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. Servicing Digital, offered as an app or web design, enables customers to access their loan- and home-related information.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2022

Minneapolis-based CarVal Investors , a global alternative investment manager and long-time player in the mortgage market, has launched a real estate mortgage investment conduit, or REMIC, that plans to work with loan originators around the country to develop and acquire innovative nonagency mortgage products.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

million raise in equity funding with participation from affiliates of Starwood Capital Group and Freedom Mortgage , alongside independent investor and Softbank Group International CEO, Marcelo Claure. Third co-founder Jon Hsu is also familiar with cloud-based development having worked for Twilio, a cloud-based communication platform.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2023

Lenders are looking for ways to reach more borrowers, and Black Knight has rolled out several new products recently, including a web portal that offers access to application programming interfaces (APIs) for clients, third-party providers and developers. The deal is facing criticism due to antitrust concerns from trade groups and investors.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2021

Notable in light of the current servicing challenges facing the industry, Stavvy’s eClosing technology is designed to facilitate faster borrower communication and closings as servicers work through loan modifications, referrals and forbearance. How modernized servicing creates customers for life. Presented by: Sagent Lending Technologies.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

With Wise Pelican, you can try both — it’s a fantastic resource for beautifully designed postcards and letters. Targeting investors and tailoring your real estate prospecting letters to their needs and is very smart. If you have them, I would also include an insert with any testimonials you have from investor clients.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2021

Acra’s jumbo prime mortgage solution is designed to provide borrowers with the larger loan amounts needed to purchase a high-value property, with loan amounts up to $3 million. Fix n’ flip loans are ideal for investors and developers looking to purchase a home and renovate it. Fix’n’flip.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Accreditations and designations Highlight your professional credentials and any special designations you’ve earned. Growing up in Savannah, Georgia, as the daughter of a builder and developer, she learned the processes involved in new home construction from her dad. Jane Doe specializes in luxury markets.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2021

Hansen told HousingWire that he stepped down to lead a team of software developers and sales staff for upcoming research and development tactics within SimpleNexus. This new role will give him more time to focus on his passion for product and development, he said.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 31, 2022

It’s an honor to play such an important role, but it’s also important to remember that lending programs are required to follow strict practices to protect the lenders and their investors against collateral risk. In practice, the mortgage lender and mortgage aggregator/investor place risk management focus on three lines of defense.

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Property Metrics

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The development spread is a back of the envelope calculation widely used by real estate developers. It is a fast and easy way to size up the financial feasibility of a real estate development project, prior to completing a more in depth analysis. What is the Development Spread? Practical Development Spread Example.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

“This is a watershed moment for many different reasons as now these [HEAs] can start to become more of a mainstream asset class that a significant number of investors will want to participate in. The news is just as positive in the more traditional home equity sector of HELOCs and CESs. It appears that securitization market has arrived.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2023

While the markets have already “priced in” this rate hike, which was widely expected, most investors are already wondering what it would take for the central bank to lift rates again later this year. Raising interest rates is designed to tackle those still-high prices outside of the volatile food and energy sectors. What’s next?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2021

Roostify’s latest funding round was led by Ten Coves Capital with returning investors Cota Capital, Mouro Capital , Colchis Capital , Point72 Ventures, and JP Morgan Chase. In its release, Roostify said it intends to use the latest investor backing to advance its current AI technology and grow its staff by 50%.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

“There have been several moments that have shaped my personal and professional development and led to me being captivated by this industry.” There have been several moments that have shaped my personal and professional development and led to me being captivated by this industry.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2021

According to Lind, one way for existing housing stock to be expanded and improved upon is through investors or developers using fix’n’flip loans. A fix’n’flip loan is designed to cover the costs of purchasing a home and renovating it.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Others participating in this round included previous investors Jefferies Financial Group , New Residential Investment and an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group. Repeat investor 166 2nd , the family office of Adam Neumann, co-founder of WeWork , also contributed to the latest round.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2021

Boston National Title (BNT), founded in 2006, offers servicing solutions to help ensure loan portfolios meet investor expectations and are both in compliance with regulatory requirements and within the risk tolerance of the GSEs. The company’s products make it easier for servicers to navigate the title process and eliminate errors.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Most investors are already wondering what it would take for the central bank to lift rates again later this year. of these investors bet officials will freeze the rate hike at the November 1st meeting. Raising interest rates is designed to tackle those still-high prices outside of the volatile food and energy sectors.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2021

Nonbank mortgage servicers are a vital conduit between mortgage borrowers and investors in mortgage loans. “In the introduction to the Proposed Standards, CSBS recognizes the importance of nonbank mortgage servicers in the mortgage market,” HPC stated in its comment letter. HPC agrees. Achieving touchless mortgage automation.

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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. It’s perfect for agents, with helpful design and marketing tools tailored for real estate. The platform offers a mix of customizable templates and the option to upload your own designs.

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2022

The designers historically have been unwilling to tell lenders all the factors used and how they are weighted,” Kully said. The CFPB said it is concerned automated valuation models may reflect bias in design and function. Presented by: Mortgage Coach.

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2023

Carlton adds, however, that for fix and flip investors who understand their local markets, that vacant housing stock, in the right locations, still represents an opportunity. “ This is yet another illustration of the important role real estate investors have in helping to combat the housing-affordability crisis.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 26, 2021

After reading the recent report from the Federal Housing Finance Agency on the performance of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’ s credit risk transfer programs, anyone unfamiliar with the purposes of CRT might understandably conclude that the GSEs vastly overpaid capital market investors and insurance providers to transfer credit risk off their books.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Real estate software development company Cedar announced this week that it has secured $3 million in seed funding to create a product that would help developers locate urban infill properties for potential development into housing.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Instead, investors bought the run-down properties in bulk sales. As part of the settlement agreement, Fannie Mae will pay $53 million, $35 million of which will go toward access to credit, property rehabilitation, residential development in African American and Latino communities and fair housing education, counseling and outreach.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech-focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, insurance and real estate. To that end, Blend plans to use the new capital to invest in product development such as speeding up the release of its digital closing solution.

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Listing Spark

JULY 5, 2023

Real estate investors who want to stay nimble in this market (especially as inventory stays low and prices stay meteorically high) need to adopt every tool at their disposal to stay informed and to quickly assess homes just entering the marketplace. Real estate investors need to have immediate access to both information and actionable steps.

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Eppraisal

JANUARY 31, 2023

Having identified a parcel of vacant land -- and negotiated a purchase contract with the seller -- the investor in raw land is now at the point where financing becomes the issue.  There  There are a number of different options regarding getting the money necessary to acquire the property on which to build a house.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The changes we’re seeing in our industry today and in the forms investors are requiring lenders to use to present our opinions of value, are changing in pursuit of optimization and efficiency. Lenders and their investors now know that some transactions will likely always require a full appraisal, but many will not. It’s tested.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Jennifer McGuinness CEO Pivot Financial Jennifer Battista President of Operations and Insurance, Title – Settlement Services Anywhere Integrated Services Jennifer Vallinayagam Chief Operating Officer Sun West Mortgage Company Jennifer Lind Regional President, West Coldwell Banker Realty Jessica Sturm Executive Vice President Opteon Jillian White (..)

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2022

Karl Jacob, CEO and co-founder of LoanSnap , said the cyrpto-mortgage system his company has developed can originate more than just loans that LoanSnap mints. Propy’s platform is supported by blockchain technology and designed to simplify the home-purchasing process and facilitate a complete blockchain-protected real estate deal online.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Lenders had no visibility into the actual financial state of borrowers requesting forbearance, and as a result many lenders and investors found themselves bearing additional risk. ” How it works. We’ve changed the industry once with AccountChek, and we have the chops and the vision to do it again,” Chandler said.

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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. 6 wholesale lender. The next generation technology is a culmination of extensive work with its partners, vendors, service providers (i.e.,

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, payments, insurance and proptech. Notarize said its application development team built bank-grade, highly secure software systems. Register for the FinLedger Daily Newsletter.

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Eppraisal

AUGUST 18, 2023

However, many potential investors often face the challenge of limited savings, which can deter them from entering the real estate market. Create a Budget and Save Strategically Developing a comprehensive budget is essential when you have limited savings.

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Clear Capital

AUGUST 30, 2023

AURA is designed to complement the use of UCDP/EAD results and allows LenderX customers to control automated ordering based on criteria like agency, loan type, loan amount, estimated value, investor, and Fannie Mae Collateral Underwriter (CU) score.

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