Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

It also wants to widely deploy refreshed marketing strategies that are designed to both educate and appeal to older homeowners about the use of home equity in retirement. In 2025, it will begin rolling out new regional and local programs designed to “build our brand profile and drive business in strategic markets,” she said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2020

“The opportunity for a new player to come in 10 years ago, and be client-oriented and use technology to replace hierarchical management structures, is exactly the kind of firm lenders want to partner with today. Stone also received October Research’s “Leadership Award” in September 2020.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 23, 2021

PERSON OF THE WEEK: Since October 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been engaging the mortgage industry through a number of “ tech sprints.” Designed to connect CFPB staff and industry technologists with consumer, financial, and regulatory stakeholders for short, intense problem-solving sessions.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Within four years, Akinmade and his team have built a robust, automated marketing platform, which is driven by investment in technology, to give retail loan officers a competitive edge. The post 2020 HW Tech Trendsetter: Paul Akinmade appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Most recently, his leadership has been dedicated to the development of a technology that facilitated aid to small businesses accessing critical Paycheck Protection Program funding, allowing them to retain more than 1 million jobs. The post 2020 HW Tech Trendsetter: Samir Agarwal appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

The investment from Radian Group and existing shareholders will enable FinLocker to introduce a suite of new features and tools designed to optimize the homebuying and homeownership experience. ” FinLocker raised roughly $20 million in 2020 in its Series A round ( TransUnion was one of its early backers ) and $2.25

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As ALTA’s first CIO, Romeo will provide strategic direction for the association’s information technology, ensuring that all systems necessary to support its operations are in place. Romeo also will continue to oversee the education department, NTP Designation program, legal publications and the ALTA Registry.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Designed specifically for the mortgage industry, the Snapdocs eVault was built from the ground up and allows customers to achieve eNote adoption at two times the speed of the industry average, with the company now powering one in six eNote originations industry-wide.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2021

Originally introduced in April 2020, the MISMO RON compliance certification was designed to assure RON tech providers meet a universal set of standards. The startup was originally formed in 2018 when co-founders Kosta Ligris and Josh Feinblum discussed the idea of building technology to simplify the closing process.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2024

The unified platform will offer real estate investors robust technology, deep data insights and a property management system specifically designed for SFRs. Doug and I share a vision for technology-enabled and data-driven investing and management that will solidify Roofstock as a premier end-to-end solution for SFR investors.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke with Michael Chew, SVP of Fulfillment, Asset/Rental Management at Consolidated Analytics , about REO assets, the economic factors influencing the increase in REO acquisitions and how technology can help with REO asset management. How has the foreclosure-related regulatory landscape changed since 2020 and 2021?

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2021

Stavvy, a Boston-based fintech, announced Monday that it landed a $40 million Series A funding round led by Morningside Technology Ventures. Servicers must be powered by nimble technology to be heroes to borrowers, stalwarts to investors, and stewards of consumer protection to regulators. Presented by: Sagent Lending Technologies.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2021

billion the company originated in the fourth quarter of 2020. Throughout 2020, loanDepot averaged a gain on sale margin of 427 bps, easily a record for the California-based lender. “Market demand in 2020 was driven by a prolonged period of historically low interest rates. . Mortgage Tech Demo Day.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In 2020, RON became an essential service to ensure closings continued uninterrupted, and now more than ever, lenders need RON tools that empower and optimize their workflow,” Notarize CEO Pat Kinsel said. The ALTA Registry now designates title and settlement company locations that can perform RON closings. We get that.”.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Black Knight is looking to hook mortgage brokers with a new loan origination system designed specifically for them. By providing anytime, anywhere access to advanced LOS technology, LoanCatcher meets brokers when and where they are, giving them the freedom to expand their business and better serve their customers.”.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2021

The survey respondents, of which two-thirds are homeowners and one-third are renters, found that more than half of respondents in 2020 expressed concern about making payments, with a high of 71% reported in November. That confidence has fluctuated between 48% in April and 69% in October, and averaged 60% in 2020.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2022

The nonbank lender said it did not have sufficient staff with the experience to design and operate its controls over financial reporting. This resulted in ineffective general information technology controls over user access and change management within the general ledger and loan systems,” the company said. million in 2021 from $370.6

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2021

HousingWire’s virtual demo days are designed specifically to help mortgage industry decision makers identify the technology solutions they need to operate efficiently and securely. It originated a total of $38 billion in loans through the first three quarters of 2020, according to the S-1. Mortgage Tech Demo Day.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In his new role, Kueh will lead the company’s product strategy, innovation roadmap and technology investments. Kueh said the real estate industry is “ripe” for a transformation, one in which modern design can be merged with mobile, cloud, AI and machine learning technology to improve customer and agent experiences.

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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

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Figure Technologies CEO and co-founder Mike Cagney will be speaking on mortgage disruption and the outlook for 2021 at HousingWire’s Spring Summit on March 4. Prior to Figure, Cagney cofounded Social Finance (SoFi). The focus of the Spring Summit is The Year-Round Purchase Market.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 7, 2025

Recognizing the most innovative technology providers in the mortgage industry, MortgagePoints Tech Excellence Awards highlight the companies that have developed cutting-edge solutions, improved operational efficiencies, and have enhanced the mortgage process through technology. mortgage industry.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2021

HousingWire’s virtual demo days are designed specifically to help mortgage industry decision makers identify the technology solutions they need to operate efficiently and securely. Tune in March 16th to experience demos from the most innovative real estate technology solutions. Real Estate Tech Demo Hour. billion visits. .

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2021

Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI), a composite index designed to track the housing market and consumer confidence to sell or buy a home, increased in March by 5.2 Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. points to 81.7. Presented by: Propertybase.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2021

It would also require the use of tamper-evident technology in electronic notarizations, and help prevent fraud through the use of multifactor authentication. Adoption of remote online notarization soared 547% in 2020, according to a survey from the American Land Title Association (ALTA) of major vendors working in the RON space.

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2021

In preparation for that influx, asset managers, servicers and investors need to ensure they have the tools and technology to successfully navigate this unpredictable time. Pyramid Platform, Radian’s award-winning asset management technology, can help users swiftly adapt to fluctuations in the REO environment.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Smart home technology is not optional Gen Z marks the first generation of true digital natives. This group was raised on technology and expects their homes to be outfitted accordingly. Flexible design matters Flexible design goes beyond rooms with multiple functions or a layout that can be easily changed.

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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. Most recently, the private-equity firm invested in Real , a technology-powered real estate brokerage in 2020, and perhaps most notably, e-recording provider Simplifile in 2013.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2023

Candor Technology Inc. , The company debuted in August 2020 with a mission to automate much of the underwriting process when making income, asset and lending decisions. The firm’s automated underwriting tech is designed to augment human underwriters’ capabilities, allowing underwriters to handle more loans.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

“With Notarize integrated directly into the platform, Snapdocs gives all parties the technologies they need to complete a digital closing. 5000 list, connects all parties and technologies involved in a mortgage transaction to complete the closing process online. Notarize, ranked No.114 114 on the Inc.5000 The company estimated that 1.25

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

As we’ve seen throughout 2020, this crisis is accelerating adoption and acceptance of e-transactions, and when things return to normal, eSigning and eClosings will be the new normal and consumers will like it better,” ClosingCorp CEO Bob Jennings said. The survey was sponsored by ClosingCorp and jointly designed with STRATMOR Group.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2021

He leads both retail sales and operations, a channel that originated over $47 billion in 2020. As with all HousingWire events, we’re bringing together some of the brightest and most successful people in mortgage, real estate, compliance, technology and regulation to offer their insights on what’s happening right now and what’s coming next.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2021

The company tripled the number of homes it managed in 2020, and will use the funding to expand from Texas into Florida, Ohio, Tennessee, Colorado and North Carolina. Existing software were all closed ecosystems that created more challenges than they were designed to solve. Presented by: Black Knight.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2021

The technology components required to digitize closings – things like eSignatures and webcams – have existed for decades. The limiting factor was not technology, but the fact that the closing process requires coordinated participation from many members of a fragmented ecosystem – each with their own chosen technologies and workflows.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 18, 2024

Clearer guidelines and training programs emerged in the early 2000s for property inspectors, and the following decade saw additional technology regularly employed by inspectors to accomplish their tasks. In 2020, NSPIRE was launched by REAC as a pilot program designed to address known challenges in the inspection process.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 10, 2025

Velox Valuations, a leading national real estate appraisal firm, has announced the launch of two new franchise territories, further expanding its innovative, technology-driven business model across the United States. This approach ensures precise, consistent, and accountable appraisals.

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