of FinLocker include loan officers, mortgage lenders, servicers, banks and credit unions.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Cliffco Mortgage Bankers is among the rare independent mortgage banks doing more business than last year. To get there, Cliffco, which has been in business since 1987, is going after the non-qualified mortgage ( non-QM ) market and investing in tech to get in front of buyers and non-agent referral partners.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Today, a mortgage lender must have scalability in its operation, an ability to pivot quickly to meet changing market conditions and client needs, a well-designed technology stack and, above all, a keen sense of what its customers and the marketplace truly want from them.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2022

The nonbank mortgage lender is expanding its consumer direct lending business while some competitors are laying off employees with the expectation that the channel cools down with higher mortgage rates. PennyMac is growing fast with its consumer direct lending business. California-based PennyMac Financial Services will invest $3.9

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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

Today’s unique market requires flexibility and a pricing engine that empowers lenders and their loan officers to put the right loan products in front of borrowers. HousingWire spoke with Parvesh Sahi, chief revenue officer of Polly , about the importance of having the right PPE and strategic pillars that facilitate LO success.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2023

After years of working crazy hours and focusing on growing his business, Ciardelli saw the impact his hard-driving lifestyle was having on his health and close relationships. The result would be a win-win for the business and for customers, he said. He knew he needed to make changes. “I As of Oct.

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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

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Top 10 mortgage lender and servicer NewRez is restructuring its distributed retail mortgage business, which has resulted in cuts to regional and divisional managers. The restructuring also includes reduced compensation for loan officers, and sources said that many are seeking new opportunities at rival lenders.

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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

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Most tech CEOs emphasize how their technology empowers, not replaces, humans. But Pavan Agarwal, CEO of Sun West Mortgage Company and the creator of the Angel Ai technology, has a different perspective, which he shares in this interview with HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler. AP: People do get upset.

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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. ” SimpleNexus , an nCino company, is a developer of mobile-first technology for mortgage lenders.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

After striking two M&A deals late last year, digital multichannel lender Lower plans to acquire at least one other business in 2024. In November 2023, Lower announced the acquisition of Colorado-based Universal Lending Home Loans , which became a separate division. Financials of the Universal and Thrive deals were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Looking for a quick and easy way to stay up-to-date on mortgage lending news, trends and technology? 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.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Braheem, former co-founder of Loan Toolbox — an online resource for training, tools, support and coaching — launched The Loan Atlas, a mortgage coaching platform, earlier this year with mortgage executives and top loan officers joining as faculty members.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2023

A Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filed with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development shows the job cuts will affect mortgage loan officers, final “docs” associates, desktop support professionals and business solutions architects, among others. “As mortgage lender by volume last year.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Evocalize’s technology makes it simple for corporate teams and technology platforms to unlock the power of sophisticated digital marketing for loan officers, brokers and real estate agents. Control, flexibility, compliance, and reporting for corporate teams and technology platforms. Get More Info.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2021

If you take the temperature of how loan officers are feeling ahead of the holiday season, the scale would likely read “uneasy.” According to Fahad Janvekar, a loan officer at Fairway Independent Mortgage , “there is definitely some concern” about layoffs in the industry.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2023

mortgage lender, acquired Sirva’s shares at Premia Relocation Mortgage and now has full ownership of the business, the companies announced on Friday. “The increased investment in technology and additional resources GRI brings will enhance and strengthen an already established foundation.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Publicly traded real estate firm The Real Brokerage has struck an agreement to acquire the mortgage brokerage arm of real estate and mortgage technology company LemonBrew. million to acquire the tech-enabled home loan platform, which does business in 20 U.S. The Real Brokerage, headquartered in Ontario, Canada, will pay $1.25

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

The Detroit-based lender’s unmatched combination of name recognition, digital infrastructure and consumer technology enabled it to originate more than $670 billion in mortgages in 2020 and 2021, smashing records in the process. Its parent Rocket Companies rode the wave to a stunning $9.4 billion in profit in 2020 and $6.1 billion in 2021.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2023

Additionally, each business had a minimum revenue of $190,000 in 2019 and $2 million last year. 5000 list was VA Wholesale Mortgage , which specializes in offering home loans to veterans and active duty military members. We continue investing in tech while it’s not that crazy busy. The companies are U.S.-based,

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The lender originated approximately $309 million in mortgages in 2022, according to data from mortgage technology platform Modex. The company has 39 active loan officers across its retail branches, according to Modex data. This should enable companies to be more successful in the purchase market.”

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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

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

We’ve got the need-to-know details below so you can make your HW Annual schedule unique to your business needs. These three will uncover the truth about margin compression and provide attendees with what they really need to know to grow their business. Real Estate Technology Doesn’t Need to Disrupt Local Ecosystems Fireside Chat.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Setting your sights on the future is important for any business owner, agent or loan officer looking to find success in the ever-changing housing market. 3rd will feature Rick Webster , Lender Price , Amy Moses, Escrow Tab , Sara Holtz, ICE Mortgage Technology and Cory Jo Vasquez, Realty ONE Group.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2022

Adjusting to today’s market can be dizzying after the last few years of historically low interest rates and high refinance business. Distrust : Consumer trust has fallen across all sectors of business and government in the U.S. Innovations in technology. Their research shows the U.S. The Move to hybrid.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

With the acquisition of Academy, Guild will be onboarding nearly 200 branches and 1,000 new employees, about 600 of which are loan officers. Approximately 200 employees will be laid off, the majority of which are based in Academy’s home office in Draper, Utah, Schmidt said. The combined enterprises would represent 1.3%

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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

MAY 23, 2022

Pink slips will arrive for California employees at six offices in Thousand Oaks, Pasadena, Roseville, Westlake Village, Agoura Hills, and Moorpark. The latest round of WARN notices will impact 59 loan officers in the Thousand Oaks, Pasadena, and Roseville offices. Loan servicing followed at 4.1%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2023

I asked the good folks at mortgage data technology firm InGenius to run the numbers. Let’s look at InGenius’s data on the number of loan officers and corresponding production levels. It’s not crazy to think that the LOs who haven’t been able to generate enough purchase business have already washed out.

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