Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Cloudvirga’s platform solves for both by creating the best experience for borrowers and loan officers. Cloudvirga’s POS is an experience-driven platform that gives lenders access to the tools they need in an easy-to-use, responsive UI. It focuses on more than just task management and automation.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

They’re a more forward-thinking broker, and there has been lots of activity with the HECM Tool, which is a software application that I developed. Hence the HECM Tool, which is a software application,“ he said. “So Tane Cabe “C2 is a good place for me to hang my license,” he said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2024

Vonder Haar was selected as a winner based on her crucial role in expanding the company’s offerings and developing its digital marketing to meet the needs of its loan originators and their real estate partners. Vonder Haar spoke to HousingWire about the strategies that set her apart in the competitive residential lending market.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 3, 2025

Mortgage veteran Donny Panasis has joined Embrace Home Loans as branch manager of its Viera, Florida office, where he and his team will originate loans for both existing and new construction homes. Panasis previously served as a loan originator for The Mortgage Firm and TD Bank.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2023

Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI), a data intelligence and market insight tool provider for the mortgage and real estate industries, has appointed Brian McKray as the director of product development. The platform offers granular insights into lenders, loan officers, and real estate agents by region or individual transactions.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

This includes upgrading technology to serve tech-savvy young buyers better, hiring additional staff, and developing a robust training program to prepare new employees for the increased volume of customers. However, developing a well-thought-out plan for scaling your staffing levels is crucial.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2024

They also discuss fintech developments for loan officers, recruitment and even the CPO’s favorite hamburger. Before a discussion point on loan officers, Gillespie circles back and revisits Lower’s mission to guide consumers through homeownership.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

Blink+ is a white-label, borrower-facing digital application tool. The no-cost solution allows brokers to submit applications, price out loans, eSign documents and helps make the experience smoother for borrowers and real estate agents. Jason Bressler, Chief Technology Officer.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 5, 2025

Kortney Lane-Schafers has been promoted to vice president of growth and client advocacy at Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI), which offers data intelligence and market insight tools for the mortgage and real estate industries.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

This is something Ogata is keen to develop further, he explained. Ryan Ogata “When I think about the reverse opportunity, I’m considering it in the context of the forward loan officer,” Ogata said. “If Although it is a separate business in some sense, we don’t want loan officers to think of it that way.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

SW: How do you attract high quality loan officers and other mortgage professionals? There wasn’t legacy architecture and we gave them a seat at the table to help us develop this best-in-class platform. We think that the loan officer is as critical as they have ever been. It was a clean slate.

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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. Founded in 2013, Floify — a subsidiary of Porch Group Inc. —

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Loan Officer Freedom. Host Carl White, founder of The Mortgage Marketing Animals loan officer coaching program, shares insights for loan officers on how to close more while working less. Loan Officer Leadership. 10 Loans a Month. 10 Loans a Month. The Loan Officer Podcast.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Evaluating which tools in your current stack have the largest ROI and streamlining the use of them are key to ensuring loan officers are working most efficiently. The best tools will allow lenders to be innovative in how they target prospects and engage with current customers. ???.

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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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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2023

“Their feedback has led to the addition of crucial resources like new presentation materials, playbooks, and advanced tools.” This tool not only aids in personal financial education but also allows ambassadors to stay connected with new leads.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Tane Cabe Prior to joining Fairway in 2022 as the reverse division’s business development manager for the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase program, Cabe served as VP of 55places Mortgage and as a branch manager for Churchill Mortgage originating HECM and standard home loans. “I

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

In the latest episode of the Power House podcast, HousingWire CEO Clayton Collins sits down for a conversation with Uplist President Jeff Bell to explore coaching, loan monitoring, recapture strategies and more. Clayton Collins: Give us a glimpse into how you’ve developed as a leader in this industry.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Paul Anastos, CEO, Chief Innovation Officer Gateless, Guaranteed Rate. Paul Anastos has been on the forefront of innovation within the housing industry for over a decade, specializing in developing technology solutions and transforming businesses into industry powerhouses.

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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. ” Clow: How does your team approach bringing these traditional loan officers up to speed with reverse?

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 6, 2022

This end-to-end digital tool is designed to act as a mobile pipeline, empowering loan officers to accomplish anything from issuing a pre-approval letter to locking in a rate, all in real time and all fully remote using just their smart phone. Mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate has launched its new RED-VP mobile app.

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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

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

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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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 18, 2021

SimpleNexus , a homeownership platform developer for loan officers, borrowers, real estate agents and settlement agents, has acquired Georgia-based software firm LBA Ware. The post SimpleNexus Adds Business Intelligence Tools with LBA Ware Acquisition appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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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

JULY 30, 2021

Josh Lehr: Pre-pandemic, online home buying existed, but over the last year, shopping online for mortgages became much more popular and convenient as meeting in person with a loan officer was not an option. Communications Package with robust engagement tools, including a dialer, two-way SMS text messaging, and lead activity views.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2024

We want to be able to provide a tool for any customer along their aging lifestyle. We also brought in Salesforce , and we call it our Guild 360, where we developed a semi-proprietary connection with Salesforce. This coaching program is designed and run by our own successful loan officers.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2024

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Christos Bettios, chief information officer at NFM Lending , to talk about the company’s private, proprietary GPT that is making his whole team more efficient. He started his career as a developer and spent 10 years as a senior product manager at Fannie Mae.

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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

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. Additionally, the solution leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to guide borrowers through the mortgage application process.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

It’s amazing how many loan officers miss this, don’t return the call quickly, and lose their race before it’s even underway. Each lender is different and so their use of these tools will differ. Improvements in the way developers bring products to market have resulted in a flood of new tools and many lenders have invested.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2022

Intuitive technologies developed and built by experts in both mortgages and technology can drive efficiency, reliability and profitability when paired with exceptional customer service. At UWM, we’re always looking for ways our brokers can grow their business,” said Justin Glass, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer at UWM.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2021

The development is intriguing for a few reasons. SentriLock delivers zinger to Zillow with new showing service,” was the email subject head SentriLock sent about its new tool, titled SentriKey Showing Service. Presented by: Propertybase.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2024

Everyone in mortgage knows that fintech adoption remains stubbornly low, despite years of innovation and concerted efforts by software developers, trade associations, consumer-interest groups and the GSEs to spread the gospel of cost-saving technologies. To combat this, loan officers must be incentivized to embrace innovation.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

I think loan officers are getting used to the rate environment as it is now, versus hanging on to the idea that they’re going to get better and things will pick up.” Parks has overseen other changes in the division, including growth of its third-party associate channel that works alongside Longbridge’s loan officer corps.

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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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