Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2021

Fintech lender Figure Technologies is going full force in to the mortgage lending – and now servicing – blockchain revolution. Just one week after its announcement that it would merge with lender Homebridge Financial Services , the company revealed a partnership with loan servicing software developer Sagent. billion valuation.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2022

Founded in 2000, Irvine, California-based Inco-Check leverages its proprietary web-based platform to support GSE, regulatory agency, and investor requirements. Boston, Massachusetts-based NGC, founded in 2015, is focused on making investments in health care services, financial services technology, distribution and logistics sectors.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 30, 2021

a national brokerage known for its real estate valuation technology and , today announced Greg Straughn has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Straughn will oversee the financial, accounting, and investor relations functions for HouseCanary. HouseCanary Inc.,

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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. lenders and nearly every mortgage investor.

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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.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2022

This has led many lenders to feel overwhelmed by options and lack understanding of how, when and where to best implement new technology. Many of these goals lead to adding technologies that can both speed up cycle times and drive down costs. This does not even include the exacting requirements of regulators and investors.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2021

Clear Capital’s suite of field valuations, real estate analytics, and platform technology solutions help servicers prevent fraud, check the accuracy of completed appraisals and broker price opinions (BPOs), conduct portfolio valuation analysis and updates, and help with disposition analysis on distressed loans.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

As a marketer by profession, I tend to put these companies into categories to create a narrative and to develop brand specificity. There are hundreds of companies that help with various parts of the transaction and process “supply chain,” from search and valuation to closing, from appraisal to title, from targeting to closing.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

“Investors have a view of this sector in general; every company has a low valuation, and certainly in mortgages,” Martell said. ” Martell said loanDepot is investing in fundamental, underlying systems and looking at the point-of-sale technology. ” loanDepot’s stock closed at $1.47 on Wednesday.

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2022

The San Francisco company was now “backed by the top three technology initial public offering underwriters,” Side announced at the time , and the money raise “sets the stage for a future IPO.”. But those valuations have fallen. But today Redfin stock is at just over $9, with a valuation of a little over $1 billion.

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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. The government watchdog in February also announced a potential clamp down on the use of automated valuation models by lenders and appraisers.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2021

HW Media CEO Clayton Collins and Scott Happ, president of Secondary Marketing Technologies at Black Knight, discuss Black Knight’s acquisition of Optimal Blue and what the industry can expect from the company’s new Secondary Marketing Technologies division. Presented by: Black Knight. Analysts have expressed some optimism.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

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. million and puts the proptech at a roughly $590 million valuation, people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2022

“The way that we like to look at solving that problem is through a click of a button, distributing the loan at an even price to sell that to a cadre of investors,” Al Qureshi, managing partner at Blue Water Financial Technologies , said on Thursday during IMN ‘s third annual Non-QM Forum in California. That takes a lot of time.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

Technology and the trust model Real estate is too vital to our economy to be so financially concentrated and functionally outdated. 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

JULY 19, 2021

Shares closed trading at $20.90, giving Blend a valuation of around $4.6 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. “So, the roadshow was very, very well received.”

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The markets perceived no additional risk in transactions where the appraiser signing off on the valuation of the collateral being utilized for a credit decision did not physically inspect the property. There is a long history of technology advances adopted into the appraisal processes. Lenders rely on regulation and policy.

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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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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.

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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

AUGUST 1, 2023

Name Job Title Company Name Agnes Standowicz Senior Vice President and Head of Underwriting United Wholesale Mortgage Alayna Gardner Director of Sales and Marketing LodeStar Software Solutions Ali Haralson President Auction.com Amanda Tucker Chief Risk and Compliance Officer Atlantic Bay Mortgage Company Amy Gromowski Executive of Science and Analytics (..)

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2021

We believe the combination of Visa with Plaid would have delivered significant benefits, including greater innovation for developers, financial institutions and consumers. Perret said Plaid will continue to collaborate with Visa as a strategic investor and partner. Plaid’s technology enables apps to connect with users’ bank accounts.

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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

JULY 12, 2021

Trussle’s investors include American bank Goldman Sachs and Amsterdam-based venture capital fund Finch Capital. It will utilize Better’s technology to source and execute deals. We found a kindred spirit in the team at Trussle who have developed a platform that we can work alongside to help every Briton own their own home.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

But it noted that its retail strategy is more developed. LoanDepot has demonstrated it can harvest leads through its “mello” technology platform and close with a direct-to-consumer approach, but such a strategy has limitations when interest rates rise and the purchase market is more viable. The stock was trading at $16.80

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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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Housing Wire

JULY 5, 2022

Real estate valuation technology company Clear Capital rolled out two application programming interfaces (APIs) that aim to make adopting and deploying modern valuation solutions easier, ultimately closing loans faster. Using automated valuation models “leads to relatively lower racial gaps,” according to Freddie Mac. .

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Clear Capital

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Story by HousingWire Clear Capital is a national real estate valuation technology company that has been developing solutions to build confidence in real estate decisions since 2001. By centralizing all the data and insights necessary to automate the review process, AURA has reduced review times by 50%.

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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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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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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Today, while the mortgage industry has the technology to support this, we’re still in the early stages of determining how it should be used. With the advances we’re seeing in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Robotic Process Automation, we have become experts at configuring our technology to meet the changing needs of lenders.

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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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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. Grant Applications.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

Although certain markets are grappling with oversaturation, projections indicate robust growth , with a predicted valuation of $8,907.1 For investors eyeing these properties, the challenge lies in higher interest rates for investment properties compared to single-family homes. million by 2026.

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Clear Capital

MARCH 17, 2022

From informing medical diagnostics to measuring investor sentiment, using technology to scan images has brought revolutionary advancements across fields. Appraisal photos help lenders verify the condition of the property and ensure the value is supported in line with their investor guidelines. FHA Appraisal Photo Requirements.

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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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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). Joan Trice, Founder and President of the CRN states, “gross living area (GLA) is one of the most important inputs in a valuation report. Technology impacts.

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