Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Over the last three years, we have accelerated our investment in the development of account and loan origination software,” said Child. In 2019, Origence launched its “end-to-end” mortgage lending platform. It also has products geared toward auto shopping, indirect lending and consumer loans.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Technology has made many aspects of day-to-day life more seamless than ever, with instant, easy and personalized consumer experiences; however, lending is still difficult. The Origence Mortgage Platform is an end-to-end lending platform that puts the power of modern technology in lenders’ hands, enabling them to close more loans, faster.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2024

While home equity can certainly be a beneficial tool for some seniors to deploy, it will not always be a definitive answer for every senior’s needs. HUD issued $15 million grants in mid-2022 and early 2023 designed to help with health and safety home repairs for low-income seniors. Over the past couple of years, the U.S.

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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. Presented by: Sagent Lending Technologies.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2021

Digital lending and cloud banking startup Blend Labs has launched Blend Impact , a program focused on increasing access and equity in housing and financial services with Blend’s nonprofit partners. Launched in 2012, Blend raised $300 million in January 2021, not long after it introduced a series of consumer banking tools.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2023

For those in the mortgage space, there are a myriad of technology solutions claiming to help streamline lending operations and improve efficiency. When investing in a technology that someone else designed to automate workflows, it’s important to ask — how do I make this workflow work for me?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2021

Roostify, which powers the digital mortgage platforms of JPMorgan Chase , TD Bank , Guild Mortgage , HSBC Bank USA and more, allows different lending parties to bring in data and information from online sources that then tailors the homebuying process.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

As purchase transactions move back to the forefront of lending, the broker channel will only continue to grow and gain momentum. High tech – High touch’ is our mantra as we develop industry-leading tools and resources with a never-ending commitment to the relationships with our brokers and team members,” CEO Sanjiv Das said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Most digital solutions in the lending industry are designed to solve one problem and built for one audience in mind. This fragmentation makes it difficult for everyone involved in the lending process to communicate with each other effectively. Stavvy has the power to bring these disparate components together.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2023

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge and White House Domestic Policy Advisor Ambassador Susan Rice, the PAVE task force revealed its action plan one year ago and claims that its efforts have amounted to “critical progress” in its efforts to make the homebuying process more equitable for people of color.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2023

On June 1 , six federal agencies requested comments from the public on a rule designed to ensure the credibility and integrity of models used in real estate valuations. For example, the associations said the proposed rule includes Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the new standards, which creates a level playing field in the market.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The platform was designed and developed using direct broker feedback, which shaped our workflow and functionality,” said Kim Nichols, senior managing director of Pennymac TPO. The POWER+ platform’s tools also ensure URLA accuracy before submission, the California-based firm said.

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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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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

When mortgage lenders are talking about compliance in loan origination or mortgage servicing, the worst case can be pretty bad, so we often see companies investing heavily in the best tools. That makes a smart CRM a “need to have” tool. Developers don’t understand sales in our industry. Mike Jameson doesn’t think this, however.

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Appraisal Today

JULY 14, 2023

What tool do you prefer to use when measuring a house? No (or Limited) Discrimination Coverage This one is a problem that has only developed recently — within the last two years — as more and more appraisers are facing discrimination complaints and claims. To read click here Short video (2 minutes): Future of Condo Lending.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Incenter Appraisal Management’s new remote appraisal inspection tool streamlines the appraisal process while ensuring appraisers stay in control of the inspection and data collection. Similar scenarios can occur with appraiser trainees, agents, contractors and other “lender designated users” at the property. Benefits the appraiser.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 27, 2022

Lamar: I have over 30 years of real estate valuation experience and hold the Appraisal Institute designations of MAI and SRA. I remember using a 35 mm camera and having to get my pictures developed. Matt: The tools to complete them have definitely evolved. Buzz: What is your background in the appraisal industry?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2022

The program is available to a wide range of homeowners, with lending limits as high as $4 million*. DP: While the upcoming generation of retirees are likely to enjoy a retirement period of close to 30 years, a reverse mortgage can be a strategic tool for funding the retirement lifestyle they’ve always dreamed of.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

CAPE Analytics has unveiled a new, AI-powered , automated property condition report (aPCR) tool crafted for institutional lenders, whole loan investors, and real estate investors. The tool can be paired up with other types of valuation metrics. The real competition for us is the status quo,” added Begley.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2022

A rising player in the world of crypto-mortgages and blockchain-enabled financing, LoanSnap, plans expand its reach in the market by opening its lending platform to licensed mortgage brokers across the country in the near future. The financing for the initial deal was handled through a cryptocurrency lender called Helio Lending.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2024

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Christos Bettios, chief information officer at NFM Lending , to talk about the company’s private, proprietary GPT that is making his whole team more efficient. Bettios has been at NFM Lending for seven years and previously worked at US Bank Home Mortgages and First American Mortgage Solutions.

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The Robert Weiler Company

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

In most instances, such as public development projects or litigation cases, the commercial appraisal review is a mandatory examination of an appraisal report to spot mistakes, address errors in a CRE appraiser’s judgment or update information based on changing conditions due to the passage of time. Grant Applications.

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Robinson Appraisal Group

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

This form has been a requirement since 2009 as a tool to establish the increase, decrease or stabilization of markets in the aftermath of the housing crisis occurring between 2007 – 2010 due to sub prime lending practices. So what is the 1004MC form? To perform true trend analysis you need to compare apples to apples.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Encompass by ICE Mortgage Technology is designed to enable users to manage their entire lending workflow in one place, from the customer’s initial point of thought through investor delivery. All of these features come together to help lenders achieve operational efficiencies across their entire business for every lending channel.

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McKissock

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

McKissock’s Unlimited Learning Members enjoy unlimited access to online appraisal classes and a variety of professional development videos, checklists, and other resources. This course is a primer on how to inspect a residential property, and it is designed to be meaningful and relevant for experienced appraisers and novice appraisers alike.

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Birmingham Appraisal

AUGUST 2, 2023

Education and Qualifications Beyond the basic licensing requirements, top-tier appraisers often pursue additional education and professional designations to enhance their skills and knowledge. Look for appraisers who hold designations such as the SRA ( Senior Residential Appraiser from The Appraisal Institute ).

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2021

Following other recent moves from the government-sponsored enterprises to the private sector, former Fannie Mae Head of Digital Products Henry Cason announced his move to FinLocker , a consumer-permissioned personal financial assistance tool. FinLocker CEO Henry Cason.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the subsequent increase in loan volumes, has accelerated the need for digital tools and automation that give lenders and their borrowers a more intuitive, efficient user experience in order to expedite loans to the closing table.

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Genworth MI Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Real estate appraisals serve an important role in the mortgage lending process and many borrowers will have personal experience interacting with an appraiser during a refinance, and possibly even a purchase. Will worn carpeting hurt my value? Will the appraiser look in my closets? Should I follow the appraiser and point things out?

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Appraisal Today

MAY 19, 2023

Chat GPT For Fannie Form Appraisal Reports By Dustin Harris Excerpts: The world of real estate appraisal is constantly evolving (much to our dismay sometimes), and as professionals in this field, it is crucial to stay ahead of the curve by embracing innovative tools and technologies. and Conditionality. You don’t need a website.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

They will try to woo you with promises of free marketing materials, high commission splits, and fancy tech tools. Marketing and Technology: The marketing strategies and technology tools provided for agents. Additionally, they have budgeted nearly $1B in the next 10 years to continue improving tools and support for their agents.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

It took several years to re-establish effective and meaningful communication between appraisers and their lending partners. When it comes to lending activity, appraisal revisions have always been a part of the appraisal process. Complexity in Process and Properties. Is there room for more improvement? Technologies are moving fast.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Tricky situations can arise in mortgage lending, especially when navigating less-common products or originating non-agency loans. We would welcome the opportunity to approve courses with a creative take on how they design and develop content.”. The hours spent on continued education should be useful.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2022

homeowners sitting on more than $30 trillion dollars in home equity, many lenders are looking to the latest AVMs to improve the accuracy and efficiency of their home equity lending. AVMs have been a “workhorse” lending tool for more than two decades. AVMs are getting smarter.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

That’s why a growing number of lenders are investing time and resources into developing and implementing robust social media compliance policies. Effectively implementing a social media program and training loan officers on the numerous regulations and policies pertinent to mortgage lending is no small task.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

That question would be answered succinctly when the Dodd Frank Act retooled the entire consumer regulatory structure, redrafting lending and closing documents, stiffening enforcement of laws long on the books and creating new ones, and sending participants in the real estate process into a panic trying to figure out to make it all work.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The adoption of digital lending solutions has been increasing over the last few years, with the COVID-19 pandemic only accelerating the process. DocMagic delivers that technology in one seamless process provided by a single-solution suite designed to make the client experience as simple as possible. “Our

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