Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

Click here to nominate an industry insider — a client, colleague, boss or friend — it can even be you! Be it new experimental technology, legislation or regulation to respond to, disruptive proptech models, shifting market dynamics and so on,” said Price. And, what KPIs are you focused on in the near future?

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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. We believe in being a true partner to our clients,” said John Hedlund, chief operating officer of AmeriHome. “We They also moved their client symposium to a virtual format.

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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-. Our sustained performance reflects the dedication of our experienced team and our ongoing investment in technology and process enhancements.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Rocket Companies , the parent of Rocket Mortgage , lost money in 2023 , but executives have expressed confidence about a big turnaround by touting investment in artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate the company’s profitability. AI driving productivity across the board The bottom line as to why Rocket is pushing hard on AI?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2022

has agreed to buy mortgage servicing rights trading platform Blue Water Financial Technologies for a cool $101 million. The integration of Blue Water into the Voxtur product suite strengthens our technology foothold and places us squarely in the capital markets arena,” said Voxtur CEO Jim Albertelli in a statement.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

“This collaboration reflects our dedication to equipping NAR members with innovative solutions that cater to the evolving needs of their clients, ensuring a smooth experience for sellers and buyers alike,” said Rhonny Barragan, NAR vice president of strategic alliances in an announcement of the deal.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2022

Figure , a blockchain-focused financial service company and Apollo , a global alternative asset manager, announced today completing a transaction involving the origination of digital mortgage loans and transfer of ownership via blockchain technology, according to a press release shared with FinLedger.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

TTV Capital , Moderne Ventures , Erez Capital and other venture capital firms led the round of investment. We are thrilled to have such engaged and helpful investors join us in this round, and are more confident than ever before about our path forward,” James Rogers, co-founder and CEO of RealReports, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

Polly, a software-as-service mortgage-technology firm that operates a loan-trading platform , has raised $37 million through a new funding round, its third since launching in 2019 — bringing the total raised from investors to $57 million.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Other investors included Golden Tree Asset Management , Raptor Group , and FJ Labs. Another 11 existing venture investors, such as White Star Capital and Kingsway Capital , followed on in the round. billion in assets from clients in 127 countries. Clients, however, will gain when Bitcoin value increases. .

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2021

According to a release from Volly, the acquisition of Home Captain’s technology will extend the company’s reach into the real estate realm. This was just one month after Volly announced an $11 million Series B growth equity round led by Camden Partners and backed by existing investor, New Capital Partners.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2022

Founded in 2000, Irvine, California-based Inco-Check leverages its proprietary web-based platform to support GSE, regulatory agency, and investor requirements. Boston, Massachusetts-based NGC, founded in 2015, is focused on making investments in health care services, financial services technology, distribution and logistics sectors.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

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. Target buyers for Cliffco include non-traditional buyers seeking investor loans. But the client gets to benefit from that.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2023

The deal, announced on Tuesday, expands Denver, Colorado-based Maxwell’s secondary market trading platform and brings hundreds of new clients to the company’s other solutions. When questioned if Maxwell is profitable, the executive said that as a venture-backed business, Maxwell invests for growth.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Surveyed professionals also pointed to finding investor clients and have had success with products such as non-qualified mortgages ( non-QM s), down payment assistance programs (DPAs) and home equity line of credits ( HELOC s). About 37% of respondents were spending money in social media and 34.8% in events to garner business.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2023

million in a seed round, the Miami-based cryptocurrency lending platform announced on Tuesday that it launched a product that allows investors in Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDC to use their assets to secure funding for real estate purchases. “The use case for crypto has to go beyond investment potential. Six months after raising $3.5

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2021

Canadian real estate technology company Voxtur Analytics Corp. “This strategic acquisition bolsters recurring revenues and accelerates the development of Voxtur’s data ingestion engine, allowing clients to achieve optimal efficiency and cost savings,” Voxtur said in a statement. million, the company said this week.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The company has shown steady growth since it was founded in 2008 and demonstrated profitability across varying market conditions, rising to become the nation’s top correspondent investor and the No. We are invested in their success,” Nichols said. The new POWER+ is technology plus people. Technology powers our partnerships.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2022

“While celebrating Inco-Check’s legacy of high-quality audit services, this new branding reemphasizes our shared goals and collaboration with our client partners to enhance their business,” said Donna Gibson, chief operating officer and president of QC Ally. “We Mortgage loan fraud typically rises in a purchase market.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

He announced the Vision 2025 plan in July 2022, which included simplifying the organizational structure, focusing on client service, quality, automation and operating leverage. “Investors have a view of this sector in general; every company has a low valuation, and certainly in mortgages,” Martell said. on Wednesday.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

(The company said it has already gone through the process of getting four investors onboard.). Growing and investing in relationships and communities in the long term is one of the many opportunities presented by stricter fair lending regulations. Also, the startup will use its own capital to buy loans from community lenders.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Snatching up first-time homebuyers is akin to striking gold — since developing a relationship with them can mean a loyal client for life. Regular communication keeps you top-of-mind when clients are ready to make a move. Of course, you can’t do everything — but consistency is important.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Consider the residential client disappointed at the lack of inventory , or the commercial investor with many vacancies in a once-thriving property. Communicate effectively with clients Proactive communication — answering the question before it’s asked, or offering solutions to impending problems — is key. But don’t kid yourself.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2024

If agents don’t bring in new recruits directly, a third-party source such as an existing client or a business partner might inspire an agent to join a brokerage. These types of consumer-facing products generated a lot of interest from investors. Some even choose to invest in their technology to recruit agents.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2022

LoanSnap is a mortgage company that employs artificial intelligence (AI) technology to originate loans more efficiently and faster. To date, LoanSnap has attracted about $53 million in venture capital investment. “…It’s all been organic so far, [so] it’s nascent today, but I expect it to grow quite quickly.”.

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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. “Hey Clayton …” and a link. In 2016 LLR led a $26.5

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2022

The Nima Ghamsari-led fintech is doubling down on its long-term strategy to offer a complete digital origination journey for clients. For investors, a warning: it means that profitability will take some time to achieve. According to Mayopoulos, the fintech will get there without cutting prices but by adding value for its clients.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2021

Real estate tech startup Spruce announced on Wednesday a Series C funding round of $60 million led by Zigg Capital and backed solely by repeat investors, including Bessemer Venture Partners and Scale Venture Partners. Spruce currently works with clients including Better.com, Hometap, and US Wide.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2021

“We are excited to rebrand our business as Acra Lending to reflect the substantial time and resources we have dedicated to internalizing customer feedback, fine tuning our financial and operating model, and investing in the best people and technology,” Keith Lind, executive chairman and president, said in a news release.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2022

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. . When the cap was in place, private-label electronic mortgage clearinghouses with Wall Street investors benefited.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

On Tuesday, executives from the San Francisco, California-headquartered mortgage tech firm, which has yet to post a profit since going public in July 2021, shared the firm’s vision for growth during its first investor day. Ghamsari had emphasized growing its customer base and investing in tech to help lenders save on origination costs.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Kenon Chen, executive vice president of strategy and growth at Clear Capital , to talk about appraisal modernization and how technology is just part of the solution. But all of that takes years of investment to create something that is really battle tested and can have proven results.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The merger will result in an “increased lending footprint” to better serve clients, Paul Kessel, president of American Portfolio, said in a statement. Lisa Thomas, chief executive officer of Town Square, added that the deal also brings “a portfolio of expanded loan products backed by a lending platform with state-of-the-art technology.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

With highly advanced software solutions for originations, servicing and secondary marketing, Black Knight helps its clients drive financial growth, improve customer retention, increase operational efficiency and reduce risk. Black Knight is a proven mortgage industry leader in servicing technology. Added Value to Clients.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2022

In 2008, as the financial crisis was unfolding, he landed a job at secretive big data startup Palantir , where he learned that the $10 trillion mortgage industry was still in the Stone Age technologically. million in 2020 during the refi-boom and with the market headed into a correction, executives warned investors revenue would plummet.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Data and analytics giant Black Knight made moves in the secondary mortgage market again, launching its Mandatory Analytics dashboard that will allow investors to analyze and benchmark their actions on the secondary market. One of the best tools that mandatory investors have at their disposal is access to precise, accurate and timely data.”.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with LERETA Chief Operating Officer Jim Micali about tax season and how technology is solving legacy issues servicers have historically had with taxes. Keep in mind, an investor that buys a large portfolio is now responsible for paying the taxes on those loans. Will this tax season be any different?

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