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

OCTOBER 26, 2020

First American Financial, which provides title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, has acquired a minority interest in ServiceMac’s parent company and that interest will convert into equity of ServiceMac at the acquisition’s closing, pending regulatory approvals. First American Financial Corp.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

trillion mortgage servicing sector shouldn’t be “disrupted” by financial technology, it should be reimagined with fintech. Customer expectations have evolved, but old processes have been dragged along within legacy technologies. It’s because servicers are taking care of real-time borrower, regulator and investor needs every day.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

” Better is partnering with other businesses to offer services such as homeowner’s insurance and to provide access to a network of real estate agents, rather than offering these products and services directly to borrowers. I’ve gone through extensive coaching and professional development,” he said.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Consider the residential client disappointed at the lack of inventory , or the commercial investor with many vacancies in a once-thriving property. As with establishing effective communication expectations early on, developing a crisis management plan before you need it will allow you to effectively deal with unexpected problems.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2022

For the first time, the ALTA Registry will provide data on individual title insurance and settlement services companies, identified by an ALTA ID. It’s crucial that the title insurance industry urge progress and innovation in the digital closing space.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

Real estate still relies on a “system” unable to integrate production across the silos of media, brokerage, lending, insurance and trading. Technology and the trust model Real estate is too vital to our economy to be so financially concentrated and functionally outdated.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2022

After a record breaking year in 2021 , 2022 is off to a slow start for “big four” title insurer First American Financial. Our company delivered good financial results in the first quarter, our seasonally slowest period,” CEO Ken DeGiorgio said during the company’s first quarter 2021 earnings call with investors on Thursday.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

Black, a licensed mortgage loan officer and broker, will also lead product development, tech partnerships and sales growth. Part of the appeal for Santa Ana-based All Cal was working with an entrepreneurial lender that controls its own technology and is deeply customer focused.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2022

The title insurance space isn’t generally known for placing outsized bets on technology. Since we now have good coverage across those segments, our more recent investments have primarily focused in two areas – mortgage technology and commercial real estate. As of Sept.

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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

MAY 27, 2022

The CFPB issued a statement to warn creditors that technology being “too complicated” is not an excuse for noncompliance. Without proper safeguards, these models could digitally redline neighborhoods and perpetuate historical disparities, according to the agency.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Cooper Elly Cummings Divisional EVP New American Funding Eloise Schmitz Co-founder and CEO LoanNEX Erika Franks President ACT Appraisal Felecia Bowers Senior Vice President and Director of Compliance and Servicing Homeowners Financial Group Georgia Perez Chief Growth Officer LiveEasy Heidi Mason Executive Vice President and General Counsel Freddie (..)

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2023

Government insurers and guarantors adapted to offer new options to borrowers like forbearance, partial claim/payment deferrals and extended-term modifications. Real-time data means systems can respond to real-time policymaking without ever missing consumer and investor requirements or any compliance details.

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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. In July, DocuSign acquired Austin-based startup Liveoak Technologies for $38 million in an all-stock transaction.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2022

These include expected prepayment rates, expectations of net supply to the market, and drivers of net demand from different investors including banks, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs), asset managers, global investors, and in recent times, the Federal Reserve. Lenders are essentially price-takers in this market.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

So why aren’t more commercial real estate (CRE) entities – investors , principals, banks, law firms or developers – seeking the same? Rapidly advancing technology and data analytics have also revolutionized the commercial real estate landscape, offering scores of new avenues for value creation and risk mitigation.

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Listing Spark

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

We’ll dive into how newer builders and investors can navigate the changing market with Greg Naughton, Owner of Magnets REI with 22+ years experience in construction and 10 years experience as an investor and builder. And that’s navigating the process, the build process, the land development process with the city of Austin.”. [00:05:14]

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The Robert Weiler Company

MARCH 29, 2023

As an investor, you know that income-generating properties can bring a reliable monthly cash flow and build long-term wealth. Ask for referrals from industry professionals, such as commercial real estate brokers, appraisers, developers, and investors. Join a local commercial real estate investor network.

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Assurance Financial

MARCH 2, 2022

The number one point to make with our industry is that due to the incredible new capabilities of mortgage fintech, we need to rethink technology. Instead of thinking about the process and how to plug technology into the different steps, we need to think about the capabilities of the technology and how we change the process to adapt to it.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Meanwhile, homeowners insurance is increasingly becoming a bigger issue for consumers and servicers. In California, Texas and Louisiana, as well as portions of other states that are at risk for natural disasters , just getting homeowners insurance is getting more difficult as large insurers stop writing coverage.

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The Robert Weiler Company

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Also, see why Columbus is a hot spot for commercial real estate investors. Being in a flood-prone area can seriously affect your insurance premiums and property value; it could also cause a great deal of aggravation and stress if you experience the wrath of Mother Nature. It’s what we do! Budget, budget, budget! What does that mean?

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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. Concerning capitalization rates, 44.5%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The two companies issued the first-ever securitization backed entirely by HEIs in 2021, a bet that rising home-price appreciation can benefit consumers in the short-term and investors in the long-term. Point closed on its first bond issuance rated by DBRS Morningstar on Oct.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2022

SitusAMC subsidiary Securent is expanding its reach into the private-label market with plans to soon introduce a loan-defect insurance product for residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) transactions, according to executives from both companies. Nobody else has done loan-defect insurance for securitizations yet.”.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2021

Vice President of Technology Services. Nexsys Technologies. Mortgage Investors Group. Mortgage Insurers. National Community Reinvestment Coalition, Community Development Fund. Westcor Land Title Insurance Company. WFG National Title Insurance Company. Enact Mortgage Insurance. Cassandra Alvis.

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2023

Name Job Title Company Name Alayna Gardner Director of Sales and Marketing LodeStar Software Solutions Alex Boand Managing Director of Correspondent Group Sales Pennymac Alison Flinn Chief of Staff Development Amherst Amanda Morrow Director of Investor Relations Atlantic Bay Mortgage Company Andres Munar Owner and President Co/LAB Lending Andrew Jewett (..)

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Housing Wire

JULY 14, 2022

It is counter to a popular and politically potent narrative grounded in the aftermath of the Great Recession, when large institutional investors scooped up thousands of properties at foreclosure auction. It turns out local investors are also more efficient than banks and government agencies at renovating and reselling homes.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Director, Cloud and Data Technology. Canopy Financial Technology Partners, LLC. Arch Mortgage Insurance Company. Director, Technology Alliances. VP, Learning and Development. ICE Mortgage Technology. Senior Manager of Customer Engagement and Marketing Technology. ICE Mortgage Technology.

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Assurance Financial

JULY 20, 2023

VA loans typically offer favorable terms, such as no down payment requirement and no private mortgage insurance requirements, making them an attractive option for eligible borrowers. Apply for a Conventional Loan This type of mortgage loan is not guaranteed or insured by a government agency like the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2021

In an earnings call this week, Lennar executive chairman Stuart Miller said the move would maximize the technology investments made through LENx , the company’s primary investment vehicle. Those investments include the sale of SunStreet solar and stakes in insurtech firms Hippo Home Insurance and Doma (formerly known as States Title ).

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Among these unknowns are changes that could affect lender-placed insurance (LPI). The LPI process is governed by state and federal laws and regulations, as well as investor, guarantor and insurer guidelines. The FHA also sought public comment on its proposed rules surrounding acceptance of private flood insurance.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2021

RoundPoint also added a new chief administrative officer, Joseph Gormley, who formerly held senior positions at the department Housing and Urban Development. Mortgage servicers typically become responsible for collecting payments and remitting the payment to investors.

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The Robert Weiler Company

JULY 6, 2021

Research : Also coined in the industry as “flex,” flex space is utilized for research and development to design new products. Classification is a way to differentiate specific market features for investors. Commercial real estate investors are usually looking for a specific class of property for their capital.

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The Robert Weiler Company

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

For commercial real estate companies and investors, looking at wide-ranging commercial property sectors, doing so can be an overwhelming (not to mention stressful and time-consuming) experience. It’s also an idea for investors looking to live in one unit and rent the other as passive income. million pools to fit it all in.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2023

These developments—and more—can be seen as cracks in the armor of a housing-industry sector that rose out of the ashes of the Great Recession and grew to become a thriving alternative for individuals locked out the home-purchase market by rapidly rising prices. “To

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The Robert Weiler Company

JULY 4, 2022

They want to learn about the latest technology, laws, and regulations. The books we’ve chosen are written by some of the best rental property managers, commercial real estate investors, owners of successful business empires, and legal professionals. 2nd Edition; April 2018). Author: Mike Butler.

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