Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Last year was largely a good one for the nation’s homebuilders, which were able to offer rate buydowns to attract more clients while maintaining double-digit profit margins. Department of Housing and Urban Development. In 2011, only 13% of homebuilders worried about the cost of labor, versus 87% in 2019.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The firm, whose clients’ assets range in size from $30 million to more than $2 trillion, plans to work with the tech vendor to “continue innovating for the IMB community while accelerating the adopting of the SimpleNexus homeownership platform by U.S. banks and credit unions, where nCino currently has over 1,100 customers.”.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

“Our partnership will enable clients to seamlessly analyze their market position and support effective margin decisions without leaving their pricing engine. Since its launch in 2019, the California fintech company has raised about $57 million in three rounds of funding.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The new partnership will let real estate agents share immersive listings with potential clients on both platforms, boosting visibility and simplifying the home search process for buyers. Zillow’s 3D home tours feature, launched in 2019, is the centerpiece of this partnership.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

For agents, staying informed about these developments is essential for strategic decision-making and client guidance in the coming year and beyond. This development is crucial for agents, as it brings not just relief to tenants nationwide but also might create more movement as renters are looking for better deals.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2024

I am super busy right now, said Charissa Kennard , an agent for Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Verani Realty.There is a lot of inventory right now, which is good because there are a lot more options for clients right now. Instead of looking at one home and having to place a bid right away, they get to look at three to five homes.

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Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2023

With the move, Wu returns to where she began her career as junior partner on the Jing Chen Team in 2019. “We have an unwavering commitment to our clients to provide the utmost client service experience,” said Wu. In December 2021, she had left Compass to join the young brokerage SERHANT.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2021

According to the Detroit-based company, it will be leveraging the same technology, data and client experience used in the mortgage, real estate and personal lending spaces “to help Americans make their home more energy efficient.”. “We have a significant portfolio of clients, roughly 2.5 thus far and counting.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Parker joined LoanLogics as the SVP of product management in 2019 and later became the EVP of product. Parker was named a HousingWire Vanguard Award winner in 2019. He was named CEO in 2019. 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

JULY 12, 2023

“I am eager to serve our clients by delivering on their critical business needs,” Call said. “We I’m excited to now know that our clients will be in great hands with a seasoned professional who is committed to their success,” Keith Kemph , CEO of BlackFin, said.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Gina Daya-Sheikh, Director of Client Services, Diaz Anselmo & Associates “Thriving in areas where women of color have traditionally been under-represented, Gina Daya-Sheikh is helping to pave the way for others in the industry. Jennifer has also led multiple new clients through successful onboarding with Safeguard.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2021

Watson Laws joined HousingWire in 2016 as National Sales Director and was promoted to Vice President of Sales and Revenue Operations in 2019. Since then, her team has expanded to include 11 account executive, sales strategy and client success professionals. Watson Laws was also named as one of Folio’s Top Women in Media in 2020.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

When she joined the company in January 2019, she focused on member engagement, performance, and satisfaction. Prior to joining LeadingRE, Reisinger served as Regional Director for relocation and client development at Coldwell Banker. million global transactions a year.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Cohen, who funded $639 million in 2019, ranked second in the U.S. on the Scotsman Guide’s list of Top 2019 Originators and on the National Mortgage News 2019 Top Producers list. Ben Cohen, managing director and senior vice president of mortgage lending in Chicago, has funded $1 billion in total loan volume this year.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Ultimately, we are preparing for the digitization of the entire mortgage cycle, front-to-back,” said Brent Chandler, FormFree Founder and CEO and HousingWire 2019 Tech Trendsetter. HW: Where would you advise clients and colleagues to focus their technology resources as we navigate the second half of 2020 and prepare for 2021?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

With the deal, SitusAMC now has two of the top warehouse loan software systems on the market, SRG’s Warehouse Loan System (WLS) and SitusAMC’s own offering, ProMerit, which it acquired in 2019 as part of the MBMS transaction. ” How lenders will benefit from Black Knight’s acquisition of Optimal Blue.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

To convert these leads into business, the brokerage developed teams — also called units — headed by captains who are successful agents with high lead conversion rates. Anthony Djon, CEO of Anthony Djon Luxury Real Estate , said his company gets 90% of its leads from listing portals Zillow and Realtor.com.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2023

Sahi will be involved in all aspects of the corporate strategy, business development, sales and account management, the firm said Thursday. Polly, a software-as-service mortgage technology firm that operates a product and pricing engine (PPE) and loan-trading exchange, initially launched in 2019.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2021

“Working closely with our clients, we’ve successfully cut down on transaction times and cost, all while increasing much needed predictability and transparency.”. Last May, Spruce raised $29 million in Series B funding with an eye on expansion, as well as accelerating the development of its proprietary technology.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

We bought Mortgage Builder Software from Altisource Portfolio Solutions in 2019. Even though the markets are down, what we encourage and talk to clients about is when you’re slow, that’s the best time to make technology changes. You mentioned a strong pipeline, are we talking about new clients?

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

While this is up from a record low of 7,336 listings set in late April 2022, it is still well below the 29,951 listings in early May 2019, about a year prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. By comparison, the median list prices in early May 2019 were $275,000 and $389,990, respectively, according to data from Altos Research.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2021

In late 2019, Google announced a phase-out of third-party cookies across its platforms in a move claimed to protect consumers asking for more privacy. Adding gas to the fire, Google acknowledged that they would not develop alternate identifiers to track individuals browsing the web or use them in their products. Ah, the cookie.

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2023

In the fourth quarter of 2019, the median renter could afford 69% of the homes for sale in Salt Lake City. According to data from Altos Research , the median home price listed in Salt Lake City last week climbed to $785,000, up from about $540,000 in the fourth quarter of 2019. Now, the median renter can only afford 4% of homes.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

DLD was founded by Kelly Thompson, who has been covering the leverage-finance market for two decades and created a comprehensive business-development company (BDC) database. ” Chicago-based DLD, founded in 2019, also recently hired Rachel McGovern to serve as editor and European bureau chief, based in Dublin, Ireland.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2021

This move comes after Cason spent 27 years at Fannie Mae, where he was instrumental in the design, development and launch of a digital suite of products and services, including playing a key role in the creation of Desktop Underwriter. Back in 2019, Former Fannie Mae CEO Tim Mayopoulos was named president of Blend , a digital lending company.

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

From 2010 to 2024, the reverse mortgage industry sought to allow remote reverse mortgage counseling in the state of Massachusetts, citing an insufficient number of actual counselors and logistical challenges for senior clients. Kate Lipper-Garabedian (D), who took office in 2019.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

When Brad Lawson and Fernando Escaffi founded Charlotte-based PrimeLine Capital in January 2019, they wanted their operation to be all about having fun. We get our fulfillment not from the numbers but from watching our people develop and grow,” said Lawson. The last thing we want to be seen as is a stuffy broker.”. “We

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2022

Receiving Federal Reserve approval paves the way for us to create a premier Midwestern bank that will provide significant benefits for our clients, team members, communities and shareholders,” said Old National CEO Jim Ryan. ” First announced in June, Old National said it expected the $6.5

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

In 2019, for example, one national lender reportedly spent $100 million to develop a digital platform that could originate and close transactions in eight days. In this environment, moving from manual to digital tax sourcing is an effective, sensible organization decision sure to please clients and operations alike.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

When the initiative was announced in 2018, CEO Robert Reffkin said, “I want clients to know that when they are working with Compass, they are working with a company that gives back.” million to local charities since 2019. Compass Cares has given back over $2.6

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

Parvesh Sahi, senior vice president of business and client development at ICE Mortgage Technology, said that lenders will have a true digital experience that provides efficiency, speed, and cost savings. “We Maxwell connected the popular Encompass LOS to its point-of-sale platform in 2019.

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2021

Mosley served at the property services provider for 13 years and was previously the chief operating officer and senior vice president of business development before his promotion as CRO in 2019. This is an exciting time for Caroline, and I want to thank her for all she has done for MCS, our clients and our team members,” said Mosley.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Bray also reintroduced Pyro , Mr. Cooper’s patented mortgage-centric AI platform that the company has been developing since 2019 in partnership with Google. Cooper’s consumer-first platform into a cloud-native core, then licensing the resulting cloud-based platform to banks and independent mortgage companies.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2022

Chief Operating Officer Rob Lux was named co-CEO for operations, technology, business development, client management, human resources, and legal. He returned to Cenlar in 2015 as chief risk officer and, in 2019, began an advisory role for the board.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2021

Blend became the first digital lending platform approved for Freddie Mac’s asset and income modeler program, AIM for Assets, in August 2019, and has reportedly already prepared its systems for the new Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA) transition set for March. Though that need may have started long before the pandemic.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The year 2019 taught us that any natural or economic force can wildly shift expectations into the stratosphere. What matters for your market (wherever you are) is what patterns are developing near you. Guiding your clients to a price?that Mortgage rates? will increase , and? 2022 is slated to be? a buyer’s market. ? .

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The investment by Stone Point, a financial services-focused private equity firm, will help Lone Wolf streamline its end-to-end experience for agents and brokers and accelerate organic and inorganic product development, the company said. Lone Wolf’s management team will remain as the company continues on its path of growth.

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