Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

Lennar Mortgage , a financial services subsidiary of Lennar Corp. will move its servicing operations to the industry-leading MSP loan servicing system from ICE Mortgage Technology , ICE announced on Monday. It can also be used as a channel for mortgage holders to seek assistance in times of distress.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2023

Cenlar FSB , the nation’s second-largest mortgage servicer and largest subservicer, has named Rene Gonzales as its new chief technology officer (CTO), according to an announcement on Tuesday. Gonzales initially joined Cenlar in 2018 as its SVP of infrastructure and engineering.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

Dark Matter Technologies , formerly Black Knight Origination Technologies, is gearing up to bring more lenders on to use its Empower loan origination system in 2024. Read on to learn more about how Dark Matter Technologies’ plans increase market share and utilize AI in its LOS.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2023

Candor Technology Inc. , a mortgage artificial intelligence firm focused on automated mortgage underwriting decisions, has conducted layoffs as lenders rush to cut costs. With various headwinds working against the mortgage industry, Candor is in a position of optimizing personnel levels, Showalter explained.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

Louis-based developer of a leading white-label financial fitness and homeownership platform, announced the closure of a $17 million Series B funding round on Tuesday. In addition to product development, FinLocker (a former HousingWire Tech 100 winner) plans to expand its strategic partnerships and collaborations within the mortgage ecosystem.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 18, 2022

The Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) has integrated Encompass Investor Connect and AIQ technology from ICE Mortgage Technology , part of Intercontinental Exchange Inc. The post First State Housing Finance Authority Integrates ICE’s Mortgage Loan Delivery Technology appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

Rocket Mortgage ’s bet on artificial intelligence (AI) has resulted in a patented platform called Rocket Logic, which can automatically process nearly 90% of data points extracted from documents in a month and reduce by 25% the number of times a professional interacts with a mortgage loan year over year, the company claims.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Photo credit: AJ Canaria Reverse mortgages became an unexpectedly prominent topic during certain parts of The Gathering by HousingWire , held earlier this week in Scottsdale, Arizona. Reverse mortgages for purchase are taking up more conversation on the reverse side of the business recently.

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2022

Mortgage consulting firm LendArch has hired Karthik Kumar, the former global mortgage practice head at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). He then spent 18 years at TCS, where he focused on solution architecture, operational delivery and entity transformation for most of the top-40 mortgage lenders and the largest vendors.

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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. UWM recently launched an exclusive new marketplace called Boost.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Troy, Michigan-based appraisal management company (AMC) Class Valuation announced on Wednesday that it has acquired fellow AMC Valuation Connect , formerly a subsidiary of mortgage technology company Mortgage Connect LP. We share a core value in that we are not afraid to roll up our sleeves to help our clients win.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

a provider of property data and valuation technology solutions. With the acquisition , Consolidated Analytics expands its valuation solutions, offering clients tools — from data and analytics to appraisals — to predict market value and access a more comprehensive selection of collateral assessment products, the company said.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke with Desmond Smith , chief growth officer at United Wholesale Mortgage , about the role that wholesale lending plays in the mortgage ecosystem and common myths and misconceptions about becoming an independent mortgage broker. Desmond Smith: There are two ways to get a mortgage — wholesale or retail.

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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. Black Knight is preparing to be acquired by ICE, the other mortgage tech giant in the data space.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2021

Candor, a mortgage artificial intelligence firm that has pioneered automated underwriter technology, announced a $12.5 Nearly a year ago, when Candor vaulted onto the scene, mortgage lenders were desperate to hire underwriters. Months after launching, Candor had already nabbed several top lenders as clients.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Wells Fargo -backed mortgage fintech Maxwell rolled out a point-of-sale (POS) feature that offers tailored workflows and integrations. Lenders can also define workflows and business rules for any mortgage product, including construction loans, manufactured home loans, home equity loans and bridge loans.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2020

As one of the largest correspondent investors in the country, AmeriHome is focused on being a consistent, reliable partner to its clients. In the COVID-19 era, that means AmeriHome has spent even more time listening to what clients need and adapting their products and services to help clients navigate constantly changing lending conditions.

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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

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Mortgage technology firm Xactus named Michael Crockett as its chief operating officer. The executive has more than 25 years of mortgage industry experience in helping lenders mitigate risk. Previously, he was EVP of product development at Credit Plus before Xactus acquired the company in September 2021.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2023

Polly , a leading provider of innovative mortgage capital markets technology , recently announced the appointment of industry veteran Cheryl Messner as chief customer officer (CCO). ” With over two decades of mortgage fintech experience, Messner brings a wealth of knowledge to her new position.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Toronto-based cryptocurrency lending platform Ledn has raised $70 million in a Series B funding round to support the growth of its digital assets lending business, including a new Bitcoin-backed mortgage product. billion in assets from clients in 127 countries. Clients, however, will gain when Bitcoin value increases. .

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

In the midst of a higher-for-longer mortgage rate environment that is reshaping the landscape of the mortgage industry, the role of a chief marketing officer (CMO) becomes increasingly pivotal as mortgage companies navigate market fluctuations and changing consumer behaviors.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Mortgage tech firm TRAiNED Inc. hired two executives as it looks to take the company to its next phase of development. In 2017, Cunningham, de Jong and three others founded Sales Boomerang, an automated borrower intelligence and retention system for the mortgage industry.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

If the timelines get compressed, what could we do to still help our clients, understanding the time it will take our clients to implement, test and adopt any change that we make?” For more: ICE Mortgage Technology Building that agile mindset within an organization to be able to react quickly will become indispensable.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

For years, customized integrations have been the sign of a healthy tech stack , seamlessly connecting the various technologies used by a particular title agency ( mortgage lender, broker or appraisal management company, for that matter) to deliver optimal performance. Here’s how.

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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. Industry workers didn’t pull back on investing in professional development, with the majority (51%) spending money to reach potential clients. in events to garner business.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2024

Three Bayview Asset Management -owned mortgage servicers are seeking to halt a plaintiff’s filing in a data breach lawsuit, citing an overabundance of confidential information shared about the incident, National Mortgage News first reported. and Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. The objection, filed on Feb.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Maxwell , a Wells Fargo -backed mortgage fintech, announced Wednesday that it has struck a deal to acquire the digital lending platform Revvin ( formerly known as MortgageHippo ) to enhance its point-of-sale technology. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

But before diving back in headfirst, it would be worthwhile for lenders to think through what the last two years of scarcity reveal about the normal working model of an independent mortgage bank (IMB). Last year, Floify commissioned an independent study of 150 high-performing loan originators (LOs) to gain recruiting and retention insights.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

million to Black Knight Servicing Technologies , concluding a five-year legal battle over allegations of trade secret theft involving two of the biggest companies in the housing industry. PennyMac Financial Services has paid $158.4 An arbitrator issued the final award on Jan. 12, reducing Black Knight’s monetary damages from $155.2

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

Founded in 2006, Carson Realty serves clients in the South Carolina markets of Hilton Head, Bluffton and Lake Keowee. As operating partners, we help agents succeed with our world-class coaching, marketing, and innovations like Raveis365, a one-of-a-kind communication and technology platform developed exclusively for us by Microsoft.“

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2021

As Chief Strategy Officer at Mortgage Capital Trading , Leslie Winick has harnessed her industry experience to help lead new technology innovations and industry-leading support that allowed MCT to continue to meet client needs despite the volatility of the past year. HW: Growing new leaders is critical to any business.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2021

Rocket Companies , parent of Rocket Mortgage , has its eyes on the solar energy industry, announcing this week that it will enter the green energy game by 2022. “We have a significant portfolio of clients, roughly 2.5 “We have a significant portfolio of clients, roughly 2.5

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

Patricia Suazo has joined FundingShield as its vice president of technology operations and integrations. Suazo has over 15 years of leadership experience in the mortgage lending space with firms including Stearns Lending , Bank of America , Carrington Holding Company and CloudVirga.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Before joining ThoughtFocus in January, Ananthakrishnan led the global mortgage business at Tata Consultancy Services. Ananthakrishnan, a 2023 HousingWire Vanguard , also previously worked at Freddie Mac as a senior director of product development. “We

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2020

HousingWire recently spoke with Brian Simon, president of Trelix Mortgage Fulfillment Services, about how Trelix helps its clients work more efficiently while still maintaining compliance and performing due diligence. HousingWire: What sets Trelix apart from other mortgage fulfillment services?

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 29, 2024

Dovenmuehle Mortgage reports that Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed its servicer quality (SQ) assessment as a servicer of prime residential mortgage loans at SQ2-. Dovenmuehle says the assessment underscores its exceptional capabilities across various key areas of mortgage servicing.

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