Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Digital mortgage exchange platform and loan aggregator MAXEX announced on Tuesday the hiring of mortgage technology veteran Daniel Wallace as its new chief operating officer. Bill Decker, MAXEX president and co-founder, highlighted Wallace’s expertise in mortgage technology as a valuable asset for the company. “The U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

On Tuesday, the residential real estate giant announced the acquisition of Virtual Staging AI (VSAI). Founded in 2023 by Michael Bonacina and Mikhail Andreev, VSAI helps home sellers, agents and photographers create digitally staged images of a listing, eliminating the need for physical furniture in the home.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

Previously, ONeill said cybercriminals would specialize in certain parts of the crime or in certain technologies. Now, however, ONeill says AI has made it where cybercriminals dont really need any level of technological proficiency. And the FBI issued a public service announcement over fraudsters usage of generative AI.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

On Thursday, MLS leaders took center stage at several conference sessions, including discussions of the business practice changes driven by the NAR commission lawsuit settlement and how the role of the MLS — and the MLS-broker relationship — has evolved as a result. “I We have to recognize that people are cranky,” Wilson said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Today, while the mortgage industry has the technology to support this, we’re still in the early stages of determining how it should be used. Almost all of the lender’s technology investment over the past few years has been focused on the Point of Sale (POS). Lending technology out of focus. But there is still a problem.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

The announcement comes shortly after Rocket unveiled the first stage of its rebrand and is a part of the company’s conscious effort to unify Rockets many companies under a single umbrella. By leveraging AI technology, we are making buying a home more accessible and achievable for everyone.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The race is on for brokerages to capture clients in an incredibly difficult housing market, and Compass believes a new technology offering will give it an advantage. The brokerage on Monday launched Compass One, a client-facing portal that provides a guide through the process of both home buying and selling.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The Mortgage Collaborative, an independent cooperative network in the mortgage industry, today announced the launch of TMC Emerging Technology Fund LP, a venture capital program funded by a self-selected segment of TMC members to capture opportunities driven by the rapid pace of technological change in the mortgage sector.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

The real estate sector is constantly evolving, and one technology has emerged as a true game changer: virtual reality (VR). This transformative technology has opened up a new world of possibilities, empowering agents and captivating potential buyers like never before.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

The Mortgage Collaborative ‘s ( TMC ) Emerging Technology Fund hosted its seventh annual Mortgage Tech Demo Day (MTD) on March 16 at the collaborative’s Live Large, Think Big! Sponsored by Docutech , MTD allows early-stage mortgage tech companies to showcase their technology to industry leaders, investors and venture capitalists.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2024

As United looks to scale, Haase said the brokerage leans on its proprietary technology stack to efficiently add new agents and brokers. It may be a bit soft and fuzzy, but those three pieces of rubber on my wrist actually encapsulate how we as a company function, Haase said. Everything we do, we look through the lens of, Is it on mission?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

The acceleration and adoption of technology also changed everything from how properties are shown and marketed to transactions. So, building those relationships and being proactive and communicating with them at an early stage of the transaction is key. Billings has over 23 years of experience as real estate professional.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

What stage is the company in right now? Divya Aathresh: We are still very early, in the pre-seed stage. Sarah Wheeler: You founded MaxHome.AI in January. In terms of options, we’re very fortunate to have some of the top brokers in the country working with us on a product suite we will soon take to market. How are they using tech?

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2022

The eClose technology used by Black Knight solves many of the common pain points that have traditionally been associated with eClosings, allowing lenders to focus more on a smooth transactions and customer satisfaction. The post-pandemic business landscape is totally different from what we were used to just a few years ago.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2023

The Collections solutions are geared toward helping to prevent foreclosure and late-stage default by making qualified assistance options timelier and more accessible to both homeowners and servicers, Black Knight said on Thursday. “By Black Knight is preparing to be acquired by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE).

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Its important to understand how real estate teams work for you to decide whether its the right career move for you. Joining a team is a very personal decision. Our goal is to help educate you on what a real estate team is, how they work and the types of agents who thrive on teams. How do real estate teams work? Teams are led by a team leader.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

Tim Bowler, the president of ICE Mortgage Technology , appreciates a good analogy. Treasury official says that the mortgage technology giant’s integration of Black Knight isn’t dissimilar to building a rail line. But MSP, the flagship servicing technology engine acquired in the $12 billion Black Knight deal, runs on 2.01-meter

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2023

I think that’s really key because part of what I’ll be doing is leveraging my unique background to be able to bring a different lens when it comes to the digital landscape technology and how that incorporates different types of tools and resources that our competition isn’t using.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2022

Since its launch in August 2020, FinLedger has kept its pulse on the explosive and expansive sector of financial technology for thousands of readers. And now we’re ready for the next stage of FinLedger’s growth. It is a sector, however, we won’t (and can’t) ignore for our audience of housing professionals.

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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

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Dara Movement and Dara Data are not yet on the market but in a “road map” stage, Sagent confirmed. Since the 2024 conference, parts of Dara the default, consumer and AI components have been in full production and operation. And Dara Core is nearing beta completion. So, we’re nearing the end of build for the version 1.0

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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

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Real estate agents now have a new tool to remove these distraction from home staging photos — and no, it’s not Apple Intelligence. Defurnish is one of a number of new tools Matterport rolled out this week as the company seeks to improve how agents market properties.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Mortgage tech firm Candor Technology has expanded its Loan Engineering System (LES) to include Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans. There is no other automated underwriting technology that helps lenders make decisions on FHA loans like ours,” said Mark Hinshaw, CEO of Candor Technology.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2024

As a result of all of this, it makes perfect sense that real estate professionals across North America are turning to the latest developments in technology to make the most of every moment of work—hoping that innovation is accounting for expectations and surging to match. It begs the question: How does today’s technology measure up?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Pippin spoke on stage during HousingWire ’s IMB Summit held in Dallas on Tuesday. The FHFA TechSprint culminated with a demo day , during which 12 teams presented their solutions to a panel of technology, regulatory and housing experts. The FHFA launched its Office of Financial Technology in July 2022.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Mortgage technology platform provider Dark Matter Technologies announced on Monday that it has added a second loan origination system (LOS) — NOVA — to its product lineup. NOVA joins current LOS Empower, and both offerings will aim to offer distinct options for a wider range of mortgage lenders, according to the announcement.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

“We really think closing costs can be a significant obstacle to refinancing,” Chopra said at an AI and technology conference jointly hosted by ICE Mortgage Technology and the National Housing Conference at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. At least when it comes to redundancies with refinancings, that is.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

While ChatGPT might be making headlines, the true killer apps of the AI revolution will add the technology to software that agents already know and love. Unlike other AI virtual staging apps, Virtual Staging AI produces consistently high-quality staged photos without the weirdness.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

We’re reviewing loans at the stage where they’ve been approved with conditions, giving us an earlier look before fully committing to underwriting,” said Anne Green, risk QA specialist at Enact MI. “By Technology also plays a crucial role in managing the complexities of reporting.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Just hours after announcing his firm’s acquisition of 3D scanning firm Matterport , CoStar Group CEO Andy Florance took to the stage in Scottsdale, Arizona, at HousingWire ’s annual conference, The Gathering , to discuss the news. Photography is so 1989,” Florance said. Brands matter.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

If you are using it in marketing, we need to make sure it does not infringe intellectual property,” Stucky said at an AI session at the 2023 Mortgage Bankers Association Annual Convention & Expo in Philadelphia on Monday. “With this rapidly evolving technology, there are a lot of risks. Millon said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

What’s truly exciting is that we are still in the early stages of this technological evolution, and the potential for future innovation is immense.” Their unanimous answer: artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing how the industry works, from boosting productivity to streamlining operations.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The new search paradigm for real estate The introduction of artificial intelligence overviews is changing how users consume information online. Traditional top-of-funnel searches like “how-to” topics and basic informational queries now stem from AI-generated overviews on search result pages. What is the user really looking for?

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2024

Agents on the Redfin Next payment plan are W-2 employees who receive benefits, including health care, 401(k) matches, mileage, dues, technology tools and team support. They also have all marketing expenses for listings paid for — including photography, staging, yard signs and other collateral materials.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2024

Exuma believes that the platform will provide transformative change to every stage of homeownership. Exuma believes that the platform will provide transformative change to every stage of homeownership. “My An AI assistant called Revana will provide personalized help with renovations, installations and maintenance.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2021

According to a release from Volly, the acquisition of Home Captain’s technology will extend the company’s reach into the real estate realm. “Home Captain’s solutions are an exciting extension of Volly’s approach to delivering relevant, leading-edge technology solutions to our clients,” said Halbrook.

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