Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

This acquisition expands our footprint in the digital mortgage ecosystem, and we are thrilled to have them join us as we continue to develop innovative and streamlined technology solutions in the lending space.”. In January, the company also added a new director of business development. This is a developing story.

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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 hasn’t been the barrier since 1998 when Equifax, and later other firms, developed systems to secure complex, multi-party transactions over the Internet.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

News just broke that private equity investor LLR Partners announced strategic investments in two mortgage technology companies — Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang ( click here for article ). With efficiency metrics and client outcomes like these it’s no surprise that the company continued to attract capital and investor interest.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2021

The company recently launched ClearLabs, an in-house research and development group that works alongside industry leaders and government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) to continually build on what’s possible in compliant real estate valuation and analytics. lenders and nearly every mortgage investor, including the GSEs.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2021

Seventy million dollars in seed funding is a colossal investment for an unproven tech startup, even one that promises to fully disrupt a relatively low-margin, traditional industry like mortgage lending. They’re used to modern experiences with great service and digital experience. But this is no ordinary mortgage startup. It’s early.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2022

To minimize the pain, legacy loan manufacturing processes typically collect only as many months of asset statements as are required by investors — often just two months for conventional and government loans. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Federal Housing Administration (FHA), U.S. Drop me a note brian@formfree.com.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

It took several years to re-establish effective and meaningful communication between appraisers and their lending partners. When it comes to lending activity, appraisal revisions have always been a part of the appraisal process. Appraisal Modernization. Complexity in Process and Properties. Is there room for more improvement?

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Industry Insider Insight on Risk and Modernization. Lenders want a compliant document that allows the loan package to be sold as quickly as possible, while investors want an appraisal that allows for securitization or resale to another downstream buyer. Fannie New Appraisal Form Modernization. To read more, click here.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The Collateral Risk Network (CRN) announced today its formal endorsement of the gross living area measuring standard developed by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). As the appraisal process is undergoing major shifts towards modernization and new levels of automation, this void was ripe for a solution.

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Clear Capital

JUNE 28, 2022

Self-Serve APIs Will Enable Faster Adoption, More Control for Lenders, Investors and System Providers. Each API connects directly into existing systems through a single integration for lenders, investors, and system providers, making it easier to adopt and deploy modern property valuation solutions.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Purveyors of very complex financial instruments, sold to risk-averse investors under the careful oversight of government regulators, have given us a process that must conform to investor and regulatory compliance requirements. Lending technology out of focus. We have fared much better on the automation side.

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Walitt Solutions

JULY 28, 2019

During my presentation, I reviewed with the audience a number of appraisal scenarios that have been common practice for decades – often in spaces outside of first mortgage lending. Are these “other” inspection-and-valuation processes appropriate for lending? But is this so-called “new” process really new at all?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2022

And if these agencies were to find that a merger ran counter to public interest because of a bank’s discriminatory lending practices, it’s not likely anyone would know about it. Senior administration officials claim that rooting out “modern-day redlining” is a top priority. And HUD can bring lawsuits claiming bias in mortgage lending.

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

That, in turn, can often weaken the confidence of builders, consumers and investors amid a looming recession. SEATTLE VOTES ON HOUSING ISSUE Seattle residents voted this week on whether the city should establish a public developer to build permanently affordable housing. Execs describe it inelegantly as “unwinding head count.”

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 13, 2023

Moody’s Investors Service noted that banks hold approximately half of the $6T in commercial real estate debt, with the largest share maturing within the next three years, according to Reuters. Local government, developers, architects and others will need to step up and take responsibility for the sake of our city.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2022

One measure would expand existing federal subsidies for multifamily housing development. Another would hand out federal tax credits for developing or rehabbing homes for owner-occupants instead of large investors, making available 125,000 homes for low- and middle-income homebuyers. To do so, it first needs FHFA’s approval.

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Clear Capital

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

It’s also, to be clear, somewhat about revolutionizing and modernizing the appraisal process by enabling property data collection to be performed by non-appraisers. ” This has been a very hot and important topic within the lending space for the last year or so, we’ve talked about it on this podcast before Kenon.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Luckily, advancements in evaluating consumers’ ability to repay have arrived and can enable lenders to adopt responsible and more inclusive lending practices. Fortunately, modern advancements in data intelligence offer lenders a way to reincorporate that process without all of the hassle.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 11, 2022

While investors of mortgaged securities help dictate their interest rates, the Federal Reserve is behind the scenes influencing the overall lending environment. People love experiences to fill their memory bank and social media feed – and real estate developers are listening. TREATING YOURSELF EVERY DAY. Dining out. Theme parks.

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Appraisal Today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Excerpts: What does the appraiser do with the three different values that may be developed? Respectfully, if they had read my report and not just looked at the values, they would know exactly why they are different and how I developed them. Because of the housing shortage, investors are buying single-family residences.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2021

How modernized servicing creates customers for life. Servicers must be powered by nimble technology to be heroes to borrowers, stalwarts to investors, and stewards of consumer protection to regulators. Presented by: Sagent Lending Technologies. .”

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