Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

AI and data-led fintech company Pagaya Technologies named Sanjiv Das as president. Pagaya also offers personal loans, auto loans, credit cards and point-of-sale (POS) financing. Das, a former CEO of Caliber Home Loans , will begin his new role on Oct. The firm has been in the real estate business since 2020.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

The real estate sector is constantly evolving, and one technology has emerged as a true game changer: virtual reality (VR). This transformative technology has opened up a new world of possibilities, empowering agents and captivating potential buyers like never before.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Income verification technology is typically used for the loan origination process. However, bringing this technology to the point-of-sale stage allows lenders to screen candidates more effectively. In October 2021, Blend Labs launched a similar product called Blend Income Verification.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Whenever there is a change in the marketplace because interest rates go up 300% from their trough, or there are concerns that business practice change may lead to downward pressure on commissions , agents become worried about how many sales are going to be out there and how much money theyll be able to make on those sales.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Real estate technology company Knock has announced the launch of Knock Nest, a standalone sale-leaseback solution that allows homeowners to access the cash they’ve built up in their home while continuing to live in it. The post Knock launches new sale-leaseback solution, Knock Nest appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2024

Exuma believes that the platform will provide transformative change to every stage of homeownership. “My At the Federal Housing Finance Agency ‘s 2024 TechSprint event in July, numerous companies made pitches for bringing these technologies to the space. AI has been top of mind for the real estate industry.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

What stage is the company in right now? Divya Aathresh: We are still very early, in the pre-seed stage. Our head of sales is a life-long Realtor, one of the first people I hired when I was at Better. Sarah Wheeler: You founded MaxHome.AI in January. Very early on, I brought on people from Better who understood the industry.

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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

AUGUST 22, 2023

Now, she has recently been appointed president of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate (BHGRE), where she is tasked with leading the company’s global network of more than 12,000 affiliated brokers and independent sales associates. What are you hoping your time on stage accomplishes? GW: I’m really excited to attend the event.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Real estate agents now have a new tool to remove these distraction from home staging photos — and no, it’s not Apple Intelligence. CoStar -backed Matterport unveiled three other proptech tools that are not directly related to marketing homes for sale.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The Specialized Team Every team members role is based on their strengths agents specialize in either listings or sales, while support staff focuses on marketing or transactional details. They work to appropriately price listings, stage homes, and prepare properties to go to market.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Mortgage tech firm Candor Technology has expanded its Loan Engineering System (LES) to include Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans. There is no other automated underwriting technology that helps lenders make decisions on FHA loans like ours,” said Mark Hinshaw, CEO of Candor Technology.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2024

million sales volume last year. ”At At this stage, joining Compass, a company at the forefront of technology and agent support, makes sense for my business,” Bennett said in a statement. 1 brokerage last year with more than $184 billion in sales volume, and it ranked No. home sales from January to March.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

If you are using it in marketing, we need to make sure it does not infringe intellectual property,” Stucky said at an AI session at the 2023 Mortgage Bankers Association Annual Convention & Expo in Philadelphia on Monday. “With this rapidly evolving technology, there are a lot of risks.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2021

Volly , a mortgage tech company that offers customer relationship management and point-of-sale services for lenders, announced Wednesday the acquisition of mortgage and real estate tech startup Home Captain for an undisclosed amount.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The firm announced Thursday that MyHome , a WFG subsidiary, has acquired technology and marketing services provider Volly. Williston Financial Group is closing out 2023 with yet another acquisition. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Launched in 2004, 10 of the nation’s top 30 banks work with Volly.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

We’re reviewing loans at the stage where they’ve been approved with conditions, giving us an earlier look before fully committing to underwriting,” said Anne Green, risk QA specialist at Enact MI. “By Technology also plays a crucial role in managing the complexities of reporting.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2023

Like your customer, the recruitment process can be visualized as a sales funnel, where potential recruits enter at the top, and the best-suited agents emerge at the bottom as ideal members of your team or brokerage. Understanding and optimizing each stage of this funnel is critical to streamline recruitment and attract top-tier talent.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

“Most technologies are not architected to do a million loans every five minutes.” “Most technologies are not architected to do a million loans every five minutes.” ” Ardley can help servicers with retention strategies and find new deals within their portfolio.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Consider these two similar searches: “Multi-generational living homes for sale in Louisville, KY” “Homes for sale in Louisville, KY under $2,000,000 for multi-generational living” Google’s treatment of these searches evolved. It creates both challenges and opportunities for the industry.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Chase announced that, beginning this week, it would limit jumbo loans to 70% of the sale price. JPMorgan’s new loan-to-value restrictions will apply to all Manhattan apartments, including re-sales and co-ops, many of which are relatively affordable, older units that price sensitive buyers turn to first. Presented by: Indecomm Global.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The housing market is booming, as shown by the extremely strong pace of home sales last week. Lenders need to be able to grow their business in a way that is not linear and is not tied to the market cycles – leveraging automation technology can help. Presented by: Indecomm Global. in the prior week , the MBA report said.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

New entrants continue to join the market with better technology and digital processes to simplify the loan process and provide fast closing experiences to meet consumer needs. As the refi-crunch subsides and homebuyers are increasingly competing against faster all-cash offers, speed once again is center stage.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Through this, Saunders said, consumers began to realize the importance of staging, photography and online marketing. We are in the stage now where we are having to play cleanup on a lot of different fronts, and part of that cleanup is actually providing a service to the end consumer by way of brokerage,” Saunders said. “So,

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This week, Mortgage Cadence announced that it had appointed longtime reverse mortgage industry professional George Morales to serve on its sales team. The company is aiming to bring more reverse mortgage technology solutions to potential partners already in the industry and those that have yet to enter it.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

While brokers frequently prioritize sophisticated recruitment tactics and having the best technology stack, it’s vital to revisit the fundamental elements of human interaction and organizational retention underpinning a successful brokerage. For a newer agent, discussions may focus more on training and basic sales techniques.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2023

But for potential homebuyers to benefit from new technology, the industry must figure out a way to keep bias out of decision-making models, experts said Monday. Rocket Companies is focused on using technology to tap into a potential customer base.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2020

Lenders need to be able to grow their business in a way that is not linear and is not tied to the market cycles – leveraging automation technology can help. The company’s solutions involve applications of a few different types of automation technology. It depends on the level of technology maturity of each lender’s middle office.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2021

Last month’s uptick was mainly driven by an increase in the number of properties that are in early stage delinquency (30 days or more past due) but are not yet in foreclosure. Foreclosure starts and sales activity managed another round of historic lows in February with starts down 88% year-over-year and sales down more than 94%.

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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 It has begun to adopt and integrate more and more technology into the title search and production process. Data extraction from documents is a great application of generative AI.

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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

JUNE 4, 2024

The company’s initial approach, offering flat fees and leveraging technology to streamline processes, initially captured attention and gained traction, promising to change how real estate transactions are completed. That’s what discounted brokerages are for now. For everyone else, consumers expect more, and rightly so!

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2024

Sarah Wheeler: What differentiates Lofty’s technology? I think the most important thing is to really to understand the boundary of the technology. Because technology is evolving so fast, we have to evolve with the technology. They often hire an ISA company [Inside Sales Agent] or a remote virtual assistant.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The integrated platform increases transparency across all stakeholders to support stronger collaboration between a lender’s marketing, technology, sales and executive teams. Ultimately, Surefire users have the right functionality at their fingertips for every stage of the loan life cycle.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 2, 2021

Alex Kutsishin, CEO & co-founder of Sales Boomerang , will speak at HousingWire’s virtual Spring Summit on March 4, diving into what a two-year study reveals about the importance of borrower retention. The focus of the Spring Summit is The Year-Round Purchase Market.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Lenders that may have been holding out on embracing automation and technology were forced to adapt at breakneck speed to continue to serve customers. From hybrid appraisals to virtual showings to RON/RIN, the digital mortgage process took center stage over the last year. Technology as the new table stakes.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2022

The real estate industry is in the stages of a seismic shift to fully digital experiences. In fact, our research shows there’s continued enthusiasm for tech-driven real estate platforms and services: nearly three-quarters of people we surveyed would consider buying a home through a real estate technology company.

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