Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2024

This process is designed to capture detailed property characteristics, floor plans, and high-quality photos. This enhancement in efficiency is driven by an intuitive system designed to simplify workflows for both appraisers and lenders.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

. “The Loan Store’s decision to partner with Gateless highlights their commitment to creating a more efficient loan process and delivering an exceptional experience for their partners and their partner’s clients.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2021

Acra Lending, one of the largest independent non-QM specialty finance lenders, has added to its suite of mortgage loan programs with the launch of its Jumbo Prime mortgage solution. Acra designed the program as an extension to its suite of programs for purchase or refinance of higher valued properties.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Guild’s current reverse lending division, built off its 2023 acquisition of Cherry Creek Mortgage , has expanded its reverse mortgage activities this year. When asked during the earnings call about what the company sees in the home equity lending space, Schmidt said that the opportunities in reverse stand out. “We

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Peter Sciandra, who serves as EVP of reverse lending secondary marketing at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. We’ll have those loans that come in where we have to look at every opportunity that we can to save that deal and help that client. But we’ve continued to work through those challenges.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Most lenders focus on offering traditional mortgage loans to clients, choosing to shy away from unconventional options in the market. Deephaven Mortgage a pioneer in non-QM lending offers loan products to serve borrowers who might not otherwise qualify for a traditional loan. However, those lenders arent seeing the big picture.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2024

announced this week the appointment of Gabe Bodner to the head of its 55-plus lending division which includes its reverse mortgage business. I believe that the executive team at OneTrust has ultimately realized the importance of utilizing education with older clients, and specifically in the reverse mortgage space.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Appraisers must be able to communicate their findings clearly, persuasively, and effectively to the public, clients, attorneys, and other professionals. By listening to feedback from mentors, clients, colleagues, and other professionals, appraisers can identify areas for improvement and continue to develop their skills over time.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

The lending industry is notorious for its poor customer retention – in fact, only 1 in 5 borrowers return to their original lender for a subsequent loan. Our clients retain as high as 65% or more of their past customers. The result is that for every $1 our clients pay us, we return $20 of profit to them,” says Kutsishin.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Non-QM Prime is designed to offer “flexible documentation” to borrowers with strong credit profiles. The company designed the platform to help lenders process complex loans with efficiency. This form of lending is growing in popularity, and lenders seem to be catching on.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2022

These issues, and others, have made non-QM a go-to solution for originators to close loans for their clients. Here is where it gets murky – choosing the right non-QM lending partner! Having this removed from your plate frees up time to focus on prospecting or servicing other clients. Almost weekly?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

So he did what a lot of retail loan officers in the industry were doing — Mike would reclassify a self-generated lead as a corporate-generated lead, thus slashing his compensation from 125 basis points down to as low as 50 bps, giving him a low enough rate to win the client and eventually close the deal. The lower comp rate stung.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 22, 2025

Rocket Companies has unified its real estate search platform with its mortgage lending platform to create a single resource where home buyers can search and purchase homes, making the process swifter and more efficient. The platform combines Rocket Mortgages award-winning service with Rocket Homes search and deep property insights.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2023

Stavvy , a fintech company specializing in digital and remote collaboration for lending and real estate companies, announced on Wednesday a new partnership with WFG National Title Insurance Company (WFG) to provide the company and its customers with eClosing technology solutions.

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Housing Wire

JULY 30, 2024

The company aims to make the product a “one-stop analysis solution for mortgage lending financial institutions,“ it said in its announcements. AutomatIQ Borrower is designed to provide greater integrity and reliability in the loan calculation process, which CoreLogic describes as a historically “labor-intensive and error-prone task.“

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2024

Prospective borrowers with strong credit are locking in mortgages this week at the lowest rates in more than a year, loan officers and lending executives told HousingWire on Friday. ” For refi clients, he’s preaching patience. Patel is in conversation with existing clients who can save between 50 to 75 basis points.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2023

Wholesale lending is great for helping serve underserved borrowers. The wholesale channel has the ability to offer borrowers a variety of choices, with access to many different bank and lending programs. As a CDFI (Community Development Financial Institution) — a designation given by the U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke with David Bernard, senior managing director of Specialized Mortgage Services at Western Alliance Bank , Member FDIC, about warehouse lending and how the warehouse sector and mortgage finance have progressed and continue to evolve. DB: Warehouse lending has evolved beyond traditional boundaries.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2024

From tweaks in consumer protection laws to new lending standards and disclosure requirements, the goal is always to foster a clearer and fairer lending process. For example, ongoing updates to the Qualifying Mortgage Rule, which has been rewritten twice and may see another revision soon, have significantly shaped lending practices.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The platform offers a new broker scoring system designed for better account management and a tagging system to improve email marketing campaigns. Having used OptifiNow before, I can confidently say it’s the most efficient CRM system for TPO lending,” Shea Pallante, chief lending officer at OptifiNow, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

As they put it, “We give our clients a complete ecosystem of proven tech, data, and analytics that supports the whole real estate and housing finance journey.” ICE’s sees this suite of products making a big difference for its clients. This proactive approach helps clients avoid costly mistakes and audits.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2023

Digital lending solutions provider DocMagic announced this week that it has added ADA-compliant mortgage loan documents to its document library. Much of modern lending technology is designed to give consumers the convenience to access loan documents in the ways that work best for them.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Especially in uncertain times and market volatility, having the knowledge that I get from HW+ helps me communicate effectively with my team and my clients. At a small mortgage banker, leadership has to know all aspects of lending. Chris Mozilo: If I didn’t go into mortgage lending, I would have likely become an architect.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

The Blueprint Builder features more than 60 third-party integrations, allowing lending teams to connect with other pieces of their workflow, from credit and verifications to pricing and disclosures. With the deal, Maxwell expanded its secondary market platform to add more than 180 clients.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

Both Droge and Olmos come to University Bank from Open Mortgage , which shuttered its own top 10 reverse mortgage lending division late last year. Certifications, reverse posture Haviland and Droge have certified reverse mortgage professional (CRMP) designations from the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA).

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Stavvy , a fintech firm specializing in digital and remote collaboration for lending and real estate companies, acquired SigniaDocuments, a technology suite from Texas-based lender Evolve Mortgage Services. Founded in 2018, Stavvy works to increase efficiency and transparency in real estate and mortgage lending.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The adoption of digital lending solutions has been increasing over the last few years, with the COVID-19 pandemic only accelerating the process. Lenders with the ability to adopt technology that drives efficiency and client satisfaction have a competitive advantage in today’s landscape. How it began. Digital adoption made easy.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

California -based HighTechLending , a top-10 lender in the reverse mortgage industry, recently announced that it was rebranding its wholesale channel to American Senior Lending Wholesale Division in an effort to better align its identity with key business lines designed to serve older borrowers.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2021

The addition of Johnson represents yet another change to the C-suite at Sprout, which halted non-QM lending last year when the coronavirus pandemic began and liquidity dried up. In the last six months, Sprout has unveiled a series of new products for it non-QM program , resumed correspondent lending.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Mortgage Cadence has recently launched their new platform offering the industry’s most complete, modern LOS that delivers cloud-based, automated loan origination capabilities designed to enable an exceptional user experience throughout the entire mortgage lending life cycle, across all channels and products.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 19, 2024

(ICE) has released new enhancements to its Encompass digital mortgage lending platform designed to help lenders improve productivity and lower operational costs. The most recent Encompass update features expanded capabilities for mortgage originators to offer beneficial affordable lending solutions for their customers.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2023

With proactive engagement and intuitive technologies , our customizable subservicing solutions are uniquely designed to eliminate common pain points for homeowners, such as unreliable service, confusing escrow changes, and lack of clear and timely information regarding their mortgage.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

The rule is designed to “protect the millions of workers who are saving for retirement diligently and rely on advice from trusted professionals on how to invest their savings,” DOL said in its announcement. Retirement investors are best protected by a uniform and protective framework.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2023

Candor is executing a change in strategy to address the ever-changing mortgage market and to pivot along with client operations,” Tom Showalter, CEO of Candor , said in an e-mailed response. Future development projects will follow this collaborative approach with our clients and strategic partners. Candor Technology Inc. ,

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The product is designed specifically for homeowners who require in-hand leases to qualify for mortgages on new home purchases. Knox Upside, which distributes rental income to the investment property owner when a resident pays rent and enables owners to access their equity through Knox’s proprietary lending platform. .

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2021

Keosha Burns is a seasoned marketing executive who has recently taken on a new role at JPMorgan Chase: executive director, senior advisor, community and affordable lending. Previously, Burns was vice president of public relations at Chase Home Lending, where she led the company’s PR, media and influencer strategy. Not a member?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Several historic events over the past few years have brought seismic changes to the way the mortgage lending industry operates. Today, as we face what appears to be the beginning of a modest recovery in the marketplace, we can see the effect of those events in the way mortgage lending has changed forever.

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