Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2020

End-to-end lending and services platform Finance of America Capital is the latest mortgage company to get in on the mushrooming IPO craze. Finance of America, says its collection of companies has originated over $65 billion in loans since 2017. billion valuation. It has sent $16.2 billion, according to Recursion’s data.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2024

The draft Mortgagee Letter (ML) “proposes updates to HUD’s calculations for the payment of debenture interest for HECM claims and establishes a process for retroactively adjusting the calculation of debenture interest for claims filed on HECMs that became due and payable on or after September 19, 2017,” FHA said in an announcement of the proposal.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Stavvy , a fintech company specializing in digital and remote collaboration for lending and real estate companies, acquired Brace , a digital mortgage servicing platform. Founded in 2018 , Stavvy works to increase efficiency and transparency in real estate and mortgage lending. Terms of the deal were not announced.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

LoanStar Technologies , which connects lenders with borrowers who are traditionally underbanked or unbanked, also made the list again. 126 Transactly 3,852% 2017 Real estate transaction platform providing automation, integrations and tech-enabled services that significantly reduce process time. The company was ranked 351 last year.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

In March 2017, the company revived plans for an IPO but didn’t follow through. Borrowers want consistency through the lending process – Here’s how to give them that. 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.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2021

Griffin Funding was the fastest housing sector grower in 2017. Lending Heights ( 592% growth) President Jason Cecco said his focus was on “empowering our team members to thrive, which leads to the best customer experience.”. asks for verification of both the 2017 and the. The housing sector has been represented in Inc.

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Housing Wire

MAY 12, 2021

Five years after introducing the Rocket Mortgage brand for digital lending, Rocket Companies will finally retire the legacy Quicken name on July 31. “More than 20 years ago, Dan Gilbert, our founder and chairman, had a vision of putting the entire mortgage process online to simplify the lending experience and add more transparency.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2021

has raised $175 million to accelerate growth and fund new technologies , just 16 months after relaunching its operations. The company ceased operations in July 2017 after years of declining volumes. Last year, Interfirst relaunched its services with a new proprietary loan origination technology platform.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2021

had to have generated revenue by March 31, 2017, making at least $100,00 that year. Not surprisingly, the top mortgage lenders on the list were all tech-focused companies, leveraging in house and third-party solutions to simplify lending transactions. Magazine’s list of the 5,000 fastest growing companies in America for 2021.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

Founded by Karl Jacob and Allan Carroll in 2017, the company quickly took off after raising about $100 million in seed funding. Its “ smart loans ,” which were built using artificial intelligence technology, are designed to help homebuyers find the best mortgage for their unique financial situation.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2022

Mortgage companies are tapping into emerging blockchain and cryptocurrency lending markets, utilizing artificial intelligence technology to speed up the origination process. LoanSnap launched a crypto-mortgage program that relies on AI technology, cryptocurrency, and linking a real-world mortgage lien to a digital NFT.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Flagstar Bank and the FinTech Consortium revealed that fintech startups Home Lending Pal , Stavvy and Real Key are the latest initiates to the companies’ ongoing MortgageTech Accelerator program. Explore three steps that enable technology to work more efficiently, which helps drive profitability. Presented by: Total Expert.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

where Freddie Mac will educate the attendees on its affordable housing programs and NAMB will provide classes, credits and certifications on topics such as VA lending, etc. NAMB and Freddie Mac will host events across the U.S. the newly appointed board president of NAMB. How lenders can break through a siloed mortgage ecosystem.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The regulator also charged the company with violations of the Truth in Lending Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act. The firm, which offers “ smart loans ” through artificial intelligence technology, developed a cloud-based portal, LoanFlow , that allows mortgage brokers and loan officers to originate loans anytime, anywhere.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Speakers include Mike Fawaz, senior vice president of sales at Rocket Pro TPO, and Freddie Mac representatives Nora Guerra, single-family affordable lending manager, and Tom Smith, technology project manager of single-family strategic delivery. said in a release.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Dave Parker understands the business side of mortgage lending and has brought to market new solutions that cut to the core of what the mortgage industry needs,” Neville said in a statement. Neville joined the company’s board of directors in 2017 as a mortgage industry veteran and was appointed president and COO in 2018.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2021

Additionally, use of this technology is trending up significantly in Midwestern states. A decade ago, Virginia became the first state to enact a RON law and in 2017 Texas was the third state to approve RON legislation. “Today, RON is being utilized most extensively in Florida, Texas and Virginia,” ALTA told its members.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2022

335), Trius Lending Partners (no. Trius Lending, a local direct and hard-money lender specializing in residential investment, attributed its rapid success to customizing to investors’ needs. According to the firm, the core business at Trius Lending is residential rentals or properties for fix-and-flip. MortgageOne (no.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2022

About 39% of 210 senior mortgage executives representing 189 lending institutions said cost-cutting was the most important agenda item, the first time that has happened since 2017, according to Fannie Mae ‘s mortgage lender sentiment survey. Direct to consumer lending can lower variable costs significantly.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2021

Better, faster, cheaper has long been the promise of technology in the mortgage industry. Some may argue whether today’s technology is that much better than the tools we used in the past, particularly in the servicing business where many still use platforms designed and first built decades ago. Tripping over our own technology.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2022

The company’s job cuts include human resources, technology, talent acquisition, and executive assistant positions. Presented by: Acra Lending. The company reduced its origination to $2 billion in 2016 before shutting down altogether in 2017. The workforce reduction is also focused on mortgage loan production.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2022

Staying nimble in a fast-paced market with the right mortgage technology. In the rapid-fire, volatile mortgage marketplace, lenders need technologies to help them remain nimble and successfully navigate constant change. The post A cooling housing market could slow even further in coming months appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

To run the hub, the company hired Casey Nunn, a former Rocket Mortgage and Homepoint executive, as the vice president of wholesale lending. In 2017, after years of plummeting volumes, the company, led by CEO Dmitry Godin, decided to shutter its business, only to relaunch in 2020.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2021

NYCB had essentially exited the residential mortgage banking business in 2017 after selling its origination and servicing platforms. NYCB is best known for its commercial banking division, particularly regarding multifamily lending in the New York City region. “In Flagstar, we have found such a like-minded partner.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2022

In March, California-based loanDepot announced the creation of a division called mello, under the leadership of the digital-technology veteran Sidi. The new unit focuses on developing mortgage-adjacent lending products and services. He will focus on refining and building out the lender’s technology stack.

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Housing Wire

JULY 3, 2024

For instance, we started working with machine learning for automated valuation models back in 2017. The fact is that AI-based technology has no intent or emotional capability at all. At Clear Capital, we started using machine learning for our automated valuation model in 2017. Then ChatGPT came on the scene.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2020

Before he joined Home Point Financial, Hilzendeger was at Wells Fargo for 30 years, most recently with Wells Fargo Home Lending , where he led as head of Retail Operations, head of Servicing Operations, senior vice president of Default Services, and senior vice president of Real Estate Servicing. office’s Talent Development operations.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

Prior to her seven-year stint at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, from 2013 to 2014 Anderson worked as an attorney at Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC , specializing in fair lending counseling and compliance. As the mortgage world becomes more technologically interconnected, the risks to cybersecurity, data and infosecurity increase.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2023

Black Knight’s loan origination system will complement and integrate with loanDepot’s proprietary technology system, mello, which rolled out in 2017, Black Knight said on Thursday. As of the end of the third quarter, the California lender’s total funding capacity with its lending partners decreased by 42.4%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

We attribute OSE’s lack of formal, updated QMP guidance to staffing constraints on the QMP team due to turnover and the Bureau’s hiring freeze from 2017 through 2019,” the report said. The report notes that, according to CFPB officials, a March 2020 SEFL technology initiative could alleviate some of the staffing concerns.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2022

Every business model is defined by mission, process and technology. The two days at Southwest illustrated the connection of mission, process and technology to their business model. Integrated technology speeds the flight and improves safety. Think about your lending business model. Southwest flies the Boeing 737 platform.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2020

During the half-hour discussion, the panelists offered their takes on capital market appetite by channel, touching on the rise of the nonbank, regulatory challenges, IPOs, adaptation and technology, the upcoming adverse-market fee, MSR value and even the forbearance timelines. As recently as 2017, it was over 50%.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2020

2570 – The Mortgage Fairness Act of 2017 – which eliminated lender paid compensation from the points and fees cap under the QM rule, as it successfully passed the House Financial Services committee. In the last 47 years, there have been so many changes.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2023

While all data collectors are held to similar minimum requirements, some may be equipped with enhanced technology to capture data. For example, Class Valuation , one of the nation’s largest AMCs, provides its data collectors with imagery technology that creates a digital twin of the property.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 9, 2024

Prior to joining Optimal Blue in 2017 as vice president of business strategy, Allen built his decades of experience across both the lending and vendor sides of the housing industry. This is a true ‘win’ for The post Optimal Blue Promotes Rick Allen to Chief Operating Officer appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The lender originated $10 billion in mortgages in 2013, $5 billion in 2014, $3 billion in 2015 and just $2 billion in 2016 before shutting down altogether in 2017. A $175 million investment from private holding company StoicLane in October would be used to grow operations and refine and develop new technologies. 375% below the market.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Over the last year, it has also sold off large chunks of the business – including sub-servicing with ServiceMac and delegated correspondent to Planet Home Lending – which accounts for several thousand workers transitioning to new firms. billion in 2012, the company decided to shutter its business in 2017.

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