Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

M2 Lending Solutions is using LenderLogix ’ mortgage point-of-sale and automation software to provide an automated, digital-first borrower experience. Specifically, M2 lending has implemented LenderLogix’ QuickQual, LiteSpeed, and Milestone Text Updates solutions to provide borrowers high-touch, white-glove service.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In an ever-changing real estate market, loan originator retention is a key challenge for lenders. Loan officers need faster product rollouts and fewer barriers to focus on core tasks. Why is loan officer retention a priority for the company? This transcript has been edited for length and clarity.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In a high(er) rate environment, non-QM (non-qualified mortgage) lending continues to play an increasingly pivotal role. To explore how Acra Lending has adapted to these shifts, we sat down with Ryan Barrus, a key player in the company’s non-QM division. For some brokers, there can be a short learning curve on their first Non-QM loan.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

A new episode of “The Loan Officer Podcast” aims to teach mortgage originators how to leverage tools and grow their businesses. Later on in the conversation, the duo explore social media strategies for loan officers to implement. This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. So, start there.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

And that offers an incredible opportunity for banks and non-banks alike to improve their digital channels to better support home equity lending. Home equity line of credit (HELOC) and home equity loan originations increased 50% in 2022 compared to two years earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association ’s Home Equity Lending Study.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 17, 2021

National mortgage lender and servicer Planet Home Lending has deployed Total Expert’s CRM and customer engagement platform to increase loan officer productivity, improve marketing and engagement efforts, and enhance customer experiences. With Total Expert, Planet Home Lending plans.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2021

What happens when borrowers can’t or won’t walk into a lending branch? HousingWire recently sat down with Insellerate CEO Josh Friend to discuss that very question and what strategies retail lenders should look to adopt from direct-to-consumer lending. Retail lenders originate loans through their in-person retail branches.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) technology into the lending space has opened doors for countless possibilities. Loan options can be personalized, outcomes can be predicted, and all processes can be expedited at incredible rates. All these actions come with improved accuracy and reduced human error.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

Tennessee-based multichannel mortgage lender First Community Mortgage announced on Wednesday that it has selected the Blue Sage Solutions digital lending platform and its LION Consumer POS to help scale its growth efforts across the 48 states it operates in. In FCM’s case, this also includes interim servicing.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

HousingWire reported that in June 2022, the company raised $115 million — $60 million in equity and $55 million in debt — while acquiring Denver-based lending startup Accept.inc. In 2019, HomeLight acquired Eave , a digital mortgage lending startup. HomeLight has offices in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Dallas and Chicago.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Miami-based fintech provider LoanPASS integrated Uplist ’s suite of home-shopping tools into its pricing engine, the company announced in November. The partnership will boost loan officers ’ capacity to deliver personalized, efficient and tech-powered solutions directly to their clients and agents.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

HousingWire recently sat down with Steve Meirink, executive vice president and general manager, Compliance Solutions, Wolters Kluwer’s Governance, Risk and Compliance Division, to discuss the impact of digital technology on mortgage and the future of digital lending in an era of accelerated innovation and digital transformation.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Tim Nelson, a longtime reverse mortgage industry professional and reverse department manager at VIP Mortgage in Scottsdale, Arizona , spent 20 years in the home lending arena before shifting his focus entirely to reverse. From the first day I entered the reverse mortgage space, I’ve always viewed it as a financial planning tool ,” he said.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2024

The duo dive into several topics, including Lower’s transformed culture and leadership structure following its acquisitions of Thrive Mortgage and Universal Lending. They also discuss fintech developments for loan officers, recruitment and even the CPO’s favorite hamburger.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Several historic events over the past few years have brought seismic changes to the way the mortgage lending industry operates. Today, as we face what appears to be the beginning of a modest recovery in the marketplace, we can see the effect of those events in the way mortgage lending has changed forever.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

“Credit card, auto and student loan debt are currently at all-time highs, and so it is not surprising that debt consolidation is the fastest-growing category in home equity lending,” FirstClose chief product officer Ramiro Castro said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2022

The Atlanta mortgage lender, which offers agency and non-qualified mortgage (non-QM) products, will implement the tech firm’s Nexus Origination and Nexus Engagement tools. Its core features include an integrated home search, loan payments calculator and the ability to begin a loan application.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Cabe, who most recently served as president of reverse mortgage lending at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. He also previously served as a reverse mortgage consultant for Security One Lending in the early 2010s. “I His knowledge and experience in the reverse mortgage industry will be invaluable to our clients and loan officers.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

As a premier provider of innovative, high-performance software, data and analytics for mortgage and home equity lending and servicing, Black Knight is transforming the housing finance industry. This interactive tool gives customers the ability to review information about their loans and easily perform tasks, such as making loan payments.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

.” The AI loan assistant, dubbed Betsy, was built through Tinman, the company’s proprietary loan origination platform, where information and facts on loan applications are stored. Kevin Ryan, Better’s chief financial officer, said that the average cost to sell and process a mortgage in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Michael Brennan, president of Movement, said Waggoner can empower loan officers with the tools they “need to win.”. “I’m excited to translate this vision into transformational action across our technology platform by putting the best tools in the hands of our loan officers,” Waggoner said in a statement. .

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

CJ Rose was promoted to the role of executive vice president of growth and acquisition, while Chris Hutchens was hired as producing area manager for North Carolina and senior vice president of mortgage lending. Additionally, he will provide management and mentorship to other loan officers at Guaranteed Rate.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In fact, the changes we’ve seen since the advent of the global pandemic are significant enough to serve as a catalyst that will drive all lending digital. The trends and lending requirements I’ve highlighted below became important long before the coronavirus made it to the U.S. Peering into the future of lending.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Looking for a quick and easy way to stay up-to-date on mortgage lending news, trends and technology? 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. Housing News.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Traditionally, they would would ramp up hiring – more loan officers, processors, and contract underwriting. There has been considerable progress, even in the last 30 months, in terms of how technology is impacting fulfillment of loans and streamlining operations.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

But Ryan Ogata, executive vice president of reverse mortgage lending at the Chicago-based lender, added that his vast experience on the forward side has helped to facilitate the transition of other company professionals in getting up to speed with reverse lending characteristics. It’s another thing within the arsenal.

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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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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

MAY 22, 2024

Freddie Mac’s study is based on financial information from 203 lending institutions. In partnership with Ipsos Public Affairs , the enterprise also conducted 13 virtual interviews with representatives at lending institutions, as well as an online survey with 500 loan officers, originators and underwriters in November and December 2023.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Insellerate Modern CRM, Engagement & Customer Intelligence Platform Insellerate helps loan officers close more loans with our award-winning modern CRM, Lead Management, and Engagement platform, which handles all your lending channels, retail, wholesale, TPO, Consumer Direct, and Reverse.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

To take advantage of the shifting market, two key areas that loan originators should be focusing on are “nurturing and cementing relationships with preapproved borrowers,” said Tim Braheem, founder and chief content creator of The Loan Atlas.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

You’ve probably staffed up on loan officers equipped to handle this influx, and you may be shunning riskier, less immediately gratifying business. You’ve brought on processors, underwriters and loan officers to accommodate the rise in refi volume, and perhaps that includes some wild incentive plans based on how much they can handle.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

Structured data sources, automated underwriting tools, and task and workflow-based systems can automate and accelerate many of the functions traditionally performed by human employees. Some credit is due to the mortgage industry for having made real progress in a few short years with regard to making automation a priority.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

This is why it’s critical to have the tools and processes in place to nimbly react to and capitalize on market shifts as they happen. While retaining existing customers should remain a key priority, as interest rates fluctuate, lenders should be prepared to support an increase in new business for refinances, purchases and home equity lending.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The GAssist portal will provide its partners, which include community banks, credit unions, and brokers, with tools that will allow them to better manage borrower expectations, from guided originations to processing tools, according to a press release on the roll-out. The tools are housed within the secure application portal.

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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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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2021

If you take the temperature of how loan officers are feeling ahead of the holiday season, the scale would likely read “uneasy.” According to Fahad Janvekar, a loan officer at Fairway Independent Mortgage , “there is definitely some concern” about layoffs in the industry.

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