Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

The wholesale channel will continue to grow as more retail originators and borrowers learn the benefits of working with a mortgage broker. United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) is solely focused on growing the wholesale channel and helping independent brokers thrive. “At Blink+ is a white-label, borrower-facing digital application tool.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Technology has made many aspects of day-to-day life more seamless than ever, with instant, easy and personalized consumer experiences; however, lending is still difficult. The Origence Mortgage Platform is an end-to-end lending platform that puts the power of modern technology in lenders’ hands, enabling them to close more loans, faster.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Insellerate Modern CRM, Engagement & Customer Intelligence Platform Insellerate helps loan officers close more loans with our award-winning modern CRM, Lead Management, and Engagement platform, which handles all your lending channels, retail, wholesale, TPO, Consumer Direct, and Reverse.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 3, 2024

Patelco is California’s fourth-largest credit union mortgage lender by number of loans closed annually. We are constantly evolving to provide the best tools to our team while creating a more streamlined member experience,” Salinas says in a release. “We

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2023

Black Knight recently launched a web portal that enables clients, third-party providers and their developers to access the company’s application programming interfaces (APIs) across the mortgage life cycle. Its new tools also allow lenders to cut costs in a higher-rate environment. homeowners and industry stakeholders.”.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 10, 2024

Floify , a point of sale solution for mortgage lenders, now pre-populates loan applications for borrowers using data on file in Total Expert. The enhanced integration enables lenders to support a lending experience that reflects the acquired knowledge of a nurtured relationship, Floify says in a release.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke with David Bernard, senior managing director of Specialized Mortgage Services at Western Alliance Bank , Member FDIC, about warehouse lending and how the warehouse sector and mortgage finance have progressed and continue to evolve. HW: How has mortgage finance changed in the last few years?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2021

Better, faster, cheaper has long been the promise of technology in the mortgage industry. Some may argue whether today’s technology is that much better than the tools we used in the past, particularly in the servicing business where many still use platforms designed and first built decades ago. And fall is exactly what we did.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2022

This week’s HW+ member spotlight features Amanda Hill, head of mortgage solutions at Reggora. Amanda Hill: Lenders see appraisal modernization as a top priority by Maria Volkova. It truly is time for lenders to consider how technology can improve this part of the mortgage process and reduce turn time.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2021

For better or worse, trends in the mortgage industry tend to mirror corresponding trends in the overall real estate market. In addition, a vast majority of people spent more time at home in 2020 than ever before in modern history. In turn, mortgage companies need to get with the times, implement technology and improve efficiency.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is launching a voluntary review of its mortgage data collection — a key tool in bringing redlining cases — to assess its effectiveness in detecting discrimination. The HMDA data is a crucial tool for the CFPB in constructing redlining cases.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2022

More and more borrowers are looking for a fast, effective mortgage process that involves less paper. We recently spoke to Amanda Hill, Head of Mortgage Solutions at Reggora, about actionable steps lenders can take to overcome barriers to automation. Modern technology is key for lenders who want to stay competitive in this regard.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The solution is a convenient resource that leverages Black Knight’s vast repository of mortgage and public records data, coupled with leading analytics. Designed specifically with the end-user in mind, Servicing Digital helps servicers deliver an outstanding, convenient and modern customer experience, which enhances growth and retention.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

While the total number of reverse mortgage industry professionals present at HW Annual in Frisco, Tex. Kathryn Amor, chief product officer at Finance of America Companies, spoke during the event’s mortgage purchase market panel about what Finance of America Reverse (FAR) beings to the table for the larger parent company.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Don’t be fooled by last week’s mortgage rate collapse. A combination of elevated mortgage rates, sluggish home sales and inflation continue to plague the housing market workforce, with numerous mortgage lenders and real estate startups shedding employees. Presented by: ServiceLink.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Insightful borrower data and enhanced tech solutions are paramount to success in today’s modern mortgage industry. HousingWire recently spoke with Dan Catinella, chief lending officer at Total Expert, about how Customer Intelligence technology is improving deal flow and pushing the customer experience into the 21st century. .

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2021

Our first goal was to make mortgage lending easier and more accessible, but we’ve been intentional in recognizing that our technology can be used to facilitate so much more, including commercial lending, servicing, foreclosure and more,” Ligris said. How modernized servicing creates customers for life.

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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. Lenders and title and settlement providers are trying to reach the same outcome — a frictionless mortgage closing process.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

When mortgage lenders are talking about compliance in loan origination or mortgage servicing, the worst case can be pretty bad, so we often see companies investing heavily in the best tools. Mike is an experienced mortgage loan officer. That makes a smart CRM a “need to have” tool. Not anymore.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2021

One way to do that is by offering a digital lending process’ that attracts borrowers across all generations, regardless of their credit score and finances. Joel Rickman: One of the most significant and transformational trends in lending is the call for the modernization and digitization of the mortgage loan process.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2021

This general alignment matters a great deal as the FHFA, through their oversight of the GSEs, who have the vast majority of the market share, plays a key role in the conforming lending market being the de facto regulator. These entities make many other comments about technology, workforce options, modernization and the need for change.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Reverse mortgage software solutions and loan origination system (LOS) provider ReverseVision announced on Thursday morning that it has been acquired by a division of Toronto-based Constellation Software , a holding company that bought another mortgage LOS in 2019. Leadership at Constellation Mortgage Services, Inc.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2021

Months after taking over management of broker LOS platform ARIVE , mortgage software startup LendWize has finalized a deal to take complete ownership of the origination platform. It launched a revised version of the ARIVE platform in June, featuring electronic lender integrations and improved tools.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2023

However, a year after the GSEs announced new appraisal modernization solutions, as they’re more widely adopted, questions arise. A look into GSE appraisal modernization efforts The GSEs have each offered appraisal waivers on eligible loans for several years. How do the solutions work? Why do we need them? But you already know this.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 10, 2021

We specialize in real estate valuations for the mortgage lending and financial services industries. Cultivating the highest levels of customer ethics, we serve as a trusted partner for customers across the mortgage and lending industries. About Clario: Clario Appraisal Network, Inc.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

In January I received a text message from Dave Savage, CEO of Mortgage Coach. News just broke that private equity investor LLR Partners announced strategic investments in two mortgage technology companies — Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang ( click here for article ). Tech100 Mortgage Winners. Hey Clayton …” and a link.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Until recently, mortgage servicing was more about cash-flow math than consumer experience. The transition from originator to servicer is too often a consumer experience hiccup, and must be a primary focus of servicing modernization. Uday Devalla, EVP, Chief Technology Officer at Sagent.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2021

Mortgage servicers are staying busy. ClearLabs has brought innovative solutions to the market, including OwnerInsight , a first-to-market homeowner-enabled appraisal inspection tool, available free to all lenders, appraisers, and AMCs. lenders and nearly every mortgage investor, including the GSEs.

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Appraisal Today

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The Surfing Appraiser Riding the Waves of Up and Down Mortgage Rates By Mark Buhler Excerpts: Riding the waves of the appraisal profession can result in a range of outcomes and emotions over time. It turns out gratitude is a tool. Once again, modern brain-body science jumps ahead and teaches me things. Even better.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2022

Mortgage lender Angel Oak Home Loans has implemented SimpleNexus ‘ all-in-one mortgage app to streamline its loan origination process. The Atlanta mortgage lender, which offers agency and non-qualified mortgage (non-QM) products, will implement the tech firm’s Nexus Origination and Nexus Engagement tools.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

When mass-market loan origination systems emerged on the scene in the early 1990s, they revolutionized the mortgage workplace by allowing originators to save loan files on a personal computer and share them across local networks — a huge step up from typewritten applications and mainframe computing.

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Clear Capital

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The acquisition is part of Clear Capital’s ongoing efforts to bring more consistency and accuracy to home appraisals through innovative technology, improved processes, and policy modernization. property through our field valuation services and analytics tools, and improve their workflows with our platform technologies.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Mortgage Cadence has recently launched their new platform offering the industry’s most complete, modern LOS that delivers cloud-based, automated loan origination capabilities designed to enable an exceptional user experience throughout the entire mortgage lending life cycle, across all channels and products.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

For those of us who have been in the mortgage industry for any length of time, we understand the complexities surrounding guidelines, the importance of staying up to date on key changes within the industry and how our communication to both our clients and partners is imperative in order to build and maintain relationships.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2021

Here it is: another article about appraisal modernization. The FHFA RFI responses to appraisal modernization are a treasure trove of insight into ideas and options for modernization from a wide variety of respondents. No doubt, investment in modernization is needed in the appraisal process.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Talk to any mortgage technologist about the future of the industry and two topics will emerge immediately: big data and smarter automation. Joe Camerieri, EVP Mortgage Cadence. Today, while the mortgage industry has the technology to support this, we’re still in the early stages of determining how it should be used.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The goal, according to the company, is to provide mortgage lenders and borrowers with an efficient and streamlined verification process. Using Experian Verify through AIM will allow mortgage lenders to leverage up-to-date employer payroll data to verify income and employment information, Experian said in the statement.

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