Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Finance of America (FOA), the leading reverse mortgage lender, presented a robust outlook last week in its third-quarter 2024 earnings and is aiming to hit the ground running with business in 2025. The product was first introduced in 2018, marking the industry’s first-ever second-lien reverse mortgage option.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Assessing key performance indicators and operations during current industry headwinds is a great way for mortgage lenders to set themselves up for success now and in the future. The LOS should serve as the central hub of the tech stack, allowing lenders to orchestrate their entire business from a single system of record.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

As the country embraces technology now more than ever, lenders and title companies have an opportunity to embrace the possibilities of mortgage technology to connect with consumers in new ways and grow their businesses. It’s a new time for our industry, with so much going virtual.”. No paper or printing is a huge cost saver.”.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In today’s economy, mortgage rates and housing expenses have consistently risen. Mortgage professionals must keep up with the new demand for home equity products in the new market. That growth presents an opportunity for reverse mortgages and home equity loans. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Central, when the Five Star Institute , in partnership with Global Strategic , present “ Partnering for Performance: Mortgage Operations Outsourcing.” The Five Star Institute Webinar Series aims to broaden the horizons of the mortgage industry. In 2003, he owned and operated BCF Technology Resources Inc.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Add American Neighborhood Mortgage Acceptance Company LLC , doing business as AnnieMac, to the list of mortgage lenders that have recently suffered a data breach from a cyberattack. The type of information affected by this event includes name and Social Security number.” New Jersey-based AnnieMac originated $2.5

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2021

Figure Technologies CEO and co-founder Mike Cagney said that when it comes to watching out for non-endemic players impacting the real estate market, he has his eye on Walmart. Cagney also said separately to HousingWire on Thursday that he never intended to build a mortgage lending company. He might even buy a few of them.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The next time you apply for a mortgage, or your lender services that loan or sells it on the secondary market, you might be helping to disrupt an industry. Blockchain – most simply defined as a decentralized, immutable digital ledger – is perhaps best known as the technology underlying digital currency. Friedman HW+ Columnist.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused historic, unprecedented challenges for mortgage servicers. Forbearance deadlines get pushed back seemingly in perpetuity, and an unproven, inconsistent technology infrastructure has the potential to result in a series of foreclosure and loss mitigation crises. The onus gets back to the servicer.”.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2021

Figure Technologies CEO and co-founder Mike Cagney never intended to build a mortgage lending company. Upon leaving SoFi , Cagney and the founding team at Figure were laser-focused on applying blockchain technology to financial services. He might even buy a few of them. First mover advantage. Join today with an HW+ Membership !

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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

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Rocket Companies , the parent of Rocket Mortgage , has set ambitious goals to increase market share by 2027 using its multichannel reach, its origination and servicing flywheel, and its advanced technology platform. billion in volume during these six months, trailing only United Wholesale Mortgage ($60.7 Rocket originated $42.3

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Maverix CEO Jeff Kennedy said that Van Ecks experience in scaling technology , boosting the productivity of agents and optimizing brokerage operations makes him an ideal choice for the company. Kevins ability to identify and implement technology fills an immediate need in proptech right now, Kennedy said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2022

Of course, you’ll be learning and networking with other knowledgeable professionals at our scheduled events like the Welcome Reception, Poolside Party and After Party, but you can also take in a drink by the pool at the beautiful Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Resort, enjoy the arts and culture of Scottsdale or maybe fit in a round of golf. .

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

This year has brought plenty of disruption to mortgage servicing, from regulatory and economic uncertainties, to a long-term shift toward remote work environments. Meanwhile, the past decade has seen an explosion of digital solutions in mortgage origination, and servicing will inevitably follow suit. Already a member?

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2021

Imagine wanting to build software in the mortgage industry. You spend your time visualizing the problem your technology plans to solve, but after researching the industry, you realize that when it comes to building mortgage technology, you’re not just building an application. This content is exclusively for HW+ members.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2025

1 loan originator in the country by volume for at least five years, is assuming the role of president at Rate Mortgage , the company announced Tuesday. 8 on the Inside Mortgage Finance ranking of top originators at just under $40 billion. 1 mortgage company in America. SB: Our technology is amazing.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

Lennar Mortgage , a financial services subsidiary of Lennar Corp. will move its servicing operations to the industry-leading MSP loan servicing system from ICE Mortgage Technology , ICE announced on Monday. It can also be used as a channel for mortgage holders to seek assistance in times of distress.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Jeff Salter, founder and CEO of Caring Senior Service , which provides in-home care services, will speak about the potential applications of AI for aging in place at an upcoming event hosted by the National Aging in Place Council (NAIPC) this October in Or l ando. Because we don’t want our customers’ information out in the public domain.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

Bond credit-rating organization Moody’s Investors Service has reaffirmed its “above-average” rating for the reverse mortgage servicing performance of Celink , which is the current holder of the U.S. In 2023, Celink renewed subservicing deals with major reverse mortgage lenders including Finance of America and Mutual of Omaha Mortgage.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2024

Mortgage and real estate executives attending HousingWire ‘s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit in Dallas on Tuesday have already begun to collect some lessons learned from Friday’s global tech outage as the world is still dealing with its consequences. That’s the case for United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM).

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2021

The global pandemic hit our industry like a pair of defibrillator paddles, bringing mortgage industry CFOs to life and sending millions of dollars into new technology investment and implementation. Development of this technology was slow initially compared to other markets, but COVID has accelerated it into high gear.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

John Rogers is a well-known name in the world of mortgage and real estate data analysis. The data gurus are ensuring the quality, finding new insights, and delivering it to our clients and our solution sets that face off into real estate, mortgage, insurance, government and so forth. Last year, there was 28. million deficit of homes.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

A race is a useful analog for the mortgage business, especially as it relates to the refinance business. Anticipating the start of the refi race When mortgage rates finally rose above their historically low levels, the mortgage refinance business started to dry up. In our business, that’s the refinance transaction.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Sandra Madigan, digital product director, enterprise product strategy, servicing technologies at Black Knight. Exclusive access to the HW+ Slack community and virtual events. The post How can the mortgage industry retain more employees? To read the other two Q&As in the magazine, go here. Become a member today.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 24, 2021

Mike Cagney, co-Founder at Figure Technologies. Peter Norden, the CEO of Homebridge Financial Services , has been waiting a long time to do something truly unique in the mortgage business. Because the reality is, when you really look at it, all mortgage bankers sell pretty much the same products.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Weeks before United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) went public in a SPAC deal that valued the lender at $16.1 billion, its president and CEO Mat Ishbia said observers shouldn’t expect a different United Wholesale Mortgage or a different Mat. In fact, UWM originated more than $182 billion in mortgages in 2020, generating about $3.37

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

The mortgage origination industry has long made use of an operational strategy that relies on “staffing up” during cycles of high volume and then making staff reductions, sometimes en masse, when origination volume declines. We have the means today to shift lenders to far more efficient staffing and personnel models.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Housing Counseling (OHC) has made a series of updates to its Housing Counseling Program Handbook, including extensive additions, consolidations and reorganizations to a section focused on the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Mortgage companies must focus on bolstering cybersecurity infrastructure, and should report any and all incursions from bad actors who seek access to sensitive information or who plan to encrypt systems to hold for ransom. Exclusive access to the HW+ Slack community and virtual events. Become a member today. Already a member?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Agnes Standowicz, vice president, underwriting leader at United Wholesale Mortgage. HousingWire decided to dive deeper into a few of our award winners to get a peek behind the curtain on what defines an Insider , with this Q&A featuring Agnes Standowicz , vice president, underwriting leader at United Wholesale Mortgage.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Housing Wire recently sat down with Newbold Advisors Partner Robert Simpson to learn more mortgage claims in today’s servicing climate. HousingWire: What are some key challenges servicers are currently facing regarding mortgage claims? Robert Simpson: This is a pivotal moment for mortgage servicers.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2020

And it’s because of the software, because of the technology. I think it’s all because of the technology. HW+ includes weekly long-form digital content, HousingWire Magazine, access to HousingStack, and free admission to all HousingWire virtual events. Quicken Loans , see how big they are? They prepared for it.”.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

Consolidation in the mortgage industry is likely in 2022, analysts and lending executives said. Justin Woodward has experienced the best and the worst of the mortgage industry in only 18 months. “I had not done first mortgage lending before, but I was familiar with the basics of real estate lending.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

ICE Mortgage Technology is poised to help lenders do just that with its consumer engagement solutions. ICE Mortgage Technology’s consumer engagement solutions are all connected to a single data source – the Encompass platform – which ensures a more seamless experience from a single partner.

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2021

HousingWire recently spoke with Aditya Udas, managing director at Iron Mountain, about the potential for digital transformation of mortgage custodial duties and how Iron Mountain is innovating collateral management. HousingWire: How does custody transformation impact the mortgage industry? AU: Firstly, the issue of scalability.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2025

Volatile mortgage loan volume and profits in todays real estate market are causing lenders to seek out ways to reduce expenses. ICE Mortgage Technology conducted a cost analysis with a deep dive into previously undetected and preventable expense eroding mortgage lender profit margins. What are fee cures?

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