Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2022

Josip Rupena, CEO of Milo, said in a statement that a crypto mortgage is one of the ways that consumers can invest the estimated $2 trillion in crypto wealth. As a direct lender that is already licensed, audited, and insured, Milo is able to stand behind its commitment to lend its clients,” Milo said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, payments, insurance and proptech. This setup lets a consumer compare quotes from several insurers, including Progressive, with only one click. market for homeowners’ insurance.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

Polly, a software-as-service mortgage-technology firm that operates a loan-trading platform , has raised $37 million through a new funding round, its third since launching in 2019 — bringing the total raised from investors to $57 million. Building the next generation of tech: Three ways to digitize home lending.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As the housing market suffers through a drought of home sales and related mortgage originations in the current high-rate environment, home prices and home equity continue to climb, helping to spark a revival of another sector — home equity lending and investment. billion, according to a review of bond-rating and industry reports.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

“CoreLogic is a mission-critical vendor and data provider across industry sectors in which Stone Point has specialized over the past 20 years, including mortgage, residential real estate and P&C insurance,” said Chuck Davis, CEO of Stone Point Capital. Strategies lenders should adopt from direct to consumer lending. Sign up here.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2021

Blend’s investors are apparently convinced that the company can radically transform lending, simplifying and digitizing regimented-but-clumsy processes that are still rather paperwork-heavy. ” Blend’s white-label technology is what powers mortgage applications on the website of traditional banks such as Wells Fargo and U.S. .

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The message was clear: if you weren’t already invested in new digital mortgage experience, then your competition already beat you to the sale. New investment money began to flow into start-up fintech companies like Blend, Roostify and more than a dozen other new brands. Lenders immediately began to race to catch up.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2021

has raised $175 million to accelerate growth and fund new technologies , just 16 months after relaunching its operations. Funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management , MFA Financia l, various family offices, and other strategic investors invested through a StoicLane’s special purpose vehicle, StoicLane said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Axis has lending and title academies, with an origination academy set to launch in the spring of 2024. Graduates of the program commonly find job placements with lenders, technology companies, fintech and proptech firms, or title companies. The initial 30 days establish a foundational understanding of mortgage lending concepts.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

As a refresher, “redlining” means that no matter the features or amenities that a home provides, if the home is in a neighborhood with Black residents (homeowners or renters), traditional (and more affordable) lending and insurance would be denied — although a few sub-prime options tend to circle these communities like sharks.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2021

UniversalCIS also moved into the appraisal space in January after it acquired mortgage tech provider Sharper Lending. The investment by Lovell Minnick comes on the heels of a record year for much of the industry. “Providing a best in class service technology to those firms is an ever increasing need. Cooper on Monday.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Leveraging our proprietary data extraction technology, we are currently maintaining more than 1,600 title plants covering nearly 80% of the U.S. billion in revenue from its title insurance and services segments, a 13% year-over-year increase. During Q4, First American’s investment in come was $49 million, down 8% from a year prior.

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2021

SoftPro has named title and escrow veteran Gorkem Kuterdem its new chief technology officer, the company announced Thursday. Kuterdem has more than 15 years of experience specific to the title industry, previously serving as senior vice president for strategy at Adeptive Software and former CTO for WFG National Title Insurance Co.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2022

The title insurance space isn’t generally known for placing outsized bets on technology. But for First American, its shrewd investments in rising proptech companies are a core business strategy. In addition, He will continue to serve as the managing director of the company’s venture investing arm. As of Sept.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Our solution prioritizes the borrower experience and promotes a “self-cure” to insurance resolution with a multi-channel campaign that includes both digital and print touchpoints with consumers. HW: How have you seen technology impacted by COVID-19? Seeing a better way, Allied has revolutionized mortgage tracking.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

San Antonio, Texas-headquartered USAA eliminated 130 positions in the real estate lending group amid projections that the mortgage industry will shrink in 2023. Sometimes that means investing more heavily in growth areas and scaling back or stopping work in others.” The layoffs at USAA Federal Savings Bank represent about 1.6%

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Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2021

trillion in origination volume and a continuation of tight lending spreads. Then, by late Q1/early Q2 2021, pricing wars were erupting in various channels, margins were falling (rapidly), and the industry was getting ready for a decrease in lending activity in the back half of the year. Entering 2020 the market was expecting <$2.0

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 24, 2023

Still, Garg managed to keep SoftBank and Novator Capital committed to investing in the company. In an interview with HousingWire , Garg said the company has shifted its strategy ahead of its IPO—Better plans to be a mortgage marketplace that sells its technology platform to other companies. “Our The company posted a loss of $89.9

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

” Better is partnering with other businesses to offer services such as homeowner’s insurance and to provide access to a network of real estate agents, rather than offering these products and services directly to borrowers. That technology platform has helped us maintain best-in-class compliance and regulatory audits.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2022

CM : Firstly, reverse mortgages, whether government-insured or proprietary, are non-recourse loans. HW: How does Reverse Mortgage Funding help lending professionals educate themselves and their clients on the benefits of reverse mortgages in our current housing market? Not tax advice. Consult a tax professional. †

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2021

Blend’s white label technology is what powers mortgage applications on the site of banks such as Wells Fargo and U.S. In all, its technology platforms saw $1.4 The digital lending software provider has even been breaking into adjacent businesses of late. trillion in mortgages and other loans in 2020, Blend said. for about $1.8

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Housing Wire

JUNE 19, 2023

Milestones CEO Dustin Gray emphasizes the importance of investing in relationships and playing the long game in this market. Whether you’re on the brokerage or lending side, offering clients something that aligns with today’s narrative is key. Evolve the technology stack.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2022

The FHFA this week launched a new Office of Financial Technology, which it said will be the main point of contact for fintech matters. At the same time, the agency is seeking feedback on how to incorporate technological advancements into the mortgage lifecycle. billion in 2021, up from $0.4

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2021

operations from ET Investments , and even expanded into Alaska with the acquisition of Yukon Title. It claims to have more than 3,000 customers in lending and real estate. Services , just in March. In late 2020, Stewart acquired a significant number of Western U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2023

million in a seed round, the Miami-based cryptocurrency lending platform announced on Tuesday that it launched a product that allows investors in Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDC to use their assets to secure funding for real estate purchases. “The use case for crypto has to go beyond investment potential. Six months after raising $3.5

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2021

Blend’s white label technology is what powers mortgage applications on the site of banks such as Wells Fargo and U.S. CEO Nima Ghamsari, a former employee of analytics giant Palantir Technologies , and Blend President Timothy Mayopoulos, a former chief executive officer at Fannie Mae. Presented by: FADT. million and $74.6

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2021

Blend’s white-label technology is what powers mortgage applications on the websites of traditional banks such as Wells Fargo and U.S. Over the last two years, Blend has acquired its own mortgage insurance firm and title insurance firm. The latter deal, a $422 million investment in Title 365 , closed in the second quarter.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech-focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, insurance and real estate. Fintech-focused Canapi Ventures led the investment, which brings Blend’s total venture raised to $365 million since its 2012 inception.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2020

HousingWire recently spoke with Susan Falsetti, managing director of Origination Title and Close at ServiceLink, about the state of title in 2020 and how the EXOS technology platform allowed ServiceLink clients to take advantage of virtual closing solutions. This technology became essential amid social distancing guidelines.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2021

Despite 2020’s pause in originations and securitizations, the 2021 outlook for non-QM lending is promising. Investors are returning to the space with more confidence, and new investors like private equities and insurance companies are showing interest. billion in total securitizations – only a 33% decrease from its 2019 high.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2022

Wells Fargo , one of the nation’s largest banks, had at least 114 layoffs in its home lending business following a drop in revenue in that division in the first quarter of 2022. Wells Fargo: at least 114 employees in home lending. The bank’s revenues in the home lending business totaled $1.5 loanDepot: Unknown.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2021

“Something buyers aren’t aware of is that the appraisal process can take a while, depending on location, geography and the number of appraisers available at a company,” said Anthony Masseria, Vice President and Area Lending Manager at Citi. The Citi team wants you to feel confident during your home-buying journey.

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Eppraisal

APRIL 21, 2023

These instincts show up in many areas of our lives, especially our finances and investments. Not only do we fear losing deposits, we also worry about the effect of failure on lending, credit and their costs. They are businesses that lend money, borrow money and invest money that they hold on behalf of their customers.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Other incentives are more federal support, clearer construction lending terms and fewer local regulations. Remove Condo Lending Restrictions. Another concern is defect litigation can increase the cost of insurance. Invest in Manufactured Homes. Use Low-Cost Materials and Technology. Shipping containers.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Luckily, the technology and infrastructure we had in place at ServiceLink kept our client service uninterrupted. We’ve invested hundreds of millions of dollars in leading-edge title technology – and our teams of top data scientists, inventors and engineers ensure our processes are as automated as possible.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

However, over the past year, my business has been changing rapidly as I shift away from lending work to non-lender work as my primary business. By introducing Digital GLA, CubiCasa aimed to leverage advanced technology, such as artificial intelligence and computer vision, to streamline the measurement process. Did I go dark?

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Eppraisal

AUGUST 22, 2023

The world of real estate has undergone a technological transformation over the past 10 to 20 years, with Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) emerging as powerful tools for property valuation. These professionals can utilize Commercial AVMs to conduct thorough analyses of potential investments.

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