Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2021

Nationwide Appraisal Network (NAN) is an industry-leading appraisal management company providing residential and commercial valuation services in all 50 states. NAN’s valuation solutions give lenders the chance to evaluate, select and manage appraisers based on their quality and performance.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

First, he has his clients lender call the listing agent. But because inventory remains at record lows, home prices have soared to astonishing highs, and bidding wars still occur in housing market across the country, Pascoe and other real estate agents on the buy-side have had to go the extra mile to fight for their VA clients.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2023

Keith Austin has been promoted to director of asset management and valuation services. He will also continue to oversee the valuation team, which handles valuation requests from operations and ensures compliance with regulatory requirements. Its client base includes banks, credit unions, and mortgage bankers. territories.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

Rocket Mortgage launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool on Tuesday that allows its client experience teams to analyze sentiment, record behavior patterns, transcribe conversations and create tailored experiences during customer interactions. Each year, Rocket employees participate in 65 million calls with clients, including 3.1

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2023

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and the Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) sent a letter to regulators on Monday warning of the “unintended consequences” of new quality control standards for automated valuation models (AVMs). ” Another trade group weighed in on the newly proposed rule.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2022

“With technology impacting all areas of our lives, it is time for participants across the mortgage ecosystem to experience an improved process that simply works better and costs less,” said Daniel Wallace, GM of Figure Lending. The post Figure and Apollo complete ownership transfer via blockchain appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Elsewhere in mortgage comings and goings, Chris Boyle has been named president of home lending at Roostify , bringing extensive experience in the mortgage lending ecosystem to the position. In his new role, Wierks will work on existing automated valuation and collateral risk analytics initiatives and products.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 16, 2022

For the HomeLight Cash Offer program, also introduced two years ago, the firm makes an all-cash offer on the client’s behalf and holds the home until the client secures financing. The total funding, since the startup’s launch in 2012, is about $645 million and its valuation is at roughly $1.7

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2022

While the lending industry has traditionally seen a measured and conservative approach to technological evolution, we are finding that many “strategic” decisions are made during these relative lulls in production. We have also seen large multi-channel lenders reducing their risk footprint in wholesale and correspondent lending.

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McKissock

MARCH 28, 2023

In times like the present when the housing market is slow, you can help your appraisal business thrive by offering additional services beyond mortgage lending appraisals. What are some specific types of non-lending assignments that might be worth adding to your workload this year? Read the full survey results below. We do that.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 10, 2021

We specialize in real estate valuations for the mortgage lending and financial services industries. At Clario, we have an underlying philosophy that guides our efforts: Go wherever it leads, and do whatever it takes to help clients find their optimal solution. RENO, Nev. — Clario Appraisal Network, Inc.,

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 7, 2021

Certain states require AMC staff to receive training to ensure they understand valuation independence regulations as well as other statutory requirements. Josh : I am a compliance and valuation consultant based in Colorado. Josh : The Annual Compliance Training is designed to meet requirements of clients and regulators.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2021

Jay Garrett, a loan officer at Supreme Lending ’s McClellan Branch in Austin, said he is seeing 10 to 40 offers on houses no matter where they are in Austin, and cash offers are winning the day because sellers don’t want to have to worry about the house appraising too low for someone who needs financing. “If

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Broad in reach and deep in functionality, the PPE manages many core functions in mortgage lending, such as decisive product eligibility and sophisticated pricing strategies, as well as automating the rate-lock process. Support strategic decisions with risk management and MSR valuation solutions.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2022

One of the more interesting trends is that some of our historically smaller clients are beginning to grow rapidly over the last 90-120 days, with some of the larger lenders stepping away or pricing themselves out of the market. Keeping client scope systematically hardcoded maintains the integrity of the underwriter’s review of the loan.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Clients will also benefit from access to new digital and customer relationship tools that improve every step in the lending experience, including servicing, a Guild strength for decades,” Thompson said in prepared remarks. The company has 39 active loan officers across its retail branches, according to Modex data.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2022

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. In 2018, the firm acquired Class Appraisal, a real estate asset valuation and appraisal management solutions provider. . Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Clear Capital

APRIL 1, 2024

Home equity lending is a hot topic, with homeowners boasting near-record amounts of equity. Mordor Intelligence estimates that as of 2024, the home equity lending market size is estimated at nearly $31 billion, and is expected to grow to $36 billion by 2029. What is home equity lending?

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Applications for these self-serve capabilities include home equity lending, mortgage originations and refinancing, disaster inspections, 1004Ds, and loan modifications/foreclosures for applicable lending scenarios in both GSE and private lending. More information is available at remoteval.net.

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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.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

billion valuation, CEO Mat Ishbia today unveiled a new tech tool that he claims will bring “game-changing flexibility” to brokers. The app will enable brokers to instantly lock or extend loans; submit, review and track changes of circumstances; upload and review cleared conditions/invoices; and create and manage client requests.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

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. Valuation technology company Valligent Technologies has named Walter Allen as its executive vice president of digital transformation.

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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

DECEMBER 2, 2020

billion of it coming through its forward-lending arm. “Our platform was purpose-built to create a business that could better withstand the cyclicality of most consumer lending businesses,” CEO Mary Cook said on an earnings call. billion valuation. billion valuation. The company funded $9.17 Presented by: WFG.

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2023

With shares closing at $20.90, Blend had a valuation of around $4.6 Blend brought on hundreds of clients — including Wells Fargo , First Republic Bank , Mr. Cooper and U.S. The California mortgage tech firm — now at risk of getting delisted from the NYSE — was off to a promising start when it went public in July 2021.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In times like these, the “one-stop-shop” approach to the servicing and lending process has become even more appealing, and there is a company providing that in a flexible capacity: Xome. This is a huge value for our clients when it is crunch time.”. Xome works with its clients to provide what they need, when they need it.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

For most real estate agents, working with a reliable lending partner is essential to a smooth and successful transaction. Finding reliable lending partners takes time and some trial and error, but once established is often the lifeblood of LOs. Attorneys, Realtors and clients are a big part of our repeat business.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2021

And third, the foundation of the property valuation methodology must be accurate. From there, the assessor can incorporate into its assessment methodology additional valuation data. Voxtur supports tax assessors by providing access to its comprehensive data store, which includes hundreds of thousands of valuation records.

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Clear Capital

AUGUST 17, 2021

Partnership enables ValueLink users to order Clear Capital’s broad range of valuation products including hybrid and desktop products. The valuation industry is currently undergoing major changes. A declining appraiser population coupled with a surge in origination volumes has accelerated efforts to modernize the valuation process.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 10, 2022

Here’s a brief look at valuation risk through the eyes of a lender or an Appraisal Management Company. Risk 3: Valuation risk. Risk 5: Fair Lending Risk. Even more importantly, you cannot help your lender clients mitigate their risk without it. But they still see risk pretty much everywhere. Risk 1: Appraiser risk.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 17, 2021

This left the appraiser wide-open to being a target of “a series of errors” that affected the credibility of the valuation results. We provide a service that helps clients make informed decisions on how to proceed. We provide a service that helps clients make informed decisions on how to proceed. We analyze and report.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Most appraisers are experiencing a significant slowdown in mortgage lending work due to rapidly increasing mortgage rates which are slowing down the housing market. I have seen a slowdown in my lending work also. Half my work is non-lending work, and that’s been a blessing. I think potential clients appreciate this.

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Birmingham Appraisal

AUGUST 23, 2023

When real estate agents and appraisers work together seamlessly, clients benefit from well-informed decisions, transactions become smoother, and professional relationships are strengthened. A mutually respectful partnership ensures that each of their clients receives informed advice, leading to confident decisions.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 3, 2022

According to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), the rules that all professional appraisers are required to abide by, appraisers must take into consideration all market trends and other influences on property value in their valuation opinions. USPAP Rule 1-3 (d) (v) makes this clear.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2021

How hybrid title and valuations help increase lending efficiency. It currently offers virtual closings for clients, at their convenience. .” This was appealing to GNTIA owner Neville Nofar, who also counts Great Northern Tax and Great Northern Insurance Agency as part of his portfolio. Streamline by combining services.

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Appraiserblogs

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

from Loop North News has info: From the article: 24-Jan-22 – Fannie Mae’s sweeping new national condominium and co-op apartment lending regulations were created to protect residents, but the tough rules do not cover all the problems, appraisal experts say. AMC Sucker Punches Appraisers Class Valuation sucker punches appraisers!

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