Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Plunk , an AI-powered home analytics platform, has partnered with two real estate industry marketing companies, Union Street Media and Realforce , to scale its real-time data and analytics across multiple digital channels. Plunk’s platform offers real-time insights into home valuation , risk assessment, and remodeling possibilities.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Doesn’t the idea of the free markets dictate that the best answers often lie in the private markets finding a solution? In a couple of words, it’s collaborative valuation; in a description it’s bringing together a team of professionals to tackle each appraisal report in concert. What is Collaborative Valuation?

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 16, 2022

Mortgage Capital Trading (MCT), a mortgage hedge advisory and secondary marketing software firm, has introduced a new technology for mortgage servicing rights (MSR) buyers to produce more granular pricing for mortgage servicing. The feature leverages an application programming interface (API) to connect MSRlive!,

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

billion market capitalization, according to capital markets experts. That estimate (complete market cap information had yet to be fully incorporated into trading data by Thursday afternoon) is based on the company’s 300 million shares of common stock, and falling short by 10% of its $10 per share benchmark. Offerpad turned a $9.2

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

Nominations for HousingWire’s 2024 Marketing Leaders award are open now through April 30th, 2024. The HousingWire Marketing Leaders award recognizes outstanding professionals who have demonstrated excellence in marketing within mortgage and real estate. brands, including brokerage, mortgage, title, insurance and technology.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Federal regulators require banks to prepare documentation that fully explores their response to potential market forces that could put stress on their institutions or the broader economic system. Without accurate collateral valuation, lenders could not properly underwrite new loans. The industry was on the cusp of a serious crisis.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

a provider of property data and valuation technology solutions. With the acquisition , Consolidated Analytics expands its valuation solutions, offering clients tools — from data and analytics to appraisals — to predict market value and access a more comprehensive selection of collateral assessment products, the company said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2020

announced on Thursday it acquired valuation services company Pro Teck Valuation Intelligence. Stewart is looking to strengthen and expand its scale in the appraisal and valuation solutions space. But that change of plans has not kept the company from growing and even expanding into several new markets this year. “We

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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. Using the analogy of an axe representing technology and data, the axe is useless without a human to wield it.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

After pushing back its initial public offering a week, loanDepot looks poised to tap the public markets at a $6.2 billion valuation later this week. If all goes according to plan, loanDepot would command a valuation of $6.2 At the time, LoanDepot had sought a valuation of $2.4 We are the Lyft to their Uber,” Hsieh said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2022

With the recent news about desktop appraisals, appraisal technology is top of mind for many. HousingWire recently spoke with Reggora co-founder and CTO Will Denslow about the role of technology in appraisal innovation. How will this affect appraisal technology moving forward? How can technology help mitigate this issue?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2022

The platform combines IDX websites, lead generation, marketing automation, advanced lead management, and powerful AI to cost-effectively capture and convert leads into new business. Unique bonus features include AI Assistant, Social Media Studio, Home Valuation Reports, Property Alerts, and Personalized CMA. Product Fast Facts. #1.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2023

In March , Fannie Mae released an update to its Seller’s Guide that outlined more options for property valuations, including value acceptance (formerly appraisal waivers), value acceptance plus property data and hybrid appraisals. These additional valuation options will lessen the opportunity for appraisal bias.” Johnson said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2021

Eight days after Compass unveiled a hoped-for Wall Street valuation of over $10 billion, the New York City-based residential brokerage has significantly scaled back its ambitions for an initial public offering. The price reduction docks Compass’s target market value to around $7 billion. Realogy had a market cap of $1.8

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

We do this with a talented team of professionals that we support with superior technology and continuing education to keep abreast of how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted real estate markets across the country. Our valuations and settlement services are seeing increases in business flow due the current low interest rate environment.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2023

We’ve heard a main goal for you this year is growing your market share, but fair warning, it’s not going to happen without some serious intentionality and strategizing. At HousingWire Annual this year, Jon Lyons , executive vice president of marketing at Class Valuation , is joining our speaker line-up.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

In today’s Buzzcast, we dive into the new technology that has emerged and how desktop appraisals are influencing the future of the industry. Today we have Jim Morrison, VP of Marketing and Sales for Allterra Group, and Tony Pistilli, Director of Valuation Operations at Accurate Appraisal Group.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2021

Divvy Homes , the prop-tech startup that buys homes on behalf of renters and guides them to eventual ownership, announced Friday a new round of funding that nearly quadrupled its valuation to $2 billion. Landis Technologies , a company with a similar business model, hauled in $165 million in debt and equity financing less than a month ago.

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DataMaster

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

29, 2023 – Class Valuation is pleased to announce that Jennifer Tossavainen has joined the company as managing director of DataMaster, the gold standard for property data management software. Tossavainen joins DataMaster from SaaS research and prospecting platform Metro Market Trends, where she served as general manager.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Company Name Company Website Markets Served Company HQ MMI mmi.io/ Loan Origination, Title and Closing Salt Lake City, UT Polly polly.io/ Secondary San Francisco, CA Paradatec paradatec.com/ Servicing, Secondary, Cross Markets and Origination Wilmington, DE Orion Lending orionlending.com/ Loan Origination and Servicing Orange, CA Optimal Blue www2.optimalblue.com/

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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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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 10, 2022

SettlementOne Valuation Welcomes Matthew Scott as Chief Operations Officer, and Dave Roberts as Senior Vice President of Strategic Accounts, Accelerating Its Growth and Expansion Plans for 2022 and beyond. Indianapolis, Indiana, December 2021 – SettlementOne Valuation, a leading provider of appraisal management services to the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

The right mortgage services provider is essential to helping wholesale lenders and their brokers thrive in this constantly evolving market. Regardless of the lenders’ size, ServiceLink’s exclusive EXOS technology, comprehensive industry experience, and stability help lenders get to closing quickly while providing a better borrower experience.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Through this collaboration, BHR’s RealReports platform will integrate Plunk’s proprietary AI technology, making property data even more accessible to real estate professionals. Property research, comprehensive valuation and remodeling insights will all be available in one place.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Tiffany Fletcher, VRM Mortgage Services HW: What does the current market and demand for REO assets look like? Factors like location and condition of the property and the market demand for REO and other existing home sales, impact the current landscape for REO assets. HW: How can REO asset managers keep costs low and improve margins?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2022

Collateral valuation is a critical component of mortgage lending and the home sales process. MBA Chief Economist Mike Fratantoni and MCT COO Phil Rasori outline the different business cycles and how lenders can set a foundation of resilience to changing markets. Hosted by Mortgage Capital Trading. Download Slides.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 2, 2021

In today’s Buzzcast, we dive into a market analysis of the housing industry and what will be facing appraisers within this coming year. Today we have Bill King, Chief Valuation Officer of Bradford Technologies with Joan Trice, Founder of Allterra Group, LLC.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 10, 2021

MReport recently had the chance to chat with Matt Woodhouse of ServiceLink about the company’s ServiceLink’s State of Homebuying Report analyzing trends in the market and the impact of technology on today’s buyer. The post Expert Insights: Matt Woodhouse, Managing Director of Valuations, ServiceLink appeared first on theMReport.com.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Scot Rose , CIO at Class Valuation , to talk about innovation in the appraisal space and how the technology being deployed for appraisal modernization can actually protect appraisers. SW: How is Class Valuation leveraging AI? This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Opendoor , the largest instant home buying platform in the country, could debut on the public market at a $5 billion valuation, according to a new report. iBuyers’ market share more than doubled in 2019, according to industry analyst Mike Del Prete. Last month, Opendoor resumed buying in all 21 of its markets. Roughly $8.7

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

Jansta joins Xome from Altisource , where he served for two years as the chief marketing officer. Mike’s passion for leveraging technology to facilitate online property auctions makes him a perfect fit for Xome,” the company said in the post.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2021

Nationwide Appraisal Network (NAN) is an industry-leading appraisal management company providing residential and commercial valuation services in all 50 states. NAN’s valuation solutions give lenders the chance to evaluate, select and manage appraisers based on their quality and performance.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

Real estate valuation technology company Clear Capital has conducted a new round of layoffs as part of a company restructuring plan. The firm announced on Wednesday that it was eliminating about 24% of its workforce, or over 250 jobs, as it restructures departments and consolidates teams amid a tough housing market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Through the acquisition, ASG hopes to modernize the appraisal industry by providing innovative valuation products and solutions and complete new property data reports required by government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs).

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Inman

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Data from artificial intelligence-powered valuation company Plunk will be used to enrich the products of two real estate industry firms that specialize in marketing technology and services.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

For more than a decade, HousingWire’s Tech100 program has identified and recognized the most innovative technology companies serving the mortgage and real estate industries. The 2023 Tech100 Mortgage winners are continuing to bring innovation to the mortgage process – from origination to closing, and servicing to secondary markets.

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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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