Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Adam Carmel , founder and CEO at Polly , to talk about the ways technology should be delivering ROI for lenders. Sarah Wheeler: The cost to originate a mortgage is higher than ever, while companies have invested more in technology than ever before. What is the disconnect there?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

When people think about the title insurance industry , what comes to mind is often its core products – title insurance policies that protect property rights of homeowners and lenders. As an industry, our commitment to protection goes beyond title insurance policies. As an industry, we united against these unfair fee agreements.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

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. Sarah Wheeler: ICE’s acquisition of Black Knight just closed today. SW: ICE Mortgage Technology is known for its focus on automation.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2023

Some say that the nearly 150-year-old title industry has a difficult time adapting and evolving. However, the title industry has proven these critics wrong over the past decade, and importantly, it has done so without leaving homeowners vulnerable to unnecessary risks. Innovation should be encouraged across the real estate industry.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

Mike’s passion for leveraging technology to facilitate online property auctions makes him a perfect fit for Xome,” the company said in the post. As a real estate hub, Xome offers services such as asset management, property disposition, title, close and valuation through an integrated, technology-driven platform.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Dark Matter Technologies , formerly Black Knight Origination Technologies, is focused on mainly two things: the smooth transition to new owners, and lowering the cost to originate loans for lenders. Read on to learn more about Dark Matter Technologies’ plan for mortgage. Gagliano : We believe strongly in technology.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2022

Not many would count the title industry among the economy’s technology leaders. For decades, settlement services firms staked their reputations on personalized customer service and regional or local expertise, rather than cutting-edge technologies. Candidly, there’s good reason for that. Behind the tech adoption curve?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Benchmark Administration (IBA) , will take on a new role as president of ICE Mortgage Technology starting on March 1. Bowler will be in charge of ICE’s business segment, which is focused on automating elements of the mortgage industry and delivered a revenue of $1.1 Timothy Bowler, president of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The mortgage industry is no stranger to disruption since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the premier provider of software, data and analytics solutions to the mortgage and capital markets industries, Black Knight further strengthened its position as a market leader with the acquisition of Optimal Blue in September 2020.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Multi-year HousingWire Tech100 winner Built Technologies , a construction finance software and construction payment technology company, closed an $88 million Series C funding round. The post Built Technologies closes $88 million Series C funding round appeared first on HousingWire. and Canada.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

Click here to nominate an industry insider — a client, colleague, boss or friend — it can even be you! For eight years, HousingWire’s Insiders award has been recognizing the high-achieving industry pros whose roles require them to work behind the scenes while making a major impact within their organizations.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

Dark Matter Technologies , formerly Black Knight Origination Technologies, is gearing up to bring more lenders on to use its Empower loan origination system in 2024. Empower is the second largest LOS in the industry after Intercontinental Exchange ‘s (ICE’s) Encompass that takes up more than 40% of the market share.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

As existing-home sales continue to slide and mortgage rates rise ever higher, all but eliminating any hope for refinance transactions, the title insurance industry is doubling down on technology. At the same time, firms overlook the cultural impact the technologies could have, causing us to underestimate their impact on society.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2021

During Q3 2021, the title insurance industry generated $6.8 billion in title insurance premium, marking the industry’s best quarter on record. Total operating income for the industry was up 53.3% Today, borrowers expect to close fast. The industry has paid out $352.5 The American Land Title Association saw a 32.5%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stavvy is a truly comprehensive digital closing platform, the only solution to offer a SMART Doc engine that extends the savings, efficiency and security of eNotes to all mortgage documents for all loan programs and across all 50 states while supporting every type of eClosing and eNotarization.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2022

HousingWire: Where does the industry stand in terms of digital adoption, and more specifically the adoption of eNotes? Dominic Iannitti: Many lenders were considering, or at least researching, digital implementations when the pandemic hit, putting industry adoption on the fast track. This is positively where the industry is heading.

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2021

The number of title and settlement companies offering digital closings has increased 228% since 2019, as more of the industry moves online in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, in 2021, 46% offer digital closings, according to Diane Tomb, ALTA chief executive officer.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Mortgage Technology reported an adjusted operating income of $131 million in the third quarter of 2023, up from Q3 2022’s $126 million — despite the headwinds the mortgage industry is facing. Looking ahead to Q4 2023, ICE expects near-term cyclical headwinds in the mortgage industry to persist.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 6, 2020

We sat down with Nancy Alley, vice president of strategic planning at Simplifile and one of HousingWire’s 2020 Women of Influence, to talk about the rapid changes in the closing process as a result of the pandemic. Will this end up being a watershed moment for the industry? Where are we in that evolutionary process?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2022

One avenue to reduce cost and streamline the closing process is to offer digital closings. Lenders and title agents also reported they can close more loans faster with the same or fewer people, and improve overall loan quality by reducing critical errors, avoiding missed signatures and unnecessary rework.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 11, 2021

Insights by ICE Mortgage Technology. A software as a service industry and peer benchmarking product with an intuitive interface that is quickly provisioned and can be immediately used. #2. Users can view by benchmark, map count, map trends, performance at a glance, see aggregated borrow profiles, closed loan trends, and much more.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2023

Simplifile by ICE Mortgage Technology electronically connects people, technologies and data in the real estate transaction to streamline their workflows. The solutions featured as part of Simplifile include eRecording, eSign Events, Collaboration and Post-Closing, and Document Builder.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2023

If you are helping them and you hear that they lost their job prior to getting to the closing table and they are now lying to their lender at closing because they no longer have that job, then you are liable,” she said. You all in this room are the biggest targets for impersonation in a real estate transaction. It is brute force.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2022

Out of sheer necessity when the pandemic hit, RON and other digital closing solutions saw a massive uptick in use. However, Nathan Bossers, president of Boston National Title, said the changes and acceleration the industry saw during this time still isn’t enough. . But that’s changed.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2022

Texas lender Mid America Mortgage rebranded as Click n’ Close to expand into the mortgage technology industry following the sale of the majority of its retail lending operations. The post Mid America Mortgage rebrands to Click n’ Close appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2023

The title insurance industry is on the front lines in a never-ending war with the fraudsters. As the industry has gotten better at combatting wire fraud and even the more recent seller impersonation fraud , criminals looking for larger paydays have turned to mortgage payoffs. Can you afford to lose a million dollars?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Each year, the TECH100 awards recognize the 200 most influential tech companies in mortgage and real estate that are working to improve the housing industry through tech innovation. The promises of technology have largely been lost in the mortgage industry and little has been done to reduce costs for homebuyers.”.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Mortgage Technology reported operating income of $57 million in 2022, down from last year’s $397 million — a reflection of the headwinds the mortgage industry is facing. The mortgage technology division at ICE posted $249 million in total revenue in the fourth quarter, down 9.8%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

HousingWire recently sat down with Joe Hallett, Fannie Mae’s Vice President – Digital Products Management, to discuss how Fannie Mae is leveraging technology to expand access to homeownership. HW: Where do you think we are as an industry in the digital mortgage journey?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with Tom Kriby, Vice President of Client Development and Partnerships at Westwood Insurance, about how insurance issues can hold up a home closing and how lenders can integrate insurance into their process to help their homebuyers avoid delays. HW: How can lenders help homebuyers avoid closing delays?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2022

As mortgage rates rise and home price appreciation continues , employees in the housing industry are hard at work preparing for shifting market conditions. title insurance industry’s risk-adjusted industry capital declined, however, overall it remained supportive of ratings at the close of 2021. Presented by: SoftPro.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The impact of COVID on the real estate market is significant and has forever changed the way our industry operates. This change, while disruptive and uncomfortable for some, has provoked the rapid adoption of real estate technology, the likes of which we haven’t seen before.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2022

We interviewed more than 25 mortgage industry experts to gather the best insights, strategies, and recommendations to pivot and win in today’s market. For example, he explained that companies are converting real estate into NFTs and using a smart contract to close in a few days rather than weeks. “I Innovations in technology.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2021

The title industry has used artificial intelligence and automation in various parts of the process for many years. More and more companies — including underwriters, third-party vendors, and business process outsourcers — have started offering title production automation and using technology to improve the digitization of records.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2022

The most wonderful time of the year, as the song would have us believe, comes to a close with Epiphany, the 12 th day of Christmas, Jan. And this time, the most wonderful time of the year gives way to what, in the mortgage industry, could be the most awfullest time of the year. The holiday season is winding down.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Jim Butler, chief technology officer at Stavvy , to talk about moving real estate from paper to a digital transaction, how the company is using AI, and the vibe you get working with industry experts. JB: What we’re doing today with AI is more horizonal than industry specific.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Foglia Brandy has officially been with Cohen Closing and Title for five years now and is currently working as a closing agent and the director of business development. “I I lead a team of closing agents and marketers and work with them to help grow the business and expand into different areas,” Foglia Brandy said. “I

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