Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

I sat down with Tim Bowler, president of ICE Mortgage Technology, a business unit of ICE, to talk about the company’s mortgage automation strategy — and what keeps him up at night. SW: ICE Mortgage Technology is known for its focus on automation. Sarah Wheeler: ICE’s acquisition of Black Knight just closed today.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Technology is at the core of everyday real estate operations. Understanding the cybersecurity landscape While technological advancements have streamlined processes, they’ve also introduced new risks. Whether it’s CRM software , document management systems, or communication platforms, prioritizing data security is paramount.

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2021

Remote online notarization company ProperSign announced a new electronic signature tool called QuickSign, which offers both RON and eSign capabilities. Between the RON capability and QuickSign, professionals no longer have to shop for two different tools,” said Wyatt Long, ProperSign vice president. Currently, 32 U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2021

We’ve experienced the important role technology can play in helping homeowners access the tools and solutions their mortgage servicer is offering. We’re using] our technology to help homeowners and servicers alike facilitate more convenient and more equitable access to loan products and closings.”.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2024

The paper was co-authored by several BlackFin executives and mortgage technology leaders from other organizations, including Chuck Iverson at Mason-McDuffie Mortgage and Maria Moskver at Cloudvirga. They argue that understanding the technology is imperative when choosing a specific tool to deploy. “In

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2024

Add mortgage tech firm Guideline Buddy to the list of companies with an artificial intelligence -powered chat tool. The new tool is designed to help loan officers, processors and underwriters instantly find the relevant mortgage guidelines they need.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 1, 2021

LoanLogics , a provider of loan quality control and document processing solutions, is acquiring LoanBeam , a provider of income calculation and verification technology endorsed by government-sponsored entities (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Using patent-pending data pairing technology that.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

By writing and maintaining all of the code along with investing heavily in putting together a world class modern IT infrastructure that efficiently leverages a mix of modern technologies like the public cloud and API based software architectures, UWM has been able to turn on a dime and stay well ahead of shifts in the market utilizing technology.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

From maintaining customer relationships to preparing documents, brokers do it all. CF Wholesale provides brokers with the resources and technology to drive their business and serve their clients. At CF Wholesale, we give them the tools to self-serve. And due to today’s booming housing market, they’re having to do even more.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

As the country embraces technology now more than ever, lenders and title companies have an opportunity to embrace the possibilities of mortgage technology to connect with consumers in new ways and grow their businesses. Having any extra tools is going to go a long way in protecting yourself,” he said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2021

Over the last several years, significant technology trends continue to change the way people interact and work, and collateral valuation is no exception. This unique valuation offering is bolstered by the industry’s largest, most comprehensive database of property and homeowner information and recorded document images.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

LauraMac, a provider of mortgage loan review SaaS technology, announced on Thursday that it has integrated with LoanLogics IDEA , an intelligent document processing and data extraction technology. LoanLogics provides lenders technology to automate the mortgage process.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 29, 2023

DocMagic , a provider of loan document generation and eMortgage services, announced this week the integration of its Total eClose platform with Finastra ‘s MortgagebotLOS solution. ” The integration combines comprehensive eClosing technology with data-driven origination workflow automation. .

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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. Revolution will implement Tavant’s document, credit, and collateral analyses solutions later this year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

Configured to give independent mortgage banks, federally insured banks and credit unions the needed tools at an accessible price point, Floify Lender Edition aims to increase lender profitability through its automated processes and efficiency tools, the company said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The inefficiencies of paper documents are undeniable. It offers instant document e-enablement by leveraging cutting-edge AI, machine learning and powerful Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology, instantly e-tagging third-party documents for eSignatures, eNotary and eClosing processes.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

However, there is an opportunity in the closing process for better integration between platforms to improve communication and sharing of documents between the brokerage, lender and closing company, each of which has its own process and technology, to relieve some of that stress.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2023

The integration with Black Knight’s digital ecosystem will give Frontwave access to technology, data and analytics solutions. It will also cut down on recurring hosting costs by reducing technology-based work. The LOS accounts for about 10-15% market share.

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McKissock

MAY 11, 2021

Technology is constantly changing the appraisal industry. Learning how to adopt—and adapt to—the new technologies can help you become more efficient and generate more income. But which tools are worth investing in? To find out, we asked real estate appraisers, “What ONE technology tool makes your life easier as an appraiser?”

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2023

Candor Technology , a mortgage artificial intelligence (AI) technology firm, announced this week that it has unveiled its latest product feature, Candor Pre-Check. The tool aims to identify inconsistencies between loan applications and borrower-provided documents to data accuracy.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2022

CXChoice is an integrated SaaS technology and production platform used to assign notaries to each order, based upon criteria set by the client. TCX provides a perfect mix of technology and service, providing its clients with the choice of how to close a loan at every stage of its digital evolution.

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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. Full year 2023 ICE Mortgage Technology (IMT) revenues including the legacy IMT business and pro forma for Black Knight are expected to be between $2.05

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This integration will enable lenders to finalize closing documents using Snapdocs within Mortgage Cadence’s loan origination system (LOS). Lenders can also use the system to order closing documents and other data. The documents will be encrypted prior to being stored on Mortgage Cadence.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Over half of Realtors said that social media was their top lead-generating technology tool, according to a new survey report from the National Association of Realtors. Other top lead generating tools included customer relationship management (31%) and MLS sites (28%).

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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. There are approximately 55 million files currently held by document custodians, which is expected to grow to 61 million by 2025.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The company — under the helm of Krishna, a veteran in the financial technology world — is focused on technology more than ever before. Digitizing documents and automating tasks “at such enormous scale have profound benefits for our business,” Krishna told analysts in its Q3 earnings call. “AI

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2022

As a result, closings today fall on a spectrum of digitization, with benefits that increase with each component that is digitized and each document that is electronically signed (eSigned). On one end are traditional wet-ink signed closings, where all documents are signed in ink. eMortgage challenges.

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GoForrmz

APRIL 10, 2023

Make your accountants’ lives easier this tax season with technology Tax season is back, and accountants are buried in paperwork once again. Advances in technology have made it easier than ever for accountants to improve their productivity and lighten their workload. Mobile Apps Mobile apps can be a helpful tool during tax season.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2024

Tech enters the picture Alongside these possibilities, the integration of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool can also be a solution. Launched in 2006, the Zillow Zestimate leverages public documents to provide estimates of value for every house in a given neighborhood. “I When labeled training data is not available (i.e.,

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2023

“Our partnership with Snapdocs further validates our work to create a solution that’s open to innovation, and empowers our joint customers to adopt the technology and tools they need to grow in any type of market. The completed documents are then encrypted and returned to MortgagebotLOS for secure storage.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Gregory Meola, managing director and head of business development & strategy for Acra Lending explains the process and how technology can be a boon to streamlining the process. While there are more options regarding income documentation, there are also other steps that are necessary.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

Sarah Wheeler: Let’s talk about your background, because you have both technology and real estate experience. Shayan Hamidi: I studied computer science, economics and math and my background is technology. That’s our point of view, which then impacts the way we go about architecting our technology and our product.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The two firms signed an agreement to combine Wolters Kluwer’s eNote and eVault solutions with Expedite Close — Black Knight’s digital closing solution — as the final pieces to connect all the tools lenders need to perform digital closings and complete digital mortgages, Black Knight said Thursday.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Tom Cronkright, co-founder and executive chairman of CertifID and CEO of Sun Title , to talk about battling the latest frauds and scams as bad actors leverage a new arsenal of tech tools to wreak havoc on buyers and sellers of real estate. And that’s all publicly available technology now.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

When we contemplate the potential of AI and Web3 technologies in real estate , it goes beyond simply revolutionizing how consumers search for homes and take ownership of assets. The technologies that truly succeed are the ones that prioritize saving agents time and driving their business forward and so far there haven’t been many.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Non-QM vigilance Pamela Hamrick, president of Incenter Diligence Solutions , which provides due-diligence reviews and document management services for the mortgage industry, said that prefunding reviews are also gaining more traction in the nonqualified mortgage ( non-QM ) space. Non-QM loans are those that cannot be purchased by the GSEs.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2023

In a joint statement , the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ, CFPB, FTC, and EEOC outlined a commitment to enforcement of existing laws and regulations despite a lack of regulatory oversight currently in place regarding emerging AI technologies. Private and public entities use these [emerging A.I.]

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