Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The GAssist portal will provide its partners, which include community banks, credit unions, and brokers, with tools that will allow them to better manage borrower expectations, from guided originations to processing tools, according to a press release on the roll-out. The tools are housed within the secure application portal.

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GoForrmz

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Are digital tools missing from your hospitality business? As the hospitality industry continues to bounce back from unprecedented disruptions, it’s a perfect time to embrace digital tools to help streamline operations, enhance guest experiences, and stay competitive in an ever-changing landscape.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The firm announced Thursday that MyHome , a WFG subsidiary, has acquired technology and marketing services provider Volly. In late May, the firm announced it had acquired multiple retail title locations and operations centers in Northern and Central California from Doma Holdings. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Roughly 20% of Cliffco’s production comes from the wholesale channel and 80% of origination volume comes from its retail channel – through which it offers GSE, government loans and non-QM products. Capturing leads with tech Another priority for the lender is procuring leads through its proprietary technology.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

The first is the ongoing impact of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, which if deployed effectively provide an opportunity for property managers to increase operational efficiency and unlock business intelligence. New AI tools can eliminate the urgent, distracting busywork that leads to both retention issues and operational inefficiency.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2023

“We’re going to expand Guild’s brand presence nationally, deliver best-in-class marketing tools, technology and support for our sales teams, and infuse a culture of creativity and collaboration across the brand,” O’Daniel said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In reality, the LOS is not the problem; the technology is doing exactly what it was designed to do. The LOS is a foundational piece of technology for every lender. Instead, lenders should focus on identifying the right tools for the job and setting realistic expectations for each.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Rick Arvielo: What’s interesting about our growth is that we are the 13 th largest retail IMB in the country, but we’re only in about a third of the United States. We grew with a call center model for the first 10 years and only got into outside distributed retail 11 years ago. What made Draper and Kramer a good fit for NAF to acquire?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Independent mortgage brokers are beginning to have the products and tech tools needed to compete with banks and large retail lenders, and customers are reaping the benefits of this growing channel. Smith : The glaring trend is the broker channel has been growing rapidly, and the retail sector is shrinking.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The acquisition will strengthen Thrive’s retail channel and bring with it new territories amidst arguably the most challenging mortgage market since the early 1980s. . billion in loans over the past 12 months, 90% of it through the retail channel, according to data on mortgage tech platform Modex. We keep our company well capitalized.

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GoForrmz

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Learn how digital forms simplify retail inventory management with our powerful form builder and captured data Whether your retail store is a national brand or a small boutique, inventory management is a critical component of business operations.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2023

After all, the average retail lender lost nearly $2,000 per loan in the first quarter, and I expect losses to be similar in Q2 and elevated in Q3. For the mortgage industry, more often it’s about making the very hard choices these days – exiting a channel, deciding which star performer to let go, etc.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 29, 2023

“We’ve demonstrated the power of Total eClose through our integration with Finastra’s MortgagebotLOS, creating an innovative automation tool for every eClosing originated through the solution,” Dominic Iannitti , president and CEO of DocMagic, said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

FTC sued ICE earlier this year alleging the two top mortgage technology providers would drive up costs, reduce innovation and limit lenders’ choices for mortgage origination tools. Full year 2023 ICE Mortgage Technology (IMT) revenues including the legacy IMT business and pro forma for Black Knight are expected to be between $2.05

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Her role will focus on technology to drive the company’s growth. Michael Brennan, president of Movement, said Waggoner can empower loan officers with the tools they “need to win.”. “She has a proven track record of leading sales-centric technology teams and delivering with speed to market,” he added.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The app offers potential buyers tools to find, research and bid on homes via a competitive auction format. Hubzu is an end-to-end asset management platform for residential foreclosure, short sale, REO, deed in lieu, CWCOT and retail property auctions. Since 2009, it has facilitated the more than 4.5 and Denver markets.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2023

The product aims to unify workflows for wholesale, retail, reverse mortgage, recruiting and more into a single system while also lowering IT costs, OptifiNow said in a statement. The same month, the company implemented its TPO CRM platform with Plaza Home Mortgage to leverage CRM tools to improve sales performance and marketing efficiency.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

ICE Mortgage Technology is poised to help lenders do just that with its consumer engagement solutions. The company’s technology also enables the lender to stay within the ICE Mortgage Technology ecosystem, providing them with everything they need from a single partner, which can help minimize not only complexities but costs as well.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2021

HousingWire recently sat down with Insellerate CEO Josh Friend to discuss that very question and what strategies retail lenders should look to adopt from direct-to-consumer lending. HW: What are some strategies that retail lenders should look at adopting from direct-to-consumer lending?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2022

The Atlanta mortgage lender, which offers agency and non-qualified mortgage (non-QM) products, will implement the tech firm’s Nexus Origination and Nexus Engagement tools. Angel Oak Home Loans, operating as one of Angel Oak’s residential lending businesses, continues to expand its retail presence across the country.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2022

In his new role, Hogle will manage the firm’s retail operations, overseeing growth and development of retail sales and the production network, while supporting the firm’s business channels. Hogle said he’s “delighted and honored” to join Cherry Creek’s “thriving retail organization.”.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

These tools can help you cut your speed to lead time in half, market your business, generate and nurture leads, and even leverage bleeding-edge AI tools to 10x your productivity. It’s also an ideal tool for working with clients requiring the personal touch only video can provide.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2024

Lisa Moriello, the national retail reverse mortgage sales manager at multichannel lender loanDepot , recently spoke to RMD about how business in 2024 seemed to be off to a promising start. Diving deeper into the current reverse mortgage business environment, she offered additional perspectives on multiple topics.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Human interaction will always play a role in the mortgage process, and the right digital tools will drive that effective engagement with borrowers — not push it away. The user experience begins (and continues) with you When it comes to UX, the technology , its effectiveness, and its ease-of-use — all are crucial components.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2023

Too many real estate agents are watching artificial intelligence (AI) from the sidelines, assuming technology will never replace them. Powerful AI tools are already transforming residential real estate and forward-thinking agents are paying attention. However, it was deemed as too challenging technologically so it languished.

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The Robert Weiler Company

JUNE 1, 2021

Just as many today predict an all-digital retail environment, a final death blow to brick-and-mortar retail rental space, so have they expected the long-coveted “paperless office.” Retails must also adopt curbside purchase and payment options for customers interested in speed and health safety. Not even close. Amazon Immunity.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

HousingWire recently sat down with Steve Meirink, executive vice president and general manager, Compliance Solutions, Wolters Kluwer’s Governance, Risk and Compliance Division, to discuss the impact of digital technology on mortgage and the future of digital lending in an era of accelerated innovation and digital transformation.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2022

First American Financial Corporation ’s digital closing platform firm Endpoint is now offering a suite of integrated title tools specifically designed for proptech companies, investors and tech-forward real estate organizations looking for a scalable digital closing platform.

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Clear Capital

JULY 13, 2023

Clear Capital solutions combined with ICE’s API technology ensures fast and accurate collection and submission that is designed to meet Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae data standards for property data reports and property data collections respectively. To learn more about Encompass, visit [link].

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

Polly, a software-as-service mortgage-technology firm that operates a loan-trading platform , has raised $37 million through a new funding round, its third since launching in 2019 — bringing the total raised from investors to $57 million. It operates more than 650 branches nationwide and employs some 4,000 people.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This deal strengthens our offerings and gives us more tools to serve more customers looking for a better way to buy and sell a home.” He most recently served as the president of troubled, largely defunct retail lender Celebrity Home Loans. Meadow has 25 years of mortgage industry experience.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2021

They expect shops with a consumer direct model, which tend to be refi-heavy and rely on call centers for intake, will be more likely than retail shops to cut employees in the months to come. Retail people don’t get laid off as much because they own their book of business.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In my career, I’ve swung between enabling technology and securing it at the same time. SW: At PRMG, do you generally build or buy technology? Well, technology is now the sixth tenet, because you can’t do any part of the other ones without the technology and that’s where the big change has happened.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2021

Blend’s white-label technology is what powers mortgage applications on the websites of traditional banks such as Wells Fargo and U.S. It checks income, it verifies identities and has become a key consumer-facing processing tool for some of the largest mortgage lenders in the country.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Rocket Pro TPO, a division of Rocket Mortgage , launched a set of new tools this week for non-delegated correspondent lenders. “We are looking forward to providing our industry-leading technology and partner support teams so correspondent lenders can better help their clients. billion and retail fell 12.1%

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

For example, PennyMac’s broker portal, POWER, has an easy-to-use pricing scenario tool backed by their sophisticated proprietary pricing engine. Our pre-approval option is a very important tool for our brokers in this current hot purchase market. “Our We also offer priority paths for purchase throughout the loan process.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Banosian broke a new record this year , topping his record-setting 2020 and funding a whopping $2 billion in total origination volume, which is believed to be a record for a retail loan originator. HousingWire: What has been the most useful tech tool for you? We use the Teams app to stay in constant communication with each other.

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