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RealFi lays off employees without paying salaries, severance: sources 

Housing Wire

However, two former employees said the company communicated it’s shutting down its mortgage lending business. “They have let branch managers and loan officers go and say they are transitioning to a broker [shop].” Purchases comprised about 66%, conventional loans were 45% and 95% were banked loans.

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Building the next generation of tech: Three ways to digitize home lending

Housing Wire

At each stage of the buying process, there are multiple siloed transactions, from appraisals, inspections and settlements to mortgage payments and homeowners’ insurance. Digitalization in the home lending industry does not always require companies to entirely invent new technology solutions. However, it’s important.

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Tavant’s FinXperience brings all parties in the lending process onto one collaboration platform

Housing Wire

Borrowers, loan officers and the corresponding processors and underwriters are often working on entirely different systems. The platform is loan origination system-agnostic and is able to “surround and extend” loan origination systems to provide a more efficient lending experience.

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Mortgage Coach, Polly team up amid a rapidly shrinking industry

Housing Wire

Mortgage Coach, founded in 2009 and based in California, offers an interactive borrower education platform that lets loan officers guide borrowers through a visual presentation of their loan options. The goal is to help drum up business for lenders during an extremely challenging time in the industry. .

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UWM expands bank statement loan offerings 

Housing Wire

Depending on their FICO scores, loan amounts and debt-to-income (DTI) ratios, borrowers have the option to choose from four available bank statement loan options. No mortgage insurance is required. All four loans require separate appraisals from two different appraisers for loan amounts over $1.5

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How InstaMortgage convinced top broker shop to jump to retail

Housing Wire

As part of the merger, Jim Black, the founder of All Cal, will become chief lending officer of InstaMortgage. Black, a licensed mortgage loan officer and broker, will also lead product development, tech partnerships and sales growth. Terms of the deal, which was announced on Tuesday, were not disclosed.

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Did Michael Strauss, accused of fraud, just start a new mortgage company?

Housing Wire

There were no severance packages, and even health insurance was canceled retroactive to May 2022, leaving some on the hook for huge medical bills. That’s according to four former employees and company registration documents reviewed by HousingWire. Shocked employees didn’t receive their last paychecks.

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