Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

Louis-based developer of a leading white-label financial fitness and homeownership platform, announced the closure of a $17 million Series B funding round on Tuesday. In addition to product development, FinLocker (a former HousingWire Tech 100 winner) plans to expand its strategic partnerships and collaborations within the mortgage ecosystem.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

Coggiola will be responsible for Polly’s product, implementation, support and design teams, working toward seamless cross-organization collaboration. before it was acquired by ICE in 2020. Customer intelligence and mortgage tech firm Polly named Troy Coggiola as its chief operating officer amid the company’s effort to scale.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

As part of its mission to provide liquidity, stability, affordability and equality to the housing market, Freddie Mac created its Housing Solutions team in 2020 to reduce barriers to homeownership and provide solutions to some of the nation’s toughest housing challenges.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Originally introduced in April, the MISMO RON compliance certification was designed to assure RON tech providers meet a universal set of standards including credential analysis, borrower identification, capturing and maintaining a recording of the notary process electronically, audio and video requirements, record storage and audit trails.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2021

The Utah-based software developer offers a private-label digital mortgage platform and mobile app designed to connect lenders with borrowers and real estate agents. In fact, prior to founding SimpleNexus in 2011, CEO Matt Hansen worked on the Simplifile development architecture team for nearly five years. billion.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The company last announced a funding raise in November 2020 , when it secured $40 million from First American. The Los Angeles-based startup was designed and developed in a collaboration with BCG Digital Ventures , a global corporate venture, investment and incubation arm of the Boston Consulting Group.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

According to 2020 data from the U.S. Zoning in America was developed and designed for racial segregation,” Dworkin told USA Today. Milton residents, however, contend that it’s not affordable housing they’re standing against as much as the scale of the proposed development and its unknown impact on the community.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2022

When I wrote the America is back recovery model on April 7, 2020, and then retired it on Dec. 9, 2020, I knew one data line would lag the most: jobs! Well, I was off by two months: Today, the BLS reported that 528,000 jobs were created with positive revisions of 28,000, which gave us just enough to pass the February 2020 levels.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Reports on housing data are headline-driven, and headlines are designed to cause folks to overreact in both positive and negative ways. From the Census Bureau: “Sales of new single-family houses in November 2020 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 841,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 18, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which urges the department to avoid reprimanding mortgage servicers for compliance lapses with the new National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) system until it is “fully accessible and usable to each participant.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2024

The action is designed to inform consumers about the potential pros and cons of taking out these loans, according to an announcement issued by Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office on Monday. “A Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-approved counseling prior to closing the loan.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2023

Future development projects will follow this collaborative approach with our clients and strategic partners. The company debuted in August 2020 with a mission to automate much of the underwriting process when making income, asset and lending decisions. In August 2021, Candor raised $12.5

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2021

Over the final months of 2020, MISMO saw the number of companies with its RON certificate double to a total of eight companies. 1, he served as the assistant secretary of policy development and research for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and as the principal executive vice president of Ginnie Mae.

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2024

The Appraisal Foundation , a private organization that is the de facto regulator of appraisers , has settled with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) over allegations that its qualification program violated the Fair Housing Act.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Combined with thousands of other local community developers like her, McCormick’s efforts are moving the needle when it comes to quality, affordable housing for owner-occupants nationwide. Local Community Developers. Owner-occupants purchased renovated foreclosures for an average price of $261,543 in 2020 and 2021 combined.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Tuesday resolved uncertainty around special purpose credit programs, 45 years after Congress allowed lenders to tailor products to groups that have historically been excluded from homeownership. In a legal memo, HUD stated that SPCPs are allowed under the Fair Housing Act.

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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. WFG reports its highest volume months ever during Q2 and Q3 of 2020. Presented by: WFG.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2021

During her third year at FGMC, Gonzalez was recognized by HousingWire as a 2020 Vanguard. What is your company doing to develop the next generation of leaders? They are our largest asset and we work diligently to identify key talent, develop career pathing, and invest in overall human capital.

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2021

Following an unprecedented year like 2020, Radian’s Pyramid Platform allows clients to prepare for changes, as they happen in real time, through customized and intuitive workflows that help them more effectively and efficiently manage their real estate portfolios,” said Tim Reilly, EVP, Asset Management Operations.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Wednesday issued a mortgagee letter that implements the Federal Housing Administration ’s (FHA) payment supplement partial claim. Since March 2020, lenders and servicers have provided borrowers with nearly 1.9 million COVID-19 loss-mitigation actions.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2021

Notable in light of the current servicing challenges facing the industry, Stavvy’s eClosing technology is designed to facilitate faster borrower communication and closings as servicers work through loan modifications, referrals and forbearance. When we launched Stavvy in late 2019, we had no idea what was in store for the world in 2020.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Meanwhile, Todd Maki, head of business development and partnerships at Snapdocs, remarked that integrating Notarize’s services will help mortgage lenders “orchestrate a more perfect mortgage closing” that is fully digital and error-free. Partnering with Snapdocs gets everyone there faster.”. The company estimated that 1.25

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

To tackle this challenge, MISMO will form a new development workgroup. Originally introduced in April 2020, the MISMO RON compliance certification was designed to assure RON tech providers meet a universal set of standards.

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JUNE 1, 2023

Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), is designed to reduce barriers faced by nonprofit organizations, churches, synagogues and mosques for constructing multifamily housing units on their properties. The bill, introduced last December by Sen. Tackling our housing crisis requires every tool available to us,” Sen. “SB

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2022

Mangus then worked to build the dedicated reverse mortgage department at his new company from scratch and has found a notable degree of success by building Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase (H4P) business through the use of continuing education (CE) classes designed for licensed real estate agents. Curtis Mangus.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2021

Based on 2020, many mortgage lenders are now exploring technology. RPAs are rigid and designed to handle repeatable tasks. This dream machine would close these gaps and enable the development of future solutions to address tomorrow’s challenges. Now, as the volume slacks, mortgage lenders are reassessing their cost structure.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech-focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, insurance and real estate. To that end, Blend plans to use the new capital to invest in product development such as speeding up the release of its digital closing solution.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2021

Hansen told HousingWire that he stepped down to lead a team of software developers and sales staff for upcoming research and development tactics within SimpleNexus. This new role will give him more time to focus on his passion for product and development, he said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Tuesday announced that it is making $40.25 Three million dollars of the full amount will also be allocated for institutions designed to “bridge the racial homeownership gap and support underserved communities,” including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Department of Housing and Urban Development in the area of foster youth, along with all foster families in this country, provides us an opportunity to do both. Department of Housing and Urban Development. It is also a time when we give thanks to the outstanding individuals who go above-and-beyond to assist others.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2021

A 2020 Woman of Influence , Martin joined Snapdocs earlier this year as Head of Industry and Regulatory Affairs. . HW: When you think about the future of housing, what skills do you think are most important for the next generation of leaders to develop? housing economy forward.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) forecasts that if the mortgage industry experiences a 65% drop in origination volume between the fourth quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2023, production employment will likely need to be scaled back by 24 to 31%. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Fannie Mae understands the story of housing in America includes a history of systemic racism,” CEO Hugh Frater wrote in June 2020. As of 2020, Fannie Mae’s REO portfolio is 17,500. Our REO maintenance standards are designed to ensure that all properties are tended to and treated equally.”.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2020

Azevedo initially joined HW Media in June 2020 as Fintech Editor for HousingWire, and was quickly identified as the right talent to lead the launch of FinLedger as managing editor. . FinLedger officially launched on August 17, 2020. About FinLedger.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

He’ll be speaking on the Operational Strategies panel, with Lisa Patterson, COO of Homepoint, and Vanessa Montanez, sales and business development manager at US Bank. The focus of the Spring Summit is The Year-Round Purchase Market. Sign up for HW+ membership here , or get event-only access for your company or team here.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Last week’s announcement from the Department of Housing and Urban Development cleared the way for lenders to adopt targeted lending programs, but so far, they are treading carefully. But in the wake of HUD’s announcement, some lenders have, privately, grumbled that there are not sufficient incentives to develop the programs.

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JUNE 11, 2024

Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) and U.S. Other factors playing into affordability issues for today’s buyer includes: Mortgage interest rates tripled from May 2020 to October 2023, and remain steadily around the 7%-mark. Census Bureau, the nation’s manufactured housing market provides affordable housing to nearly 6.7

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