Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2024

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) introduced MSP Digital Experience (MSP DX), a conversational user interface designed to interact with the company’s leading mortgage servicing system, MSP. It also unveiled two new tools , Validate ROV and Validate Selector, that were added to its growing suite of property valuation solutions.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2022

Polly , a software-as-service mortgage technology firm that operates a loan-trading platform, integrated with six mortgage insurance providers to streamline the mortgage process for loan officers and mortgage lenders. .

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2021

year-over-year increase in title insurance premium volume during the third quarter of 2021 according to ALTA’s Market Share Analysis , published on Thursday. During Q3 2021, the title insurance industry generated $6.8 billion in title insurance premium, marking the industry’s best quarter on record. Presented by: ServiceLink.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Mortgage capital markets tech firm Polly rolled out its Lender Intelligence platform, which leverages data and analytics to drive margin expansion and cost reduction. Lenders can also license Polly’s raw data for use in tandem with existing in-house tools.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

A passion for technology led her to work in the fintech and blockchain spaces, and she has now turned her attention to the senior finance space by founding a company called Graceful Finance. naturally exposing her more closely to the American reverse mortgage industry. Reverse mortgage findings When asked about how European and U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

Digital mortgage automation solution provider Floify launched a mortgage point-of-sale (POS) platform for lenders. is a software development company that offers a digital loan origination system and POS for the mortgage industry. Floify Lender Edition is a counterpart to Broker Edition , which was rolled out in December.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

Mortgage capital markets tech firm Polly announced its application programming interface (API) integration with CoreLogic , which will enable lenders to streamline the digital mortgage process. In August 2022, Polly announced that it extended its API portfolio to better accommodate lenders amid a contracting mortgage environment.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 4, 2021

DataVerify , a provider of data verification, risk mitigation and workflow automation services, has integrated with Rocket Companies’ Nexsys Technologies. DataVerify will directly connect with Nexsys Clear HOIsm, a tool from Nexsys Technologies that automates the verification of homeowners insurance (HOI) for mortgage lenders.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Digital mortgage automation solutions provider Floify is partnering with Truv , a consumer-permissioned data platform, the company announced on Wednesday. The integration allows mortgage lenders to verify income and employment seamlessly as borrowers apply for a loan.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2024

When loanDepot announced that it was the victim of a cybersecurity incident in early January, it became the fourth publicly traded mortgage or title firm to absorb an attack in as many months. The recent spate of high-profile cybersecurity incidents kicked off with a data breach at nonbank mortgage lender and servicer Mr. Cooper.

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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.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2020

HousingWire recently spoke with Brian Simon, president of Trelix Mortgage Fulfillment Services, about how Trelix helps its clients work more efficiently while still maintaining compliance and performing due diligence. HousingWire: What sets Trelix apart from other mortgage fulfillment services?

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2022

Full-service lender Cherry Creek Mortgage announced Rick Hogle has joined the company as its chief revenue officer. Hogle began his mortgage career in 2001 at New Century Mortgage , where he became a branch manager. How to make digital marketing easy and effective for mortgage professionals.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with Christian Mills, head of Financial Advisor Relations at Reverse Mortgage Funding, about the ways a reverse mortgage can create a stable cash flow for homeowners in the midst of a volatile housing market. CM : Firstly, reverse mortgages, whether government-insured or proprietary, are non-recourse loans.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2022

Nima Ghamsari, CEO and founder of mortgage fintech Blend Labs. In 2008, as the financial crisis was unfolding, he landed a job at secretive big data startup Palantir , where he learned that the $10 trillion mortgage industry was still in the Stone Age technologically. Blend Labs CEO Nima Ghamsari is a betting man. He was right.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In today’s rapidly changing technology landscape, businesses in the title insurance , mortgage and real estate industries must prioritize cybersecurity response planning and business continuity. Failing to identify and prepare for cybersecurity risks is like ignoring darkening clouds on the horizon.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Housing Wire recently sat down with Newbold Advisors Partner Robert Simpson to learn more mortgage claims in today’s servicing climate. HousingWire: What are some key challenges servicers are currently facing regarding mortgage claims? Robert Simpson: This is a pivotal moment for mortgage servicers.

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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. It operates more than 650 branches nationwide and employs some 4,000 people.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2021

The independent public offering comes following a banner year for the mortgage industry , in which Blend still lost $75 million on revenue of $96 million. ” 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

MARCH 5, 2024

LenderLogix , a provider of white-label mortgage software, has integrated with AccountChek , a digital verification service for assets, income and employment, the companies announced on Tuesday. AccountChek was acquired in March 2023 by publicly traded title insurer Stewart Information Service Corp.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

As existing-home sales continue to slide and mortgage rates rise ever higher, all but eliminating any hope for refinance transactions, the title insurance industry is doubling down on technology. At the same time, firms overlook the cultural impact the technologies could have, causing us to underestimate their impact on society.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2023

The rapidly cooling housing market in 2022 was not kind to Big Four title insurer Old Republic. Hampered by the volatile interest rate environment and dramatic drop off in refinance transactions, the firm’s title insurance sector saw its pretax operating income drop 67.2% million, down from $627.0 million in Q2 2021.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2022

Polly, a software-as-service mortgage technology firm that operates a loan-trading platform, extended its Application Programming Interface (API) portfolio to better accommodate lenders amid a contracting mortgage environment. The post Polly extends API portfolio as lenders look to streamline appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Managing a profitable mortgage business can be challenging in the best of markets. Mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) are valuable assets for mortgage lenders when origination business is slow. But lenders must also consider mortgage originator’s loan product innovation. of all mortgage applications.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

And yes, this certainly has had an impact on insurance companies from coast to coast, as we’ve seen insurers retreat en masse from states such as California , Florida , and Texas , which have all seen record losses in recent years from wildfires, earthquakes, hurricanes, severe winter storms, sinkholes, and more.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

HousingWire recently spoke with Propertybase CEO Vance Loiselle about real estate tech and how the past year has accelerated the need for digital collaboration tools across the entire customer journey. HousingWire: What role has the increase in technology played for both businesses and consumers in the real estate space?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2023

The proposed rule would also implement quality control standards that govern the use of automated valuation models (AVMs) used by mortgage originators and secondary market issuers in valuing real estate collateral securing mortgage loans. Department of the Treasury ; and the Federal Reserve System. .”

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Clear Capital

JULY 13, 2023

Through this integration, Clear Capital will deliver an improved user experience for mortgage lenders and loan officers ordering products that support appraisal modernization, such as Universal Data Collection (UDC ) , Desktop appraisals and Hybrid appraisals. To learn more about Encompass, visit [link].

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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. It checks income, it verifies identities and has become a key consumer-facing processing tool for some of the largest mortgage lenders in the country.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

LodeStar Software Solutions, a provider of compliance tools for mortgage lenders, has partnered with loan origination system and software provider LendingPad, it announced on Tuesday. The aim of the partnership is to introduce LodeStar Discovery, a closing fee calculator, to mortgage loan originators using the LendingPad platform.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 19, 2023

It’s fair to say that almost everyone living in a home today worked with a real estate professional to purchase or mortgage their home. The newest prop tech applications to moat the client relationship are home management tools. mortgage, title, insurance, warranty) they are typically siloed and rely heavily on agents to promote them.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2023

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and the Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) sent a letter to regulators on Monday warning of the “unintended consequences” of new quality control standards for automated valuation models (AVMs). Department of the Treasury ; and the Federal Reserve System.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

When people think about the title insurance industry , what comes to mind is often its core products – title insurance policies that protect property rights of homeowners and lenders. As an industry, our commitment to protection goes beyond title insurance policies.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

Title insurance underwriter First American has launched a new digital platform for title agents, according to an announcement on Thursday. The firm’s net income also had a significant decrease falling to $109 million from $302 million a year ago, as title order volumes decreased due to rising mortgage rates.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The most likely outcomes include: Lenders: Fewer than 50 mortgage lenders will transition to a federated model that enforces the controls necessary for secure cross-industry interoperability. These essential tools require a collective commitment. Real estate and mortgage brokers will be marginalized as friction is removed.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

In its analysis of Q2 2021 figures surrounding mortgage and real estate closings, FundingShield found an overall increase in the risk of wire and title fraud, with two in five (40%+) transactions categorized as high risk. increase in errors related to CPL/agent validation in title insurer systems, as well as an 114.6%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

(ICE) and investment research firm Delta Terra Capital announced a partnership to offer climate-adjusted credit risk analytics for residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities (MBS). Our climate risk data can help inform investment decisions of U.S. municipalities, MBS pools, and related fixed income securities.

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