Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

I have attended several industry events recently and so many of the discussions continue to focus on the short game—top of funnel. One of the biggest challenges I continue to hear from brokers regarding technology is poor user and feature adoption. Instead of trying to tackle the entire library of features at once, take one at a time.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The mortgage industry today demands speed, accuracy, and satisfied customers. ICE Mortgage Technology presents their solution that also serves as an overhaul of the home financing process. What sets ICE apart is how they’ve united different tools into a single platform.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Kevin Wilzbach : Without question, the growth in the use of AI and particularly GenAI has been transformational for the banking industry. Today, technologies like natural language processing and machine learning have moved from the research lab into something more tangible that commercial enterprises can take advantage of.

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Housing Wire

JULY 30, 2024

San Diego-based Smartfi Home Loans , which primarily is active as a wholesale lender in the reverse mortgage space, will launch a retail division that offers reverse mortgage products and has hired industry veteran Paul Fiore as its president of retail sales. “I I absolutely knew that I wanted to remain in the reverse mortgage industry.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

However, the industry is approaching this cycle with caution. Today’s focus is on cultural fit, innovative talent compensation strategies, and leveraging technology to stabilize workforce needs through economic cycles. Consequently, the era of hefty compensation packages and substantial signing bonuses is far behind us.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

ICE Mortgage Technology will be sunsetting legacy integrations for its flagship Encompass platform by Oct. and Mortgage Automation Technologies (which is not SDK-based). 31, 2025, which will modernize the mortgage market even if some vendors have to go kicking and screaming. ” he said.

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2024

By our assessment, Checkmate is the best application in the industry, and will enable us to support our brokers and agents as we endeavor to comply with the new settlement terms.” We are anxious to partner with our MLS peers to implement these services for the benefit of our industry professionals.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

This coupled with the eye-opening reality that the technology , efficiency and service available with wholesale lenders is superior to what many have access to in retail has made the broker model more attractive to both new and seasoned loan officers. So, what exactly does this mean for the industry?

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Housing Wire

JULY 5, 2024

Like many in title , Iain Bryant, the newly appointed president of Stewart Title’s agency division, found his way into the industry through family. Services , a title production business, in 1990, and after growing up surrounded by the title industry, Bryant said he was determined to never be part of the industry. “My

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), addressed industry attendees at the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) Annual Meeting and Expo in San Diego last week. As we heard from the leadership of NRMLA, there is so much opportunity for all of us to help realize that vision. Virtual counseling is also an option.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Photo courtesy of Willie & Kim Photography) Mortgage industry leaders expect more mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in 2025, fueled by declining interest rates and renewed market confidence after two years of what they describe as “modest activity.” The price of their franchise is going to be worth more,” Hanson said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

This is according to a study published earlier this week by real estate technology firm Clever Real Estate. The share of respondents who believe the changes will lead agents to leave the industry has also come down, dropping by 9 percentage points to 86% of agents surveyed.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

American Identity Group , an information security company that monitors and fixes security breaches and primarily operates in the wholesale lending space, has also become well established in the title and home warranty industries. When we look at the mortgage industry in our office, we broad-brush it,” he said. “We

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

HousingWire real estate reporter Jeff Andrews sat down with Umansky to talk about his brokerage, agent recruiting efforts, how the industry is changing in the wake of the NAR commission lawsuit settlement — and even a little fashion. It’s really out of pure love and wanting to give back to an industry that we love.

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2024

Opteon, a leader in the appraisal and property valuation industry, utilizes their tech-enabled service fulfillment to streamline and enhance the appraisal process. By focusing on these technological advancements, Opteon not only improves the appraisal process but also offers significant competitive advantages to its lender customers.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Velt: Do you see any emerging trends with technology or AI and its use in real estate? In this week’s episode of the RealTrending podcast , host Tracey Velt is joined by Danielle Wilkie , co-founder of The Helm , to discuss emerging trends in real estate, female representation in real estate coaching and artificial intelligence.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

They discuss the utility of artificial intelligence (AI) for the real estate industry, as well as JPARs solutions designed to enhance agent and brokerage performance. Matched with our internal technology, resources and training, it tells agents which training route they should take based on their personality type.

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

Zeb Lowe: How do you feel about the manner companies in this industry are approaching technology in today’s market? Relationships are the foundation and driving force of our industry. Our products foster harmony between technology and the human experience. Our new Intercom Access Panel is a perfect example.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

Unfortunately, industry experts are anticipating that things will only get worse in 2025 as gen AI makes committing cybercrime easier than ever. Previously, ONeill said cybercriminals would specialize in certain parts of the crime or in certain technologies. With AI they are able to just scrape it and rebuild, making it super simple.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Akwaboah, who is currently serving as COO for technology and global head of innovation at Morgan Stanley , has nearly 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. In 2005, he began a 10-year stint working for the Royal Bank of Scotland in Singapore, then joined Morgan Stanley in 2015, according to his biography.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

In the modern mortgage landscape, quality control (QC) stands as a critical pillar supporting the industry’s integrity and stability. Seasonal lulls as QC enhancement opportunities The cyclical mortgage industry presents challenges and opportunities for QC improvement.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The conversation also covers cost-to-completion metrics, new technology and tactics strategies for making customers happy in today’s market. Collins immediately kicks off the conversation by diving into the current state of the mortgage industry. This is primarily why AFR partners with Polly, he says.

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2024

Dominic Iannitti, a veteran mortgage technology leader who founded DocMagic and served as its CEO, died July 18, according to a company announcement on Monday. “He was a true pioneer in our industry and a mentor to many. “He was a true pioneer in our industry and a mentor to many.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2024

Artificial intelligence has taken the real estate industry by storm over the past two years and Coldwell Banker is no exception. As a company, we believe in equipping our agents with technology that can simplify processes, build efficiencies and achieve exceptional results.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2024

Different companies were impacted to different degrees by the problem, but executives said it validates their decision to invest in in-house technology, develop virtual workspaces for employees and signals the need to adopt AI to predict and prevent these events. That’s also the case for Tavant itself. Not everybody can do that.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

In an industry where managing a web of technology vendors to support LO’s sales and marketing needs has become overwhelmingly complex, inefficient and creates unnecessary security and compliance risks, CANDID is quickly becoming a leader in transforming how mortgage lenders operate.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

There’s an entire industry built upon the “what’s next” in question. The industry is finally recognizing those stubborn, delay-causing entities and processes and starting to address them head-on, giving us all hope that the 45-day close will one day be a relic of the past. But there’s also room for improvement.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

At the beginning of 2024, mortgage technology company LoanPASS was announced as a technology partner for reverse mortgage lender Smartfi Home Loans. Getting the hang of reverse Mitchell is a 25-year veteran of the mortgage technology space, primarily working for LOS companies.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The trend of innovative software solutions and artificial intelligence (AI) tools continue as the real estate industry competes for speed and efficiency. “Our Pinergy in-house technology remains wickedly smart and at the leading edge of real estate innovation with the addition of safe, proven, and time-saving AI tools from Restb.ai

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

Wiener, who previously served as president of real estate services at Redfin , will lead Lowers technology, marketing, data science and direct-to-consumer sales organizations. He also has a background in technology , having worked for Microsoft as a lead program manager before Redfin.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Technologies, the umbrella company that includes the brokerage — will be used to develop the company’s AI platform known as S.MPLE. Through our best-in-class technology and creative approach and solutions, we are expanding at an unprecedented rate,” Serhant said in a statement. The investment — which is going to SERHANT.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

With higher rates, lower transaction volumes usually plague the industry, translating to fewer appraisals as homeowners hunker down with their lower rates. With higher rates, lower transaction volumes usually plague the industry, translating to fewer appraisals as homeowners hunker down with their lower rates. Career Institute.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

While 2024 was rife with challenges for the mortgage industry broadly across forward and reverse a new year brings a new mindset. But there are also new opportunities for the industry in 2025, and the eternally optimistic reverse mortgage industry is more than ready to embrace them.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The landscape of real estate is undergoing significant transformations in 2024, driven by a confluence of technological advancements, shifting market dynamics and evolving consumer behaviors. Remote work: Technology enablement creates more flexibility and freedom. This trend is likely to intensify this coming year.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Streamlining regulatory compliance Dara offers a solution to the compliance challenge in an industry overseen by evolving regulations. Sagent’s platform represents a significant advancement in hardship resolution technology. Unexpected financial hardships are an unfortunate but not uncommon challenge facing many homeowners.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Build the right team Given the new technologies and expert outsourcing options available to lenders today, staffing up to handle new business doesn’t make as much sense as it did in the past. One of the most critical moments in any race is the very beginning. A mistake at the start can snatch away a win before the race is even underway.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2024

The hiring coincided with the departure of the company’s chief technology officer, Uday Devalla. That’s the exact space in the mortgage industry that the company wants to target with its software platform, Dara , which was launched in February. Cooper and First Horizon Bank , as its new chief financial officer.

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