Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

Zeev Ventures , an early-stage venture fund, led the Series D extension, and was joined by Stereo Capital and Menlo Ventures. million in 15 funding rounds with 25 investors since its inception in 2012. Its other investors include Group 11 , Crosslink Capital , Bullpen Capital , Montage Ventures , Citi Ventures and Google Ventures.

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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

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The mortgage industry has complained loudly and often that government regulation and investor requirements are contributing to spiraling costs that get passed on to consumers. And Rohit Chopra , the hard-charging director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau , who is often the target of such complaints, apparently agrees.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

Tim Bowler, the president of ICE Mortgage Technology , appreciates a good analogy. Treasury official says that the mortgage technology giant’s integration of Black Knight isn’t dissimilar to building a rail line. But MSP, the flagship servicing technology engine acquired in the $12 billion Black Knight deal, runs on 2.01-meter

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2024

Private equity firm Exuma Capital Partners announced that it is the lead investor for a newly launched, AI-powered homeowner management tool called Property.com. Exuma believes that the platform will provide transformative change to every stage of homeownership. “My AI has been top of mind for the real estate industry.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2021

According to a release from Volly, the acquisition of Home Captain’s technology will extend the company’s reach into the real estate realm. This was just one month after Volly announced an $11 million Series B growth equity round led by Camden Partners and backed by existing investor, New Capital Partners.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 19, 2022

At an investor conference last fall, Redwood Trust Inc. Those new investments include venture capital plays, particularly in the financial-technology arena. Abate described technology as being key to “building efficiencies” to accomplish the real estate investment trust’s goals. Oasis Pro Markets , a U.S.-regulated

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

Economic factors that are impacting the market Economic factors play a pivotal role in shaping the short-term rental market, with interest rates taking center stage. For investors eyeing these properties, the challenge lies in higher interest rates for investment properties compared to single-family homes.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

The Urban Institute report, published in November 2023, shows that the average number of months from origination to repurchase between 2005 to 2008 (prior to and during the early stages of the global financial crisis ) was 46 months for Freddie Mac and 52 months for Fannie Mae. Non-QM loans are those that cannot be purchased by the GSEs.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

New investors include Thomvest Ventures and Mubadala Ventures; they join existing backers Oak HC/FT, FinTech Collective, QED Investors, Bullpen Capital, ValueStream Ventures, Laconia, RiverPark Ventures, Stage II Capital and Cross River Bank in round participation.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2024

In this environment, strategies to mitigate repurchase risk through technology , precise quality control, and strong collaboration are essential to avoid serious financial and reputational fallout. When lenders or their technology providers fail to maintain a high standard of data accuracy, loan buybacks increase. Whats in the cards?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2022

eVaults also support an enhanced customer experience for borrowers and streamline interactions with other participants — warehouse lenders, investors, servicers, etc. eNotes and eVaults deliver operational and cost efficiencies for originators, warehouse lenders, investors, custodians and trustees. within the mortgage ecosystem.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

On its fourth quarter earnings call with investors, Fidelity National Financial announced that its adjusted full-year net earnings came in at $2.3 Our adjusted earnings in the fourth quarter reflect the best quarter in the company’s history,” newly appointed CEO Mike Nolan said during a call with investors. billion, with $1.0

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2021

Blend’s investors are apparently convinced that the company can radically transform lending, simplifying and digitizing regimented-but-clumsy processes that are still rather paperwork-heavy. ” Blend’s white-label technology is what powers mortgage applications on the website of traditional banks such as Wells Fargo and U.S. .

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2020

This marks the second round of startups to participate in the program since its launch in September 2019 – originally as an initiative by Flagstar to guide late-stage mortgage tech startups in an effort to evaluate the viability of future investments and partnerships. LOs are only human — Tech is necessary to keep up with max loan volumes.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

million raise in equity funding with participation from affiliates of Starwood Capital Group and Freedom Mortgage , alongside independent investor and Softbank Group International CEO, Marcelo Claure. Putting the homeowner first is the foundation of our technology.” “But it doesn’t have to be that way,” Wang added.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2024

RentRedi’s biggest investors include K1 Investment Management, RiverPark Ventures, TIA Ventures and Tribeca Early Stage Partners. RentRedi was founded in 2016 and is backed by venture capital. According to Crunchbase , the company raised $12 million in a Series A funding round.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2021

Expedite Close accounts for each participant’s role during the closing stages, including the Realtor and settlement agent, and enables lenders to work at their own pace in a flexible and scalable setting. The technology is easy to learn, cost-effective, and is fast to implement,” said Gagliano.

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2023

Candor Technology , a mortgage artificial intelligence (AI) technology firm, announced this week that it has unveiled its latest product feature, Candor Pre-Check. “At Candor, we strive to create best-in-class technology to benefit the consumer, the lender, and the mortgage investor. .

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The agents in these two metros will remain W-2 employees who still receive benefits, including health care, 401(k) matching, mileage, dues, technology tools, team support and all listing marketing expenses, including photography, staging, yard signs and other collateral materials.

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2022

The San Francisco company was now “backed by the top three technology initial public offering underwriters,” Side announced at the time , and the money raise “sets the stage for a future IPO.”. But, rightly or wrongly, investors now see no model disrupting a brokerage industry replete with dozens of established entrants.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2022

Radian is disrupting traditional title processes and using technology and automation to create a better take on title,” said Grant Brittain, SVP, Title Sales. “We Radian Ready is a compliant solution that yields a standard ALTA loan policy meeting investor requirements.

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Housing Wire

JULY 5, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission ’s (SEC’s) Regulation A to open its platform to nonaccredited investors. The company, which does not rely on blockchain or cryptocurrency technologies , started the year with about 22 employees and expects that number to jump to 50 by year’s end, Frazier said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2021

Clear Capital’s suite of field valuations, real estate analytics, and platform technology solutions help servicers prevent fraud, check the accuracy of completed appraisals and broker price opinions (BPOs), conduct portfolio valuation analysis and updates, and help with disposition analysis on distressed loans.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

Even reflecting on the past couple of months: A company may not have been interested in a particular product with a specific secondary market investor, but they may be interested in it now. From an LO’s perspective, what really differentiates Polly’s technology? Let me set the stage with a simple scenario.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2021

Some non-QM lenders must get approval from outside investors that could result in delays. One of our biggest differentiators from other lenders is the fact that we are the end investor. We continue to invest in technology ensuring quick responses, information and file updates.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

million borrowers, thousands of investors and more than 100 subservicing clients. One thing that hasn’t changed is our commitment to our customers – helping homeowners is one of our guiding principles and our mission is focused on creating positive outcomes for homeowners, communities and investors.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Lisa Lund : Scottsdale, Arizona has experienced an instrumental amount of growth over the past few years and still has so much opportunity for investors, homeowners and really the real estate market as a whole. Tom Ferry and Gino Blefari take the stage at the Vanguard Forum Oct. So don’t be stuck in your ways, reach out and learn. .

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Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2023

Some investors have noted that a settlement could signal the FTC’s willingness to accept last-minute divestitures, as well as sign off on financial (private equity) buyers, which the FTC has historically viewed as uncompetitive, according to KBW.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2023

“Touchless Lending Asset Analysis will identify, calculate, then determine borrower eligibility and derive qualified income across bank statements based on the investor or program-specific requirements,” Hemanthkumar Jambulingam , director of fintech product management at Tavant, said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Richard Koss of Recursion will set the stage with data on how capital markets participants are driving channel growth with data specific to retail, correspondent and brokered loan volume. This is where the rubber hits the road between the lender, the investor and the policy maker.”. Watch the full session below.

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GeekEstate

OCTOBER 5, 2022

I’m excited to release Thomvest’s 2022 real estate technology market map, which includes more than 275 companies operating within the residential real estate segment. This market map real estate technology companies operating across every phase of the home purchase value chain.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2021

HousingWire recently spoke to Bryan Bellacosa, first vice president of product management and information technology at ServiceLink, about the outlook for servicers in 2021. HousingWire: What is the biggest challenge servicers and real estate investors face this year? HW: How will EXOS One Marketplace evolve further in 2021?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

They are in high demand for each stage of the mortgage process, yet they are in seriously short supply in a still-booming mortgage market. The supply-chain bottleneck afflicting the global economy has its own counterpart in the world of residential mortgage-backed securities, also referred to as RMBS.

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Realty Biz

JULY 20, 2022

Real estate industry investment platform Fundrise has announced a new, $1 billion fund as part of its bid to expand into the technology space. The new “innovation fund” , as it’s called, aims to make real estate technology investments easier and more affordable for all U.S. Anyone who lives in the U.S.

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Fancy Pants Homes

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

But how can sellers master the art of staging multimillion-dollar homes? In this article, we’ll go over some key strategies to make luxury home staging a success. young tech entrepreneurs , international investors, retirees looking for a second home) to understand their preferences. And from there, it’s a no-brainer.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

F2 Finance funds its own loans and has “quite a bit of capital lined up to lend into this space” with the investors who had previously backed its UK and Irish businesses. F2 Finance declined to share the loan origination volume given the infancy stage of its business. In the next several months, the firm plans to launch a credit fund.

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