Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

This is an encouraging development for the housing market and in particular first-time homebuyers who are sensitive to changes in housing affordability. More than 57% of investors have priced in at least a quarter-point cut in March, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch tool.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Repurchases have been a hot topic for lenders, and to some degree, the agencies and investors have gotten a bad rap in these discussions,” said Nick Volpe , executive vice president of ACES Quality Management. “ Non-QM loans are those that cannot be purchased by the GSEs.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2023

Black Knight recently launched a web portal that enables clients, third-party providers and their developers to access the company’s application programming interfaces (APIs) across the mortgage life cycle. Its new tools also allow lenders to cut costs in a higher-rate environment.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2023

Revolution Mortgage today launched Tavant’s Decision Analysis solution, a tool for underwriters and quality control that can integrate with lender ecosystems. In December, Brian Covey, former vice president of loanDepot, joined Revolution Mortgage as executive vice president of strategy and development.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

There are too many factors involved in implementing a lender’s strategy to go too deeply into the technology here, but regardless of how the lender wants to run the business, there are tools available that can make that happen. Each lender is different and so their use of these tools will differ. Two things I will say about technology.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Snatching up first-time homebuyers is akin to striking gold — since developing a relationship with them can mean a loyal client for life. Use this tool: Market Leader Market Leader is like your all-in-one tool for real estate leads. Use this tool: FloDesk Looking for a way to make your brand pop? The best part?

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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. A group of investors led by Ocean Avenue Capital Partners provided equity capital in the transaction. Presented by: DataVerify . Berkery Noyes & Co.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2022

Minneapolis-based CarVal Investors , a global alternative investment manager and long-time player in the mortgage market, has launched a real estate mortgage investment conduit, or REMIC, that plans to work with loan originators around the country to develop and acquire innovative nonagency mortgage products.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2024

Ginnie Mae intends to develop a new reverse mortgage-backed security product enabling the acquisition of loans from an HMBS pool above the existing 98% maximum claim amount (MCA) requirement, according to a new announcement.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2023

While the markets have already “priced in” this rate hike, which was widely expected, most investors are already wondering what it would take for the central bank to lift rates again later this year. Unfortunately, the Fed does not have the right tools to tackle high housing costs in the U.S., The CME FedWatch Tool showed a 98.9%

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2021

Custodians are responsible for storing mortgage collateral documents on behalf of the investor for the life of the loan – 30 years, plus ~4 years after the mortgage is paid in full. The GSEs require this certification be completed before they securitize and sell the mortgage to investors.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2022

“Blockchain can provide enhanced protections and transparency in the ownership process for consumers and real-time settlement for investors, replacing trust with truth to create a faster, more efficient process for everyone. The post Figure and Apollo complete ownership transfer via blockchain appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

It found that more people seem to be aware of the potential value that a reverse mortgage could provide for older homeowners, including as a tool to age in place and to provide greater cash flow in retirement. But he didn’t completely shut the door on the prospect for the future. “It

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

It even integrates with commonly used tools like Salesforce , Follow Up Boss and Hubspot so you can easily target your existing contact lists. Targeting investors and tailoring your real estate prospecting letters to their needs and is very smart. I work with many investors and want to introduce myself as a resource to you.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

What we’re trying to do at ICE is break down the various transactions where a borrower and a lender might interface and figure out how we can deliver a set of technology tools and solutions so that the borrower can get their loan — for purchase or refinance — as fast as possible with the least amount of cost.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2021

COVID19 certainly accelerated development and focus on servicing, coming out of 2019 with record low default and foreclosure.”. Servicers must be powered by nimble technology to be heroes to borrowers, stalwarts to investors, and stewards of consumer protection to regulators. How modernized servicing creates customers for life.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The app offers potential buyers tools to find, research and bid on homes via a competitive auction format. Our app is a must-have for real estate investors,” said Michael Jansta, general manager of Hubzu in a statement. Since 2009, it has facilitated the more than 4.5 million bids and the sale of more than 225,000 homes.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The acquisition includes the components of ReverseVision’s full product suite including its core platform, ReverseVision Exchange (RVX), RVDOC Composer (RVDOC) that provides customized compliant reverse mortgage documents, and ReverseVision Sales Accelerator (RVSA) which includes advanced loan modeling and comparison tools.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2023

The webinar featured a panel of nationally known affordable housing experts, hosted by affordable housing developer National CORE , with the Sarasota Housing Authority , the National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) and the Housing Partnership Network (HPN) as panelists. The housing tax credit program is a good model.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2022

We recently spoke to Bao Huynh, Director of Business Development at LoanScorecard, about these changes and the challenges of originating non-QM loans. And investor guidelines are continually evolving. Keeping track of which wholesale lender or investor is buying what has been a challenge for originators.

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BiggerPockets

MARCH 27, 2023

ChatGPT, an AI language processing tool developed by OpenAI, can pass the […] Artificial intelligence has been around for decades, but it seemed a lot more innocuous when it was just playing checkers.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2021

That has some producers of non-QM loans, which require specialized underwriting expertise, looking to technology, big data and the development of automated underwriting platforms as the solution for dealing with the anticipated surge in loan volume in the years ahead. Automation just increases efficiencies,” Hutchens added.

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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

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 investors are betting that the firm can be much more than the tech that underpins mortgage application processing.

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Listing Spark

JULY 5, 2023

Real estate investors who want to stay nimble in this market (especially as inventory stays low and prices stay meteorically high) need to adopt every tool at their disposal to stay informed and to quickly assess homes just entering the marketplace. See what you need in each of these core areas.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2021

Roostify’s latest funding round was led by Ten Coves Capital with returning investors Cota Capital, Mouro Capital , Colchis Capital , Point72 Ventures, and JP Morgan Chase. In its release, Roostify said it intends to use the latest investor backing to advance its current AI technology and grow its staff by 50%.

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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

JULY 17, 2023

This powerful combination expands the reach of real estate listings to a global audience, attracting international buyers and investors. However, developing interactive virtual tours requires advanced rendering techniques and programming expertise, making them more complex to create compared to guided tours.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Most investors are already wondering what it would take for the central bank to lift rates again later this year. The CME FedWatch Tool showed a 99% chance the Fed would halt its hikes to the 5.25 of these investors bet officials will freeze the rate hike at the November 1st meeting. However, only 70.9%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2021

They are seeing their bottom line increase from helping self-employed borrowers, real estate investors, and those with credit events who fall outside Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Our Investor Cash Flow product falls closely behind that with a significant share of volume. And we are here helping all of these deserving people.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2023

“In determining the extent of additional policy firming that may be appropriate to return inflation to 2% over time, the Committee will take into account the cumulative tightening of monetary policy, the lags with which monetary policy affects economic activity and inflation, and economic and financial developments.” What’s next?

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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 tool can be paired up with other types of valuation metrics.

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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

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

I hear these phrases quite often when it comes to product and software development, but I think they apply very well to solving complex problems like transforming the property appraisal process to work better for every stakeholder. That means development can start this year, so the industry is ready to roll out the new forms in 2024.

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Listing Spark

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Margins are tightening for businesses all throughout the real estate industry, and property investors are also squeezed by rising property, renovation, and service costs. It does mean that investors should carefully consider the properties they invest in and all the tools and services they use to make business happen.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2020

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. 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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The Robert Weiler Company

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Whether you are a seasoned commercial real estate investor or just entering the game, it’s important to have “go-to” resources to support – or strengthen – your growth in the industry. They cover trends and research that focus on commercial real estate investment, finance, development, and leasing. CREtech Blog. Urban Land Magazine.

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