Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2022

Tech-focused real estate brokerage Radius , flush with $14 million in venture capital raised this past April, has launched a mortgage lending arm in California that it plans to roll out to additional markets sometime next year. Is now a good time to invest in real estate automation technologies? Presented by: Axis Technical Group.

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Housing Wire

MAY 5, 2023

announced on Thursday that the Optimal Blue product, pricing and eligibility engine (PPE) has added investor content from 54 state-based housing finance agencies (HFAs). With the Optimal Blue PPE’s extensive network of HFA content, lenders using the platform will now have access to more diverse financing options for their clients.

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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

MAY 16, 2022

These issues, and others, have made non-QM a go-to solution for originators to close loans for their clients. Here is where it gets murky – choosing the right non-QM lending partner! Options that include Bank Statement, Jumbo, No Income Investor Cash Flow, ITIN, Asset Qualifier, and an option for borrowers with credit events.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2020

HousingWire recently spoke with Mike Fierman, managing partner and co-CEO of Angel Oak, about the non-QM lending outlook for 2021 and how Angel Oak’s “originate to hold” model benefits originators. HousingWire: What sets you apart from other non-QM lenders and how does that benefit originators and investors?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2023

Wholesale lending is great for helping serve underserved borrowers. The wholesale channel has the ability to offer borrowers a variety of choices, with access to many different bank and lending programs. Change also leverages technology and data analytics to streamline the origination process and enhance risk management practices.

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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. Other investors included Golden Tree Asset Management , Raptor Group , and FJ Labs.

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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 22, 2023

Leading property data and analytics company CoreLogic has acquired Roostify , a digital mortgage technology provider. It landed a $32 million Series C funding round in 2021, which was led by Ten Coves Capital , with returning investors Cota Capital, Mouro Capital , Colchis Capital , Point72 Ventures, and JPMorgan Chase.

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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. Building the next generation of tech: Three ways to digitize home lending.

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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. Trade groups and investors have been voicing antitrust concerns following the announcement.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Technology is growing at an accelerated pace. When it concerns an assignment we worked on, we have a specialist team evaluate the complaint and advise our client on their response. We also assist clients with repurchase demands on loans we did not provide services. The product environment is rapidly changing.

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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. With NGC’s acquisition of Inco-Check, the company aims to enhance loan quality and prevent fraud in a competitive mortgage and consumer lending market, Inco-Check said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Schreiner Gates, a technology veteran with more than three decades of experience, joined SimpleNexus’ board of directors in April 2020. Between 2015 and 2019, she served as executive vice president of sales and marketing at cloud-based mortgage technology provider Ellie Mae. billion purchase by private-equity firm Thoma Bravo.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2022

Xactus will add flood services to its list of verification solutions with the acquisition of MassiveCert , a software company that provides flood zone determinations for insurance, lending and real estate. MassiveCert will be rebranded as Xactus Flood Solutions. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Presented by: ServiceLink.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2021

Other investors included Rotor Capital , The Mortgage Collaborative Emerging Technology Fund , Prudence Holdings and existing investors including Anthemis Group , Route 66 Ventures , and Sovereign’s Capital. Clients include Credit Union of Colorado , Texas Lending and JMAC Lending. mortgage market.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2022

This has led many lenders to feel overwhelmed by options and lack understanding of how, when and where to best implement new technology. Many of these goals lead to adding technologies that can both speed up cycle times and drive down costs. This does not even include the exacting requirements of regulators and investors.

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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. Maxwell will provide the platform service for sellers and attract buyers. Learn more here!

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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

JULY 31, 2022

As of January 2022, 92% of all eNotes registered with MERS were created and registered with Wolters Kluwer technology. Built with compliance in mind, idsDoc offers more than 2,000 customizable audits available to clients, supports state- and federal-level documents and provides a complete audit worksheet on each loan package.”.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The company says it will use the funding to “aggressively” build new products for mortgage lending and banking industries, expand its US operations and scale its staff with a focus on machine learning and data science teams.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2022

An LO with a client at the closing table. The question was on the minds of many at the Waldorf Astoria in Dana Point, California on Thursday – will non-qualified mortgage products become more commoditized as the rising rate environment wallops agency lending? It’s not subprime lending. That takes a lot of time.

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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

AUGUST 9, 2021

HousingWire: What does the performance of non-QM in the first half of 2021 tell us about the future of non-QM lending? As well, restrictions set forth by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac along with increased bank lending restrictions mean increased demand for non-QM. We can save the deal for our clients and the borrower.

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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

MARCH 31, 2022

As the market shifts, interest in non-QM lending from traditional lenders and brokers has increased. Overall, I think the consensus we’re hearing from clients is that the overall non-QM market is going to continue to grow in 2022. And investor guidelines are continually evolving. is just under 10 million, a 4.6% annual increase.

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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

JULY 27, 2021

trillion in origination volume and a continuation of tight lending spreads. Then, by late Q1/early Q2 2021, pricing wars were erupting in various channels, margins were falling (rapidly), and the industry was getting ready for a decrease in lending activity in the back half of the year. Entering 2020 the market was expecting <$2.0

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

Consolidation in the mortgage industry is likely in 2022, analysts and lending executives said. “I had not done first mortgage lending before, but I was familiar with the basics of real estate lending. “I had not done first mortgage lending before, but I was familiar with the basics of real estate lending.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Target buyers for Cliffco include non-traditional buyers seeking investor loans. Capturing leads with tech Another priority for the lender is procuring leads through its proprietary technology. The more we can lean on technology, the cost per file becomes that much lower. But the client gets to benefit from that.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

There’s an opportunity here for risk and QC teams to encourage trust in the lending space through strong processes and review. Ensuring trust in lending opens doors for more creativity, such expansion of the credit box and additional products, ultimately increasing access to homeownership and therefore, expansion of the credit box.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2023

Several of MAXEX’s existing investors, including J.P. “This partnership enhances our offering and TBA pipeline hedging platform by giving clients access to MAXEX’s loan trading exchange,” Tabacchi said. . The companies claim they collectively serve more than 500 market participants.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Their collective expertise spans the entire spectrum of the sector, encompassing areas such as lending, tech, real estate, appraisal, compliance, operations, sales and so much more. The following list of honorees comprises many more examples of exceptional leadership from some of the industry’s most accomplished women.

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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

MARCH 9, 2022

Edgemac’s clients span banks, investment banks, Trustees, investors, government entities and mortgage companies. What role does the servicer play in creating clients for life? Presented by: Sagent Lending Technologies . Edgemac and Incenter declined to disclose terms of the transaction. Learn here!

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2021

Blend’s investors are apparently convinced that the company can radically transform lending, simplifying and digitizing regimented-but-clumsy processes that are still rather paperwork-heavy. ” Blend’s white-label technology is what powers mortgage applications on the website of traditional banks such as Wells Fargo and U.S.

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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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