Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

Software development company Blue Sage Solutions has launched a new servicing platform that merges loan origination and servicing functions using API-based technology.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

With Blueprint Builder, triggers and business rules can be configured to align the borrower experience to operations processes (such as credit score-based rules), and to support multiple business units or channels, including retail, direct-to-consumer and wholesale. In the current environment, a rigid, static technology stack can prove fatal.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2023

New Jersey-based Homebridge Financial Services will lay off 139 employees in June, three months after the acquisition of its retail division by CMG Mortgage, Inc. In addition, the company’s CEO, Peter Norden, will act as executive advisor to CMG’s retail division to ensure a successful transition. mortgage lender by volume last year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Pennymac Financial Services has made changes to its technology leadership, creating a new role focused on digital innovations, the company announced on Tuesday. He had a crucial leadership role in Pennymac’s mortgage fulfillment, production business technology and servicing divisions.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Troy, Michigan-based appraisal management company (AMC) Class Valuation announced on Wednesday that it has acquired fellow AMC Valuation Connect , formerly a subsidiary of mortgage technology company Mortgage Connect LP. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Through the development of improved and sophisticated systems, protocols and technology, these operations leaders are driving their companies to growth and success. In its 8th year, the HW Insiders program is spotlighting the talented operations professionals who are laying the foundation of success for their organizations.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

Desmond Smith: There are two ways to get a mortgage — wholesale or retail. Retail lending is when you walk into a bank branch or go to an online lender, and they help you get a mortgage. DS: The growth of the channel has been significant, especially in terms of technology. HW: How has wholesale changed over the past 2–3 years?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

FTC sued ICE earlier this year alleging the two top mortgage technology providers would drive up costs, reduce innovation and limit lenders’ choices for mortgage origination tools. In parallel, ICE plans to develop its own PPE to provide additional options to lenders and partners, ultimately lowering the cost for the consumer. “We

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2022

Texas lender Mid America Mortgage rebranded as Click n’ Close to expand into the mortgage technology industry following the sale of the majority of its retail lending operations. Click n’ Close will retain retail operations related to its reverse mortgage and lending business for Native Americans, the company said Monday.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 22, 2022

DART (Digital Asset Registration Technologies Inc.), a combined lien and eNote registry system developed by Figure Technologies Inc. using blockchain technology, has two new integration agreements. The first is with Blue Sage , a cloud-based digital lending platform for retail, wholesale and correspondent lenders.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The California-based retail lender has set a target of becoming a top-10 lender in the markets in which it has a presence, which would give it about 2% in overall market share. The company hopes to reach its goal by growing organically with more loan officers under a dozen business development managers. It won’t be easy.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2022

In his new role, Hogle will manage the firm’s retail operations, overseeing growth and development of retail sales and the production network, while supporting the firm’s business channels. Hogle said he’s “delighted and honored” to join Cherry Creek’s “thriving retail organization.”.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

The Detroit-based lender’s unmatched combination of name recognition, digital infrastructure and consumer technology enabled it to originate more than $670 billion in mortgages in 2020 and 2021, smashing records in the process. “I was told by the recruiter this division – Rocket retail started a year ago. billion in 2021.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Rick Arvielo: What’s interesting about our growth is that we are the 13 th largest retail IMB in the country, but we’re only in about a third of the United States. We grew with a call center model for the first 10 years and only got into outside distributed retail 11 years ago. What made Draper and Kramer a good fit for NAF to acquire?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2023

Just having those additional layers in the retail model really creates strain there,” Kirby said in an interview. I think maybe if you look back a few years, the broker space from a technology perspective was lacking, but has really caught up to where retail was (…). What is the upside of launching a mortgage broker shop?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Built Technologies. Chief Technology Officer. SRE Technologies. President, Retail. Executive Vice President of Retail Lending. Chief Technology Officer. ICE Mortgage Technology. Chief Business Development. Consolidated Analytics. Benjamin Madick. Co-Founder and CEO. Matic Insurance. Dan Snyder.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2021

HousingWire recently sat down with Insellerate CEO Josh Friend to discuss that very question and what strategies retail lenders should look to adopt from direct-to-consumer lending. HW: What are some strategies that retail lenders should look at adopting from direct-to-consumer lending?

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2022

The company’s job cuts include human resources, technology, talent acquisition, and executive assistant positions. Godin relaunched the business in late 2019 as a lender focused on both wholesale and retail channels. The workforce reduction is also focused on mortgage loan production.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 29, 2023

” The integration combines comprehensive eClosing technology with data-driven origination workflow automation. ” Finastra’s MortgagebotLOS, a web-based mortgage lending platform, supports retail, wholesale, and correspondent business channels.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

A seasoned retail and commercial banking salesman in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the 39-year-old Woodward joined Interfirst Mortgage as a loan officer in October 2020 after a recommendation from an old college friend. I hadn’t developed a network for mortgage lending with Realtors,” Woodward said about his work at Interfirst in Indiana.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Online retail lender loanDepot raised just $54 million by offering 3.9 LoanDepot, the second-largest retail-focused IMB in the country, had initially planned to raise about $362.5 But it noted that its retail strategy is more developed. million by selling 17 million shares at $21 in an IPO.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2023

InstaLend is a tech-enabled real estate loan lender that provides capital to residential developers through streamlined technology and automated workflow, according to its website. We are doing a lot of research and development in it and artificial intelligence,” Slyusarchuk said. Companies that debuted on the Inc.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

The wholesale channel will continue to grow as more retail originators and borrowers learn the benefits of working with a mortgage broker. This allows UWM to build our own technology and deploy faster rather than rely on other vendors and continues to level the playing field for mortgage brokers.”. Mat Ishbia, President and CEO.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2020

He wondered how a smaller retail-and-wholesale shop could possibly compete with the likes of Rocket Companies , with massive budgets for technology and an ability to scale and expand margins. If I read Quicken ‘s materials, if I read on loanDepot’s materials, the general pitch is technology. Is this futile?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Among those getting a pink slip are 49 loan officers, 10 national account managers, seven retail sales managers and seven transaction coordinators. Interfirst was founded in 2001 as a retail originator and then expanded to the wholesale channel and the correspondent channel in 2008 and 2011, respectively.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2020

A former Quicken Loans executive, Booth has over 15 years of experience working in state and federal government bodies, focusing on transforming the mortgage industry through technology. Stephanie Gibbons has been promoted from AVP and underwriting manager of distributed retail to VP, national underwriting manager, distributed retail.

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The Robert Weiler Company

JUNE 1, 2021

Just as many today predict an all-digital retail environment, a final death blow to brick-and-mortar retail rental space, so have they expected the long-coveted “paperless office.” Retails must also adopt curbside purchase and payment options for customers interested in speed and health safety. Not even close. Amazon Immunity.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Interfirst Mortgage , the retail mortgage business he founded in 2001, had grown to $14.5 Godin made plans to relaunch the business in late 2019 as a tech-forward lender that originated loans across both wholesale and retail channels. In 2012, Dmitry Godin was seemingly on top of the world. Building the plane while flying it.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2022

million in its seed round to build a mortgage-as-a-service platform for fintechs, banks and retail banks. The product is currently deployed with early design partner customers via a private beta, and Pylon plans to use the funding for product development and talent recruitment. . Startup Pylon raised $8.5

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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

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Hubzu is an end-to-end asset management platform for residential foreclosure, short sale, REO, deed in lieu, CWCOT and retail property auctions. It’s reflective of our commitment to invest in technology and continuously improve the Hubzu marketplace.”. Since 2009, it has facilitated the more than 4.5 and Denver markets.

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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. How lenders will benefit from Black Knight’s acquisition of Optimal Blue.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2023

Too many real estate agents are watching artificial intelligence (AI) from the sidelines, assuming technology will never replace them. The history of AI and where it is going The Turing Test was developed by Alan Turing in 1950. However, it was deemed as too challenging technologically so it languished. What is next?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 19, 2021

KWx also announced Travis Peace as its first head of business development and partnerships. Similarly, Shirley has years of financial leadership experience, including at retailers Tuesday Morning and Neiman Marcus , but does not possess a real estate background.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Patterson will be joined on the panel by Dave Vermillion , founder and CEO of Mortgage Champions , and Fred Bolstad , executive vice president of retail lending at U.S. Bank Home Mortgage. Patterson has led Homepoint’s third-party originations business since 2015.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2020

At the time, the residential brokerage industry was grappling with a wave of consolidation, disruptions in technology, poaching wars and slowing growth. And Keller Williams had also been slow to adapt to shifts in technology. The move means Keller Williams Realty itself will no longer have a CEO.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

.” UWM believes expenses will not become an issue despite lower volumes because of its technology, executives said during the call. “It’s a business development strategy,” he said on the call. LoanDepot , another multichannel lender with a retail bend, also saw margins rebound in 2021, posting income of $623.1

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