Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2023

Mike Cagney’s Figure Technologies rolled out a wholesale lending platform that will give loan originators access to the company’s home equity line of credit (HELOC) offering. Cagney’s attempt to bring blockchain technology to mortgage lending at scale dates back to August 2021.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Jimmy Kelly, president and CEO of Lone Wolf Technologies , to discuss the company’s development process and his vision for a connected real estate platform. That is a lot of technology and a lot of wasted effort. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 22, 2024

Technology firm Finaya has launched an AI-based homeownership marketplace super-app that integrates home buying and selling, mortgage, insurance, title, closing and other related services supported by a marketplace of on-demand realtors, loan brokers, lenders and service providers.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

loan officer Timothy Potempa has departed Dallas-based multichannel lender OneTrust Home Loans to join E Mortgage Capital , bringing his team of about 40 people and more than $300 million in annual production to the company headquartered in California. 7 loan officer in the country last year with a mortgage production volume of $326.5

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2023

Incenter Diligence Solutions , a provider of due diligence and document management services for the mortgage industry, announced on Wednesday that it has expanded offerings for the mortgage servicing rights (MSR) trading market. “Buyers and sellers need a diligence firm that can customize reporting in a timely manner.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 23, 2022

Austin-based mortgage tech platform UpEquity laid off around 10% of its workforce last week, proof that the rising interest rate landscape hurts real estate technology companies, too. . The company then receives monthly payments with interest from the homebuyers, who can avoid going through a bank to get a mortgage.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

After hitting a 23-year high of 8% in October, mortgage rates have cooled down to the lowest levels since July. The mortgage rate dip is welcome news for the housing market, but loan originators and industry executives emphasized that rates need to decline further and remain stable to reinvigorate buyers’ demand.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Homelendia Mortgage LLC, a Florida-based mortgage brokerage franchisor, launched its mortgage brokerage franchises this week, offering individual unit and regional opportunities to qualified individuals, teams, brokerages and loan originators. That changes now,” Homelendia CEO Frank Chimento said in a press release.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In the ever-competitive real estate market, creating a consistent flow of real estate buyer leads is strategy for success. But beyond first-timers, we’ll show you how to attract real estate buyers of all kinds through a multi-tiered marketing approach that boosts both your visibility and credibility with potential buyers.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

Ironically, the technology he’s developed can be a benefit to real estate agents as well. BR: This really came out of decades of being in the mortgage business. When I originated loans, there were a certain number of people that just didn’t need an agent — because the buyers and sellers knew each other in some fashion.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Amrock , a national provider of title insurance, property valuations and settlement services and a division of Rocket Companies , rolled out technology to electronically close mortgage transactions from a mobile device. By the end of 2022, the firm plans to roll out mobile RON capabilities for all mortgage transactions.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In light of this, HousingWire sat down with Saleforce’s Global Head for Mortgage and Lending, Geoff Green, to learn how lenders can better turbocharge mortgage for today’s home buyers. HW: What sets Encompass Connector apart from other digital mortgage platforms?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

New York-based digital lender Better Home & Finance Holding Company has partnered with information technology consulting company Infosys on a mortgage-as-a-service platform. Better’s mortgage as a service currently consists roughly 20% of its revenue and the lender aims to grow this business line, Garg said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2022

It’s no coincidence that the post-2008 crisis mortgage expansion happened to occur during a period marked by transformative technological change in the industry. Most people outside of the mortgage industry are not even aware that one of the largest mergers between mortgage technology firms is on the verge of taking place.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2021

A 2021 Tech100 Mortgage honoree, Stavvy is helping organizations navigate complex financial and legal transactions easily and safely, allowing servicers to put customer experience at the forefront during tough times like a global pandemic. “In Our technology is helping servicers do what they do best — serve their clients anywhere, anytime.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

loanDepot CEO Frank Martell expects the current mortgage market cycle to be “longer and tougher than anybody expected.” That’s kind of evaporated,” Martell said on Tuesday morning in a session during The Gathering , HousingWire’s real estate and mortgage conference held in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2023

With mortgage rates still in the upper-mid 6% range, borrowers who received mortgages in May 2023 paid an average of $2,331 a month, up 20% from a year prior. That’s according to the latest origination data from mortgage tech firm Candor Technology.

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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. Premia, which provides a relocation mortgage service for employees moving across the country or to other countries, has a digital platform called DigitalMove. It fell 58.8%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

After nearly two years of trudging through a frozen housing market , the consensus among mortgage professionals is that the worst of it is over. The spread between the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage and the 10-year Treasury yield has narrowed after sitting at over 300 basis points, compared to the historic norm of 150 bps.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2023

With mortgage rates still in the mid 6% range, borrowers who received mortgages in April 2023 paid an average of $2,343 a month, up 28% from a year prior. That’s according to the latest origination data from mortgage tech firm Candor Technology. Still, the average monthly payment to income was 27.4% a year ago.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2022

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) this week launched temporary rate buydowns, a product that allows borrowers to receive lower mortgage rates at the beginning of their loan terms by using seller concessions as part of the payment. It comes at a time in which the housing market favors buyers and seller concessions become more frequent.

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Housing Wire

MAY 5, 2022

Mortgage rates are increasing and demand is beginning to level out. As existing home owners potentially put the brakes on buying new homes or on refinancing their existing ones, lenders will rely more on first-time buyers to cut down on attrition during the slowdown. On-demand expectations.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 8, 2024

Mortgage lock volume increased 1.87% in April compared with March, according to Mortgage Capital Trading , which offers mortgage capital markets technology. Amidst an environment of increasing rates, the increase in mortgage lock volume over the previous month illustrates a possible shift in public perception.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2023

A mortgage lender isn’t the first place most people would turn to for yoga, meditation or personal wellness. The app offers users the standard fare you’d expect in a mortgage app from a major fintech lender. The app offers users the standard fare you’d expect in a mortgage app from a major fintech lender. As of Oct.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2021

For better or worse, trends in the mortgage industry tend to mirror corresponding trends in the overall real estate market. The subsequent lack of inventory, coupled with the high demand, has caused buyers to compete for properties, offering incentives and prices way above the asking price. Inventory issues.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2021

And even with fast-rising home prices and an uptick in mortgage rates , 30% of those surveyed said they wouldn’t move to an area with natural disasters or rising sea levels even if home prices were affordable. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2024

Figure Technology Solutions (FTS), the parent company of Figure Lending LLC , announced on Thursday that it will begin making its Digital Asset Registration Technologies (DART) platform — which it describes as “a combined lien and eNote registry service” — available to private and wholesale lending partners.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Despite mass layoffs in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation, mortgage professionals still see opportunities in the market. Others allocated resources into digital marketing (31.1%), automation technology (26.7%) and market data (19.3%). About 37% of respondents were spending money in social media and 34.8%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2024

mortgage industry recently had to remind itself of this fact when a CNN analysis found that the nation’s largest credit union, Navy Federal, has the widest disparity in mortgage approval rates between white and black borrowers of any major lender. Is the mortgage industry offering fair access to loans? credit histories.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

PERSON OF THE WEEK: How is technology helping LOs enhance client and partner relationships in the post-COVID landscape? The post Juan Farias: How Technology is Helping Loan Officers Enhance Client Relationships appeared first on Appraisal Buzz. Q: The COVID crisis caused some big shifts for.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2022

The average 30-year-fixed rate mortgage declined to 3.76% for the week ending March 3, down from 3.89% in the previous week, amid the geopolitical tensions caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to the latest Freddie Mac PMMS Mortgage Survey. A year ago, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.02%.

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Inman

JULY 5, 2023

After debuting a power buyer program for real estate brokerages in February, zavvie now has power buyer partnerships with 30 mortgage lenders in nine states.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

From there, buyers can immerse themselves in the spaces they are considering, giving them a realistic sense of a home’s location and layout from miles away or even across the country, according to the company.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

When will the mortgage industry know it has reached the tipping point where innovation is no longer a competitive advantage but an existential need? Right now, there’s both a compelling need and the technological capacity to do mortgage lending differently. housing and economic policy in ways that aren’t always beneficial.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The average 30-year-fixed mortgage rose, ever so slightly, to 2.88% for the week ending Sept. Mortgage rates have been roughly flat for months now. Treasuries, causing mortgage rates to remain in place, despite the increasing dispersion of inflation across different consumer goods and services.”. for the past two weeks.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2023

Going from a volatile rate environment in the latter half of 2022 to a market with lower, more stabilized rates, there’s optimism spreading across the industry that buyers will come back. Read on for more about Cohen’s business strategies for 2023, his take on the housing market and what mortgage products to pay attention to this year.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2022

A rising player in the world of crypto-mortgages and blockchain-enabled financing, LoanSnap, plans expand its reach in the market by opening its lending platform to licensed mortgage brokers across the country in the near future. Jacob is not alone in seeing the potential upside for crypto-mortgages and AI-enabled traditional loans.

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