Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

HousingWire recently sat down with Joe Hallett, Fannie Mae’s Vice President – Digital Products Management, to discuss how Fannie Mae is leveraging technology to expand access to homeownership. HousingWire: What have been some of the key drivers behind the digital mortgage transformation?

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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

MAY 17, 2022

Mortgage and home equity fintech FirstClose received a $35 million investment from Lateral Investment Management on Tuesday. This is FirstClose’s first institutional equity investment round: The company has been self-funded since its founding in 2000. home equity and mortgage markets.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2023

To address the challenges and inefficiencies in the traditional lending process, Tavant has developed the Touchless Lending platform, which leverages advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, data analytics and cloud computing.

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Housing Wire

MAY 12, 2022

Worsening market conditions are only going to accelerate an already hyper-competitive mortgage lending industry that is still learning to adapt to post-pandemic homebuying behaviors. Technology has been the focal point of that evolution more out of necessity than some consensus that homebuyers don’t want to interact with their lenders at all.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2021

Citadel Servicing Corporation (CSC) , one of the country’s largest non-QM lenders , is rebranding as Acra Lending (Acra). Then known as Citadel Servicing, the company was acquired by HPS Investment Partners, LLC in February 2020 for an undisclosed price. Citadel resumed non-QM lending in the summer.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2022

Tech-focused real estate brokerage Radius , flush with $14 million in venture capital raised this past April, has launched a mortgage lending arm in California that it plans to roll out to additional markets sometime next year. Is now a good time to invest in real estate automation technologies?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Purchasing a home is one of the biggest investments most people will make in their entire lives, but the complexity of securing a mortgage can be a grueling and fractured process for first-time homeowners. Digitalization in the home lending industry does not always require companies to entirely invent new technology solutions.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2021

That has some producers of non-QM loans, which require specialized underwriting expertise, looking to technology, big data and the development of automated underwriting platforms as the solution for dealing with the anticipated surge in loan volume in the years ahead.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2023

Digital mortgage exchange and loan aggregator MAXEX announced on Monday it closed an equity investment round and partnerships to expand liquidity amid the recent market volatility. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The companies claim they collectively serve more than 500 market participants.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Multi-year HousingWire Tech100 winner Built Technologies , a construction finance software and construction payment technology company, closed an $88 million Series C funding round. The Built team is working hard to streamline construction lending and construction spending for all construction stakeholders.”. and Canada.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2022

Not only does Flagstar offer brokers direct access to seasoned sales, support and underwriting teams, it also provides a product set that includes specialty lending options like Advantage non-agency loan, jumbos, new construction, renovation products and HELOCs, and in the pipeline, loans to foreign nationals, seconds and investor property loans.

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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 trillion in 2032.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

As a premier provider of innovative, high-performance software, data and analytics for mortgage and home equity lending and servicing, Black Knight is transforming the housing finance industry. Black Knight is a proven mortgage industry leader in servicing technology. Originations.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Envoy will leverage Reggora technology to deliver a fast and efficient appraisal, supporting their customers through the home buying journey. Envoy is undergoing a digital transformation and providing extensive investment in technology optimization to improve its overall lending solution, resulting in a modern mortgage experience.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 18, 2022

Cornerstone Home Lending, Inc. has launched its full service, in-house mortgage loan servicing operation for new loan originations, combining its 34-year tradition of superior customer care with industry-leading loan servicing technologies.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Shortly after EasyKnock acquired home equity investment platform Balance Homes , the company appointed former Balance Homes co-founders Judd Schoenholtz and Aaron LaRue as chief revenue officer and chief technology officer, respectively. LaRue, meanwhile, will focus on the expansion of EasyKnock’s technology platform.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Home lending proptech Roostify is releasing the “first of many” APIs on its existing lending platform built to automate document validation and data extraction in the lending process. ” The post Roostify launches first of many AI-powered APIs on home lending platform appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Stavvy , a fintech company specializing in digital and remote collaboration for lending and real estate companies, acquired Brace , a digital mortgage servicing platform. Founded in 2018 , Stavvy works to increase efficiency and transparency in real estate and mortgage lending. Terms of the deal were not announced.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has tremendous potential to cut costs and improve customer experience, but regulation has not caught up to develop a governance program, industry pros said of AI’s implementation in mortgage lending. Have we developed a model that is in fact fair?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The nation’s network of Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks ) expects to be required to increase its share of investments in affordable housing. The Federal Home Loan Bank System was created in 1932 by the Federal Home Loan Bank Act as a government-sponsored enterprise to support mortgage lending.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2020

HousingWire recently spoke with Mike Fierman, managing partner and co-CEO of Angel Oak, about the non-QM lending outlook for 2021 and how Angel Oak’s “originate to hold” model benefits originators. The capital managed on our investment side was patient and never lost its desire for non-QM credit.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2022

Figure , a blockchain-focused financial service company and Apollo , a global alternative asset manager, announced today completing a transaction involving the origination of digital mortgage loans and transfer of ownership via blockchain technology, according to a press release shared with FinLedger.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

HousingWire sat down with Acra Lending CEO Keith Lind to discuss effective ways to not only survive, but profit in the non-QM space while so many others are closing their doors. Lind also shares insights into the future of non-QM lending and the importance of emergent technologies in improving the origination process.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

QC Ally is invested in providing high-quality outcomes in both the service and the proprietary technology it offers to clients. Overall, he brings 30 years of mortgage lending and servicing experience to the company. She left in August. “I

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The company’s close partnerships with mortgage brokers and correspondents transforms feedback into impactful products, technology and services that help clients grow their businesses in any economic environment. Flagstar also shares product-specific advice and expertise in VA and FHA lending with its clients.

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Inman

JANUARY 30, 2024

In announcing the second Encompass deal this month, ICE cites investments in mortgage technology and data that automate and accelerate the lending process from start to finish.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2022

However, they have several more pressing priorities when it comes to what they’re investing in. Out of 200 senior mortgage executives surveyed, who represent 188 lending institutions, 94% think that appraisal modernization efforts will simplify the origination process.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

17, in multiple departments, as it continues to “build efficiency in its technology operations.”. The primary focus of these investments has been centered on building a future committed to advancing the user experience, creating efficiencies for lenders, and providing enhanced technological capabilities for financial institutions.”.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The funds will be utilized to finance its lending product, CryptoMortgage. The product also takes the investors’ digital assets as collateral and gives 100% financing for investment properties. Nevin, co-founder and CEO of Moon Mortgage, told CoinDesk that people have an incentive to invest in real estate with crypto.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2023

Connecticut-based lender and servicer Planet Home Lending has acquired the assets of Illinois-based retail lender Platinum Home Mortgage Corporation. It’s an investment down the road,” the executive added. “We The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. We’re taking a long-run view that it’s going to pay off.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2021

Stavvy, a Boston-based fintech, announced Monday that it landed a $40 million Series A funding round led by Morningside Technology Ventures. Servicers must be powered by nimble technology to be heroes to borrowers, stalwarts to investors, and stewards of consumer protection to regulators. Presented by: Sagent Lending Technologies.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2023

For those in the mortgage space, there are a myriad of technology solutions claiming to help streamline lending operations and improve efficiency. When investing in a technology that someone else designed to automate workflows, it’s important to ask — how do I make this workflow work for me?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Sales Boomerang and Mortgage Coach announced an API integration between Mortgage Coach and SaaS technology provider Polly on Thursday. Sales Boomerang and Mortgage Coach merged in June, about six months after a Philadelphia-based private equity firm LLR Partners invested $80 million , buying stakes in both firms.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

I think non-QM could be another money-making product for all of these originators,” said Keith Lind, executive chairman and president at Acra Lending. Investor loans are also growing in popularity as more people are looking to make investments in real estate. Forty-five percent of our production is investment loans.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 21, 2024

After launching the FHFA’s Office of Financial Technology in 2022, he introduced its first annual Velocity tech sprint in 2023. After 30 years in government, I’m investing my experience and energy in the fintechs that are working to solve the many entrenched challenges within banking and mortgage,” says Cave.

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