Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2024

which had 142 sponsored loan officers and 41 active branches as of April 11. It also operates seven joint venture companies with builder and Realtor partners. Homebridge was set to merge with Mike Cagney ‘s Figure Technologies , but the deal fell apart just 10 months after the announcement was made.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Matt Van Fossen, CEO of Absolute Home Mortgage and Mortgage Automation Technologies , to talk about his unique view of the housing ecosystem and how it influences how he builds technology. How do all those different roles influence the technology you build?

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

Because of an apparent error made by staff at ICE Mortgage Technology ‘s Surefire customer relationship management (CRM) platform, more than 600,000 emails and texts were sent without permission to real estate agents, business partners and past clients of loan officers around the country.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Sarah Wheeler: In the past you said that technology isn’t a differentiator, it’s just an equalizer. Rich Weidel: Yes, and even more now that we’re seeing in this down cycle which technologies provide value and which are just an expense. It wasn’t that long ago that technology was going to change everything.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2021

If you take the temperature of how loan officers are feeling ahead of the holiday season, the scale would likely read “uneasy.” According to Fahad Janvekar, a loan officer at Fairway Independent Mortgage , “there is definitely some concern” about layoffs in the industry.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2021

This tipping point came after several years of rapid technology growth in our industry. The trends we elaborated on two years ago, pre-COVID, are now the standard: Digital is the new normal and technology is now the price of entry rather than a competitive advantage. To them it’s just “a mortgage application.”. MLS reinvented.

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2024

Rocket Companies , the parent company of Rocket Mortgage , hired its first chief technology officer this week, bringing former Thomson Reuters and Intel executive Shawn Malhotra into the fold. As a technologist, one of the biggest strategic imperatives that we have is to bet big on technology , and specifically AI technology.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

The Detroit-based lender’s unmatched combination of name recognition, digital infrastructure and consumer technology enabled it to originate more than $670 billion in mortgages in 2020 and 2021, smashing records in the process. Its parent Rocket Companies rode the wave to a stunning $9.4 billion in profit in 2020 and $6.1 billion in 2021.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2022

However, the lenders and loan officers who will be most successful in the second half of 2022 will be those who pivot quickly, understanding both the nuances of the market and the best strategies to help solve problems for today’s homeowners, homebuyers, homesellers, Realtors and financial advisors. Innovations in technology.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2021

SentriLock , the home lockbox company wholly owned by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), announced Tuesday that they created a computer and smart phone platform to help real estate agents juggle their home showing appointments. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

Largely hidden from view and misperceived by some to be on the lower end of the hierarchy of service providers, the position seemingly lacked the luster of the real estate agent or the panache of the loan officer. Technological connectivity The new generation of buyers is going all in on technology.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

In a call to all mortgage executives and loan officers, these two speakers are looking to address the way most lenders and loan officers do business. If you don’t have the best technology platforms, you are losing loans and leaving both borrowers and Realtors behind. Presented on Oct.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

While Yen likes the product, she feels it is best handled by senior loan officers like herself, a nearly 30-year veteran of the industry. The loan officer must carefully assess the borrower’s ability to repay and consult with the client’s Realtors to determine the resale value and condition of the departing home,” Yen said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2023

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2022

“The most attractive thing about becoming part of PMG is having the resources to build a world-class, customer-centric organization the right way – one that is centered around partnering with Realtors and consumers,” Stamps said in a news release. “We The post Lone Peak Lending joins Panorama Mortgage Group appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

“Find the right mortgage with a local broker and Rocket technology,” intoned the narrator on the commercials, which premiered during the Super Bowl. The ads are mostly set not in a loan office, but a home showing.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

By adding JFQ’s technology stack, proven sales process, and seasoned leadership team, Prosperity is well positioned to execute its goal of becoming a significant force in the consumer direct channel with an equal focus on purchase and refinance transactions.” The company has 548 active loan officers and 379 branches, per the Modex data.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

As part of the merger, Jim Black, the founder of All Cal, will become chief lending officer of InstaMortgage. Black, a licensed mortgage loan officer and broker, will also lead product development, tech partnerships and sales growth. Terms of the deal, which was announced on Tuesday, were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Their innovative marketing technology is easy to use and is proven to move the needle in our industry. Roomvu is backed by REACH, the venture capital arm of the National Association of Realtors (NAR). ” With the partnership, NAMB members will receive a 20% discount on Roomvu services.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2021

Bolstad will be joined on the panel by Dave Vermillion , founder and CEO of Mortgage Champions , and Lisa Patterson, chief originations officer at Homepoint. Bank Home Mortgage, Bolstad is responsible for over 4,000 employees, including nearly 1,400 mortgage loan officers.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2021

Those include collaborative communications (Realtor to closing officer; loan officer to escrow assistant, etc.) One Realtor may prefer text while a loan officer might wish to use a technology integrated with her LOS and the buyer might only communicate via phone. The forms are many.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

A seasoned retail and commercial banking salesman in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the 39-year-old Woodward joined Interfirst Mortgage as a loan officer in October 2020 after a recommendation from an old college friend. But Woodward struggled to originate purchase loans. “I Without that being built, I was starting from scratch.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2021

The platform allows loan officers to become “mobile originators,” using their smartphones to view applications, pull credit reports and oversee all aspects of the loan process while connecting in real-time to their LOS.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Stevens, President at SRE.com, about the challenges mortgage loan officers and brokers face as the market continues to shift toward purchase money business and how human-assisted eCommerce can help them win more business. They ask their Realtor or trusted friend or family member for a referral.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The pivot also coincided with its former chief retail officer Stephen Carpitella requesting the opportunity to start his own wholesale mortgage business. Many of EPM’s retail loan officers transitioned to Informed Mortgage , a lender Carpitella launched in August.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

We have a very large contingent of loan officers and branch networks. We don’t hold loans on our balance sheet. Nunes: How is loanDepot retaining and attracting loan officers? We had LDI Digital, which included mellohome, with a component of Realtor [aspects] and also the component technology.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2023

These include: Contractors Inspectors Loan officers Closing agents Real estate attorneys Real estate professionals who can call on a trusted network to make the deal move through the channels smoothly are more successful and sought after than those who struggle to make or keep contacts. Don’t let that be you.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2021

Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. Successful agents, brokerages and loan officers of the future are going to rely significantly on technology to find, nurture and engage with buyers and sellers while also playing an expanding role as personal advisors.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2022

As the housing market continues to move from last year’s refinance boom, lenders’ ability to identify customers and maintain consumer relationships has become more important than ever in not only securing loans but also ensuring they make it to close. Homebuyers often search for financing online before engaging a Realtor.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Loan officers dread having to email an appraisal firm for the report they’re waiting on. Where automation can help It’s easy to think that investing in technology can solve some of our biggest communications bottlenecks. Where the right technology is strategically selected and wisely implemented and used, it certainly can.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2023

Tech advancements in the broker space, which caught up to retail lenders ‘ levels, were another factor that helped him make the transition. “I think maybe if you look back a few years, the broker space from a technology perspective was lacking, but has really caught up to where retail was (…). How big is the company?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2020

“The opportunity for a new player to come in 10 years ago, and be client-oriented and use technology to replace hierarchical management structures, is exactly the kind of firm lenders want to partner with today. In these uncertain times, we see our vision of a fully integrated tech stack as the main force of customers’ stability.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2021

Prior to SimpleNexus, Schreiner Gates served as the EVP of sales and marketing at digital mortgage technology provider Ellie Mae (now ICE Mortgage Technology ). “We are going to go earlier in the process with realtors and later in terms of people moving in to their homes.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

TH: Angel Oak has always prided itself on being a technology- and service-focused lender. We are continuing that focus by working to streamline the origination process for loan officers through technology and process improvement. HW: How is Angel Oak moving non-QM forward?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In many cases, no technology existed to specifically address that new requirement (or could only be created on a costly, custom basis). And not all of them are technological. Technology, too, has changed. Instead, specialized technologies today allow title businesses to electronically transfer agent commissions.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Nguyen plans on utilizing his proprietary platform to partner with Realtors after his refi-dependent sale volume dropped to a staggering 20% this year. We have subscriptions that go out to Realtors weekly,” Nguyen said. Out of the 27,000 transactions, we have about 8,000 Realtors that closed transactions with us. “Out

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2022

Knock said that the Foundry Group , a Boulder, Colorado-based venture capital firm that specializes in early-stage technology companies, led the founding round. Other participants included the investment arm of the National Association of Realtors , and Mauricio Umansky, a Beverly Hills real estate broker who is CEO of The Agency.

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