Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Optimal Blue on Monday announced three major product releases — the expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant suite, the introduction of Scenario Optimizer, and the free availability of Investor Pricing Insight to investor clients. ” The announcements were made at MBA Annual in Denver.

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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. Ghamsari: I think on the AI piece, it’s about combining an understanding of what the client is trying to accomplish.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In its third-quarter earnings report, Zillow Home Loans revealed an impressive data point: mortgage revenue increased 63% year over year in the third quarter to $39 million, which is primarily due to an 80% year-over-year increase in purchase loan origination volume to $812 million. That’s an annualized $3.2

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Miami-based fintech provider LoanPASS integrated Uplist ’s suite of home-shopping tools into its pricing engine, the company announced in November. The partnership will boost loan officers ’ capacity to deliver personalized, efficient and tech-powered solutions directly to their clients and agents.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

“C2 has the support and allows more options for my clients. I am looking forward to bringing the knowledge and the HECM Tool software to help C2 loan officers accelerate their success and serve their clients at a higher level.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2024

Add mortgage tech firm Guideline Buddy to the list of companies with an artificial intelligence -powered chat tool. The new tool is designed to help loan officers, processors and underwriters instantly find the relevant mortgage guidelines they need.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Clear retirement tool When asked about his transition from industry professional to customer, Nelson said that it wasn’t too much of a stretch considering that he has always viewed a reverse mortgage as a tool to deploy in later life. Another advantage is that Nelson was very pleased with his own loan officer for a unique reason. “I’m

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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. Precision marketing tools add another layer of predictive control to CoreLogic’s arsenal. properties on one platform.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2024

Clients of FinLocker include loan officers, mortgage lenders, servicers, banks and credit unions. The platform also offers mortgage and financial education, credit score monitoring, credit report access, and tools to improve credit, pay down debt, save for a down payment and track progress toward mortgage eligibility.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

At UWM we focus on our client service, operational efficiency and speed to close loans. With this unwavering focus, we help brokers close loans fast, get referrals and grow their business,” Chief Operating Officer Melinda Wilner said. Blink+ is a white-label, borrower-facing digital application tool.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Both borrowers and loan officers face a changed—and changing—landscape. Ultimately, long-term success hinges on having the right tools to streamline your processes and enhance productivity for both your clients and business partners. Attend open houses, connect with local realtors, and engage with potential clients.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Optimal Blue has added an expanded AI assistant suite and a new Scenario Optimizer to its PPE, and has also announced free availability of Investor Pricing Insight to investor clients. Each of these newly announced updates helps our clients address changing market conditions with agility, clarity, and precision.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2024

It may be counterintuitive, but loan officer Scott Betley, a 32-year-old TikTok sensation , says he isn’t worried about a potential U.S. Betley, who has more than a decade of experience helping first-time and move-up buyers, joined NFM Lending as a loan officer in 2021. ban of the short-form video app.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In this conversation, Ryan shares Acra Lending’s blueprint for broker growth, including insights on how Acra Lending navigated the pandemic, built relationships with referral partners, and developed tools that help brokers streamline non-QM loans. How does this tool help brokers streamline the non-QM loan process?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2024

The bridge loan estimate is being integrated into the lender’s workflow through an Encompass plugin. NFM loan officers will be automatically notified when a homeowner can tap into the equity of their current home to buy a new one before selling.

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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

APRIL 23, 2024

Additionally, he will provide management and mentorship to other loan officers at Guaranteed Rate. Everything at Guaranteed Rate is geared towards delivering a world-class client experience; the website and app are easy to navigate and built to drive business our way.

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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

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 31, 2022

Michael Brennan, president of Movement, said Waggoner can empower loan officers with the tools they “need to win.”. “I’m excited to translate this vision into transformational action across our technology platform by putting the best tools in the hands of our loan officers,” Waggoner said in a statement. .

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

To take advantage of the shifting market, two key areas that loan originators should be focusing on are “nurturing and cementing relationships with preapproved borrowers,” said Tim Braheem, founder and chief content creator of The Loan Atlas. So, kind of like a turnkey kit to get in front of a one-to-many type situation.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2024

And it seeks to expand the number of available loan officers and strategic development tools to continue building on the momentum that company executive say they’re seeing in the space. Now they’re asking, “How can I fold this into my conversation, my presentation, when I’m meeting with my B2B clients?”

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2024

Varun Krishna, Rocket Companies CEO, sat down with HousingWire CEO Clayton Collins at The Gathering event several weeks ago to talk about the company’s AI strategy and their new AI tool, Synopsis. We’re able to close loans two and a half times faster than the industry. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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Kairos Appraisal Services

OCTOBER 1, 2022

If you’re a mortgage loan officer and not taking advantage of pre-appraisal tools, your clients could be paying the price with higher fees and longer turnaround times.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

Product Fast Facts #1 Robust flagship LOS and mobile apps for borrowers, loan officers, correspondents, and brokers. 3 Simple and easy to use configuration change management tools enabling clients to quickly add, update, and modify the overall behavior of the platform. Get More Info

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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

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The lender has about 80 loan officers and aims to hire up to 100 in states. Cliffco’s proprietary CRM platform enables loan officers to break away from being heavily dependent on real estate agents for referrals. The database and the CRM tool is key for us to be able to monitor the different life cycles of the customer.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 5, 2024

Alex Rayner, a top-producing loan officer, has announced a strategic partnership with Service First Mortgage to create Haymaker Home Loans , a next-generation mortgage company focused on top producers’ success. Their industry-leading reputation and resources give our loan officers the competitive edge needed to thrive.”

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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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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 12, 2024

Embrace Home Loans reports that loan officer Patrick Holland surpassed $1 billion in career loan originations earlier this month. I truly enjoy what I do, which is why so many of my clients come back and recommend me to their friends and family.” The culture at Embrace is fantastic,” Holland says.

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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

OCTOBER 28, 2024

This is why it’s critical to have the tools and processes in place to nimbly react to and capitalize on market shifts as they happen. Equally important is the ability to proactively and automatically detect within an existing customer database who is ready to buy, so loan officers can reach out to those borrowers before they even act.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2024

These include the integration of forward mortgage professionals into the reverse mortgage business, how the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) limit for 2024 could end up impacting the industry, and the openness of both clients and referral partners to reverse mortgage conversations.

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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

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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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 22, 2024

This integration not only streamlines our operations but also empowers our clients with unparalleled real-time insights and control over their mortgage pipelines. “We are pleased to announce our integration with Mortgage Machine,” says Troy Baars, president of Vice Capital Markets, in a release.

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