Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

HousingWire recently spoke with Keith Murray, president and CEO of VRM Mortgage Services, about the importance of diversity in an organization and how VRM has continued to serve its clients in an unusual year. How has VRM continued to serve its clients in such unusual times?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2020

announced on Thursday it acquired valuation services company Pro Teck Valuation Intelligence. Stewart is looking to strengthen and expand its scale in the appraisal and valuation solutions space. But that change of plans has not kept the company from growing and even expanding into several new markets this year. “We

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

While ChatGPT has become a go-to tool for many of us, predictive analytics tools offer a more efficient, data-driven approach to generating new client leads. Since real estate tech changes by the hour these days, we did a deep dive into the most helpful AI tools for real estate agents on the market today. Need more examples?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Through this collaboration, BHR’s RealReports platform will integrate Plunk’s proprietary AI technology, making property data even more accessible to real estate professionals. Property research, comprehensive valuation and remodeling insights will all be available in one place.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Through the acquisition, ASG hopes to modernize the appraisal industry by providing innovative valuation products and solutions and complete new property data reports required by government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). According to ASG, the Jaro platform reduced average turn times by 25% when a client is fully onboarded.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

The right mortgage services provider is essential to helping wholesale lenders and their brokers thrive in this constantly evolving market. We provide title and closing services in all 50 states, and the broker works with the exact same client service team,” ServiceLink client relationship executive Nicole Blosch said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

Multimodal AI technology allows advanced artificial intelligence systems to process and integrate various types of data inputs — including text, images and audio. Now Aiden, the AI copilot powering RealReports, can extract the key details of a document, summarize it, and answer any question about the contents, all in a few seconds.“

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Tiffany Fletcher, VRM Mortgage Services HW: What does the current market and demand for REO assets look like? Factors like location and condition of the property and the market demand for REO and other existing home sales, impact the current landscape for REO assets. HW: How can REO asset managers keep costs low and improve margins?

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

RealReports is a real estate platform that gathers property data — including permits, climate risk, rental rates, flood insurance costs, internet providers and speeds, crime statistics, solar potential, liens, zoning details, remodel potential and valuation — in one place.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 10, 2022

SettlementOne Valuation Welcomes Matthew Scott as Chief Operations Officer, and Dave Roberts as Senior Vice President of Strategic Accounts, Accelerating Its Growth and Expansion Plans for 2022 and beyond. Indianapolis, Indiana, December 2021 – SettlementOne Valuation, a leading provider of appraisal management services to the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

Launched in November 2023, Sidekick features many functionalities, including real-time market and property data retrieval abilities, valuation analyses and a suite of productivity tools for real estate professionals. “As Sidekick users will have the opportunity to do a variety of tasks through a conversational interface.

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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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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 2, 2024

In her new role, Walker oversees business development and operations for Xactus’ property valuation solutions division that includes Appraisal FirewallX, Appraisal ScorecardX and VerisiteX; and its proprietary appraisal/property valuation technology.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

Patricia Suazo has joined FundingShield as its vice president of technology operations and integrations. Valuation technology company Valligent Technologies has named Walter Allen as its executive vice president of digital transformation. Before that Yankowski was president and CEO of Executive Title Insurance Services.

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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

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). the trade groups state. ” Another trade group weighed in on the newly proposed rule.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

With this capital infusion, the company aims to accelerate its product development, grow its team and pursue market penetration with real estate brokerages, MLS associations and other proptech companies nationwide. “We RealReports is a real estate platform that gathers property data , ranging from climate risk to valuation, in one place.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Anywhere Real Estate partnered with agent-client collaboration platform RealScout to allow the company’s affiliated real estate agents and franchise owners “to engage, nurture, and convert clients at each stage of the real estate journey,” according to an announcement on Friday.

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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. Voxtur, which has been on a buying binge over the last few years, plans to combine Blue Water’s capital markets SaaS platform with its own constellation of real estate solutions.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Despite low inventory, the housing market is expected to remain strong in 2021 due to low mortgage rates. Real estate brokers need to be able to target these clients effectively, so they can close deals quickly. One of the biggest mistakes housing professionals make is not keeping in touch with past clients.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2023

Designed to cater to the needs of home equity lenders, fix and flip lenders, and bank default departments, Pinnacle Desktop Appraisals leverages the expertise of real estate professionals utilizing cutting-edge technology to streamline the collection of appraisal data while engaging local appraisers.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2024

Scott Smith: I think a differentiator is our position in the market. I think we have the most comprehensive end-to-end capital market platform. So, from origination to processing, closing, sales and servicing — we don’t have the servicing piece, but we connect the dots into servicing for valuation and analytics, and so on.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

FTC sued ICE earlier this year alleging the two top mortgage technology providers would drive up costs, reduce innovation and limit lenders’ choices for mortgage origination tools. There’s a little north of 100 [MSP clients] and we believe that 40 of those are not on Encompass today. billion and $2.07

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2022

So much has evolved in the real estate process – agents and brokers no longer flip through the pages of MLS books, thumb through a Rolodex or fill out carbon copy contracts with their clients. geniusprice technology is not a CMA. For more information on geniusprice technology, please visit homegenius.com.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

While marketing to your sphere of influence, networking, and direct mail campaigns work, they can be time-consuming and they don’t always yield quick results. Data analysis allows real estate agents to focus their marketing efforts (and budget!) Drive leads to home valuation landing pages It’s the 21st century.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This acquisition is part of the company’s continued plan to grow both in existing markets and by entering new ones with selective acquisitions of like-minded lenders,” Guild CEO Mary Ann McGarry said in a statement. This should enable companies to be more successful in the purchase market.” Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The Federal Reserve ‘s effort to temper inflation has cooled the housing market that remains subdued with mortgage rates north of 7%. However, a silver lining in the subdued housing market is the strength in new-home sales. They were withdrawing volatility from the market, and they were lowering rates to benefit consumers.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

SmartZip uses predictive analytics to pinpoint likely sellers from 6 to 18 months in advance, offering a huge advantage in today’s low inventory market. SmartZip’s analytics are based on over 250 data points related to the properties and homeowners in your target market. Then, it deploys marketing campaigns on your behalf.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The mortgage servicing rights (MSR) market has been very active this year, with robust deal flow that is on par with last year’s record $1 trillion in trading volume and with generally good pricing for MSR packages, industry experts agree. Is it affecting the MSR market? “I multiples and some 5.6s, which historically is a good level.

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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

OCTOBER 11, 2023

loanDepot ‘ s CEO and president Frank Martell said the mortgage market will remain challenging in 2024. Still, the company is working to make money and, when the market turns, accelerate growth in a profitable, sustainable way. “The market has changed a lot. . “The market has changed a lot.

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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. Secondary Marketing.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The real estate market has been on a crazy ride for the past few years. Frankly, much of my work has been time-consuming for many reasons, including trying to measure different markets in this interesting time. In the meantime, I had a chance to interview Anastasia Corjan, who is the Senior Marketing Manager at CubiCasa.

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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. Looking Inward.

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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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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

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The ongoing housing market decline, which saw existing-home sales fall 36% in 2022 alone (on a seasonally adjusted annual basis) and 41% overall to September’s low, is the sharpest (though not the deepest) in the history of this industry. As such, it certainly feels like that pendulum is a labrys slicing through our brokerage firms.

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