Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke with Desmond Smith , chief growth officer at United Wholesale Mortgage , about the role that wholesale lending plays in the mortgage ecosystem and common myths and misconceptions about becoming an independent mortgage broker. HousingWire: What role has wholesale lending historically played in the mortgage ecosystem?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2020

The third type of automation included in Indecomm’s continuum is supervised automation, which involves human oversight for the ongoing training of machine learning algorithms and engines and exception processing to handle fall-outs from any automation effort. That is where supervised automation comes in.”. State of Mortgage Automation.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Right now, while things are good, invest in cross-training your staff. People take pride in their work when they believe that their leaders are invested in them as people — not just as tools to help them reap short-term rewards. The post Refi Sugar High: How to balance your lending diet appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2023

The White House also says that it is aiming to change the nature of the appraisal profession itself, “taking steps to remove unnecessary educational and experience requirements that make it difficult for underrepresented groups to access the profession and to strengthen anti-bias, fair housing, and fair lending training of existing appraisers.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

This was a crisis for many large Independent mortgage banks that had created fine-tuned systems for refinancing loans and had virtually no trained sales force to prospect for new purchase money business. Each lender is different and so their use of these tools will differ. Two things I will say about technology.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2021

Record-breaking lending volumes led many lenders to tighten up their processes across every stage of the mortgage cycle. The tool offers a comprehensive response to tax amounts for properties within the United States. What we needed was a tool that was going to work,” Plaza EVP of operations Ed VanDuren said. “We

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2022

Mortgage lender and servicer Planet Home Lending also named Kathryn Edelen as regional vice president of its sales division this week. Erickson will be in charge of product management, the procurement and advancement of technology solutions and will oversee the training department and support teams for Motto Mortgage and wemlo.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2022

HousingWire: What is your most useful tech tool? I wish I could offer something more exciting, but it is just the most versatile, handy tool in my arsenal! They had a young executive team who valued fresh ideas and were not afraid to train inexperienced novices like me. Amanda Hill: My cell phone!

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Looking for a quick and easy way to stay up-to-date on mortgage lending news, trends and technology? The Loan Officer Leadership Podcast hosted by Steve Kyles offers strategy and tools to help LOs grow their business and leadership, with the goal of helping them close more loans in less time. Mortgage Lending Mastery.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

There’s an opportunity here for risk and QC teams to encourage trust in the lending space through strong processes and review. Ensuring trust in lending opens doors for more creativity, such expansion of the credit box and additional products, ultimately increasing access to homeownership and therefore, expansion of the credit box.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 18, 2022

ProxyPics partnered with technology innovators CubiCasa, a global Floor Plan provider, and FoxyAI, B2B PropTech leader in real estate visualization and property intelligence, to equip their trained data collectors, or Proxies, with powerful tools to complete the Property Data Report.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 10, 2021

Through the partnership with SkillBridge, Clario’s training program will upskill and employ 35 active service members transitioning to civilian life in the next 12 months. To apply for the training program, visit this website. We specialize in real estate valuations for the mortgage lending and financial services industries.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke to Jonathan Scarpati, Senior Vice President of Wholesale Lending at Finance of America Reverse, about tapping into the reverse mortgage market in light of the changing market. . We have a dedicated training department that can teach originators all about reverse mortgages, our products, and how to make the sale.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The analysis may expose training needs for respective production teams. Doing this now will help lending teams establish a game plan to increase the skills of any refinance-focused LOs, as well as their managers. And finally, there are great tools available that can augment a sales team’s abilities.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2022

The question was on the minds of many at the Waldorf Astoria in Dana Point, California on Thursday – will non-qualified mortgage products become more commoditized as the rising rate environment wallops agency lending? Underwriters are trained as desktop underwriters (DUs). It’s not subprime lending. Scaling is hard.”.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2021

But don’t expect UWM to jump aboard the crypto train just yet. Building the next generation of tech: Three ways to digitize home lending. The home lending industry has a massive opportunity to digitalize to create efficiencies and to deliver a simpler end-to-end user experience that would benefit both borrowers and servicers.

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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. An improperly used axe can injure the user or be damaged through misuse rendering the tool useless.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

This is not a suggestion where you drop what you’re doing, push your production team into training and staff up the compliance department. Do you mandate training (regular, continuous and updated) on the basics like Dodd-Frank, Fair Lending and the most aggressive state-level rules and regulations? It’s tedious.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2022

Between their expertise and access to tools, they’re the right people for the job and will come out on top on the other side of the purchase market.”. Unlike banks, brokers can work with many different lenders to provide a variety of personalized lending options. They’re a part of their local communities.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2022

In fact, many financial researchers and scholars have identified it as a strategic tool that should be considered part of a holistic financial strategy for retirement. 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?

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with John Keratsis, President and CEO of Deephaven Mortgage, about the potential benefits of non-QM lending in today’s tight housing market. Yes, we offer training and webinars. We have online tools that make it easier to submit applications and expedite response times.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2022

The program is available to a wide range of homeowners, with lending limits as high as $4 million*. DP: While the upcoming generation of retirees are likely to enjoy a retirement period of close to 30 years, a reverse mortgage can be a strategic tool for funding the retirement lifestyle they’ve always dreamed of.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Tom Cronkright, co-founder and executive chairman of CertifID and CEO of Sun Title , to talk about battling the latest frauds and scams as bad actors leverage a new arsenal of tech tools to wreak havoc on buyers and sellers of real estate. So, let’s pull this string one layer deeper.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2021

As homebuyers increasingly demand personal, service-driven experiences with their mortgage providers, community lending teams are well-positioned to capture business via the strong relationships they excel at creating. Outsourced solutions allow small to midsize lenders to rapidly and seamlessly scale their operations.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 18, 2021

My frustration centered on the mundane tasks such as setting up files, data entry and getting the data into the analytical tools used to develop and support adjustments. My solution was to hire and train a few folks that could help me develop and support my workflow and processes. That is unfortunate and disingenuous.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In the COVID-19 era, that means AmeriHome has spent even more time listening to what clients need and adapting their products and services to help clients navigate constantly changing lending conditions. “We We believe in being a true partner to our clients,” said John Hedlund, chief operating officer of AmeriHome.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

The company also provides extensive product, credit and technology training to ensure clients can take advantage of new product benefits and process enhancements. Their experience allows them to consult with their clients to identify new and emerging market opportunities.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

CAPE Analytics has unveiled a new, AI-powered , automated property condition report (aPCR) tool crafted for institutional lenders, whole loan investors, and real estate investors. The tool can be paired up with other types of valuation metrics. The real competition for us is the status quo,” added Begley.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2021

It has brought in interactive technology and cognitive business process tools as resiliency responses to the crisis. It is a new standard taking a more significant advantage of productivity tools and means awaiting mass scale adoption. The mortgage industry has been forced to respond to the massive and sudden work-from-home mandates.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

In a HousingWire webinar , Lyman and Kelly Gill, VP of marketing and advertising for Motto Franchising, emphasized that lending operations need to shift their focus for the rest of 2020 from growth to profitability. It’s not enough just to have the tools and the best practices. Drive internal technology adoption.

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McKissock

MARCH 24, 2022

Address potential bias in the use of technology-based valuation tools through rulemaking related to Automated Valuation Models (AVMs). Update appraiser qualification criteria related to appraiser education, experience, and examination requirements to lower barriers to entry in the appraiser profession.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Christian Hernandez, vice president of mortgage lending at Guaranteed Rate , has leaned heavily on social media platforms to generate new leads and build relationships with borrowers and real estate agents. Meanwhile, others worry that they will soon wash out of the industry. TikTok, Facebook and LinkedIn.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2021

HousingWire recently spoke with Dave Steinmetz, Division President of Origination Services for ServiceLink, on what tools lenders should leverage to streamline home equity title and closing. The tools enabling work-from-home and remote closings were not only readily available, but efficient and accessible.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

They will try to woo you with promises of free marketing materials, high commission splits, and fancy tech tools. Marketing and Technology: The marketing strategies and technology tools provided for agents. Support and Training: The level of training, mentoring, administrative, and marketing support provided to agents.

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Genworth MI Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Recently, the rural housing landscape has sparked discussion about its lending, affordable housing availability, housing shortages and outreach to underserved demographics. Training is a primary vehicle to deliver this success. Underwriting Training. Never miss a post again! Sign me up!

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Genworth MI Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Recently, the rural housing landscape has sparked discussion about its lending, affordable housing availability, housing shortages and outreach to underserved demographics. Training is a primary vehicle to deliver this success. Underwriting Training. Never miss a post again! Sign me up!

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

And then there are some areas that are specific to our products in the non-QM lending space where there may not be anything in the market that is pre-built or off the shelf and the only opportunity to actually bring some of our lending products to market or execute on our on our strategies is to build something custom.

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