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Guild Mortgage CEO on values, culture and M&A priorities

Housing Wire

Part of the strategy, she said, is to remain focused predominantly on the retail side of the business. “We We decided going forward that we’re going to focus 100% on retail ,” she said. “We Schmidt also talked about the need to invest in the company’s technology platform to better enable its people.

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Pennymac shakes up tech leadership

Housing Wire

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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United Wholesale Mortgage’s Blink+ tool includes an LOS, POS and CRM all in one package

Housing Wire

The wholesale channel will continue to grow as more retail originators and borrowers learn the benefits of working with a mortgage broker. Blink+ is a white-label, borrower-facing digital application tool. United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) is solely focused on growing the wholesale channel and helping independent brokers thrive. “At

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What mortgage lenders need to know about wholesale

Housing Wire

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. And those tools are just the start.

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ICE envisions an unstoppable ‘life-of-loan’ platform with Black Knight acquisition

Housing Wire

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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Rick Arvielo on New American Funding’s acquisition strategy

Housing Wire

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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DocMagic integrates Total eClose with Finastra’s MortgagebotLOS

Housing Wire

“We’ve demonstrated the power of Total eClose through our integration with Finastra’s MortgagebotLOS, creating an innovative automation tool for every eClosing originated through the solution,” Dominic Iannitti , president and CEO of DocMagic, said.

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