Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

Dark Matter Technologies , formerly Black Knight Origination Technologies, is gearing up to bring more lenders on to use its Empower loan origination system in 2024. Read on to learn more about how Dark Matter Technologies’ plans increase market share and utilize AI in its LOS.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2024

The plaintiffs claim they hired independent mortgage brokers, believing the wholesale channel was the best option for getting affordable mortgages because these professionals can shop around — a different model from loan officers employed by retail lenders. “As The wholesale lender called the accusations a “sham.” Escue, Billy R.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

CF Wholesale provides brokers with the resources and technology to drive their business and serve their clients. When a broker partners with CF Wholesale, they gain access to Octane, its in-house loan origination technology that compresses turn times and gives them full control.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Adam Carmel , founder and CEO at Polly , to talk about the ways technology should be delivering ROI for lenders. Sarah Wheeler: The cost to originate a mortgage is higher than ever, while companies have invested more in technology than ever before. What is the disconnect there?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) loans through its Tinman platform. We were focused on being able to take a consumer all the way through on our technology platform for just the conventional loans, and we achieved that milestone back in the summer of 2023. VA loans are 12% of the mortgage market,” Garg said. “VA

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Housing Wire

MAY 11, 2023

Flueid , a leading technology company specializing in real estate transactions, announced on Thursday the integration of its patented Flueid Decision platform with Encompass by ICE Mortgage Technology. The report includes Flueid ‘Pro Tips’ that explain alerts and provide guidance on curative items for title.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Benchmark Administration (IBA) , will take on a new role as president of ICE Mortgage Technology starting on March 1. ICE’s appointment of Bowler as incoming president ICE Mortgage Technology comes at a crucial time for the company. ICE Mortgage Technology is also eyeing increased sales in its Encompass loan origination system in 2023.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Dark Matter Technologies , formerly Black Knight Origination Technologies, is focused on mainly two things: the smooth transition to new owners, and lowering the cost to originate loans for lenders. Read on to learn more about Dark Matter Technologies’ plan for mortgage. What opportunities did the firm see?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Having completed the $12 billion acquisition of Black Knight , Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is confident in evolving into a true life-of-loan platform: powering origination to final settlement, all in one unified digital ecosystem, executives said during its conference call with analysts. “By

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

According to Sawan Tivakaran, SVP, titlegenius Product Owner, “Homebuyers continue to cite the closing process as one of the most stressful events in their lives. Radian has developed titlegenius to help improve the closing process for homebuyers, sellers and lenders alike.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke to Tom Kriby, vice president of client development and partnerships at Westwood Insurance Agency, about how working with an insurance agency can simplify the closing process for their customers, even in times of interest rate uncertainty. HW: How does working with an insurance agency simplify the closing process?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

Many lenders are familiar with digital closings (eClosings), but they might not know just how valuable they can be to their business. In a recent study , Marketwise and Notarize found that digital closings shorten the time it takes to close, reduce errors and increase ROI — all while improving customer experience.

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Housing Wire

MAY 26, 2021

The average time to close on a mortgage has decreased for a fourth consecutive month to 51 days, according to a new study from ICE Mortgage Technology. The percentage of purchase mortgages increased to 43% of total closed loans. The percentage of purchase mortgages increased to 43% of total closed loans.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2022

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), total loan production expenses increased to an all-time high of $9,470 per loan in the fourth quarter of 2021. This was up from $9,140 per loan in the third quarter as the market transitioned from a rate-term refinancing market to a purchase and cash-out refinancing market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Cloudvirga’s platform solves for both by creating the best experience for borrowers and loan officers. The Cloudvirga team has been able to dramatically improve the experience of the borrower and the loan officer. All of this is wrapped in an experience as simple and easy to manage as the borrower’s. “A

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with Tom Kriby, Vice President of Client Development and Partnerships at Westwood Insurance, about how insurance issues can hold up a home closing and how lenders can integrate insurance into their process to help their homebuyers avoid delays. HW: How can lenders help homebuyers avoid closing delays?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2022

For well over a decade, the industry has made steady progress in digitizing mortgage closings. As a result, closings today fall on a spectrum of digitization, with benefits that increase with each component that is digitized and each document that is electronically signed (eSigned). eMortgage challenges.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2023

Simplifile by ICE Mortgage Technology electronically connects people, technologies and data in the real estate transaction to streamline their workflows. The solutions featured as part of Simplifile include eRecording, eSign Events, Collaboration and Post-Closing, and Document Builder.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2022

Black Knight, a leading provider of integrated software and data analytics solutions, is at the forefront of offering intuitive digital closings that support all forms of closing. The post-pandemic business landscape is totally different from what we were used to just a few years ago.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

(SPS) has struck a deal to acquire certain assets of Texas-based Rushmore Loan Management Services LLC. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2022, subject to regulatory approvals. Should the deal close, Rushmore’s servicing division, led by Jocelyn Martin-Leano, will operate as a division of SPS.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2021

We’ve experienced the important role technology can play in helping homeowners access the tools and solutions their mortgage servicer is offering. We’re using] our technology to help homeowners and servicers alike facilitate more convenient and more equitable access to loan products and closings.”.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2023

As a follow-up, HousingWire sat down with Peter Richter, co-founder and president at Flueid, to discuss why mortgage lenders should be asking for a quick, data-driven title check at loan application, rather than an instant title commitment, to understand and verify what’s going on with a property and consumer from the start.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Mortgage Technology reported operating income of $57 million in 2022, down from last year’s $397 million — a reflection of the headwinds the mortgage industry is facing. The mortgage technology division at ICE posted $249 million in total revenue in the fourth quarter, down 9.8%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

Rocket Mortgage ’s bet on artificial intelligence (AI) has resulted in a patented platform called Rocket Logic, which can automatically process nearly 90% of data points extracted from documents in a month and reduce by 25% the number of times a professional interacts with a mortgage loan year over year, the company claims.

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2023

We’ve asked Phillip McCall, president and chief operating officer at ACES Quality Management , how lenders can keep up with new and upcoming regulations to maintain loan quality in this very competitive environment. Our team has literally gone through the alphabet soup of lending regulations to fully apply them within our technology.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

I sat down with Deitch for a wide-ranging conversation on the ways lenders can claw back profitability through smart technology and products that meet the moment. That should be a 5/1 closed end loan with a line of credit kicker,” Deitch said. The result was $2,400 to $3,100 profit per loan if they just used what they had.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 11, 2021

Insights by ICE Mortgage Technology. Data is de-identified and aggregated from IMT lenders showing metrics such as pricing, pull-through rates, time to close – no HMDA or industry survey reporting delays. #3. The post Mortgage Tech Demo Day: Insights by ICE Mortgage Technology appeared first on HousingWire. Get More Info.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2022

Fannie Mae has launched its fourth reperforming-loan sale of the year — an offering of 6,130 loans with an unpaid principal balance of $997 million. A reperforming loan is a mortgage that has been or is currently delinquent but has been reperforming for a period of time. million in unpaid principal balance; pool 2 is at $342.5

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2022

Texas lender Mid America Mortgage rebranded as Click n’ Close to expand into the mortgage technology industry following the sale of the majority of its retail lending operations. Click n’ Close will retain retail operations related to its reverse mortgage and lending business for Native Americans, the company said Monday.

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2023

Top-producing loan officer Christopher Keelin has taken his 80+person team over to CrossCountry Mortgage to “take advantage” of the lender’s technology while scaling his business. In 2022, Keelin and his team closed $827 million in volume, with Keelin originating $322 million alone.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2022

Out of sheer necessity when the pandemic hit, RON and other digital closing solutions saw a massive uptick in use. There are some lenders doing it, but most of them haven’t been able to adopt a digital mortgage closing solution.”. That was largely because the technology wasn’t really there,” Bossers explained.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2022

Do loan officers need more technology than they currently have? Will new technology change anything? Most loan officers do not believe they need more tech than they have now. Most loan officers do not believe they need more tech than they have now. They do not need more technology. Let that sit a second.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2022

The Closing Exchange (TCX) partners with its clients to configure solutions to support their workflow at every stage of their digital evolution. CXChoice is an integrated SaaS technology and production platform used to assign notaries to each order, based upon criteria set by the client.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

As a result, brokers no longer need to deal with a title company or settlement agent to close a refi. It said TRAC+ will allow the lender to “manage title review, closing, and disbursement.” It’s available to conventional loans only in purchase and refinance transactions. loans but only for refinances.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2022

In the mortgage industry, the time between when a hopeful borrower submits their loan application and the loan actually closing is 50 days on average, according to the Origination Insight Report by ICE Mortgage Technology. During this period, a borrower’s credit profile may change drastically.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

HousingWire recently sat down with Joe Hallett, Fannie Mae’s Vice President – Digital Products Management, to discuss how Fannie Mae is leveraging technology to expand access to homeownership. HousingWire: What have been some of the key drivers behind the digital mortgage transformation?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2023

Donny Kirby, former vice president of national direct-to-consumer sales at Wyndham Capital Mortgage , spent more than 12 years at Charlotte, North Carolina-based company before leaving to start a mortgage broker shop, Cornerstone Home Loans. Kirby hopes to have a total of 15 LOs and close $50 million in production volume by year-end.

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