Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

Configured to give independent mortgage banks, federally insured banks and credit unions the needed tools at an accessible price point, Floify Lender Edition aims to increase lender profitability through its automated processes and efficiency tools, the company said.

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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

APRIL 17, 2024

“You don’t normally think about a lending platform [as a tool] to use to drive growth, but in our case, it’s a key contributing factor to our ability to recruit.” In many systems, loan officers have to live in the same system as the back-office personnel and not have a system that’s optimized for their role,” Aach said. “In

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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

OCTOBER 23, 2024

From there, the Digital Loan Product Wizard lets borrowers select several HELOC and home equity products to evaluate through several third-party institutions—including Evolve Mortgage Services and American First Credit Union.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 28, 2024

From loan officers to secondary marketing teams and investors, we empower mortgage professionals with tools designed to maximize their profitability on every loan transaction.” “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

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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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

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Borrower Digital is Black Knight’s point-of-sale (POS) solution that is built using responsive-design to be used easily from any web-enabled device. Borrower Digital is further enhanced with Black Knight’s companion solution Loan Officer Digital.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The portal is designed to offer GHMC partners a “unique borrower online application experience” at no additional costs. The tools are housed within the secure application portal. The company has 48 state licenses, three retail branches and 13 loan officers. The company had production volume of $148.76

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Brimma Tech , specializing in AI-driven solutions for the mortgage industry, has released the latest version of Vallia AUS Sandbox, a tool designed to streamline the mortgage underwriting process.

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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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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 15, 2024

OneTrust Home Loans is now using LenderLogix ‘ Fee Chaser product to streamline its operations and compliantly collect upfront fees from its borrowers. Once borrowers pay using the link, Fee Chaser delivers a receipt to all parties and automatically updates the loan file within the LOS.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Lenders have come to appreciate the benefits technology can bring – but those benefits are only useful if the implementation of new tools doesn’t make the loan process more complicated. Borrower Digital was designed based on specific borrower personas and scenarios.

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Housing Wire

JULY 30, 2024

The Chicago -based mortgage lender announced Tuesday that it’s bringing on Daniel Manginelli to lead its sales coaching program, which is designed to help mortgage professionals implement best practices and improve performance. Rate has hired a new head coach. No one is better armed to launch and deliver on this commitment than Dan.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2024

The GSEs have invested millions building and promoting initiatives designed to encourage the digitization of mortgage data and processes, yet their utilization is underwhelming. To combat this, loan officers must be incentivized to embrace innovation. Drastic times call for drastic measures.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2024

HighTechLending , a California -based top-10 reverse mortgage lender, announced on Friday that it is rebranding its wholesale lending division 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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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

We started our relationship with LenderLogix solely using QuickQual, but the sleek design and functionality of the platform quickly led us to reevaluate our mortgage tech stack to see how LenderLogix could help us deliver an even better borrower experience in other areas.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Exponentially increase your loan officers’ origination potential without incurring additional expense? Examiners such as the CFPB and FDIC provide stringent oversight of digital activity, and mistakes can cost you and your loan officers dearly. Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it?

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 30, 2024

In his new role with Rate, Manginelli will lead the newly launched Success Coaching Solutions within the Rate platform, which is designed to enhance productivity and drive significant growth for Rate’s sales teams. No one is better armed to launch and deliver on this commitment than Dan.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 22, 2024

Mortgage hedge advisory firm Vice Capital Markets has completed its integration with Mortgage Machine , an out-of-the-box, all-in-one loan origination system (LOS) designed to accelerate lenders’ operational velocity and support an end-to-end digital origination process. “We

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

If you’re a mortgage loan officer with a decade of experience in the industry, you have likely spent over 80 hours taking continuing education courses. We would welcome the opportunity to approve courses with a creative take on how they design and develop content.”. LOs often lose focus during CE classes, he told HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In reality, the LOS is not the problem; the technology is doing exactly what it was designed to do. Adjust your expectations At its core, an LOS is designed to serve a very specific purpose: ensuring that lenders can originate compliant and sellable loans.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2024

And we have 500 loan officers that are on the street every day and I can always go to them for ideas. We’ve always owned our own loan application — it’s something we’ve built. But all of the other product design and execution and rollout happens out of our offices. CB: My tech teams is hybrid.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

That’s where reverse purchase financing comes into play, the funding option specifically designed for older Americans. The HECM for Purchase is not a refinancing tool; it is not akin to a Home Equity Line of Credit ( HELOC ). They have been able to reach sales goals with relative ease for over a decade.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

However, we can’t lose sight that this process should be built on human connections and relationships, and these digital tools need to help support these necessary interactions. We must provide consumers with the tools and education they need to more easily navigate the home buying process. Everything should be in sync.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2024

That’s where a mortgage loan officer (MLO) comes in. Mortgage loan officers, also known as mortgage loan originators or lending officers, generally make salary-based income with commission. Some courses may include prep exams and other study tools that other courses don’t.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 22, 2024

There are features designed specifically to help our wholesale account executives improve their pipeline management and improve their relationship with brokers.” A major feature of OptifiNow TPO is an integration with 5th Street Capital’s loan origination system (LOS). The decision to use OptifiNow TPO was easy,” says Russell. “No

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2021

Following other recent moves from the government-sponsored enterprises to the private sector, former Fannie Mae Head of Digital Products Henry Cason announced his move to FinLocker , a consumer-permissioned personal financial assistance tool. FinLocker CEO Henry Cason.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2022

“This type of cutting-edge technology is driven by the needs of the broker community, and we’re always gathering and implementing feedback so we can provide tools that will help our clients continue to grow their business.”. UWM recently launched an exclusive new marketplace called Boost.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2024

Serves as relationship-building tool for servicers. Fraud detection tool Multifamily Utilizes Ai to combat AI-related fraud, including deep fakes, in multifamily operations. Designed as a co-bot, Loan Buddy would direct questions to a human on the loan team if it had low confidence in its answer.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

They can use pieces and parts and connect other solutions to it, whether that’s their own tools or a third-party partner that can connect to an API layer. SW: We’re seeing an increased use of AI at a very individual level, where agents are using AI tools for things like marketing and scheduling.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2021

Increasing quality means less time wasted on leads that aren’t going to convert, allowing lenders and loan officers to spend their very limited and highly valuable time on business that will close and drive revenue. Our platform is designed to constantly learn and improve results.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Thrive’s chief operations officer Selene Kellam , who designed the lender’s operations workflow, will be the chief executive officer starting in 2023. billion in loans over the past 12 months, 90% of it through the retail channel, according to data on mortgage tech platform Modex. We keep our company well capitalized.

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Housing Wire

JULY 3, 2024

Perhaps it is the conversational aspects of ChatGPT and other GenAI-based tools that captured our emotional attention – or, the rapid increase of AI-powered companion apps that are now available, which demand that we project our emotions upon them for the best experience. Then ChatGPT came on the scene.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

When mortgage lenders are talking about compliance in loan origination or mortgage servicing, the worst case can be pretty bad, so we often see companies investing heavily in the best tools. Mike is an experienced mortgage loan officer. That makes a smart CRM a “need to have” tool. Not anymore.

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