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HousingWire Magazine: June 2021

Housing Wire

This issue marks my first issue overseeing the magazine with a cover photoshoot, and wow, Matt Jones, who is portrayed on the cover, really set the bar high when it comes to what it means to be a Rising Star. HousingWire Magazine delivered to your home or office. Brena Nath HW+ Managing Editor. BECOME A MEMBER TODAY. Already a member?

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5 takeaways from Zillow’s nightmare

Housing Wire

Look, similar to other technology companies that have gone before us, we strongly believe in taking big swings and failing fast. Is Zillow a technology company that may yet dominate U.S. Or is it a 16-year-old business good at aggregating home listings, but bad at developing beyond that? Zillow CEO Rich Barton. real estate?

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What fintech does your company need in 2021?

Housing Wire

2020 served as a real litmus test for mortgage technology and fintech. Between having to transition whole teams to work from home — in some cases over just a weekend — to dealing with crushing origination volume, companies could clearly see the advantages or disadvantages of the technology they had invested in. . Already a member?

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QVM Insights from Quantarium & Valligent Technologies delivers a standardized valuation process to reduce risk

Housing Wire

Real estate technology has changed rapidly over the last few years, and property valuation is no exception. Quantarium, an artificial intelligence and RE data analytics company, along with Valligent Technologies, a valuation technology innovator and an appraisal management company, created QVM Insights.

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Opinion: the future of digital workflows combines flexibility with personalization

Housing Wire

For those in the mortgage space, there are a myriad of technology solutions claiming to help streamline lending operations and improve efficiency. When investing in a technology that someone else designed to automate workflows, it’s important to ask — how do I make this workflow work for me?

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An inside look at the latest trends in housing regulation and policy, featuring the 2022 Vanguard Honoree, Seth Appleton

Housing Wire

Seth Appleton: The cost to originate a mortgage remains stubbornly high, so we are focused on developing standards that enable the industry to leverage data and technology to reduce costs, maximize efficiencies and lessen the need to constantly reverify and revalidate information. It is fundamental to what MISMO is and does.

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This techie mortgage broker has cleared $1 billion in originations this year. And now Thuan Nguyen is scaling up

Housing Wire

And it’s because of the software, because of the technology. I think it’s all because of the technology. Though plenty of loan originators and brokerage executives are stuffing their pockets with cash, his approach is rare – he personally develops his own software and sells it to other brokerages. . Already a member?

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