Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Today, while the mortgage industry has the technology to support this, we’re still in the early stages of determining how it should be used. With the advances we’re seeing in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Robotic Process Automation, we have become experts at configuring our technology to meet the changing needs of lenders.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

For the last two years, Campbell has worked to select, implement and adopt more than 14 technologies for an end-to-end digital mortgage solution including an MOS, POS, and COS, collaborative operating system for BI data across all tools. The post 2020 HW Tech Trendsetter: Katherine Campbell appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

Tomo, which was founded in 2020 by former Zillow executives Greg Schwartz and Carey Armstrong, has received a total of $130 million in funding to date. Were excited to invest in Tomo and to support their mission to modernize the home buying experience, Erwin Raeth, corporate development leader at Progressive Insurance, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Behind him, the recent financial crisis still cast a cautionary shadow over new business development, but ahead he saw opportunities for a client-centric, tech-focused family of companies in the title insurance and real estate settlement services industry. Now, at WFG’s 10-year anniversary, this vision holds even more relevance.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2025

I’m going to start by making Rate the absolutely best place for every single loan officer to work at figuring out ways in which we can develop them, give them all the skills, the coaching , the mentoring and the tools, so they can have an amazing business, but also better serve all their clients and all their partners.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2023

San Francisco-based fintech Polly has hired Parvesh Sahi, a former executive from ICE Mortgage Technology , as chief revenue officer to scale the business in a highly competitive mortgage environment. Sahi will be involved in all aspects of the corporate strategy, business development, sales and account management, the firm said Thursday.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2020

At Wolters Kluwer, Agarwal has tapped his extensive banking product development experience to create a group of offerings that assist local and regional banks to more effectively scale their operations and processes in support of their consumer-facing offerings.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Mark Birschbach, Senior Vice President, Strategic Business, Innovation and Technology National Association of Realtors. Birschbach is a founding team member of NAR’s award-winning REACH technology program. The post 2020 HW Tech Trendsetter: Mark Birschbach appeared first on HousingWire.

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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

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

DECEMBER 1, 2020

LBA Ware founder and CEO Lori Brewer is an accomplished entrepreneur and technology leader, having dedicated her career to developing innovative business process optimization tools for mortgage lenders. The post 2020 HW Tech Trendsetter: Lori Brewer appeared first on HousingWire. Lori Brewer, Founder and CEO, LBA Ware.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

This acquisition furthers our long-term plan of developing a full-service commission-free homebuying and financing technology platform powered by our proprietary AI technology and dedicated professionals,” Brent Miller, chief financial officer of reAlpha, said in a prepared statement.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

His responsibilities will include maintaining and expanding Dovenmuehle’s current information technology (IT) infrastructure. There, he modernized the company’s technology infrastructure and optimized business processes, resulting in a 30% increase in operational efficiency. Dovenmuehle was 2020 HW Tech100 Mortgage winner

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2022

Despite advances in technology, the mortgage industry still lacks efficiency. Mortgage executives are aware of a problem: despite billions of dollars in technology investments , the mortgage industry still largely looks like it did two decades ago. He added: “We have a tremendous amount of proprietary technology being built.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2021

For many in the housing industry, the events of 2020 accelerated tech adoption. Despite the increased pace, the industry as a whole still has room for continued tech development and usage. HousingWire: Why do you feel it is important to continually develop and use new technologies?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2020

2020 served as a real litmus test for mortgage technology and fintech. Between having to transition whole teams to work from home — in some cases over just a weekend — to dealing with crushing origination volume, companies could clearly see the advantages or disadvantages of the technology they had invested in. .

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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. COVID19 certainly accelerated development and focus on servicing, coming out of 2019 with record low default and foreclosure.”. Presented by: Sagent Lending Technologies.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2021

SimpleNexus will now serve 425 distinct lender customers and dozens of mortgage technology integration partners, the company said in a release. Schreiner Gates had served as president at SimpleNexus since September 2020. The acquisition is a first for SimpleNexus and brings together 325 employees in 29 states from the two companies.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2021

Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. Successful agents, brokerages and loan officers of the future are going to rely significantly on technology to find, nurture and engage with buyers and home sellers while also playing an expanding role as personal advisors.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Feldman has a banking background, serving as president and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago from 2008 through 2020 and prior to that as president of Continental Trust Co. — In early 2020, FHFA explored expanding the role of CSS to serve a broader market,” FHFA stated in a press release announcing Feldman’s appointment as chair.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The technology at the center of CoStar’s offering is “CoStar Sync,” which “allows data from locally stored databases to be rapidly and efficiently accessed through CoStar’s multiple product platforms,” the complaint reads. CoStar acquired Homesnap in late 2020 for $250 million in cash, with $7.8

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Recently, his passion to create new efficiencies for wholesale brokers and lenders through technology was the inception of ReadyPrice, the first platform that allows brokers to price, underwrite, and deliver loans across all product categories to the lender of choice through a simple, cloud-based software. . Product Fast Facts. #1.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Pennymac Financial Services has made changes to its technology leadership, creating a new role focused on digital innovations, the company announced on Tuesday. He had a crucial leadership role in Pennymac’s mortgage fulfillment, production business technology and servicing divisions.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

million to Black Knight Servicing Technologies , concluding a five-year legal battle over allegations of trade secret theft involving two of the biggest companies in the housing industry. In March 2020, the companies entered arbitration. PennyMac Financial Services has paid $158.4 An arbitrator issued the final award on Jan.

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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

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

As lenders continue to adjust to a new normal, the pivotal role of technology has become increasingly clear in maximizing productivity and keeping lending pipelines flowing. HousingWire: How has COVID-19 impacted technology strategies for mortgage lenders? HousingWire’s nominations are now open for our 2020 Tech Trendsetters.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2021

Carmel also said this round will assist in future product developments including expansion of its recently released analytics feature. Carmel integrated its Loan Trading Exchange product with Freddie Mac’s Cash-Released XChange in 2020 and Freddie’s Loan Selling Advisor in 2019, the year Polly was founded.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2021

But there are definitely a few main things to looks out for — many of which are carrying over from a turbulent 2020 and early 2021 — when it comes to the upcoming landscape for the rest of 2021: Lack of inventory Fluctuating interest rates Increased adoption of technology. Eric Levin is EVP of Client Development at Model Match.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

We highly encourage businesses to utilize preventative technology paired with insurance for the utmost levels of protection.” The $2 million limit is an expansion of the direct, first-party insurance program CertifID has provided customers with since 2020.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Developed using CoreLogic’s appraisal software brand “a la mode,” the tool has been used to complete roughly 20,000 property sketches. AR refers to technology that combines elements of videography with virtual reality, where a computer or smart device is used to overlay digital elements on real-world objects and/or environments.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

PunchListUSA , a real estate technology platform digitizing home inspection data, has named Stefan Pampulov as its chief product and data officer. Pampulov will be responsible for the development of PunchListUSA’s proprietary products, data infrastructure, home lifecycle services, and predictive pricing models, according to the firm.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2023

An arbitrator conclusion issued last week caps a four-year legal battle over allegations of trade secret theft involving two of the biggest companies in the housing industry, Black Knight Servicing Technologies and PennyMac Financial Services. In March 2020, the companies entered arbitration. per share.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

NotaryCam Founder Rick Triola said the company recognized the need for industry-wide RON standards and that NotaryCam has been a long-time MISMO supporter and collaborator in the development of those standards to promote consistency across mortgage industry practices and state regulations. “As How 2020 continues to impact mortgage closings.

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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 25, 2021

Other investors included Rotor Capital , The Mortgage Collaborative Emerging Technology Fund , Prudence Holdings and existing investors including Anthemis Group , Route 66 Ventures , and Sovereign’s Capital. The capital raise follows a $5 million Series A funding round in June 2020.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

For the third year, Tech Trendsetters is honoring the individuals behind the technology that is driving mortgage and real estate. Last year’s impressive list of winners used the challenges of 2020 to propel the housing economy into a digital era and made some industry-changing advancements along the way.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2023

Candor Technology Inc. , 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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