Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Digital mortgage automation solution provider Floify launched verification of income (VOI) and verification of employment (VOE) waterfall technology that aims to save lenders and mortgage brokers time and reduce costs during the loan origination process.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

Coggiola will be responsible for Polly’s product, implementation, support and design teams, working toward seamless cross-organization collaboration. He has more than 25 years of mortgage technology and enterprise software experience with his latest stint being chief product officer at Accela , a government tech provider.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Cloudvirga’s platform solves for both by creating the best experience for borrowers and loan officers. The Cloudvirga team has been able to dramatically improve the experience of the borrower and the loan officer. Raman Iyer is responsible for Cloudvirga’s digital innovation and technology strategy.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2023

Fintech software and hardware company Mortgage Automation Technologies, Inc. announced on Monday that it has integrated its next-generation point of sale system, The BIG Point of Sale, on the latest API Platform available through ICE Mortgage Technology , a division of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

“From loan officers to secondary marketing teams and investors, we empower mortgage professionals with tools designed to maximize their profitability on every loan transaction.” ” The announcements were made at MBA Annual in Denver.

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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. What do you think the disconnect is there, and do you see this changing in the future?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Jeff Bell, president of both UpWell Mortgage and software company Uplist , to talk about how he thinks about technology, and the good news that the industry is turning a corner after two rough years. Sarah Wheeler: How does being an originator inform how you think about technology?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Jimmy Kelly, president and CEO of Lone Wolf Technologies , to discuss the company’s development process and his vision for a connected real estate platform. That is a lot of technology and a lot of wasted effort. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2025

zavvie , a Colorado -based iBuyer and fintech company, has launched an AI-powered platform, HomeFAI, that is designed to accelerate the speed of cash offers and funding for homebuyers. Our new platform brings unprecedented speed and certainty to home financing, helping loan officers and their clients win more deals.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Borrower Digital is Black Knight’s point-of-sale (POS) solution that is built using responsive-design to be used easily from any web-enabled device. Borrower Digital is further enhanced with Black Knight’s companion solution Loan Officer Digital. Rich Gagliano, President, Origination Technologies.

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2023

The tool is designed to address the issue of sensitive data being handled by lenders and loan officers on a daily basis, including social security numbers, paystubs, and tax returns. According to Maxwell, the company’s suite of tools have resulted in a 20% increase in loans closed per loan officer.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

To get a better understanding of how this arrangement plays into the ambitions of both the lender and tech provider, HousingWire spoke with Andrew Badstubner, chief information officer at First Community Mortgage, and David Aach, chief operating officer of Blue Sage.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

Mortgage capital markets tech firm Polly announced on Tuesday that it has launched “Polly/AI,” which integrates artificial intelligence (AI) technology into the newest version of its product and pricing engine (PPE) and includes a “co-pilot” for loan officers that will “process, interpret, and recommend a range of outcome-driven results.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Today, a mortgage lender must have scalability in its operation, an ability to pivot quickly to meet changing market conditions and client needs, a well-designed technology stack and, above all, a keen sense of what its customers and the marketplace truly want from them.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2024

Polly’s product and pricing engine (PPE), designed with an API-adjacent product strategy, looks to improve lender efficiencies by facilitating optimal system-to-system integration. Polly’s API integration with nCino is part of the fintech’s long-term strategy to provide innovation for lenders. mortgage, said in a statement. “By

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Lenders have come to appreciate the benefits technology can bring – but those benefits are only useful if the implementation of new tools doesn’t make the loan process more complicated. Borrower Digital was designed based on specific borrower personas and scenarios.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2024

Guideline Buddy’s chatbot leverages generative AI technology to simplify the loan qualification process by providing swift and accurate information, freeing professionals from the time-consuming burden of sifting through extensive documentation, the firm said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

The digital lender made changes in its commercial operating model to achieve this goal and will continue to invest in Tinman, its proprietary technology platform. The operating model change involved Better pivoting to hiring experienced loan officers on commission-based compensation plans. Better posted a GAAP net loss of $59.5

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2025

The tool is being touted as the mortgage industrys first AI-powered co-pilot capable of taking over many of manual, repetitive tasks that typically burden loan officers , servicers, and back-office staff. Alpha7x is designed to plug directly into existing platforms without the need to replace core infrastructure.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

Its “ smart loans ,” which were built using artificial intelligence technology, are designed to help homebuyers find the best mortgage for their unique financial situation. In May 2022, it launched a cloud-based portal, LoanFlow , that gives mortgage brokers and loan officers the ability to originate loans anytime, anywhere.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2024

While there will always be a need for the next innovative idea that keeps housing finance moving forward, our industry’s real problem is not an inability to devise technological advances that save lenders and consumers money—it’s our inability to adopt and execute at scale. Drastic times call for drastic measures.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2024

Real estate technology firm Knock announced Thursday that its bridge loan product is being integrated into the borrower application process at Baltimore -based NFM Lending. The bridge loan estimate is being integrated into the lender’s workflow through an Encompass plugin.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Exponentially increase your loan officers’ origination potential without incurring additional expense? Examiners such as the CFPB and FDIC provide stringent oversight of digital activity, and mistakes can cost you and your loan officers dearly. Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it?

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2024

How does that experience inform the way you think about technology now? Part of the role that I was fortunate enough to have was managing vendor relationships, so I’ve been on the technology side of the mortgage business the entire time. We’ve always owned our own loan application — it’s something we’ve built.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Today’s focus is on cultural fit, innovative talent compensation strategies, and leveraging technology to stabilize workforce needs through economic cycles. loanDepot’s focus is on the sales side, attracting experienced loan officers (LOs) and people who want to join the industry via its accelerated career in effective sales (ACES) program.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2024

Mortgage data provider Optimal Blue this week announced the launch of Competitive Data License, a product that is designed to help lenders price loans accurately and drive profitability. ” The data license product allows lenders to see which loan locks were completed using the dataset and which loan officers locked the loan.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

From there, the Digital Loan Product Wizard lets borrowers select several HELOC and home equity products to evaluate through several third-party institutions—including Evolve Mortgage Services and American First Credit Union.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

By deploying customer intelligence from Total Expert — a customer engagement platform for financial institutions — Mountain West Financial will provide automated alerts that notify its loan officers in real-time when a customer’s behavior or financial situation signals they’re a good candidate for a home loan, Total Expert said.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2024

So, we’ve built our own technology. So, we’ve built a lot of integration with our LOS and our servicing platform to bring it all together for a loan officer. This coaching program is designed and run by our own successful loan officers.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

People who invest in technology often ask the question: is this a “nice to have,” or a “need to have?” Few have the resources to invest in technologies they don’t need. What’s the worst that can happen if we don’t invest in this technology?”. Mike is an experienced mortgage loan officer. Not anymore.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

With two decades of marketing experience both on the agency and the brand side, as well as a personal passion for rehabbing homes, Wooden’s know-how, grit, and fresh perspective has continued to propel the Anywhere portfolio of well-known and well-loved brands forward in an ever-evolving technological landscape.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2021

Bolstad will be joined on the panel by Dave Vermillion , founder and CEO of Mortgage Champions , and Lisa Patterson, chief originations officer at Homepoint. Bank Home Mortgage, Bolstad is responsible for over 4,000 employees, including nearly 1,400 mortgage loan officers.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

Solutions within Floify Lender Edition allow lenders to improve recruitment and retention of top-producing loan officers and to navigate regulatory landscapes, according to the company’s website. Floify Lender Edition is a counterpart to Broker Edition , which was rolled out in December.

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Housing Wire

MAY 11, 2023

Flueid , a leading technology company specializing in real estate transactions, announced on Thursday the integration of its patented Flueid Decision platform with Encompass by ICE Mortgage Technology. Flueid Decision also offers a product designed specifically for title providers to digitize and automate title search best practices.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In reality, the LOS is not the problem; the technology is doing exactly what it was designed to do. Adjust your expectations At its core, an LOS is designed to serve a very specific purpose: ensuring that lenders can originate compliant and sellable loans. The LOS is a foundational piece of technology for every lender.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Mortgage Coach, founded in 2009 and based in California, offers an interactive borrower education platform that lets loan officers guide borrowers through a visual presentation of their loan options. This will enable borrowers to view accurate, side-by-side home loan comparisons, Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The portal is designed to offer GHMC partners a “unique borrower online application experience” at no additional costs. Innovative technology is imperative to the mortgage industry with more and more applicants taking advantage of online options offered by lenders,” GHMC president and CEO Chip Adkins said in a prepared statement.

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