Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2021

ICE Mortgage Technology will now deploy an “eVault” solution as part of its mortgage closing platform to ensure the secure storage of digital mortgages and notes, it announced late last week. The post ICE, DocMagic team up to offer closing technology appeared first on HousingWire. Digital mortgage platform DocMagic Inc.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Mortgage tech company Xactus announced that its valuation solution Appraisal Firewall X has met federal requirements and is capable of fulfilling Fannie Mae property data collection orders. ” Fannie Mae’s program is part of its ongoing efforts to modernize the valuation component of the mortgage industry.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2021

Inaccurate appraisals and valuations can impact the type of mortgage financing a potential buyer receives, whether a seller commands a fair value when selling their home, or whether a homeowner has opportunities to tap into home equity. So, what can be done to mitigate bias and inequality in the valuation process?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 11, 2023

While the industry as a whole has been adopting new technology , the appraisal process has remained relatively unchanged — right down to the forms used to complete them. The second part of the strategy is to offer a wider variety of valuation options.” Another difficulty with appraisals historically has been appraiser capacity. “The

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

Fannie Mae updated its Selling Guide on Wednesday to include more options for property valuations, saying that they are “moving away from implying that an appraisal is a default requirement.” We are on a journey of continuous improvement to make the home valuation process more efficient and accurate. “The

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2024

Opteon, a leader in the appraisal and property valuation industry, utilizes their tech-enabled service fulfillment to streamline and enhance the appraisal process. By focusing on these technological advancements, Opteon not only improves the appraisal process but also offers significant competitive advantages to its lender customers.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2023

To break into appraising, you need to essentially apprentice with an existing appraiser, and for them to spend that much time training you often requires them to already have a close relationship with you. These additional valuation options will lessen the opportunity for appraisal bias.” Johnson said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2021

It has a very uncertain future: will in-person appraisals be the norm, or will technology overtake the process completely or partially? “So, trainees go out into the field with little training and the mentors don’t even break even. . These factors combined to throw the appraisal industry in flux.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 10, 2021

Through the partnership with SkillBridge, Clario’s training program will upskill and employ 35 active service members transitioning to civilian life in the next 12 months. To apply for the training program, visit this website. We specialize in real estate valuations for the mortgage lending and financial services industries.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2023

Real estate valuation technology company Clear Capital announced on Wednesday that it has expanded its partnership with ValueLink , a valuation management platform, to offer better support for appraisal modernization policy changes. Clear Capital is a national real-estate valuation technology company.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

The company integrates with an existing brokerage website to provide homeowners with three valuations along with insight into the number of real estate buyer leads actively searching for a property just like theirs. These campaigns deliver monthly valuation changes, so the agent is top of mind for when the client needs professional services.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The two are well acquainted – Clear Capital already utilized CubiCasa’s digital gross living area technology. The partnership will allow CubiCasa’s automated floor plan sketching technology to integrate with Clear Capital’s ClearInsight Platform, a mobile property data collection application. Presented by: Incenter.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

It makes accessible information that used to be hard to obtain, such as the condition of the backyard, the proximity of a property to a loud road, train tracks, or a body of water as well as the occupancy status of a property. The tool can be paired up with other types of valuation metrics.

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Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2024

Acra Lending has positioned itself at the forefront of this sector by investing in its workforce, optimizing processes, leveraging cutting-edge technology, and building a robust infrastructure. What training and development initiatives have proven most effective? Technology is at the core of Acra Lending’s strategy for Non-QM lending.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Today, new technology can assist appraisers, AMCs and lenders with visual inspection, analysis, and intelligence to validate information, detect issues, and derive data-backed insights on every loan. They also are using computer vision to validate third-party valuations prepared by appraisal management companies.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 11, 2024

His passion for training and empowering the next generation of appraisers. How emerging technologies and changes like UAD updates are setting up new appraisers for success. The post The Giant Appraiser: On Tech, Training, and Social Media appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2024

The new interface is poised to streamline workflows, enhance efficiencies and simplify the training process for servicing team members. 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.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Mortgage technology firm Xactus named Michael Crockett as its chief operating officer. Recently, Xactus’ valuation solution was approved to fulfill Fannie Mae’s property data collection orders. He previously served as the company’s chief data officer.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

This week’s HW+ member spotlight features John Brenan, vice president of Valuation Policy and chief appraiser at Clear Capital. At Clear Capital, Brenan oversees the quality of the company’s appraisal and valuation products and implements changes to continually evolve the program. .

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Appraiserblogs

MARCH 12, 2021

The most weighted technique in most automated valuation programs comes down to one over-simplified formula, based on a guesstimation from an outside source that has no interest in the real estate system… Dear FHFA: Please accept the following comments in regard to Question A1.4. Thank you for taking the time to review these thoughts.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

“With our CubiCasa partnership, we can influence market adoption of floor plans thanks to their easy-to-use technology and valuable data outputs.” CubiCasa’s MLS Partnership Program now boasts 30 participating companies. Other notable MLSs in the program include Bright MLS , the Houston Association of Realtors and Georgia MLS.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2022

CompassEdge is designed to support every originator – regardless of range, size or type – and provide pipeline risk management tools and analytics with dynamic loan sale and mortgage servicing rights (MSR) valuation functionality, Black Knight said in announcing the launch on Wednesday. Black Knight reported net earnings of $40.3

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Fannie Mae’s value acceptance+property data extends an appraisal waiver provided the property data is gathered by a vetted and trained third party and a floor plan is delivered to a desktop underwriter. SingleSource has been providing valuation services nationwide since 2000 and nationwide field services and inspection services since 2006.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2021

An automated valuation model (AVM) provides an estimate of market value for a subject property at a specific point in time. Leveraging a network graph algorithm to select comparables the same way a trained local expert does is just one of the innovations driving CoreLogic’s new Total Home Value X AVM. .

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2021

Over the years the real estate appraisal workforce has experienced a shortage and has fallen behind to attract new entrants to replace those retiring due to high barriers of entry such as training, cost, and licensure regulations. HW: How and why has appraisal management technology evolved over the past year?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2023

But for potential homebuyers to benefit from new technology, the industry must figure out a way to keep bias out of decision-making models, experts said Monday. Rocket Companies is focused on using technology to tap into a potential customer base.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

This webinar will delve into the latest technology trends, from advanced data integration to automated workflows, designed to streamline your processes and improve accuracy. My expertise lies in developing strategies that integrate the latest technology and tools with the appraisers who use them.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

While ChatGPT might be making headlines, the true killer apps of the AI revolution will add the technology to software that agents already know and love. Called RAIA, Offrs AI chat tool uses conversational AI trained by licensed agents to qualify leads for you.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2022

Clear Capital’s desktop appraisal solutions offer an easy way to obtain property information by pairing seasoned brokers and appraisers with innovative mobile phone technology, ClearInsight and CubiCasa. Duane Andrews, CEO, Clear Capital. lenders and nearly every mortgage investor.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 8, 2022

Appraisers who have had the opportunity to participate in an appraiser conference recently have probably noticed a recurring theme from Fannie Mae – the importance of supervisory appraisers training the next generation of appraisers. We continue to encourage properly trained new entrants to strengthen the profession in all these ways.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2023

Last year, Freddie Mac launched another solution that allows a trained property data collector to visit the home and gather images, measurements and property characteristics. A trained and vetted third party can perform the data collection. More recently, Fannie Mae launched a similar solution. But you already know this.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2022

When we started, the idea was to obtain exterior photos as fast as possible, at a time when Uber, Lyft and marketing technology was advancing, and anyone with a smartphone could get exterior photos,” said Tomaszewski, who worked to turn his idea into ProxyPics. The State of Appraisals in 2022. The State of Appraisals in 2022.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2020

Finding an appraisal management software for real estate and commercial that works the way each individual lender does is difficult – usually resulting in time-consuming configurations, development work and training. The interface is so easy to navigate that lenders need almost no training. PRODUCT: EVO.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

According to the firm, CubiCasa’s technology reduces the subjectivity and inconsistency of the traditional “hand-drawn sketch” method of determining a home’s size, still used by appraisers today, and empowers even untrained homeowners to produce accurate results.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Training for refinance preparedness : With potential market shifts on the horizon, organizations are investing in training loan officers to handle refinances effectively. We’ve already identified a few areas for improvement, which will serve as valuable training opportunities to further enhance underwriting quality moving forward.”

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 25, 2022

I provide short and long-term consulting services related to valuation, education, review, and investigations. Buzz: In what ways is new technology impacting the future of appraisal industry in regards to this new process? Adequate training helps ensure a degree of consistency in the collection and reporting of property data.

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