Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

A private planning firm in California is launching a new tool to help local governments there prepare for a pending law designed to spur more construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs). Last month, a Las Vegas-based housing technology startup received approval to sell factory-built ADUs in California.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

The investment from Radian Group and existing shareholders will enable FinLocker to introduce a suite of new features and tools designed to optimize the homebuying and homeownership experience.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2023

Treasury and introducing new technologies to the housing finance system. The bridge bank structure is designed to “bridge” the gap between the failure of a bank and the time when the FDIC can stabilize the institution and implement an orderly resolution. venture-backed technology and healthcare companies.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2023

Six federal agencies have requested comment from the public on a newly-proposed rule that is designed to “ensure the credibility and integrity of models used in real estate valuations.” And the design and development of the models and algorithms can reflect the biases and blind spots of the developers.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2023

Candor Technology Inc. , The firm’s automated underwriting tech is designed to augment human underwriters’ capabilities, allowing underwriters to handle more loans. According to the firm, clients of Candor shave about 14 to 19 days from cycle time, as the technology eliminates queuing.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Better Home & Finance Holding Co. , The digital lender made changes in its commercial operating model to achieve this goal and will continue to invest in Tinman, its proprietary technology platform. Better has been launching digital products with its proprietary technology, including digital VA loans and a one-day mortgage product.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

Sarah Wheeler: Let’s talk about your background, because you have both technology and real estate experience. Shayan Hamidi: I studied computer science, economics and math and my background is technology. That’s our point of view, which then impacts the way we go about architecting our technology and our product.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

UWM’s TRAC+ announcement comes as the federal government pushes title insurance alternatives designed to save consumers money. the company also announced ChatUWM, an AI-powered search engine that provides instant responses to clients, including guidelines, matrices, lender tools, and technology. loans but only for refinances.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The company is aiming to bring more reverse mortgage technology solutions to potential partners already in the industry and those that have yet to enter it. George Morales: My new role is really designed to bring reverse mortgage insights and perspectives to the company. Clow: Does tech provide more of an ability to do that?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

recently unveiled a hint of how 21 st century technology is about to transform the opaque process of securitizing residential mortgages in the non-agency space — via the use of blockchain technology. Redwood Trust Inc. This content is exclusively for HW+ members.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Nearly 50 interviews from staff members in the federal government, financial technology companies, mortgage lenders and consumer advocates found that the ability of AI to improve racial equity can be undermined by the data used to train the algorithm, not just by the algorithm itself.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

I went to college initially as an architecture major before switching to finance. I always enjoyed beautiful and simple designs. Specifically mid-century modern designs with clean lines that serve a simple function have been a favorite of mine well before they became popular again in recent years.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 21, 2024

Multistate mortgage lender Click n’ Close is now a preferred partner with The Mortgage Collaborative (TMC), a consortium dedicated to providing mortgage lenders with access to technology and mortgage banking resources. billion in DPA-related financing.

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2023

Chacón brings with her over a decade of leadership experience in product management and technology to her new role. I’m confident she’ll play a big role in keeping Argyle at the vanguard of financial technology,” said Argyle founder and CEO, Shmulik Fishman.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke with David Bernard, senior managing director of Specialized Mortgage Services at Western Alliance Bank , Member FDIC, about warehouse lending and how the warehouse sector and mortgage finance have progressed and continue to evolve. HW: How has mortgage finance changed in the last few years?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 12, 2023

” According to Bodrozic, this blend of customized home data and advanced AI technology positions HomeZada as a powerful tool for homeowners looking to maximize the value of homeownership. Established in 2012, HomeZada is a fully integrated, cloud-based platform dedicated to digital home management.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2022

The nonbank lender said it did not have sufficient staff with the experience to design and operate its controls over financial reporting. This resulted in ineffective general information technology controls over user access and change management within the general ledger and loan systems,” the company said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2023

Financial wellness technology company EarnUp reached a new milestone last quarter, helping millions of Americans schedule mortgage, auto, and student loan payments through its Payday to Payday program and technology. The company says it processed more than 50 million payment transactions worth $43 billion in total as of Q1 2023.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 23, 2022

Peach Finance , a cloud-native lending technology platform that helps lenders quickly launch and confidently scale lending products, has released its new Adaptive Core offering, a proprietary loan management system designed to give lenders configurability even as their lending programs scale.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Saluda Grade , a real estate advisory and asset-management firm specializing in alternative lending products in the nonbank sector, and its fintech partner, Unlock Technologies , this week priced the industry’s first rated securitization backed entirely by shared-equity contracts (which Unlock calls HEAs).

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The approach creates wider opportunities for both buyers and sellers and empowers both parties to the home sale “to present and accept offers with certainty and without open-ended financing contingencies,” the lender’s announcement of the new NFT loan option states.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Lickstein helped craft an AI-powered tool designed to educate brokers and is currently developing a compliance framework. Tager focused more on the marketing implications, how his company has used generative AI to create marketing initiatives and shared thoughts on what the development of the technology could mean for the space overall. “We

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

Change in uninsured losses As of late, however, the uninsured losses are being absorbed by other stakeholders in the housing finance system, including mortgage lenders, mortgage servicers, private mortgage insurers, government agencies, capital markets investors, and the government-sponsored enterprises.

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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. The agencies intend to tackle two challenges evident during the Covid-years refi boom: higher costs due to appraiser shortages and concerns regarding bias in home valuations.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Figure Technologies CEO and co-founder Mike Cagney will be speaking on mortgage disruption and the outlook for 2021 at HousingWire’s Spring Summit on March 4. Prior to Figure, Cagney cofounded Social Finance (SoFi).

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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

MARCH 5, 2024

Our customers are often the ones being the most careful with technology,” said Vivianne Gauci, senior vice president of customer experience at HomeEquity Bank. Some of this data likely applies to American seniors as well, but a different finance system, regulatory environment and social programs do not make for an equal comparison.

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2022

The CFPB issued a statement to warn creditors that technology being “too complicated” is not an excuse for noncompliance. The designers historically have been unwilling to tell lenders all the factors used and how they are weighted,” Kully said. Presented by: Mortgage Coach.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2021

Better, faster, cheaper has long been the promise of technology in the mortgage industry. Some may argue whether today’s technology is that much better than the tools we used in the past, particularly in the servicing business where many still use platforms designed and first built decades ago. Tripping over our own technology.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Blend Builder – an initiative that started about four years ago and launched in March 2023 – is a cloud banking platform designed to help businesses in the financial services industry streamline processes for mortgages, loans, deposits and accounts. “We It’s the first time that we’re now sharing free cash flow targets.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Kimball and Pavlou will discuss which technology is now considered table stakes to keep your business efficient and growing, and what’s coming next. She also leverages her expertise in strategic planning, business transformation, program management, bank operations and finance gained during her 15 years in financial services.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2021

Candor Technology. Finance of America Mortgage. Chief Marketing and Technology Officer. ICE Mortgage Technology. VP, Marketing & Design. Owner & Lead Consultant. Dunegrass Consulting. Brad Jones. Chief Marketing Officer. Brad Sivert. Head of Marketing and Proptech. Brandie Young. Chief Marketing Officer.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

At the same time, “human beings are not perfect creatures,” and AI is tracking human interactions as well. “The systems are designed with that dual feedback,” Krishna added. ” In 2021, Rocket acquired personal finance app Truebill for $1.275 billion in cash.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

“These measures are strategically designed so that we are better positioned to continue executing on growth initiatives for our networks and driving value for our stakeholders,” the company said in a statement. She was also appointed as RE/MAX’s new principal accounting officer. annual decline in revenue to $82.4

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Detroit-based platform Rocket Companies , the parent of Rocket Mortgage , announced on Monday it is acquiring the personal finance app Truebill for $1.275 billion in cash. We designed a specific news hub with lenders and brokers in mind, with Rocket Pro TPO leading the discussion. Presented by: Rocket Pro TPO.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Federal Reserve is looking into the rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning, and is considering stepping up its oversight of these technologies used by financial institutions. Effective solutions must be purpose-built for mortgages, rather than adapted horizontal technology. Achieving Touchless Mortgage Automation.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Lenders that may have been holding out on embracing automation and technology were forced to adapt at breakneck speed to continue to serve customers. Technology that had long been available, but never saw the level of adoption the industry would have hoped for, was now in high demand. Technology as the new table stakes.

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