Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

After years of high interest rates, and price spikes, mortgage lenders are optimistic heading into 2025. Fannie Mae predicts a 28% increase in mortgage originations to $2.1 The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) also predicts that total origination volume will increase by 28.5%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The Tech100 Mortgage award recognizes the most innovative and impactful organizations driving the mortgage industry forward. More than just an accolade, this award highlights organizations that are transforming the housing sectorenhancing efficiency, transparency, and accessibility in ways that reshape the future of mortgage lending.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The mortgage industry today demands speed, accuracy, and satisfied customers. ICE Mortgage Technology presents their solution that also serves as an overhaul of the home financing process. This digital mortgage setup focuses on turning manual tasks into automated ones.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Cooper CEO Jay Bray who is slated to report to Krishna as the president and CEO of Rocket Mortgage told HousingWire in an interview that the merger is expected to generate $100 million in revenue synergies and $400 million in expense savings. There is the potential for significant revenue growth depending on mortgage rates.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Mortgage technology startup Novaprime is making its public debut with the launch of an AI-powered loan platform that it claims allows lenders to sell loans to investors in just days, instead of weeks, all with a high degree of accuracy. Novaprime is starting with post-close quality control functions and working backwards.

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JANUARY 16, 2025

One of the most crucial parts of underwriting is making sure a prospective borrower has a reliable source of income that enables them to pay back their mortgage loan, according to Khristi Waters, Senior Director of Single-Family Credit Risk Policy and Li-Ning Huang Principal of Economic and Strategic Research Market Research at Fannie Mae.

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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

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) completed its acquisition of Black Knight Tuesday, making the combined company the biggest player in the mortgage tech space. 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.

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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. Every lender and investor has their own unique approach to doing business and their own mix of channels they utilize.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

E-closing technology is a game-changer for mortgage lenders in optimizing their secondary market strategies, a research report from Snapdocs shows. This research also validated that lenders see a portfolio benefit of $115–$2832 per loan when digital closings are adopted at scale.

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2024

A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) concluded that while institutional investors may have contributed to rising home prices since 2009, the actual impact they have had on homeownership opportunities is more difficult to assess.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

In addition, we expect to evaluate opportunities relating to digital infrastructure, including opportunities at the convergence of infrastructure and technology. Rithm owns multichannel mortgage lender and servicer Newrez. It has made a slew of acquisitions in the credit and mortgage servicing sectors over the past two years.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Verifications provider Argyle announced an integration with the Exchange, an interconnected network of mortgage-specific service providers available to customers of the Empower loan origination system (LOS) from Dark Matter Technologies. The mortgage tech company has made a series of integrations with lenders in the past few months.

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2024

Fintech firms Rocktop Technologies and LiquidFi on Thursday announced a milestone in their business partnership that was formed earlier this year. At the same time, LiquidFi — an asset tokenization platform for mortgage investors — has used its patented technology to create digital assets on more than $7.7 billion in UPB.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

It seems that everyone in mortgage and real estate has an opinion about Rocket Mortgage ‘s pending $1.75 After the deal was announced, CEO Varun Krishna told investors that he expects a lift in purchase mortgage growth after the deal closes. Essentially, it’s the holy grail of mortgage and real estate tech.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Dark Matter Technologies is breaking into the mortgage servicing market with the launch of its Dark Matter servicing platform. CMS Servicing was formerly a part of Mortgage Builder, which housed an LOS and a servicing platform, acquired by the Perseus Operating Group (Perseus) of Constellation Software Inc.

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MARCH 17, 2025

Most mortgage lenders have already embraced automation in their operations. Yet many lenders still struggle with a critical challenge: getting their various technology systems to work together seamlessly. Digital loan applications, automated underwriting, and electronic closings have become standard practice.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

Online real estate marketplace Auction.com announced Wednesday that it is launching SmartSale, a technology-powered option to foreclosure that lets distressed homeowners list and sell their property. For those who are struggling to repay their mortgages, the process aims to help them avoid foreclosure and retain their home equity.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

Snapdocs , a provider of digital mortgage closing solutions, in partnership with Falcon Capital Advisors , has released research showing that eClosing technology provides lenders with a pricing advantage of up to 10 basis points. The findings highlight the transformative potential of eClosing technology.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2025

In a changing real estate market , mortgage lenders face increasing demand. If high mortgage rates and increased liquidity management arent challenging, then regulatory changes, operation inefficiencies, and economic uncertainty are enough. Digital tools and technology are only the tip of the spear regarding SitusAMCs solutions.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

USRES: Real Estate, Mortgage Portfolio Services, and Support USRES offers various real estate and mortgage portfolio services to help professionals optimize their operations and improve revenue streams: 1. These educational tools cover various aspects of real estate transactions, compliance, and RES.NET’s technology solutions.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

These standout professionals all 40 years old or younger are driving innovation, transforming their organizations, and shaping the future of real estate, mortgage, and fintech. Each year, HousingWires Rising Stars award recognizes the next generation of leaders making a significant impact on the industry.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2025

Last week, business-purpose residential mortgage lender Dunmor announced that it received a minority equity investment from Newfi Lending , a nonagency mortgage lender owned by funds managed by Apollo Global Management. Would you say that the majority of these are smaller investors?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Charlotte-based mortgage lender Cardinal Financial on Monday launched a new product suite to help mortgage brokers reach nontraditional borrowers. The lender’s wholesale division is now offering a nonqualified mortgage ( non-QM ) loan product suite aimed at serving consumers who have outside-the-box financial profiles.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

In the meantime, states, RON providers and those putting the technology to use have stepped up to create a well-functioning status quo in the absence of federal guidelines, according to William Kooper, vice president of state government affairs and regulatory policy with the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The two are very similar.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Technology platform Figure , which powers a liquid, blockchain-based marketplace for financial products, and global investment firm Sixth Street today announced the formation of a new joint venture vehicle in which Sixth Streets asset-based finance platform has committed to invest $200M of equity.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2025

With an eye toward the future, Thompson shared his insights on economic trends, budgeting strategies, and the pivotal role of data and technology in shaping the housing landscape. HousingWire: As a finance exec, how do you approach budgeting in a market where cost pressures, compliance demands, and technology investments are all increasing?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

How can today’s mortgage lending market be summed up in one word? For homeowners who purchased their property during COVID when mortgage rates were near 3%, the word “comfortable” may come to mind. Mortgage brokers and lenders should be salivating to beat traditional lenders and reach those borrowers.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

Figure Technology Solutions (FTS), the parent company of Figure Lending LLC , took another step this week to become a public company, just one week after announcing a reorganization of its enterprise structure. On Wednesday, the company said it “has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement” with the U.S. after four years.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

Top five reverse mortgage lender Finance of America (FOA) announced on Tuesday the hiring of two new executive leaders to modernize the companys digital and customer experience strategies. “These executive appointments are crucial for Finance of Americas objective to redefine the reverse mortgage experience.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The mortgage industry has complained loudly and often that government regulation and investor requirements are contributing to spiraling costs that get passed on to consumers. “They can add up to several percentage points of the total mortgage amount. . At least when it comes to redundancies with refinancings, that is.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

AI and data-led fintech company Pagaya Technologies named Sanjiv Das as president. Das spent six years as CEO of Caliber Home Loans — a NewRez -owned residential mortgage lending company — until January 2022. Das, a former CEO of Caliber Home Loans , will begin his new role on Oct.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2025

No one can know what, exactly, will change in 2025 for the mortgage servicing industrys quality control units, but experts agree there will be changes. For mortgage servicers, the challenge isnt just adapting to regulatory changes its managing the uncertainty and stress that comes with them.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Mortgage capital markets technology firm Polly has raised $25 million to invest in research and development, product innovation and expansion, the company said on Tuesday. 8VC led the latest equity investment with participation from existing investors Menlo Ventures , Meritech , Khosla Ventures and Fifth Wall.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Garg explained that Better utilized its marketplace lending model that includes 32 different investors across the mortgage landscape from real estate investment trusts and insurance companies to hedge funds, major correspondent lenders and the government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. ” How is it so fast?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Rithm Capital , which owns multichannel mortgage lender Newrez , built upon its success in 2023 with net income of $835 million in 2024. according to Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF). Rithm delivered strong and consistent performance in each of its core businesses, creating value for investors and shareholders. billion in Q4 2024.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2024

Still, despite the gloomy news of late for SFR and fix-and-flip investors, some industry experts see better fortunes ahead in 2024 for both sectors. “We In recent congressional testimony , Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) chief economist Mike Fratantoni pointed out that the housing market is now extremely supply challenged.

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