Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2023

Stavvy , a fintech company specializing in digital and remote collaboration for lending and real estate companies, announced on Wednesday a new partnership with WFG National Title Insurance Company (WFG) to provide the company and its customers with eClosing technology solutions.

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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. SmartBuy also has no income or first-time homebuyer restrictions.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Mortgage tech firms Mortgage Coach and Polly have teamed up on a new application programming interface (API) integration that guides borrowers through a visual representation of their loan options. The new API integration will feed real-time data from Polly’s cloud-based PPE into Mortgage Coach’s total cost analysis (TCA) presentation.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Many analysts who cover the mortgage industry believe that the worst of the current cycle may be in the rearview mirror. In 2022 and 2023, quickly rising mortgage rates and shrinking volumes sent shockwaves through the industry and prompted massive job cutbacks. According to data from the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2023

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has named former Fannie Mae CEO and Blend president Tim Mayopoulos as CEO of Silicon Valley Bank N.A. , Treasury and introducing new technologies to the housing finance system. venture-backed technology and healthcare companies.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Stavvy , a fintech company specializing in digital and remote collaboration for lending and real estate companies, acquired Brace , a digital mortgage servicing platform. Founded in 2018 , Stavvy works to increase efficiency and transparency in real estate and mortgage lending. Terms of the deal were not announced.

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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

MAY 18, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with Christian Mills, head of Financial Advisor Relations at Reverse Mortgage Funding, about the ways a reverse mortgage can create a stable cash flow for homeowners in the midst of a volatile housing market. CM : Firstly, reverse mortgages, whether government-insured or proprietary, are non-recourse loans.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

With the Fed gone AWOL on purchasing mortgage loans, mortgage rates have doubled and spreads over 10-year Treasuries are at historical highs. CHLA commends FHA for its work on its “Mythbusters” initiative, designed to blow up the myths around FHA loans by educating lenders and home sellers. Such opportunities may arise.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

And yes, this certainly has had an impact on insurance companies from coast to coast, as we’ve seen insurers retreat en masse from states such as California , Florida , and Texas , which have all seen record losses in recent years from wildfires, earthquakes, hurricanes, severe winter storms, sinkholes, and more.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The mortgage industry must be proactive in examining programs that can help borrowers recover from — and remain resilient to — disasters like these. The mortgage industry immediately recognized the need to help borrowers who were impacted by COVID-19 and would be unable to make their mortgage payments as a result.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Prior to 2020, the mantra around the mortgage industry going back to 2016 was that launching a new “digital experience” was the equivalent to table stakes in poker. The message was clear: if you weren’t already invested in new digital mortgage experience, then your competition already beat you to the sale.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 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. This setup lets a consumer compare quotes from several insurers, including Progressive, with only one click. billion U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2024

CoreLogic has debuted a new security solution for multiple listing services designed to reduce the risk of cybersecurity threats. In late 2023, title insurance companies First American and Fidelity National Financial suffered cyberattacks. Recent cybersecurity incidents in the industry underscore the vulnerability to cyber threats.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Just before its stock debuted at a disappointing $15 a share, Guild Mortgage settled a federal lawsuit that claimed the lender knowingly breached legal requirements when it originated and underwrote FHA loans. Those loans, originated between 2007 and 2011, defaulted and led to claims to the FHA for mortgage insurance.

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Clear Capital

JULY 13, 2023

Through this integration, Clear Capital will deliver an improved user experience for mortgage lenders and loan officers ordering products that support appraisal modernization, such as Universal Data Collection (UDC ) , Desktop appraisals and Hybrid appraisals. To learn more about Encompass, visit [link].

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2022

From mortgage origination to servicing, companies are constantly grappling with high volume and stringent regulatory oversight while managing a large cohort of vendor partners. Smaller mortgage originators often deal with this problem by throwing more people at it. We’re seeing mortgage executives and workers retiring at record rates.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Like Realtor.com, Redfin will be publishing data compiled by First Street Foundation , a science and technology nonprofit organization that quantifies flood risk through Flood Factor. It provides a climate-adjusted assessment of current risk through the course of a 30-year mortgage.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2021

When mortgage and acquisition activity picked up, marketers created new brand unity between companies. Candor Technology. First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation. Princeton Mortgage. A&D Mortgage. Mortgage Capital Trading. Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation. Finance of America Mortgage.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Mark Wai, executive vice president and chief technology officer at Radian , will speak on the Mortgage Disruption Outlook panel at HousingWire’s Spring Summit on March 4. Wai has been building applications and working in technology for two decades.

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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). Department of the Treasury ; and the Federal Reserve System.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2021

It would also require the use of tamper-evident technology in electronic notarizations, and help prevent fraud through the use of multifactor authentication. billion notarizations are completed every year, including powers of attorney, beneficiary designations, real estate transactions and mortgages. million in the U.S. –

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Housing Wire

MAY 11, 2023

Flueid , a leading technology company specializing in real estate transactions, announced on Thursday the integration of its patented Flueid Decision platform with Encompass by ICE Mortgage Technology. The report includes Flueid ‘Pro Tips’ that explain alerts and provide guidance on curative items for title.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The most likely outcomes include: Lenders: Fewer than 50 mortgage lenders will transition to a federated model that enforces the controls necessary for secure cross-industry interoperability. Real estate and mortgage brokers will be marginalized as friction is removed. These essential tools require a collective commitment.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Payload, a fintech company focusing on automated payments with API architecture, on Tuesday announced a partnership with technology services provider Premier Data Services , to launch an integration with SoftPro, an escrow and closing software.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2022

I am about to say something in 2022 that no one in software design and process management would say. Do loan officers need more technology than they currently have? Will new technology change anything? All mortgage companies have some software package that does the above, and it all worked during the the refi boom.

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2022

The requirement also applies to mortgage lenders, legal experts say. The CFPB issued a statement to warn creditors that technology being “too complicated” is not an excuse for noncompliance. Presented by: Mortgage Coach. The CFPB said it is concerned automated valuation models may reflect bias in design and function.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

From leading mortgage companies and real estate firms to spearheading groundbreaking initiatives and driving policy reforms, these honorees are making an indelible impact on housing.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2021

WFG Title Insurance will now offer forbearance, loan modification, and foreclosure information reports as part of its general title and closing services. The company also released the MyHome platform in the fourth quarter of 2020, designed to provide transparency to every participant in the real estate transaction through immediate access.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As the housing market suffers through a drought of home sales and related mortgage originations in the current high-rate environment, home prices and home equity continue to climb, helping to spark a revival of another sector — home equity lending and investment. billion, according to a review of bond-rating and industry reports.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2021

PPP may have meant something different in 2020, but this year the 3 P’s are the guiding light to long-term mortgage success and domination. Panelists: Bill Dallas, President, Finance of America Courtney Graham, Chief Marketing Officer Princeton Mortgage Alcynna Lloyd, Digital Media Manager, HousingWire. The ratios flipped last year.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

It’s a topic she’s well-suited to speak on — at CoreLogic, Hepp is responsible for analyzing, interpreting and forecasting economic trends in real estate, mortgage and insurance. where she oversaw economic and technology intelligence. She has a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland College Park and an M.A.

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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. The mortgage industry has been moving in the direction of being more digital. mortgage market by origination volume, according to HMDA data.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 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. On July 7, we reported on the nation’s largest online mortgage lender dropping its S-1. Stay tuned for updates. billion originally projected.

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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. Today, the platform integrates with Encompass by ICE Mortgage Technology, and integrations with other LOS systems are in development. Stavvy has the power to bring these disparate components together.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

One area in the mortgage and real estate industry that has been evolving for nearly two decades is digital closings. E-mortgage volume spikes. During the first six months of 2020, the Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that the volume of e-mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac spiked significantly.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2022

Stewart is one of the largest global title insurance companies and underwriters in the industry. Investing in people and technology. Stewart’s lender services cover the full digital mortgage and real estate experience. That’s by design, Fowler said. “We And it does.”. Providing an end-to-end experience.

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