Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Rocket Companies industry-shaking plan to acquire Mr. Cooper in a $9.4 The deal, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025, integrates the largest servicer in the country into Rockets flywheel. They’ve built great technology on a massive scale. Mr. Cooper is an amazing company.

Technology 335

Technology Mortgages Industrial Title 335

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Multistate mortgage lender Click n’ Close on Thursday announced that it’s adding a 30-year, fixed-rate conventional loan option to its SmartBuy Shared Appreciation Mortgage (SAM) program. Click n’ Close’s program also offers down payment assistance (DPA) options ranging from 3.5% to 5% down.

Loans 300

Loans Closing Mortgages Technology 300

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. What does the future hold?

Mortgages 397

Mortgages Technology Principal Industrial 397

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a hot topic across every facet of life, including the real estate and title industries. Marketing Marketing is essential for building awareness and staying competitive in the title industry, yet many professionals struggle to find the time. Feeling overwhelmed by all the AI talk?

Title 448

Title Industrial Technology Closing 448

Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

The real estate industry is already in a whirlwind and the year has barely kicked off. To put it simply, the industry appears to be in its rapid evolution era. An industry-wide focus on lead generation has left many professionals with vast, often un-tapped lead databases. Have a seat and buckle in. What does this look like?

Technology 397

Technology Renovation Agents Industrial 397

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In a new episode of the “Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered Podcast,” hosts James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson are joined by Zillow Group CEO Jeremy Wacksman for a deep dive conversation that covers the role of technology in real estate and Zillow’s “ Super App.” That’s what technology does. We have a phrase at Zillow.

Technology 370

Technology Staging Agents Brokerage 370

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

With the election behind us, the industry is refocused on building momentum and driving growth in 2025. It also provides your agents with consistent closings, creating a more predictable and growth-focused pipeline. First, you free up your agents to focus on what they do best: closing deals. Ready to accelerate?

Brokerage 397

Brokerage Technology Agents Closing 397

Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

Remote online notarization (RON) continues to stake its claim as a critical innovation for real estate professionals and homebuyers, opening the door for faster closings and largely eliminating the need for in-person meetings. The reality is quite the opposite. The number one concern on all stakeholders minds is fraud, he said.

Title 408

Title Technology Industrial Development 408

Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

Doing so has enabled us to fine tune the underwriting process, contributing to our industry-leading turn times and our strong Net Promoter Score (YTD +87.7). HousingWire: What role do you see technology playing in the future of underwriting and client service within the mortgage industry? That’s where technology comes in.

Technology 448

Technology Loans Industrial Mortgages 448

Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Seemingly forever, the average time between reaching a sales agreement and closing on that property has hovered around 45 days — a month and a half. There’s an entire industry built upon the “what’s next” in question. One would be hard-pressed to find many title agencies that aren’t using some level of technology in that regard.

Closing 488

Closing Title Property Management Technology 488

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Mortgage technology company Gateless is offering its flagship automated underwriting platform to a new lender. The company introduced its Smart Underwrite system in May 2023 to reduce manual tasks for underwriters and reduce loan processing times, addressing a significant efficiency challenge in the mortgage industry.

Loans 397

Loans Mortgages Technology Development 397

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In honor of the 2025 Tech100 nomination season, HousingWire asked leaders from last year’s Tech100-winning companies including Flueid , Vesta , Gridbase and MyHome, a Williston Financial Group Company to share some examples of how their technology has helped transform a traditional real estate and mortgage process.

Title 370

Title Mortgages Title search Bankruptcy 370

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The company announced that it has named Selim Freiha its chief financial officer, while Shrisha Radhakrishna assumes the title of chief technology and product officer. Radhakrishna is coming from LegalZoom, where he served for four years as chief technology officer and chief product officer.

Technology 448

Technology Finance MLS Title 448

Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Sheila Reddy, CEO at Mosaik, to talk about how the company is leveraging their experience building technology solutions for healthcare to benefit real estate agents and homebuyers. Sarah Wheeler: What differentiates Mosaik’s technology?

Technology 448

Technology MLS Agents Design 448

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The Tech100 Mortgage award recognizes the most innovative and impactful organizations driving the mortgage industry forward. Now in its 13th year, the Tech100 program serves as a trusted resource for housing professionals, providing a definitive list of the industrys top technology providers.

Mortgages 417

Mortgages Title Lending Loans 417

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Seemingly forever, the average time between reaching a sales agreement and closing on that property has hovered around 45 days — a month and a half. There’s an entire industry built upon the “What’s next?” When asked why it takes an average of six to seven weeks to get to closing, there are a lot of complex (and honest) answers.

Closing 459

Closing Title Technology Property Management 459

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The mortgage industry faces constant change. Encompass by ICE Mortgage Technology aims to provide a flexible end-to-end solution for lenders in a modern market. From origination to closing, it covers all lending channels in one system. They also reduced the time from application to closing by three days.

Technology 448

Technology Mortgages Lending Loans 448

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. Increased efficiency : Automation is key, helping lenders close loans faster and work smarter.

Technology 446

Technology Mortgages Marketing Loans 446

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

By examining their customer acquisition and retention strategies, they can drive, capture and convert shifts in demand into closed sales. According to data from the ICE Mortgage Monitor , mortgage servicers across the industry saw refinance retention in the second quarter fall to the second-lowest point in 17 years.

Loan Officer 435

Loan Officer Pre-approval Technology Loans 435

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke to Sandra Madigan, EVP of product strategy – servicing technology at ICE Mortgage Technology , about improving the home buying and ownership experience with technology and how the industry can do so thoughtfully. I compare it to how people felt before the iPhone came out.

Technology 459

Technology Loan Officer Loans Banks 459

Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2024

Since starting his career in the real estate industry more than five decades ago, Dave Liniger , the co-founder of RE/MAX , has seen and experienced quite a bit of change and innovation. If you look at the last 50 years of the real estate industry, the rules around residential transactions have become very complex.

Industrial 458

Industrial Technology VA loan FHA loan 458

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.

Technology 501

Technology Mortgages Bankruptcy Industrial 501

Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2025

Real estate technology provider Delta Media released a new report that highlights a sharp jump in AI usage from last year. Delta’s annual real estate leadership survey explores insights from brokerage leaders on AI, marketing technology and forward-thinking insights. Female leaders follow closely behind at 82.6%.

Brokerage 332

Brokerage Technology Inspection Agents 332

Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2024

It is our team’s job to understand how LeadingRE can best support them, which may mean recommending specific courses from our Institute learning platform, introducing technologies from a Solutions Group provider, engaging them in our commercial real estate program, or helping them build new development business through Destinations by LeadingRE.

Industrial 446

Industrial Commercial Brokerage Development 446

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

With the lawsuits, I saw a lot of leaders acting like there has never been any regulatory change to the industry or that there has never been upheaval or challenges that you cant control, Hanna said. It also utilized technology tools and worked toward creating innovative solutions such as Buy & Borrow Bundle.

Brokerage 370

Brokerage Agents Technology Industrial 370

Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

.” Rocket, which also ties its branding to empowering consumers to enforce the power of choice, acknowledged that the seismic transaction impacts the financial services market in terms of consumer choice and industry competition. “And so what we want to do is just simply focus on the experience of buying and selling the home. .

Branding 418

Branding Brokerage Commercial Title 418

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.

Lending 459

Lending Industrial Mortgages Technology 459

Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2025

The real estate technology company will be aided on this journey by additional capital it has secured from its ownership group, which includes private equity partner Vector Capital , and brokerages Howard Hanna Real Estate Services and Windermere Real Estate , according to an announcement on Friday. MoxiWorks is looking to up its game.

Technology 369

Technology Brokerage Commercial Equity 369

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2023

With its four largest firms all at least 100 years old, the title insurance industry has a bit of a reputation for being antiquated and technology averse. “I The title industry has worked hard over the last few years to shed that reputation. Not only did it take a lot of time, but it cost a lot of money.

Title 468

Title Industrial Title search Technology 468

Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Home negotiations technology platform Indigo just received a large investment to expand its operations in 2025. “On the heels of major industry changes, greater transparency around the home transaction has become vital. We are thrilled to back the Indigo team and their deep domain expertise,”Flint said.

Brokerage 369

Brokerage Technology Investor Agents 369

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.

Industrial 459

Industrial Mortgages Technology Development 459

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

These partnerships can take various forms including partnerships with mortgage brokers , title companies , property management firms, insurance providers, contractors, lenders , or technology vendors. Technology and automation Technology is vital for streamlining processes, managing leads, and communicating with clients.

Branding 345

Branding Technology Brokerage Title 345

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

CreditXpert , a leading mortgage technology company, announced on Wednesday the launch date for its new credit optimization platform. The new credit optimization platform will combine the best parts of the What-if Simulator and Wayfinder tools, giving mortgage professionals the power to reach more clients and close more loans.

Loan Officer 397

Loan Officer Loans Mortgages Technology 397

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.

Technology 448

Technology Marketing Loans Development 448

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.

Industrial 459

Industrial Title Technology MLS 459

Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

This hiring underscores the company’s commitment to technology and product innovation. Brown’s duties will also include monitoring emerging mortgage industry trends and aligning Xactus’ product strategy with the market. ” Brown has decades of experience in the financial services industry.

Marketing 369

Marketing Technology Mortgages Industrial 369

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

Industrial 448

Industrial Title Mortgages Lending 448