Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2023

In the midst of a challenging housing market, standing out from the crowd has never been more important. we’re seeing some impressive submissions from organizations working hard to stake their claim on the industry’s most prestigious list in housing tech. .

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

This is an encouraging development for the housing market and in particular first-time homebuyers who are sensitive to changes in housing affordability. More than 57% of investors have priced in at least a quarter-point cut in March, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch tool.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Moreover, instead of the longstanding prevalence of banks holding loans in portfolio, we needed to develop de novo standardized loss-mitigation programs for new-fangled structures called mortgage-backed securities. And FHA, under Commissioner Julia Gordon, continues to refine the partial claim tool to improve it.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Zillow’s news release announcing the deal trumpeted ShowingTime as “an industry leader,” with an “ability to simplify a cumbersome part of the home shopping experience,” stated Errol Samuelson, chief industry development officer for Zillow Group. How to gain more listing visibility in a shifting housing market.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

A friend of mine is a successful real estate professional in a competitive market. We often discuss changing housing market conditions, and the pressure real estate agents are under to stay relevant in the wake of increased competition. Stuart Sim is vice president of industry development with Chime Technologies.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

What we’re trying to do at ICE is break down the various transactions where a borrower and a lender might interface and figure out how we can deliver a set of technology tools and solutions so that the borrower can get their loan — for purchase or refinance — as fast as possible with the least amount of cost.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

The HECM for Purchase is not a refinancing tool; it is not akin to a Home Equity Line of Credit ( HELOC ). In fact, a veritable upheaval is headed for the housing market already. But economic forecasts and housing market predictions suggest that businesses need to be prepared for another shake-up in the near future.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

I’m incredibly excited to see what they’re able to achieve with the tools and resources available at UMortgage!” Despite a slower housing market, the platform achieved record-breaking months for funded loans in February, March, and April, according to the company.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2023

“Affordable housing is vital for families throughout Illinois and the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit continues to be an important tool to drive investment in the affordable rental housing market,” said Rep. LaHood in a statement.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Over half of Realtors said that social media was their top lead-generating technology tool, according to a new survey report from the National Association of Realtors. Other top lead generating tools included customer relationship management (31%) and MLS sites (28%).

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

I am a big believer in developing a brand for your real estate business from Day One. To me, branding a company is a chance to define yourself for the market and build a recognizable and memorable identity. Generally, a brand name will be easier to remember, which can only work to your advantage in a competitive housing market.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has tremendous potential to cut costs and improve customer experience, but regulation has not caught up to develop a governance program, industry pros said of AI’s implementation in mortgage lending. Have we developed a model that is in fact fair?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

“In the mortgage market, for instance, consumers who have been holding off may begin to be motivated by the announcement to consider making the home purchase they have been waiting on,” Michele Raneri, vice president and head of U.S. The CME FedWatch Tool showed a 99% chance the Fed would halt its hikes to the 5.25

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

We also like to build our own technology and develop tools and products that give our LOs an advantage in the field and enhance the experience with our customers. That allows us to turn our clients into cash buyers, which will be very relevant as the housing market heats up. That’s why we started NAF Cash.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

We get our fulfillment not from the numbers but from watching our people develop and grow,” said Lawson. The broker leverages tools, like the newly redesigned pricing calculator, to increase the speed of the game throughout their business and relay information with incredible certainty.

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Clear Capital

MAY 24, 2022

And we’ve learned a lot over the last decade as we’ve researched and developed more accurate AVM tools. It’s important to know if your AVM will perform in an uncertain housing market and here are some tips for choosing the right AVM for property valuations. What is an AVM in Real Estate ? .

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Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2021

Department of Housing and Urban Development published a proposal to the Federal Register on Friday that would rescind the department’s 2020 disparate impact rule and restore the 2013 discriminatory effects rule. The state of the housing market for first-time homebuyers and communities of color.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2022

due to the slowdown in the housing market, according to the firm. Established in 2001, the Nevada-headquartered company delivers solutions to modernize the appraisal process, which may take days to weeks to complete, or even longer during booming markets. TechCrunch first reported the layoffs on Friday.

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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. For the housing market, that likely means a few more months with mortgage rates above 6%. The CME FedWatch Tool showed a 98.9%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

The firm announced on Wednesday that it was eliminating about 24% of its workforce, or over 250 jobs, as it restructures departments and consolidates teams amid a tough housing market. The firm reduced its workforce by about 27%, or about 350 positions, in October following a slowdown in the housing market.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 6, 2021

With the current red hot housing market, demand for appraisers is outstripping the reduced supply, which is pushing up fees and pushing out appraisal completion times. Instead, tech innovations have started to enter the market with the goal of optimizing the appraisal process by automating key portions of a property’s valuation.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2023

This article is part of our 2022 – 2023 Housing Market Update series. After the series wraps, join us on February 6 for the HW+ Virtual 2023 Housing Market Update. The solution is a lot simpler, too, than builders think: it’s as easy as placing quality content in front of the right audience to produce the right leads.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2022

Bush, a Republican President, signing into law the HERA legislation , developed under a Democratic-controlled Congress. HERA established a process for conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , created FHFA as a first-class regulator, and codified GSE mission provisions like the Housing Trust Fund, Duty to Serve , and Housing Goals.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2024

Those impacted by the shrinking Section 515 housing portfolio, most of whom also receive rental assistance via USDA programs tied to Section 515, have an average household income of about $13,000. The legislation would provide several tools to help stem the loss of Section 515 affordable-housing in rural America.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2022

This week’s HW+ member spotlight features Arjun Dhingra, who serves as sales and business development at All Western Mortgage. Creating a large following on Instagram , he offers updates on the housing market, tips on the home-buying process and so much more. HousingWire: What is your most useful tech tool?

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2021

In order to ensure a stable and equitable recovery from the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for homeowners to exit mortgage forbearance, the Biden-Harris Administration is taking action to keep Americans in their homes and support a return to a more stable housing market,” the White House said.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is taking a cautionary approach to changes to mortgage insurance premiums after a banner year for its Mutual Mortgage Insurance (MMI) fund. The capital ratio of the Federal Housing Administration ’s MMI fund reached 8.03% at the end of September, an increase of 1.93

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

HousingWire: What has been the most useful tech tool for you? To be honest, at my desk, I would say my Dell XPS laptop is my most useful tech tool which powers ten different peripherals and is the operations center of my business. In addition, every leader in our industry has an obligation to mentor and develop.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 6, 2024

ICON, an Austin based firm, has developed a 3D printed wall system. These homes can endure many of the climate risks very well and could transform affordable housing as we know it. Another thought-provoking speaker was Bungáne Mehlomakulu, the Director of Building Sciences and Building Performance at ICON.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2021

The development is intriguing for a few reasons. SentriLock delivers zinger to Zillow with new showing service,” was the email subject head SentriLock sent about its new tool, titled SentriKey Showing Service. Presented by: Propertybase.

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2021

Aditya Udas: From Iron Mountain’s perspective, mortgage custody directly impacts liquidity in the housing market. AU: For scalability, Iron Mountain has developed our AI/ML tool for unstructured data called InSight. HousingWire: How does custody transformation impact the mortgage industry?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

In today’s hot housing market where homes are selling quickly, brokers are busier than ever. As purchase transactions move back to the forefront of lending, the broker channel will only continue to grow and gain momentum. Caliber Home Loans, Inc., Caliber offers a “triple play” of resources to help elevate a broker’s business.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2023

While Housing Forward is locally focused, its progress in meeting this goal has made it a national model for efficacy and impact that’s been recognized by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and companies in the private sector. Rapid rehousing How did the organization achieve these results?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2022

“The affordable housing crisis demands bipartisan legislative action,” BPC writes in its introduction to the proposed legislation. Housing policy is one of the most powerful tools to drive economic prosperity for families and communities, yet ambitious housing measures have not been a top bipartisan legislative priority in recent years.”.

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Housing Wire

JULY 30, 2021

Departments of Housing and Urban Development , Agriculture , and Veterans Affairs to extend each of their own eviction bans. Thus the federal government is limited in the tools it has to control the nation’s rental market, compared with the single-family housing market. were delinquent and 10.0%

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2022

Leslie Rouda Smith, president of the NAR, used her own letter to the FHA to explain the trade group has been “concerned” about the pandemic’s impact on the housing market. At the time, the Department of Housing and Urban Development said the option could prevent “several thousand borrowers a year from foreclosure.”.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2022

As these hurdles to homebuying collide with more Millennials entering the housing market, a focus on efficient automation and custom solutions could be the key to success in 2022. So, what should lenders be doing to thrive in the face of a post-pandemic housing market rife with new hurdles? Even as the U.S.

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