Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

In its March Supervisory Highlights, the FDIC stated that many institutions have developed policies and procedures to ensure sufficient mortgage broker services are provided in order to receive compensation , which was the first of a two-part test.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Prior to embarking on his forays into the reverse mortgage industry, Wagner served as chief operating officer for San Diego Financial Corporation , at the time the largest bank holding company in that city. Throughout the 1990s, Ibis developed several reverse mortgage software applications, including for use by counselors.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2022

Pink slips will arrive for 58 employees working in the mortgage business at Texana Bank in California, according to a Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification (WARN) sent to the state’s Employment Development Department. Employees on the technology, marketing and human resources teams are on the list.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The company is aiming to bring more reverse mortgage technology solutions to potential partners already in the industry and those that have yet to enter it. And so for me, I feel like it’s an opportunity to kind of open the door via technology, to how and what is happening in the reverse space. Morales: No.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Brokers that are equipped with Acra Lendings non-qm products, technology, and team can serve borrowers where traditional lenders simply cannot. How Acra Lending sets itself apart in the non-QM market When describing how Acra Lending sets itself in the non-QM lending space, three words come to mind: people, processes, and technology.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2021

” From the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA): “While MBA supports the ongoing development of such tools, MBA also acknowledges the need for appraisers and lenders to provide some level of oversight and due diligence to preserve the overall quality of the data referenced in future valuations. .”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

Patricia Suazo has joined FundingShield as its vice president of technology operations and integrations. Suazo has over 15 years of leadership experience in the mortgage lending space with firms including Stearns Lending , Bank of America , Carrington Holding Company and CloudVirga.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2020

Gateway First Bank officially named Scott Gesell CEO and general counsel after serving as CEO on an interim basis since April 3. Before being named CEO, he was chief administrative officer and general counsel for the bank and has also held senior roles at Colorado National Bancorp , American Residential Communities and First Nationwide Bank.

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

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

These current mortgage markets are what make it challenging for independent mortgage banks (IMBs). The fate of the specialist when the market shifts The independent mortgage banks most of us think of when someone mentions IMBs originated as a result of the Savings and Loan Crisis of the 1980s. Today, many might feel sorry for the IMB.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2020

In a release on Thursday, the Federal Reserve detailed some of the research it’s doing on the benefits and risks associated with central bank digital currencies. Current research is being conducted within the Federal Reserve Board’s “TechLab” on innovations in alternative technological payments and projects, according to the release.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

He first joined Guaranteed Rate in January 2019 after a two-year stint as a loan officer at Northpointe Bank. He then transitioned to vice president of business development and senior vice president of mortgage lending. At Rate, the veteran mortgage professional began his tenure as vice president of mortgage lending.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2022

Despite advances in technology, the mortgage industry still lacks efficiency. Mortgage executives are aware of a problem: despite billions of dollars in technology investments , the mortgage industry still largely looks like it did two decades ago. He added: “We have a tremendous amount of proprietary technology being built.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO)s dedicated reverse mortgage development workgroup is targeting January 2025 as the release window for a series of uniform technology standards. How do we bridge the semantics and just put it into mortgage banking language to help people understand what we are?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2024

Mortgage subservicer Dovenmuehle Mortgage announced two promotions within its business development team this week. Anna Krogh was named senior vice president and director of business development, while Chris Torres is the new vice president of business development and manager for the Western region.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2021

Stavvy, a Boston-based fintech, announced Monday that it landed a $40 million Series A funding round led by Morningside Technology Ventures. COVID19 certainly accelerated development and focus on servicing, coming out of 2019 with record low default and foreclosure.”. Presented by: Sagent Lending Technologies.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Federal Reserve is looking into the rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning, and is considering stepping up its oversight of these technologies used by financial institutions. Effective solutions must be purpose-built for mortgages, rather than adapted horizontal technology. Achieving Touchless Mortgage Automation.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Mortgage capital markets technology firm Polly has raised $25 million to invest in research and development, product innovation and expansion, the company said on Tuesday. And it has more than doubled its customer partner base to include some of the country’s biggest banks, credit unions and mortgage lenders, according to the firm.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

nCino, a publicly traded financial tech company that specializes in cloud banking, said that its decision to purchase Utah-based SimpleNexus is a natural expansion of the company into the point-of-sale mortgage market. banks and credit unions, where nCino currently has over 1,100 customers.”. appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Figure Lending LLC is now operating under the umbrella of Figure Technology Solutions , independent of CEO Mike Cagney ’s Figure Technologies. Figure Technologies launched a wholesale lending platform in June 2023 that gives loan originators access to the company’s home equity line of credit (HELOC) offering.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2022

Figure , a blockchain-focused financial service company and Apollo , a global alternative asset manager, announced today completing a transaction involving the origination of digital mortgage loans and transfer of ownership via blockchain technology, according to a press release shared with FinLedger.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2024

Dark Matter Technologies (DMT) tapped Tony Fox, former director of ICE Mortgage Technology , as its new chief of client engagement. Fox was director of client management at I CE Mortgage Technology for four months after the firm acquired Black Knight in September 2023. He will report to Sean Dugan, chief revenue officer at DMT.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Through the development of improved and sophisticated systems, protocols and technology, these operations leaders are driving their companies to growth and success. In its 8th year, the HW Insiders program is spotlighting the talented operations professionals who are laying the foundation of success for their organizations.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

He climbed the ladder to the role of president, and led sales and operations at a top-25 independent mortgage bank with 5,600 employees that notched $33 billion in volume during the peak of the mortgage boom. Brennan joined Movement in 2015 as a regional manager, organically growing the Northeast to a $3 billion a year operation.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Feldman has a banking background, serving as president and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago from 2008 through 2020 and prior to that as president of Continental Trust Co. — a subsidiary of Continental Bank. “In Presented by: Flagstar Bank. After FHFA leadership change, what’s next for brokers?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The rise of private lending Private lenders disrupted the monopoly of traditional banks and the private lending market has since seen a remarkable rise, reaching $1.5 This increase can largely be attributed to the technological advances that have taken place in recent years.

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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

JANUARY 8, 2024

Recently, new technologies have reduced costs associated with purchasing a home and provided more opportunities for first-time homebuyers to enter the market. billion, that merger ultimately cemented ICE as a market dominator of the mortgage technology sector. Innovation is not always guaranteed to succeed.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech-focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, insurance and real estate. Among its dozens of limited partners are major banks, which are the kinds of customers Blend is servicing, Mayopoulus pointed out. Stay tuned for updates.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

It’s supported by Varun Krishna , a veteran in the financial technology world and former executive at Intuit and PayPal , who was appointed as the company’s new CEO in July 2023, replacing Bob Walters. The lender says the technology allows the company to close loans 2.5 Rampell co-founded several fintech firms, including Affirm.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Lending institutions included mortgage banks, depository institutions and credit unions. Among lenders who have not used AI or ML technology, the biggest barriers to adoption in 2023 remained the same as 2018. Mortgage banks were more likely than depository institutions to cite integration complexity as a serious challenge.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Unlike off-the-shelf POS solutions, Blueprint Builder allows lenders to customize technology that is designed to help improve operations, Maxwell noted. In the current environment, a rigid, static technology stack can prove fatal.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2021

UWM’s entrance to the public markets caps a wild six months for independent mortgage banks across America, in which a dozen large or mid-sized mortgage firms revealed plans to go public. The merger injected $925 million into UWM to develop new technology and grow the broker channel, where it holds about 35% marketshare.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech-focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, insurance and real estate. Ubitquity , developer of a blockchain-secured platform for real estate and title recordkeeping, has announced a new partnership with Rainier Title.

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2023

First American Financial Corporation announced this week the appointment of Jody Mulkey as its chief technology officer. In this role, Mulkey will lead the corporate product development team, which is responsible for building and enhancing enterprise products across multiple First American divisions.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Once he takes over as CEO, Floyd said he intends to use his role to help further the adoption of new technology in the title industry. Mortgage Contracting Services , a national provider of residential and commercial property services, hired Jason Myers as vice president of business development.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Today, modern technology , including Pretium’s platforms, cut out the middleman by allowing firms to invest directly in assets, decide the kind of leverage they want and determine how Pretium will manage the assets over time. Mullen explains that Pretium wants to leave the banking system behind in favor of private credit. “I

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