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

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Origence has addressed these common pain points by launching the Origence Mortgage Platform, a tightly integrated point of sale and loan origination system. The Origence Mortgage Platform removes inefficiencies from the loan origination process through automation and configuration.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Chris Mozilo: While I’ve spent most of my 30-year career working at large firms, the most I ever learned in the mortgage business was the five years I worked at a small independent mortgage banker. At a small mortgage banker, leadership has to know all aspects of lending. in mortgage banking.

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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. Click here to view the full issue.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2021

Technology is important in digitizing the mortgage process, but what’s more important is effective coordination between all parties. The problem with technology is that many people work across different systems, which can create a fragmented mortgage ecosystem.

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2022

This week’s HW+ member spotlight features Jeremy Potter, chief evangelist at Stavvy , a 2022 Tech100 Mortgage winner. He has also held leadership roles at Quicken Loans , now Rocket Mortgage , and Normcom Mortgage. It’s also more modern and appealing to first-time home buyers. Jobs that create houses.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2022

As more aspects of the mortgage process venture into the online realm, appraisal remains a bottleneck that regularly causes significant delays and loss in profit. Reggora is facing the issues surrounding modern appraisals head-on with its industry-leading Reggora Appraisal Management Platform.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The first is the overall business transformation that’s taking place in the mortgage industry. We’re seeing new energy and new initiatives in this area at many mortgage and housing agencies. That I’m proud of the role that they are playing in helping modernize mortgage production and the secondary market? Because I am.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 29, 2024

This article is featured in the 2023 edition of the Appraisal Buzz Magazine. Some other features we have in our magazine include Buzztoon comics, as well as crazy stories from appraisers and readers like you! If you want to make sure you are receiving the print version of the Appraisal Buzz magazine in your mailbox, sign up HERE.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Projecting the outlook for the housing market in the coming year, including prospects for the secondary market for mortgage-backed securities, can be an exercise in crystal-ball gazing, but one indicator key to bringing clarity to that crystal ball is the direction of interest rates. Mortgage rates will steadily rise, possibly to 3.3%

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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 1 wholesale mortgage lender in the nation for six years running.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2023

The Qualia platform includes modern, cloud-based products that provide the transaction infrastructure for title and escrow organizations of all sizes, from smaller agencies and real estate law firms to multi-state operations operating at scale.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

With fluctuating volume, mortgage servicers are still struggling to effectively scale their business. HousingWire: What challenges are mortgage servicers facing this year? Philip Reinking: Mortgage servicers are facing substantial growth but a lack of talent in scaling business growth.

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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

AUGUST 2, 2021

Solex eClosing from First American Docutech is designed to accelerate the closing process through a streamlined, end-to-end, modern digital experience, inclusive of lenders, settlement agents, notaries and borrowers. Solex eClosing continues to lead the industry and has now helped lenders digitally close more than 500,000 mortgages.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2022

Over the last 20 years, finding a home and applying for a mortgage have become highly digitized. Once title & escrow operations get powered by a modern technology infrastructure, all other parties in the real estate ecosystem such as mortgage lenders and real estate brokerages could connect to accelerate their own innovation as well. “We

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2021

We just went through one of the biggest housing booms in modern history,” said Jonathan Miller, a real estate appraiser at Miller Samuel who also produces housing market reports for Douglas Elliman. This article was first featured in the Dec/Jan HousingWire Magazine issue. The frenetic pace of the market has eased,” Miller said.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 10, 2024

This piece originally appeared in the June 2024 edition of MortgagePoint magazine, online now. And of course, mortgage bankers and credit unions play a pivotal role in facilitating this journey. At the core of this transformation is the ability of mortgage bankers to adopt a modern, digital lending platform built within the cloud.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2021

In order to help the mortgage industry reach its mission of the ‘one-day mortgage,’ we’re hyper-focused on streamlining the entire appraisal process.”. Reggora is driving appraisal innovation with a modern platform for mortgage lenders and appraisal vendors.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2021

Mortgage servicers are staying busy. The department also unveiled its Modern Appraisal Program, which provides servicers turnkey access to the industry’s emerging bifurcation initiatives for origination loans. lenders and nearly every mortgage investor, including the GSEs.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

In today’s booming housing market, mortgage brokers want to be able to close loans faster and more efficiently. With precise goals and a commitment to the mortgage industry’s future, Sierra Pacific is focused on supporting its partners with industry expertise, collaboration and an array of product offerings”.

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2021

Black Knight’s technology automates time-consuming tasks, modernizes processes and creates efficiencies to let real estate professionals focus more of their time and resources on high-value tasks that drive more business. Anthony Jabbour, CEO. Joseph Nackashi, President. Ben Graboske, President, Black Knight Data & Analytics Division.

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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

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Happy LO’s is the best ROI tracking a mortgage CMO can hope for. I’ve been in the real estate and mortgage sector for 15 years, but in my 32-year career I’ve experienced multiple industries and the biggest difference I’ve noticed is the disconnect between marketing and product teams in our industry. To become an HW+ member, click here.

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Appraisal Today

JULY 28, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on non lender appraisals, USPAP and Bias, Fannie changes, unusual homes, mortgage origination Futuristic in Folsom, CA, near Sacramento for $2,395,000 4bed 4.5+bath Varies widely around the country. == Mortgage applications decreased 1.8 There is none of this!

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 29, 2023

A home with radiator heat and window unit air conditioning may be seen as functionally obsolete, and thus less valuable, as more modern homes have forced air furnaces and central air conditioning. Modern Masterpiece in Carmel, CA, for $9M Excerpts: 2 bedroom, 2 bath, 1,992 sq.ft., 4,000 sq.ft. KQED Forum is one of my favorites.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2022

These headwinds impact consumer capacity to qualify for new mortgages and maintain homeownership. Against the grain of these challenges is a robust marketplace for jobs, so we see opportunities to modernize the mortgage application process through smart technology. To view the full issue, click here.

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McKissock

AUGUST 14, 2022

They spent more money than they otherwise would have because they could get more bang for their mortgage payment by building a larger home. There is some light at the end of the tunnel as people look to renovate older buildings to repurpose as modern housing or bring back to their former glory. According to Freddie Mac, there is a 3.8

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 31, 2021

At the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic, the mortgage industry was preparing for absolute disaster. Mortgage executives held emergency meetings with their creditors over worst-case scenarios. Fratantoni’s organization is forecasting mortgage rates to gradually climb over the course of 2022, ending the year at 4%.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2022

Industry newsletters are reporting that mortgage lenders are tightening their belts as the cost to manufacture a loan peaks at a decade high of $9,299. mortgage loan originations, the largest annual volume on record since 2005. mortgage loan originations, the largest annual volume on record since 2005. trillion in U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2021

Snapdocs has emerged as the digital infrastructure that connects the mortgage closing ecosystem in order to orchestrate perfect digital closings at scale. It enables lenders to connect with all parties and technologies involved in a mortgage transaction to complete the entire closing process online.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2021

As homebuyers complete more of the origination process digitally, from asset verification to disclosures, they expect a similarly modern closing ceremony. Nexus Closing from SimpleNexus enables lenders to deliver mortgages that are digital from application to closing. Cathleen Schreiner Gates, CEO.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2022

As the mortgage industry adjusts to higher rates, loss of refinance volume, margin compression, supply issues and other factors, lenders are looking to solutions like eClosing to optimize operations for the short and long-term.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Nexus Origination features a native mobile experience for both originators and borrowers to easily navigate the mortgage process while improving the efficiency of task completion and communication between parties. It provides an ecosystem that helps lenders attract borrowers expecting a modern loan transaction. “As

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2021

ServiceMac is an innovative mortgage subservicing company that offers each of its clients exclusive access to its proprietary compliance solution. This type of modern lending technology is built to scale and offers distinctive advantages by tracking, analyzing and ensuring decisions are consistent. Robert J Caruso, President/CEO.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2021

Every real estate transaction—whether it is backed by a mortgage or is an all-cash deal—requires a determination of ownership and a clear transfer of title. That said, many companies still rely on legacy systems and manual processes to procure, search, and examine title. Annette Cotton, VP, Data Management & Operations.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2022

As part of its vision to reimagine servicing through innovative solutions, Freddie Mac has created Resolve, an integrated default management platform that delivers rules-based workout decisions in real-time, as well as supplemental data and insights to mortgage servicers. Cecelia Raine, Vice President, Servicing Strategy and Integration.

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