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Polly teams up with mortgage insurance providers to streamline service

Housing Wire

Polly , a software-as-service mortgage technology firm that operates a loan-trading platform, integrated with six mortgage insurance providers to streamline the mortgage process for loan officers and mortgage lenders. .

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Reverse purchase financing: The financing option no one is talking about

Housing Wire

2 However, these potential clients will also face challenges — namely market volatility, unpredictable interest rates and limited purchasing power due to increasing debt. The HECM for Purchase is not a refinancing tool; it is not akin to a Home Equity Line of Credit ( HELOC ).

Finance 458
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How 2020 exposed a greater need for collaboration between real estate agents and LOs

Housing Wire

HousingWire recently spoke with Propertybase CEO Vance Loiselle about real estate tech and how the past year has accelerated the need for digital collaboration tools across the entire customer journey. HW: How has the financial industry’s response to COVID accelerated the need for digital tools?

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Buyside launches a new home valuation pages feature

Housing Wire

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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Did Michael Strauss, accused of fraud, just start a new mortgage company?

Housing Wire

There were no severance packages, and even health insurance was canceled retroactive to May 2022, leaving some on the hook for huge medical bills. The nascent mortgage company, however, has only one loan officer registered and no loan origination volume so far, according to the mortgage tech platform Modex.

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USAA Federal Savings Bank cuts 130 positions in real estate lending 

Housing Wire

The bank has 197 active loan officers and 12 branches across the country. The company is offering impacted employees “a full suite of benefits, services, and tools to help with the transition, including a paid transition period and career workshops,” according to Russell. While refis consisted of 56.7%

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Bridging the gaps in the home buying process

Housing Wire

Largely hidden from view and misperceived by some to be on the lower end of the hierarchy of service providers, the position seemingly lacked the luster of the real estate agent or the panache of the loan officer. Is it having a happy client who will be a great reference? Is it closing on time?