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. “We’re always looking for ways to make the loan process smoother,” an ICE Mortgage Technology representative explained.

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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’ve seen a strong pipeline.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Applicants hoping to get a mortgage job in 2024. After cutting to the bone over the past three years, several large mortgage lenders are beginning to ramp up hiring. However, the industry is approaching this cycle with caution. Image created by AI in Midjourney.) The first thing we are hiring for is more recruiters.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

ICE Mortgage Technology will be sunsetting legacy integrations for its flagship Encompass platform by Oct. 31, 2025, which will modernize the mortgage market even if some vendors have to go kicking and screaming. and Mortgage Automation Technologies (which is not SDK-based).

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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.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

Dark Matter Technologies , formerly Black Knight Origination Technologies , named Vikas Rao as its deputy chief product officer, the company announced on Tuesday. Vikas has an impressive track record of success in driving digital innovation and API utilization in mortgage origination,” Dark Matter CEO Rich Gagliano said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

Women like Agnes Standowicz, VP, Underwriting Leader at United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM). Agnes Standowicz: I began my mortgage journey in my last year of college when I was hired at a small broker shop to help answer phone calls. From there, I wanted to learn everything I could about the mortgage process.

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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. The company now aims to embed its services in forward and reverse mortgages. 1, monitor,” Harkins said. “We

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2024

Technology and outsourcing solutions company a360inc announced on Wednesday that it has acquired ProVest , a Tampa-based process and litigation information services provider for creditors. Some of a360inc’s key constituencies include mortgage lenders, servicers and investors, as well as title agencies.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2024

Roof AI , an artificial intelligence -powered sales assistant that helps real estate and mortgage companies generate revenue across their business units, announced the integration of OpenAI ’s technology into its system, significantly boosting its capabilities. Michel Moubarak, vice president of growth at Roof AI, told HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), addressed industry attendees at the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) Annual Meeting and Expo in San Diego last week. David Berenbaum, deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Housing Counseling at the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Photo courtesy of Willie & Kim Photography) Mortgage industry leaders expect more mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in 2025, fueled by declining interest rates and renewed market confidence after two years of what they describe as “modest activity.” The price of their franchise is going to be worth more,” Hanson said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2024

A licensed real estate broker since 2006, he managed a brokerage in San Diego and he also played a crucial role in establishing some of the first compliance management systems in the mortgage industry. We look forward to the exciting contributions he will make in his new role.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

In time for a fall homebuying season that could be busier than usual due to lower mortgage rates , Opendoor has made appointments to a pair of vital roles. 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.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2024

Mortgage veteran Joe Tyrrell will succeed Scott Smith as CEO of Optimal Blue , the company announced Monday. Tyrrell has more than 25 years of experience in mortgage, finance and technology, serving as president of ICE Mortgage Technology for three years after ICE bought Ellie Mae in 2020.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2024

Mortgage advisory firm Stratmor Group has merged with Teraverde , a mortgage advisory firm and technology solutions provider, in a deal that the companies say will allow them to expand the markets they serve and the depth of services provided. The mortgage industry is experiencing one of the toughest markets in its history.

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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

MAY 22, 2024

The average cost for a retail mortgage lender to originate a loan reached $11,600 in the third quarter of 2023, up 35% — or nearly $3,000 per loan — when compared to fourth-quarter 2020, a period of low interest rates and high sales volume, according to a study published Tuesday by Freddie Mac. That’s 2.4

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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.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) launched a mortgage insurance (MI) center on its Encompass loan origination system, part of the company’s vision to to become a ‘ life-of-loan’ platform.

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Housing Wire

JULY 30, 2024

San Diego-based Smartfi Home Loans , which primarily is active as a wholesale lender in the reverse mortgage space, will launch a retail division that offers reverse mortgage products and has hired industry veteran Paul Fiore as its president of retail sales. “I

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2024

Virginia -based Atlantic Coast Mortgage announced this week that residential and wholesale banking software company CRMNow ’s mortgage-oriented customer relationship management ( CRM ) product, Nextwave CRM , will be used by its loan originators across the 30 states it operates in.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

Recent data from Inside Mortgage Finance shows a significant leap in broker market share, jumping to 24.3% The significant cost savings of working with an independent mortgage broker has also become more widely known. So, what exactly does this mean for the industry? in Q4 2023, the highest number we’ve seen since 2009.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

While 2024 was rife with challenges for the mortgage industry broadly across forward and reverse a new year brings a new mindset. Some challenges remain, with mortgage rates being chief among them. I see more collaboration with different business units, for both the wider industry and within Guild, as well.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

They discuss the latest developments in the mortgage market, along with key dynamics and growth strategies for lenders as interest rates continue to fall. The conversation also covers cost-to-completion metrics, new technology and tactics strategies for making customers happy in today’s market.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2024

Top mortgage technology executives say their companies are embracing artificial intelligence (AI) in their operations but still relying on human decision-making to sell loans. ” Jason Bressler, executive vice president and chief technology officer at United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), said. ” UWM, the top U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

To help overcome these obstacles, Sagent has created its Dara Loss Mitigation platform as a solution that modernizes how homeowners and mortgage servicers address financial hardship. Streamlining regulatory compliance Dara offers a solution to the compliance challenge in an industry overseen by evolving regulations.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Fast-growing mortgage servicing platform Valon has secured $100 million in a Series C funding round, the company announced this week. It is utilizing a cross-selling strategy that offers additional products to its existing customers in an evolving mortgage landscape.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

A race is a useful analog for the mortgage business, especially as it relates to the refinance business. Anticipating the start of the refi race When mortgage rates finally rose above their historically low levels, the mortgage refinance business started to dry up. In our business, that’s the refinance transaction.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2024

Blueprint Solutions , a mortgage technology company that offers income verification tools for the industry, announced this week that it is implementing Fannie Mae ’s Income Calculator into its two primary software offerings. This will help the company’s clients to more efficiently access the Fannie Mae tool, the company said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

New York-based Simplist Technologies , which has developed a consumer-facing mortgage platform, introduced a new software solution on Thursday for mortgage professionals that combines a loan origination system (LOS) with a point-of-sale system (POS).

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

In the modern mortgage landscape, quality control (QC) stands as a critical pillar supporting the industry’s integrity and stability. Seasonal lulls as QC enhancement opportunities The cyclical mortgage industry presents challenges and opportunities for QC improvement.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

Mortgage credit availability saw a slight increase in May, according to an analysis of ICE Mortgage Technology data by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) rose by 0.1% The index was initially benchmarked to 100 in 2012.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

nonbank mortgage lenders continue to gain market share as the industry consolidates and a number of smaller players exit the space due to a lack of strong franchises to retain sufficient volume, Fitch Ratings reported Tuesday. Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. Rocket Mortgage had purchase origination volume of $47.5

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Buffalo, New York-based mortgage technology firm LenderLogix , a top provider of point-of-sale (POS) and automation software for independent mortgage banks , commercial banks and third-party brokers, announced Thursday that Ben Head will join the company as an account executive.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

Lennar Mortgage , a financial services subsidiary of Lennar Corp. will move its servicing operations to the industry-leading MSP loan servicing system from ICE Mortgage Technology , ICE announced on Monday. It can also be used as a channel for mortgage holders to seek assistance in times of distress.

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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.

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