Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2022

The Closing Exchange (TCX) partners with its clients to configure solutions to support their workflow at every stage of their digital evolution. TCX provides a perfect mix of technology and service, providing its clients with the choice of how to close a loan at every stage of its digital evolution. Alan Frelix, CEO.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have had affordable lending goals for years, but the impact of closing the minority homeownership gap has not been that significant. This is an important development because the data shows that a borrower’s history of paying rent or a previous mortgage is the single best indicator of a borrower’s ability to repay.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Originally introduced in April, the MISMO RON compliance certification was designed to assure RON tech providers meet a universal set of standards including credential analysis, borrower identification, capturing and maintaining a recording of the notary process electronically, audio and video requirements, record storage and audit trails.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2021

This year, eClosings surged as remote online notarization became more popular and consumers looked for alternative ways to close on a home. Moving forward, the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization , a not-for-profit subsidiary of the Mortgage Bankers Association , will continue to focus on digital closings.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Endpoint , a platform that provides buyers, sellers and agents with a completely digital way to close on properties, announced Tuesday that it has secured an additional $150 million in funding. Since officially launching in November 2019, Endpoint claims to have helped real estate professionals close more than $2.5

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2024

Atllas is launching a new artificial intelligence tool, Cold Call AI , that the company said is designed to streamline the process of reaching out to prospective home buyers and sellers. He was previously an agent who pounded the phones to develop his business. ” Bardi, 25, has a well-scripted startup story of his own.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The promotion applies to select homes in various housing developments across multiple cities. Magnolia Ridge, one of the participating housing developments in the Greater Houston deal, is offering $7,500 to $7,500 off select homes , with a few of the homes seeing prices drop from $289,200 to $244,990 and $248,590 to $239,990.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

Software development company Blue Sage Solutions has launched a new servicing platform that merges loan origination and servicing functions using API-based technology. Through Blue Sage DSP, lenders will be able to close loan transfers, process individual and batch payments, onboard loans as well as collect payments, the company said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

Broker Edition is designed to provide an intuitive loan management portal for borrowers while making loan management simpler at an accessible price point. is a software development company that offers a digital loan origination system and POS for the mortgage industry. Founded in 2013, Floify — a subsidiary of Porch Group Inc. —

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Partial claims are designed to offer assistance to mortgage borrowers who have fallen behind on their monthly payments, allowing them to become current without impacting the terms of their original loan. The proposal would also extend the time frame for lenders to “record partial claim security instruments from 5 to 15 days,” FHA said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The new guidelines are designed to make it easier for consumers to revoke consent for unwanted robocalls and texts. It also follows on actions taken by the FCC in December 2023, where the regulator moved to adopt rules that would close the “lead generator loophole” that had been used in the mortgage business. Department of Defense.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

Biden will also call for “lower homebuying and refinancing closing costs and crack down on corporate actions that rip off renters,” according to the White House announcement. The NHC lauded the development. This would be accomplished by an expansion of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) to build or preserve 1.2

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Notarize , a provider of remote online notarization (RON) services in 38 states, and Snapdocs , a California-based digital mortgage closing platform, are partnering, the companies announced Thursday. With Notarize integrated directly into the platform, Snapdocs gives all parties the technologies they need to complete a digital closing.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2024

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on Friday announced that it has given conditional approval for Freddie Mac to begin purchasing closed-end second mortgages through a pilot program. The pilot program includes several limitations to the types of loans the government-sponsored enterprise will be allowed to purchase.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Lenders can choose to integrate and configure many third-party services such as verification of asset, verification of employment/ verification of income , e-signing and e-closing. Unlike off-the-shelf POS solutions, Blueprint Builder allows lenders to customize technology that is designed to help improve operations, Maxwell noted.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2024

In the announcement, Compass said that Bennett is ”known for his meticulous attention to detail and high conversion rates,” and he has ”successfully closed many high-value transactions, including a reimagined $3.45 Bennett has been in the real estate industry for a decade, having started his career at Keller Williams.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Do you closely analyze your competitors on major projects like this and, if so, what have you learned in this instance? At Rate, we don’t necessarily track or follow our competitors’ moves closely. Throughout the development process, we worked hand in hand with our staff to develop and perfect it.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2024

The action is designed to inform consumers about the potential pros and cons of taking out these loans, according to an announcement issued by Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office on Monday. “A Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-approved counseling prior to closing the loan.

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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. To that end, Blend plans to use the new capital to invest in product development such as speeding up the release of its digital closing solution.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2021

Blend Impact’s first leg, the Equitable Ecosystem Initiative, was soft-launched last year and gave free access of its platform — in multiple languages — to Minority Depository Institutions (MDI) and community development financial institutions. Blend went public on July 16 and closed its first day of trading at $20.90 on July 27.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

Mortgage and title clients are undergoing a significant transformation with the shift from Encompass Software Development Kit (SDK) to Encompass Partner Connect (EPC). It offers order management, instant title reports, closing agent management, and digital closing capabilities. Why Gridbase is a solution designed for the future?

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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

APRIL 12, 2022

To help the lowest-income families, who increasingly can’t find affordable housing in today’s market, federal, state, and local governments devote considerable resources to subsidize the development of affordable housing with below market rents. These bureaucratic barriers burden developers with direct and indirect costs.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

From origination to closing, it covers all lending channels in one system. For example, it can now determine if a borrower qualifies for affordable loan programs from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). They also reduced the time from application to closing by three days.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

Closing software provider Qualia has launched Qualia Application Programing Interface (API), according to an announcement on Wednesday. According to Qualia, platform users can use these capabilities to design custom client experiences, track performance, productivity and revenue, and pipeline across clients and settlement agency branches.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

It also provides your agents with consistent closings, creating a more predictable and growth-focused pipeline. By keeping your P&L lean and efficient, you can reinvest savings into growth-focused activities like marketing, agent development or technology upgrades—all of which drive long-term success.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

Debbie launched the marketing campaign for “A Seat at the Closing Table,” designed to train loan officers on the nuances of working with underserved borrowers and to offer toolkits and templates that will help them close more loans in minority communities.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2023

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) on Wednesday announced two new home-affordability mortgage products designed to help underserved borrowers become homeowners. We look forward to working with the enterprises, lenders, and other housing industry participants to further develop the ideas described in these plans.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

As the head of affordable housing initiatives, Penn will focus her attention on MBA’s CONVERGENCE plans , a set of programs designed to help lenders and real estate professionals in breaking down homeownership barriers for Black, Hispanic and underserved communities. “Our

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2023

Through the Touchless Lending technology, an application can reach a clear-to-close decision within a week, 80% faster than the average industry time of 50 days. The technology is designed to automate and streamline the underwriting and application processes, per the statement.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Teresa Reber, chief originations officer for The Loan Store, highlighted the company’s commitment to helping brokers close loans faster and improve the buyer experience. ” Last year, The Loan Store launched a consumer rewards program designed to aid mortgage brokers in offering better interest rates. .

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

Its plan takes aim at liquidity, budget authority, pay scales and other potential flexibilities to more closely align with the value it brings to the government and the broader mortgage market. CHLA added in a statement that the release of these recommendations is designed to coincide with relevant news.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2021

Notable in light of the current servicing challenges facing the industry, Stavvy’s eClosing technology is designed to facilitate faster borrower communication and closings as servicers work through loan modifications, referrals and forbearance. How modernized servicing creates customers for life.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee (HCFAC). Prospective borrowers are required to attend a HECM counseling session with a HUD-certified counselor prior to closing their reverse mortgage. Dujanovich was first appointed to HCFAC in late 2021.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Bosman spent more than 15 years at Värde Partners and closed more than $8 billion in transactions across a variety of real estate property types and financing structures. He had a particular focus on residential developers and homebuilders. Brendan and Karen’s expertise will help us further scale those offerings.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

A well-designed and captivating digital platform instantly conveys professionalism, credibility and exclusivity — and the opposite can turn customers away. Keep your online presence on brand Choose a clean and sophisticated design that reflects the essence of luxury real estate and your existing brand.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The prize recognizes individuals who have distinguished themselves in pursuit of the Certified Mortgage Compliance Professional (CMCP) certificate and designation program. His role brings him in close collaboration with internal and external auditors.

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