Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

LoanLogics, a mortgage loan quality automation provider, announced the integration of two of its document processing tools with Finastra ‘s MortgagebotLOS solution on Wednesday. This integration aims to enhance lender capabilities and facilitate document processing and income calculation, the statement said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Mortgage tech firm Blend Labs has launched its first AI-powered chat tool, which it says will allow loan officers to be more efficient and offer a far more personalized touch for prospective borrowers. The company announced the tool this week but won’t be rolling it out to its clients immediately. million in Q1 and $45.1

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Reverse mortgage industry veteran Tane Cabe recently left his position at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp.’s s reverse division to transition back into a role as a reverse mortgage broker. People are interested in getting reverse mortgages and talking about them,” he said. I really do like that,” Cabe said.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2023

While sellers of existing homes have struggled with rising rates and softening demand, homebuilders have not only survived, but thrived in this market thanks to the use of mortgage rate buydowns , a tool more widely used by builders since their business is selling homes and clearing inventory.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Caregiving challenges can be compounded if there’s only one child in the family, but a reverse mortgage could offer a solution, according to a column published by Reuters. Industry educators have long aimed to position a reverse mortgage as a financial planning tool for retirement. The beneficiaries can get more.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2023

Lender Price , a leading provider of mortgage loan product and pricing technology, has launched Base Price Solution (BPS), a new pricing tool designed to help banks, lenders, and credit unions optimize their pricing strategies. By automating the process, pricing updates save time and reduce the risk of manual errors. ”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Every business is on the brink of significant transformation driven by the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and workflow automation, and the mortgage industry is no exception. HousingWire spoke with Gareth Borcherds , managing director at Ascent Software Group about how AI is speeding up processes in the mortgage industry.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2024

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) introduced MSP Digital Experience (MSP DX), a conversational user interface designed to interact with the company’s leading mortgage servicing system, MSP. It also unveiled two new tools , Validate ROV and Validate Selector, that were added to its growing suite of property valuation solutions.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

It will also display characteristics about those properties to better inform lenders about the asset securing the mortgage or the home loan. The product will provide lenders with an array of functionalities, such as combined loan-to-value (CLTV) on each property owned by a consumer.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2022

LoanLogics this week rolled out LoanBeam Wage, a new automated tool that enables lenders to calculate borrower’s income quickly by using paper-based paystubs and W2s. The post LoanLogics rolls out automated income calculation tool appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2022

With the recent downturn in volume of new originations, many lenders are using this time to take inventory of the available tools geared toward risk mitigation and workflow optimization. There is also a renewed interest in the future state of residential mortgage originations. The post Reevaluating your origination tools?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Office of Policy Development and Research is seeking public comment related to application and origination documents for the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-backed Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program, according to a notice published this week in the Federal Register.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 30, 2021

Paradatec , an AI-based document classification and data extraction technology company for mortgage loan processing, is joining CoreLogic to support CoreLogic HMDA Check, a loan auditing tool that leverages automation to help lenders comply with the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA).

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

Tennessee-based multichannel mortgage lender First Community Mortgage announced on Wednesday that it has selected the Blue Sage Solutions digital lending platform and its LION Consumer POS to help scale its growth efforts across the 48 states it operates in.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

A race is a useful analog for the mortgage business, especially as it relates to the refinance business. Anticipating the start of the refi race When mortgage rates finally rose above their historically low levels, the mortgage refinance business started to dry up. In our business, that’s the refinance transaction.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 6, 2022

Staircase has launched three tools to facilitate the transfer of mortgage servicing rights (MSR) between mortgage lenders, servicers and investors. These tools are part of Staircase’s low-code marketplace, which automates complex technologies and makes them self-service for the U.S. residential mortgage industry.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

Digital mortgage automation solution provider Floify launched a mortgage point-of-sale (POS) platform for lenders. is a software development company that offers a digital loan origination system and POS for the mortgage industry. Floify Lender Edition is a counterpart to Broker Edition , which was rolled out in December.

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2022

Black Knight this week launched a tool that enables lenders to compare loan estimates and closing disclosures from closed loans to minimize expenses in a higher rate environment. The mandatory 0% tolerance fees are paid to the creditor, the mortgage broker, or an affiliate of either party. trillion in 2021.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) completed its acquisition of Black Knight Tuesday, making the combined company the biggest player in the mortgage tech space. I sat down with Tim Bowler, president of ICE Mortgage Technology, a business unit of ICE, to talk about the company’s mortgage automation strategy — and what keeps him up at night.

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Inman

APRIL 24, 2024

Mortgage lenders using AskMax no longer need to be database engineers. They can ask for — and receive — business intelligence in plain English.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2022

According to Clear Capital, the tool uses computer vision technology to highlight the right files automatically so underwriters can make more efficient and informed decisions. United Wholesale Mortgage also hopes to make its stamp on the appraisal space. According to a recently published study by the U.S.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 6, 2021

To help improve marketing performance for mortgage lenders’ wholesale divisions, Black Knight Inc. From individuals to enterprise lenders, Surefire helps thousands of mortgage professionals win customers, earn repeat business and gain referrals.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

One planner solicited for input thinks that a reverse mortgage could be a worthy consideration, among other options, according to a new blog. “I I used to dislike reverse mortgages. A 2023 study published by Mutual of Omaha Mortgage suggested that misunderstandings about reverse mortgages remain rampant.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Mortgage rates headed lower this week as the 10-year Treasury yield dropped below 4.3% The 30-year, fixed mortgage rate averaged 7.22% for the week ending Nov. 30, according to Freddie Mac ‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey. The CME FedWatch Tool showed a 95.6% on Thursday. chance the Fed will stay put at its next meeting.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2020

StreetEasy , a real estate platform for buying, selling, and renting homes across New York City and New Jersey, has launched StreetEasy Valuation, an AI-powered home valuation tool. The National Association of Mortgage Brokers has been advocating for mortgage brokers for almost 50 years. Presented by: NAMB.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

Lennar Mortgage , a financial services subsidiary of Lennar Corp. will move its servicing operations to the industry-leading MSP loan servicing system from ICE Mortgage Technology , ICE announced on Monday. It can also be used as a channel for mortgage holders to seek assistance in times of distress.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

To gauge what caught her attention about this space and how reverse mortgages intersect with her work, RMD sat down with Frankowska to discuss how and why she is choosing to become involved in the senior finance space. naturally exposing her more closely to the American reverse mortgage industry. reverse mortgage space.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

Because of certain persistent reputational challenges faced by the reverse mortgage industry, it can be challenging for borrowers to find objective informational sources about the product category. I was wondering if you guys could explain reverse mortgages,” the listener asked the group.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Longtime reverse mortgage industry professional Tane Cabe has joined C2 Financial ’s reverse mortgage division as a “retirement mortgage expert,” according to an announcement issued by the company this week. Cabe, who most recently served as president of reverse mortgage lending at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

360), an online regulated training provider, acquired Mortgage Educators and Compliance (MEC), a mortgage lending training company, both companies announced this week. Approved by the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS) since 2009, MEC specializes in online mortgage and financial services professional development.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 17, 2022

As of mid-March 2022, banks and mortgage lenders can now use desktop appraisals in place of traditional appraisals for qualifying Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac backed mortgages. Below are five remote inspection tools worth. The post 5 Remote Inspection Tools for Desktop Appraisals appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

The PROGRESS in Lending Association released the names for its 2024 Innovations Award winners last week, including two vendors that are active in the reverse mortgage industry, according to an announcement. Also recognized by the PROGRESS in Lending Association was Mortgage Cadence , which was lauded for its technology innovation.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

The continuous development of loss mitigation tools and practices in the mortgage industry will play an essential part in preventing future foreclosures, but additional safety nets — particularly for those mortgage customers who belong to historically disadvantaged populations — will play a critical role in thinning the racial wealth gap.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

Last month, Northeast regional lender WSFS Mortgage released the results of a survey that measured reverse mortgage product sentiments. To get a better idea of what motivated the survey and its desire to learn more about reverse mortgages, RMD sat down with WSFS Mortgage President Jeffrey Ruben.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

For the past 12 years, HousingWire’s Tech100 program has recognized the industry’s most innovative and impactful technology companies that are continuing to bring long-awaited solutions to the challenges that mortgage and real estate professionals have struggled with for decades. Congratulations to all of the 2024 winners.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Mortgage rates fell this week as the October inflation report drove down the yield on the 10-year Treasury. chance that the Fed will hold interest rates steady in December, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch tool. The 30-year, fixed mortgage averaged at 7.44% as of Nov. The 30-year, fixed mortgage averaged at 7.44% as of Nov.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

On Tuesday at The Gathering by HousingWire in Scottsdale, Arizona, Guild Mortgage CEO Terry Schmidt sat down with HousingWire editor in chief Sarah Wheeler to talk about the principles guiding much of the lender’s actions in recruiting, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and overall business outlook.

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