Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

MGIC Investment Corporation’s principal subsidiary Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC) has announced that Sri Kadasinghanahalli joined the company on October 18, 2021 as Vice President of Systems Development. The post Kadasinghanahalli Joins Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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DECEMBER 29, 2021

One of our big goals at Blueprint Title is to shrink the title insurance business from an $18 billion business to a $10 billion business,” Berneman, the company co-founder and CEO. “We share of the market controlled by small, independent title insurance companies. ow and ease of the entire closing process.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

Mortgage brokers ’ compensation is in the spotlight after a recent Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) test concluded that some financial institutions failed to prove that payments were “reasonably related” to the value of services provided.

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APRIL 23, 2024

brands, including brokerage, mortgage, title, insurance and technology. During his time as CMO he has increased profitability through affiliate-sourced acquisitions, built a more robust marketing infrastructure, developed CRM and analytics capabilities and created marketing plans to support emerging business opportunities.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on Tuesday released its priority open recommendations report, submitted to HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge designed to highlight as-yet unaddressed risks in the management of the department.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

Patricia Suazo has joined FundingShield as its vice president of technology operations and integrations. Before that Yankowski was president and CEO of Executive Title Insurance Services. Valuation technology company Valligent Technologies has named Walter Allen as its executive vice president of digital transformation.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Data provider Curinos partnered with Polly , a software-as-service mortgage technology firm, aimed to support lenders’ effective margin decisions. Founded in 2021, Curinos provides data, technologies and insights for financial institutions.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

As of June, Better had 950 team members, a 91% decrease over an 18-month period from 10,400 in Q4 2021, according to its previous filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). “For things like homeowner’s insurance, title insurance, and Realtors, we’ve now just become a marketplace.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2023

Candor Technology Inc. , Future development projects will follow this collaborative approach with our clients and strategic partners. According to the firm, clients of Candor shave about 14 to 19 days from cycle time, as the technology eliminates queuing. In August 2021, Candor raised $12.5

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with Tom Kriby, Vice President of Client Development and Partnerships at Westwood Insurance, about how insurance issues can hold up a home closing and how lenders can integrate insurance into their process to help their homebuyers avoid delays. It’s more common than you think.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO), the organization tasked with developing standards for the mortgage finance industry, appointed vice president of operations Jan Davis as its acting president. Mortgage Insurers (USMI) as its president in 2023.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

“As the mortgage industry has evolved to better leverage technology and remote service delivery, FHA believes that requiring a mortgagee or lender to register all branches is an unnecessary administrative and cost impediment to program participation,” the agency said in its notice.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Retirement in America is still centered on work, which differs from other well-developed nations in the Western world, Ghilarducci said. We need to make it first-payer so that employers [who have] older worker[s can make] their health care insurance a lot cheaper. All of those things aren’t true.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Another “Big Four” title insurer announced its fourth quarter earnings and yet again the numbers reached historic highs. Despite this, this firm remains optimistic, thanks to strong commercial open order volumes in late 2021 and the developments it has and hopes to make in its investments in technology firms like SoftPro.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2022

WFG National Title Insurance Company (WFG) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Williston Financial Group and a national title insurance underwriter dedicated to taking time and cost out of real estate transactions. DecisionPoint offers immediate title clearance for about a third of U.S. properties.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In today’s rapidly changing technology landscape, businesses in the title insurance , mortgage and real estate industries must prioritize cybersecurity response planning and business continuity. Develop Backup Strategies: Implement robust backup solutions to ensure the availability and integrity of your important data.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Endpoint said that this funding will help accelerate its hiring plans, technology development and expansion into new U.S. Endpoint was launched last November by First American, a provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2023

The agencies involved include the Federal Housing Finance Agency ; the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ; the National Credit Union Administration ; the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ; the U.S. 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

OCTOBER 28, 2022

HousingWire Annual is where the community from across the housing ecosystem comes together to share strategies, drive business, discover new technologies, discuss best practices, and meet industry leaders. 02 HWA The Remix: Westwood Insurance Agency. All Things Housing. 03 Marketing Leaders Success Summit: The Future of Marketing.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2021

Candor, a mortgage artificial intelligence firm that has pioneered automated underwriter technology, announced a $12.5 How technology can help underwriters work more productively. The company plans to develop automated appraisals in the first quarter of 2022 and is looking at automating title insurance processes, too.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

A passion for technology led her to work in the fintech and blockchain spaces, and she has now turned her attention to the senior finance space by founding a company called Graceful Finance. But she quickly realized it is facing real challenges, and she began asking why it has not grown and developed to a place it could be. “I

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Title insurance upstart States Title announced this week $150 million in debt financing from HSCM Bermuda , which will go towards developing a more modern home closing experience. The debt financing will go towards product development, investment in go-to-market growth, and the refinance of debt to Lennar Corp.,

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2022

In his new role, Hogle will manage the firm’s retail operations, overseeing growth and development of retail sales and the production network, while supporting the firm’s business channels. For example, the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund has a capital ratio of 8.03% as of September 2021, more than quadruple the required statutory minimum.

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MARCH 11, 2024

Configured to give independent mortgage banks, federally insured banks and credit unions the needed tools at an accessible price point, Floify Lender Edition aims to increase lender profitability through its automated processes and efficiency tools, the company said. .” Founded in 2013, Floify — a subsidiary of Porch Group Inc. —

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JULY 19, 2021

The IPO gives the cloud-based software company the ammunition to grow market share , develop new products and dive deeper into various sectors within fintech, including consumer banking and auto. ” Blend’s white-label technology is what powers mortgage applications on the website of traditional banks such as Wells Fargo and U.S. .

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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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JUNE 1, 2022

Two weeks ago the same group urged the administration to cut mortgage insurance premiums by 30 basis points to.55% The letter said that streamlining the process does not require further rule making and instead could be solved through operational and technology-based changes that make the process more efficient.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

However, there is an opportunity in the closing process for better integration between platforms to improve communication and sharing of documents between the brokerage, lender and closing company, each of which has its own process and technology, to relieve some of that stress.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2023

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has over 50 proposed rules in the pipeline in its section of the federal government’s 2023 spring regulatory agenda, released last week by the White House. An initial notice of proposed rulemaking is expected in August. An initial notice on this proposal is expected this month.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

hired two executives as it looks to take the company to its next phase of development. Department of Homeland Security and title insurance company Charter Title. Mortgage tech firm TRAiNED Inc. TRAiNED named Mark Cunningham, a co-founder of Sales Boomerang , as its new CEO.

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2023

In this role, Savkar will be responsible for the management of an expanding business unit within Wolters Kluwer that focuses on product innovation and technological advancements. Meirink said Savkar’s appointment is indicative of the company’s commitment to developing and promoting talent from within.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2024

Developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants , the SOC 2 Type II audit examines a company’s controls related to security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality and privacy. In the fall of 2023, title insurance companies Fir st American and F idelity National Financial suffered cyberattacks.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Matic Insurance. Built Technologies. Chief Technology Officer. SRE Technologies. Chief Technology Officer. ICE Mortgage Technology. Chief Business Development. Enact Mortgage Insurance. Candor Technology. Falcon Capital Advisors. Arvin Wijay. Consolidated Analytics. Benjamin Madick.

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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

OCTOBER 29, 2020

As part of a larger global company offering a wide range of end-to-end solutions, we provide integrated products and technology far beyond full-service mortgage fulfillment. Plus, we offer appraisals and field services through other Altisource’s lines of business, including insurance through CastleLine.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Amrock , a title insurance, property valuations and settlement services provider that is part of the Rocket Companies family, announced Wednesday that longtime CEO, Brian Hughes will be retiring later this month and Nicole Beattie, the current vice president of mortgage servicing at sister company Rocket Mortgage , will take over.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Yet as surrounding neighborhoods appreciated in value with increased amenities and services, rising costs pushed out the mostly Black, longtime residents — excluding them from the benefits of development.” Here’s a summary of how “redlining” flows from its inception during the New Deal until today: A Black homeowner seeks an appraisal.

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