Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Cloudvirga’s platform solves for both by creating the best experience for borrowers and loan officers. The Cloudvirga team has been able to dramatically improve the experience of the borrower and the loan officer. Raman Iyer is responsible for Cloudvirga’s digital innovation and technology strategy.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2024

ICE Mortgage Technology — part of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) – will be offering lenders access to investment advisory advice in its Encompass loan origination system (LOS) through a partnership with Halcyon , a tech firm specializing in advanced data integration. “In

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Should the goal of marketing technology be to make it so that a loan officer never needs to log in? I started in the mortgage industry in 2015, working for large banks that were heavily invested in using technology to simplify the loan process for everyone involved. Empowerment, not detachment, is the path forward.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2023

And, in the mortgage industry, AI will play an instrumental role in helping loan officers to be more efficient, according to Nima Ghamsari , Blend ‘s co-founder and CEO. The most difficult part, however, is building the technology. Ghamsari: I think the technology is extremely difficult to build.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2021

It’s no secret credit scores can hinder a potential borrower’s ability to qualify for the best loan program, which can ultimately lead to poor borrower satisfaction. Borrowers don’t always know or understand how their credit or debt-to-income ratio (DTI) impacts the type of loan they can qualify for. CreditXpert’s Xpert Credit Process.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Mortgage technology company Uplist has launched what it says is a killer new tool that will help loan officers automatically generate refinance options for their clients. This includes property ownership checks, automated valuation models ( AVMs ), loan amount amortization and financial benefit calculations.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2024

Radian Group announced a strategic investment in FinLocker that will closely connect the technology between Radian’s Homegenius platform and FinLocker’s financial fitness and homeownership platform. Clients of FinLocker include loan officers, mortgage lenders, servicers, banks and credit unions.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

We’ve also implemented project management technologies and streamlined processes to improve workflow and turnaround times for loan officer requests, effectively halving the time it takes to fulfill them. Instead, we invest heavily in empowering our loan officers.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The solution leverages the power of innovative, integrated technologies to not only simplify the mortgage application and approval process for borrowers, but also to improve the backend process for loan officers. For clients using Empower, all data is stored in Empower and accessed using APIs.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Today, a mortgage lender must have scalability in its operation, an ability to pivot quickly to meet changing market conditions and client needs, a well-designed technology stack and, above all, a keen sense of what its customers and the marketplace truly want from them.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The partnership will boost loan officers ’ capacity to deliver personalized, efficient and tech-powered solutions directly to their clients and agents. Meanwhile, LoanPASS’s flagship products and pricing engine (PPE) automates product and pricing decision-making for all loan products.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2021

If you take the temperature of how loan officers are feeling ahead of the holiday season, the scale would likely read “uneasy.” According to Fahad Janvekar, a loan officer at Fairway Independent Mortgage , “there is definitely some concern” about layoffs in the industry.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The lender has about 80 loan officers and aims to hire up to 100 in states. Capturing leads with tech Another priority for the lender is procuring leads through its proprietary technology. Cliffco’s proprietary CRM platform enables loan officers to break away from being heavily dependent on real estate agents for referrals.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Matt Van Fossen, CEO of Absolute Home Mortgage and Mortgage Automation Technologies , to talk about his unique view of the housing ecosystem and how it influences how he builds technology. How do all those different roles influence the technology you build?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2020

This week, industry experts discuss how to navigate client and referral partner expectations and minimize closing times when factors like these begin to decelerate the buying process. Personal branding, excellent customer support and friendly check-ins help clients feel engaged and increase their willingness to be flexible in the process.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Her role will focus on technology to drive the company’s growth. Michael Brennan, president of Movement, said Waggoner can empower loan officers with the tools they “need to win.”. “She has a proven track record of leading sales-centric technology teams and delivering with speed to market,” he added.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2024

Top mortgage technology executives say their companies are embracing artificial intelligence (AI) in their operations but still relying on human decision-making to sell loans. “There’s one question every CEO, CTO, CIO, loan officer, processor, underwriter, they all ask the same thing: will AI replace my job?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2024

Real estate technology firm Knock announced Thursday that its bridge loan product is being integrated into the borrower application process at Baltimore -based NFM Lending. The bridge loan estimate is being integrated into the lender’s workflow through an Encompass plugin.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Mortgage tech firm Candor Technology has expanded its Loan Engineering System (LES) to include Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans. The company now fully automates underwriting decisions for FHA loans — minus collateral – and also offers a warranty on income calculations and cleared conditions for funded FHA loans.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2024

Guideline Buddy’s chatbot leverages generative AI technology to simplify the loan qualification process by providing swift and accurate information, freeing professionals from the time-consuming burden of sifting through extensive documentation, the firm said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Newrez loan officers, in return, will benefit from predictive analytics that allow them to better manage customers along their home purchase journey, the lender said. More than 15,000 real estate agents — including those with Coldwell Banker , Compass and Keller Williams Realty — are registered with the Newzip network.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The lender originated approximately $309 million in mortgages in 2022, according to data from mortgage technology platform Modex. The company has 39 active loan officers across its retail branches, according to Modex data. The distributed retailer’s volume slipped to $2.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022 from $4.4

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Braheem, former co-founder of Loan Toolbox — an online resource for training, tools, support and coaching — launched The Loan Atlas, a mortgage coaching platform, earlier this year with mortgage executives and top loan officers joining as faculty members.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Sogorka will ensure the lender’s products and processes align best with the needs of the mortgage broker community and plans to leverage Rocket Mortgage’s significant AI technologies and platform to push well beyond the tools currently available to this important market segment.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

Because of an apparent error made by staff at ICE Mortgage Technology ‘s Surefire customer relationship management (CRM) platform, more than 600,000 emails and texts were sent without permission to real estate agents, business partners and past clients of loan officers around the country.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

We recommend investing in three key aspects of your customer acquisition strategy to ensure you have the technology, people and operational workflows needed as rates change and volumes increase. How your technology partner can help Having nimble technology is critical for capitalizing on market dynamics.

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Housing Wire

JULY 5, 2024

For reverse mortgage clients looking to use their loan proceeds to fund the goal of aging in place, home renovations and other preparations may be requested from the reverse mortgage loan officer due to the high-touch nature of reverse mortgage origination. LOs often occupy a place of trust among their borrower clients.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

Today’s unique market requires flexibility and a pricing engine that empowers lenders and their loan officers to put the right loan products in front of borrowers. HousingWire spoke with Parvesh Sahi, chief revenue officer of Polly , about the importance of having the right PPE and strategic pillars that facilitate LO success.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

. “Financial institutions can now combine those relationships they’ve already established, while leveraging Rocket Mortgage’s transformational platform powered by Rocket technology.” ” There are nearly 5,000 FDIC-insured banks and more than 5,000 credit unions in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

A seasoned retail and commercial banking salesman in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the 39-year-old Woodward joined Interfirst Mortgage as a loan officer in October 2020 after a recommendation from an old college friend. However, they are hampered by comparatively poor technology and the slow speed at which they can close a loan, analysts said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The platform is intended for housing professionals in various sectors, including 5 million loan officers, appraisers , servicers , underwriters , developers, agents, brokers, attorneys and regulators. Through Araya, CoreLogic will give customers access to the data and analytics of nearly all U.S. properties on one platform.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2023

The goal of the new BPD AI Assistant is to improve customer satisfaction, lead generation, and operational efficiency for Big Purple Dot’s clients using AI-powered technology , the company said. The official release date is set for April 30.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2021

. “Through its Surefire marketing automation and CRM platform, Top of Mind has brought incredible value to the sales and marketing side of the mortgage industry by helping lenders gain powerful competitive advantages for their loan officers,” said Anthony Jabbour, CEO of Black Knight.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Maxwell , a Wells Fargo -backed mortgage fintech, announced Wednesday that it has struck a deal to acquire the digital lending platform Revvin ( formerly known as MortgageHippo ) to enhance its point-of-sale technology. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

Mortgage capital markets tech firm Polly announced on Tuesday that it has launched “Polly/AI,” which integrates artificial intelligence (AI) technology into the newest version of its product and pricing engine (PPE) and includes a “co-pilot” for loan officers that will “process, interpret, and recommend a range of outcome-driven results.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

People who invest in technology often ask the question: is this a “nice to have,” or a “need to have?” Few have the resources to invest in technologies they don’t need. What’s the worst that can happen if we don’t invest in this technology?”. Mike is an experienced mortgage loan officer. Not anymore.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

Because as loan officers, they believe that there’s nothing better than a broker channel, and to them this is most important for their consumers,” said Kortas. “We Nichols pointed out that after the 2008 financial crisis, wholesale lending began using technology that helped match pace with the processes of retail lenders.

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