Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In this article, we’ll explore practical ways title companies can leverage AI to stay competitive in a fast-changing landscape, offering actionable tips to help you integrate these emerging tools responsibly and efficiently. AI-powered tools like Grammarly and Copy.ai Still a little lost when it comes to AI?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

This powerful, easy-to-use solution allows servicers to provide advanced, self-service tools to their customers to help deliver an unparalleled experience and unlock new growth opportunities in this challenging market. Thats why we built Servicing Digital to be so much more than a customer engagement platform.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) launched a mortgage insurance (MI) center on its Encompass loan origination system, part of the company’s vision to to become a ‘ life-of-loan’ platform.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 9, 2025

In some cases, AI and other digital tools have also been used to create convincing forgeries of documents or to automate the process of generating fake deeds and other legal documents. While digital tools have made deed fraud easier to perpetrate, so have procedural vulnerabilities within most real estate transactions.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2021

year-over-year increase in title insurance premium volume during the third quarter of 2021 according to ALTA’s Market Share Analysis , published on Thursday. During Q3 2021, the title insurance industry generated $6.8 billion in title insurance premium, marking the industry’s best quarter on record. Presented by: ServiceLink.

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2023

National Mortgage Insurance Corporation (National MI) announced on Tuesday its integration with Vesta , a loan origination system (LOS) provider and software-as-a-service company. “We are thrilled to add Vesta, a leading SaaS company building next-generation LOS technology, to our list of integration partners.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

Amid escalating climate concerns , Realtor.com has launched enhanced tools to help homebuyers and sellers evaluate the climate risk exposure of a property, according to a company announcement on Wednesday. The cost of homeowners insurance policies has skyrocketed in the past two years as U.S. According to the U.S. ” U.S.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Servicing teams must manage shifting delinquency rates, regulatory demands that may pivot with each new administration, and ever-increasing operational costs while keeping their fingers on the pulse of the modern consumer and advancing technology. Providing guidance and support during this process will be crucial for servicers in 2025.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Rocket Companies will soon shut down Rocket Pro Originate , a mortgage origination platform for real estate agents, insurance agents, tax professionals and other financial professionals who are also licensed to originate mortgages.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2024

Customer engagement platform Total Expert is launching a marketplace this week for financial institutions to build their marketing technology stack. Customers, including banks, lenders and insurance companies, will have access to data and action systems under “one roof.” That is not our model,” Welu said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

Remote online notarization (RON) firm Proof has launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered fraud detection tool called Defend. According to the company’s announcement on Tuesday, the tool is built into the Proof platform. caused by falsified records, forged signatures and identity theft.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Getting the home insurance required to close is often more complicated than it needs to be. HousingWire recently spoke with Tom Kriby, vice president of client development and partnerships at Westwood Insurance Agency , about the home insurance shopping process and how lenders can help make it simpler for their borrowers.

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2021

Remote online notarization company ProperSign announced a new electronic signature tool called QuickSign, which offers both RON and eSign capabilities. Between the RON capability and QuickSign, professionals no longer have to shop for two different tools,” said Wyatt Long, ProperSign vice president.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

I sat down with Tim Bowler, president of ICE Mortgage Technology, a business unit of ICE, to talk about the company’s mortgage automation strategy — and what keeps him up at night. SW: ICE Mortgage Technology is known for its focus on automation. Sarah Wheeler: ICE’s acquisition of Black Knight just closed today.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2022

Polly , a software-as-service mortgage technology firm that operates a loan-trading platform, integrated with six mortgage insurance providers to streamline the mortgage process for loan officers and mortgage lenders. . When a quote is selected, the user will receive documentation from the applicable mortgage insurance provider.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Jimmy Kelly, president and CEO of Lone Wolf Technologies , to discuss the company’s development process and his vision for a connected real estate platform. That is a lot of technology and a lot of wasted effort. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

UWM’s TRAC+ announcement comes as the federal government pushes title insurance alternatives designed to save consumers money. the company also announced ChatUWM, an AI-powered search engine that provides instant responses to clients, including guidelines, matrices, lender tools, and technology. 0% down During UWM Live!

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Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2024

Despite having a 100-plus-year history, the title industry is now embracing some of the newest technologies on the market, including artificial intelligence. Qualia surveyed 378 title and escrow professionals about their thoughts on AI usage and application in the title insurance industry. An overwhelming 88.3% Only 11.7%

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 5, 2025

Bond: Loss mitigation programs are currently at an all-time high, and with natural disasters driving insurance costs to unprecedented levels in some states, many borrowers are finding it increasingly difficult to keep up with their mortgage payments. Q: Insurance issues are hot right now.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

Furthermore, servicers can leverage these relationships to approach consumers with value-added services including asset protection, insurance products, home improvement loans, and maintenance options. Late fees and commissions on optional insurance may also increase revenue. Click Here

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2023

Jot’s proprietary technology matches home buyers and sellers with a qualified notary for their transaction and makes it easy for notaries to accept assignments that fit within their schedule, while providing the tools to successfully manage their business and access to professional development resources.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

There are numerous methods an agent can use to prospect, some traditional and others that leverage technology. As you can probably guess, digital prospecting leverages online platforms and technologies to generate leads. Tools like SmartZip can be infinitely helpful in locating the ideal area.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Alliant National Title Insurance Co. This is a strategic acquisition for DFH and allows us to further vertically integrate alongside our existing title insurance agency business while facilitating growth in the title insurance marketplace,” Patrick Zalupski, the chairman and CEO of Dream Finders, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Lenders can also license Polly’s raw data for use in tandem with existing in-house tools. Founded in 2019 by technology and mortgage professionals, Polly is a San Francisco-based provider of mortgage capital markets technology for banks, credit unions and mortgage lenders nationwide.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

In an industry where managing a web of technology vendors to support LO’s sales and marketing needs has become overwhelmingly complex, inefficient and creates unnecessary security and compliance risks, CANDID is quickly becoming a leader in transforming how mortgage lenders operate.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2024

Mortgage escrow is inherently complex, and the technology lift to handle the many moving parts is significant,” Tim Bowler, president of ICE Mortgage Technology, said in a statement. It also unveiled two new tools , Validate ROV and Validate Selector, that were added to its growing suite of property valuation solutions.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2023

Real estate technology company Doma Holdings, Inc. Doma, which uses machine intelligence and proprietary technology solutions, partners with service providers through the AgentMarketplace program. integrated with Notarize in April 2022 and with First American Title Insurance Company’s PRISM in September 2022.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2024

A cooler spring homebuying season led to a mixed bag of financial results for the Big Four title insurance firms in the second quarter of 2024. As the firm looks to the future, executives said they are continuing to focus technological developments. million a year ago to $91.8 million in Q2 2024. million a year ago to $116.0

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

Tim Bowler, the president of ICE Mortgage Technology , appreciates a good analogy. Treasury official says that the mortgage technology giant’s integration of Black Knight isn’t dissimilar to building a rail line. But MSP, the flagship servicing technology engine acquired in the $12 billion Black Knight deal, runs on 2.01-meter

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2020

As part of a larger global company offering a wide range of end-to-end solutions, we provide integrated products and technology far beyond full-service mortgage fulfillment. Plus, we offer appraisals and field services through other Altisource’s lines of business, including insurance through CastleLine.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2021

Historically, title has been slow to adapt to technology – however, COVID-19 drove the adoption and implementation of digital solutions. Even with this adoption of technology, the customer experience can sometimes be lacking. One of the biggest challenges facing title services is the rapidly changing landscape.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The title insurance industry generated $6.8 billion in title insurance premiums in Q3, marking the industry’s best quarter ever. HousingWire: What aspects of the title process can most benefit from technology? Nominations for HousingWire’s Tech100 award are now open through Friday, December 17, 2021.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Zillow is partnering with First Street to provide users with data on a property’s risk levels for flood , wildfire , wind, heat and air quality through risk scores, interactive maps and insights into insurance requirements. It also provides home shoppers with information on wind, fire and flood insurance requirements. “At

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

Founded in 2019 by technology and mortgage professionals, Polly is a San Francisco-based provider of mortgage capital markets technology for banks, credit unions and mortgage lenders. Lenders can also license Polly’s raw data for use in tandem with existing in-house tools.

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2024

While the emergence of technology tools is not new to the industry, the latest wave of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven technology is unlike many others that have come before. In this role of being a trusted adviser, technology is helping us be more time efficient and be better at our jobs, but it isn’t replacing us.

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

DataVerify , a provider of data verification, risk mitigation and workflow automation services, has integrated with Rocket Companies’ Nexsys Technologies. DataVerify will directly connect with Nexsys Clear HOIsm, a tool from Nexsys Technologies that automates the verification of homeowners insurance (HOI) for mortgage lenders.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2021

” Blend’s white-label technology is what powers mortgage applications on the website of traditional banks such as Wells Fargo and U.S. It checks income, it verifies identities and has become an essential consumer-facing processing tool for some of the largest mortgage lenders in the country.

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