Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2021

Consumers, real estate agents, investors, mortgage lenders, insurance companies and other financial institutions need accurate valuations to inform their immediate decisions about investing in real estate and underwriting property. Todd Teta – guest columnist March HW Magazine.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2021

Venture capital-backed mortgage lender Better.com is going international. The company, which is expected to go public later this year, has agreed to acquire United Kingdom-based digital mortgage brokerage Trussle. Trussle’s investors include American bank Goldman Sachs and Amsterdam-based venture capital fund Finch Capital.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2022

Private equity firm Narrow Gauge Capital (NGC) acquired Inco-Check, LLC , a provider of quality control audit mortgage software and fraud prevention services. Founded in 2000, Irvine, California-based Inco-Check leverages its proprietary web-based platform to support GSE, regulatory agency, and investor requirements.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Scot Rose , CIO at Class Valuation , to talk about innovation in the appraisal space and how the technology being deployed for appraisal modernization can actually protect appraisers. SW: How is Class Valuation leveraging AI? How is Class Valuation rising to that challenge?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

loanDepot ‘ s CEO and president Frank Martell said the mortgage market will remain challenging in 2024. ” Running a public company, Martell said that amid a challenging mortgage market, “the most important thing is not to try to play with stock price.” ” loanDepot’s stock closed at $1.47 ”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2021

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge joined Biden to mark the 100th year since a white mob killed hundreds of Black residents of the Greenwood District. How hybrid title and valuations help increase lending efficiency. Developers, lenders or local governments could compete for the funds through an application process.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 31, 2022

As we all know, the home valuation is an integral part of the lending process that helps Americans in their journey to homeownership. This series of articles explores the role of appraisal review processes in the risk system in the format of mortgage lending for 1-4 family real estate. The Appraisal Review.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2022

To support lenders and appraisers in meeting these new desktop appraisal guidelines, Clear Capital has developed two new desktop appraisal solutions, Desktop Appraisal and Desktop Data Collection, which launched April 5. lenders and nearly every mortgage investor. Duane Andrews, CEO, Clear Capital.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2021

Mortgage servicers are staying busy. Leveraging our own real estate data and analytics to amplify our broker- and appraisal-based valuation services, Clear Capital delivers highly-accurate information with rapid turn-times and a robust quality control process,” said Kenon Chen, EVP of corporate strategy.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2021

Prior to the Great Recession, private label securitizations (PLS) constituted a majority of all residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) issued. Since 2018, MISMO has been developing a modern, standardized data set to facilitate the electronic exchange of information to the credit rating agencies that analyze risks in mortgage assets.

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2022

The requirement also applies to mortgage lenders, legal experts say. According to Kris Kully, an attorney at Mayer Brown , the notice will affect mortgage lenders because many of the underwriting systems lenders use to measure default risk contain proprietary algorithms, or “black-box models.” Presented by: Mortgage Coach.

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2022

“I would largely chalk up any shelving of plans to go public to the macro backdrop including stock market volatility, recession fears and slowing housing,” said Thomas McJoynt, an equity research analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods who focuses upon real estate and mortgage companies. But those valuations have fallen.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Digital mortgage-servicing platformer Valon announced Wednesday a $43.9 million raise in equity funding with participation from affiliates of Starwood Capital Group and Freedom Mortgage , alongside independent investor and Softbank Group International CEO, Marcelo Claure.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2024

So, from origination to processing, closing, sales and servicing — we don’t have the servicing piece, but we connect the dots into servicing for valuation and analytics, and so on. You’re talking about many hundreds of investors with their different rules and what they’re willing to underwrite. 1 position forever.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2022

The question was on the minds of many at the Waldorf Astoria in Dana Point, California on Thursday – will non-qualified mortgage products become more commoditized as the rising rate environment wallops agency lending? of the overall mortgage market. Taylor Stork, chief operating officer at Developer’s Mortgage Company , agrees.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2022

There is also a renewed interest in the future state of residential mortgage originations. This does not even include the exacting requirements of regulators and investors. If we look further towards property valuation, many concerns were exacerbated by the pandemic and a dwindling number of qualified valuation professionals.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In today’s competitive real estate market, an increasing number of real estate investors are turning to private money lenders to help them close deals faster, enhance property valuations, and increase their returns. Property managers and real estate agents who are interested in working with investors.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The year ahead for the mortgage-servicing rights market is shaping up to be a lucrative play for investors, lenders and others looking to purchase MSR assets. Independent mortgage banks (IMBs) leaning on MSR sales, however, now face a supply-demand imbalance, market observers say. These differences can cause volatile MSR values.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Always include your contact information and a call to action, such as an offer for a free home valuation. In this complimentary meeting, we’ll go through your property, and I’ll give you my expert recommendations on repairs to make, renovations that’ll provide the best return, and, of course, a current market valuation of your property.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2021

Shares closed trading at $20.90, giving Blend a valuation of around $4.6 The independent public offering comes following a banner year for the mortgage industry , in which Blend still lost $75 million on revenue of $96 million. Company executives and their investors seem unconcerned about Blend’s lack of profitability.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

Suazo has over 15 years of leadership experience in the mortgage lending space with firms including Stearns Lending , Bank of America , Carrington Holding Company and CloudVirga. Valuation technology company Valligent Technologies has named Walter Allen as its executive vice president of digital transformation.

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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

AUGUST 12, 2020

Blend announced Wednesday it has raised a $75 million Series F round at a valuation of nearly $1.7 This morning, Blend President Tim Mayopoulos (and former CEO of Fannie Mae ) told me that Blend didn’t necessarily “need” the funding but saw the value in accelerating its product development plans. Stay tuned for updates. trillion U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

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. MERS provided a trusted “golden record” of the owner of the mortgage loan asset, Simplifile reaches the county recording end-points, IDC integrated $5.2B

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The downsized offering follows a theme that’s afflicted almost all of the nonbank mortgage originators that have gone public in the last year. And according to Inside Mortgage Finance, loanDepot originated about $100.7 billion in mortgages throughout 2020. But it noted that its retail strategy is more developed.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Working as a commercial real estate developer can be a lucrative career path for savvy entrepreneurs. Setting Yourself Up for Success in Real Estate Development. Perhaps the most important trait for a commercial real estate developer is the ability to identify an ideal piece of land. Image by Unsplash. Network to get funding.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Let’s take some time to reintroduce Desktop Appraisals and explore the risks that are presented when a Desktop Appraisal is requested of an appraiser as part of the mortgage application process. Prior to 2020, the most common appraisal label in the mortgage origination ecosystem was the Full Appraisal. Appraisal Labels.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The leaders of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac sat down with Mortgage Bankers Association Chair-elect Kristy Fercho on Tuesday at the MBA Annual conference to discuss how the GSEs have managed the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis. The pandemic helped push over 400,000 borrowers to enter forbearance, and about 115,000 to exit forbearance, he said.

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Clear Capital

AUGUST 30, 2023

Reno, NV – August 30, 2023 – Clear Capital , the national real estate valuation technology company, today announced a partnership with LenderX , a leading real-estate valuations SaaS provider, to deliver its lenders access to AURA , Clear Capital’s automated collateral underwriting solution.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2022

Last Friday, HomeSmart filed an “ S-1 ” with the Securities and Exchange Commission , a document that conveys HomeSmart’s intention to sell company shares to prospective investors and the public. HomeSmart has yet to give itself a valuation or declare how much money it seeks to raise in a public offering.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2021

All mortgage companies that have ever failed, have one thing in common: they ran out of cash. Additionally, we spent the last ten years at Guaranteed Rate building our digital mortgage platform and it was a huge part of our success in 2020. We’re really fortunate to work with the best sales, tech, and ops professionals in the industry.

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DW Slater Company

JUNE 16, 2022

They had simulators that you sat in and gave you all kinds of tests to develop your defensive driving skills. Mortgage rates are already moving up and are projected to move higher. One factor that we did not consider was the impact of institutional investors. The investors either resold the homes or rented them.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2022

As businesses around the globe continue to streamline their processes with the help of tech advancements, residential valuation services are doing their part to keep pace. subsidiary and Radian company, offers 21st-century valuation solutions that take home price estimates to a new level.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

CAPE Analytics has unveiled a new, AI-powered , automated property condition report (aPCR) tool crafted for institutional lenders, whole loan investors, and real estate investors. The common understanding of valuation, inspection and even property value is shifting, as more and more technology-enabled alternatives are emerging.

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Clear Capital

JUNE 14, 2022

We’re excited to announce that property rental data is now available in ClearProp , the lending-grade, industry-leading valuation tool. You can experience at no cost*, ClearProp’s deep rental property and interactive valuation data by registering at portal.clearcapital.com. Gain market insights with interactive rental data. properties.

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Clear Capital

AUGUST 8, 2023

AURA also helps prevent costly repurchase requests through inclusion of UCDP findings, as well as other investor-specific rules and checklists, presented to the reviewer during the initial review. Risky Terms — Detect bias within the appraisal with risky terms rules.

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The Robert Weiler Company

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

Land appraisal is a process of assessing the land value and then developing an opinion of value. A land appraisal process involves many factors, such as identifying the land quality, size, and location, sales comps, best use of the land, and potential future development. Licensed land valuations vastly differ from building valuations.

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