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. What’s the role of tech as lenders play the long game in this market?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Mortgage Capital Trading (MCT) announced the appointment of Jennifer Kennelly as the new senior director of its investor services team. MCT aims to utilize Kennelly’s experience in the mortgage industry and capital markets to grow its Bid Auction Manager Marketplace, an open mortgage loan exchange platform launched in 2020.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

Be it new experimental technology, legislation or regulation to respond to, disruptive proptech models, shifting market dynamics and so on,” said Price. As we know, the housing market is cyclical, and historically the industry staffs up in good times and scales back when transaction volume slows.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

The real estate sector is constantly evolving, and one technology has emerged as a true game changer: virtual reality (VR). This transformative technology has opened up a new world of possibilities, empowering agents and captivating potential buyers like never before.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

The collaboration will allow Capital Fundings’ borrowers to receive personalized investor insights. Our commitment to empowering borrowers aligns perfectly with Privy’s mission to revolutionize real estate investment through technology and education. It also offers a library of training and educational resources.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

Two complex factors are set to transform the rental market in 2024, creating new challenges and opportunities for property managers. The second is a more competitive rental market, driven by record-high construction of multifamily rental properties. Smart-home technology is another differentiator to explore.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2024

Seattle -based proptech company Flyhomes announced Tuesday that it has acquired the assets of startup ZeroDown and is launching an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered home search portal to bring “conversational real estate search and research to the market.“ How does the job market here compare to other cities?”

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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. It sets up a domino effect [for market activity].”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Despite slower housing market conditions , Big Four title firms Stewart , First American and Fidelity National Financial all managed to earn profits in 2023. To achieve its goal, Eppinger noted that Stewart is focusing on improving its technology and efficiency. billion in 2023 and a net income of $30.4 million, down 2% annually.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2022

As the market shifts, interest in non-QM lending from traditional lenders and brokers has increased. HousingWire: How is the shift from refi to purchase affecting the non-QM market? But it may not be as sensitive as the more traditional refinance market. And investor guidelines are continually evolving. annual increase.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Optimal Blue has brought on Sara Holtz, former vice president of demand marketing and communications at ICE Mortgage Technology , as chief marketing officer (CMO). Holtz is HousingWire ’s 2023 HW Marketing Leader award recipient.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Mortgage Technology introduced two new tools, Validate ROV and Validate Selector, to its growing suite of property valuation solutions, the company announced on Monday. Regulators are paying close attention to valuations for many valid reasons.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Read on to learn more about what Doug Duncan – Fannie Mae’s senior vice president and chief economist — and Mark Palim – Fannie Mae’s vice president and deputy chief economist – had to say about the housing market, the Fed’s interest rate cut timeline and their views on overcapacity in the industry.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The Federal Reserve ‘s effort to temper inflation has cooled the housing market that remains subdued with mortgage rates north of 7%. However, a silver lining in the subdued housing market is the strength in new-home sales. So you’re having to encourage investors with wider spreads to accept that. So they go from 7.5%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

Kiavi , one of the nation’s largest private lenders for residential real estate investors , closed a $350 million unrated securitization of residential transition loans (RTLs), the company announced on Monday. The deal drew significant interest from institutional investors and made it Kiavi’s largest securitization since November 2021.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

presentation to investors in the blank-check SPAC that took the company public in 2020. “The largest, undisrupted market in the U.S.,” ” reads an Opendoor Technology Inc. presentation slide for investors in the SPAC that took it public, also in 2020. For the same period this year, the company has 4,007.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

A large portion of those loans, once repurchased from the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) at par, were later resold for much less in the so-called “scratch and dent market. It makes sense that the investors are asking lenders to ward off as many problems as possible [via QC efforts] before a loan is made.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

In today’s competitive landscape, the secondary market provides a prime opportunity to pursue better margins, more competitive rates and increased profitability. mortgage market, they often lack the scale and access they need to execute to their full potential in the secondary market. New solutions in the secondary market.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

The investment comes at a pivotal time for the mortgage industry, which has seen record refi volume give way to a market dominated by purchase loans. What stood out to us with both of these companies was their really exciting growth and the really positive feedback from across the market. LLR Partners, which led a $26.5

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The credit risk analytics will combine ICE’s physical climate risk data and DeltaTerra’s climate analytics, financial risk models, and market data to deliver risk impact estimates for investors in the residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities markets. Our climate risk data can help inform investment decisions of U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

Hometap, as an investor, provides cash in exchange for a share of their home’s future value. We do see this as a new asset class in the real estate ecosystem and we see it as complementary to traditional debt options that exist today,” Dan Burnett, head of investor product at Hometap, said in an interview with HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

Patricia Suazo has joined FundingShield as its vice president of technology operations and integrations. Valuation technology company Valligent Technologies has named Walter Allen as its executive vice president of digital transformation. Before that Yankowski was president and CEO of Executive Title Insurance Services.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

Bond credit-rating organization Moody’s Investors Service has reaffirmed its “above-average” rating for the reverse mortgage servicing performance of Celink , which is the current holder of the U.S. The SQ represents Moody’s view of a servicer’s ability to prevent or mitigate asset-pool losses across changing markets.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

As [HEIs] evolve and grow into a foundational component of the real estate market, the need to empower builders with a homebuyer-focused HEI is paramount,” Legacy said in its announcement of the acquisition. HEI companies have been garnering more attention of late from larger investors, according to prior reporting by HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2023

Change Wholesale is at the forefront of wholesale lending, with the widest variety of products on the market, ranging from traditional lending products to non-traditional products (Alt Doc, Investor/DSCR, Foreign National). For brokers, Change Wholesale offers marketing support to help promote their business and reach new clients.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Despite mass layoffs in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation, mortgage professionals still see opportunities in the market. Others allocated resources into digital marketing (31.1%), automation technology (26.7%) and market data (19.3%). in events to garner business. were from the Northeast 16.3%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

Rockefeller Asset Management ’s Fintech Innovation Fund led the funding, with return investors Bain Capital Ventures , SignalFire and Checkr also participating in this funding round. Argyle’s notable partnerships include integrations with Dark Matter Technologies, ICE Mortgage Technology and Fannie Mae.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2023

The early entrants into the market — including Milo and Figure Technologies — made loans equal to 100% of the borrower’s cryptocurrency value with no down payment required. Investors seeking higher yields caused liquidity problems, forcing non-QM lenders First Guaranty Mortgage Corp.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

Publicly traded real estate technology company Doma Holdings has entered into a definitive agreement to sell to title insurance underwriter Title Resources Group (TRG) and become a private company. Its most recent endeavor is Upfront Title , launched during the third-quarter earnings call with investors and analysts.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2023

AOT transactions involve three counterparties — a mortgage originator, a mortgage investor, and a broker dealer — and are designed to transfer loan collateral and hedge positions to a mortgage investor. All parties operating on the Agile trades database of record can enable an assignment process that the company says is “more seamless.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 5, 2023

announced on Thursday that the Optimal Blue product, pricing and eligibility engine (PPE) has added investor content from 54 state-based housing finance agencies (HFAs). Optimal Blue , a division of Black Knight, Inc. Black Knight, Inc.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Payroll connectivity platform Argyle and ICE Mortgage Technology have partnered to allow lenders access real-time income and employment data for borrowers throughout the loan origination process. million in capital and is backed by investors including Bain Capital Ventures , Bedrock , Checkr , F-Prime , and SignalFire.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Local Logic , a location intelligence platform that digitizes the built world, has teamed up with Plunk , an AI-driven analytics company, to empower end-users with the technology and insights they need to accelerate and improve home purchase decisions, the company announced on Tuesday. ”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2022

Publicly traded mortgage tech company Blend Labs isn’t changing its strategy to survive a shrinking mortgage market, even though a drop in originations is sapping its revenue stream and forcing it to trim its workforce. For investors, a warning: it means that profitability will take some time to achieve. on April 20.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Through the development of improved and sophisticated systems, protocols and technology, these operations leaders are driving their companies to growth and success. Take a look at the full list of winners below to see their accolades and achievements that are helping to move the housing market forward.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with Brian Webster, President of NotaryCam, about how RON can provide a competitive advantage for lenders both in terms of being a digital capstone for customers and a means for attracting and retaining top talent in the current market. . In turn, top LOs are looking for every edge they can to win new business.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2022

has agreed to buy mortgage servicing rights trading platform Blue Water Financial Technologies for a cool $101 million. Voxtur, which has been on a buying binge over the last few years, plans to combine Blue Water’s capital markets SaaS platform with its own constellation of real estate solutions.

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