Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Smart home technology is not optional Gen Z marks the first generation of true digital natives. This group was raised on technology and expects their homes to be outfitted accordingly. Gen Z wants a separate space for business One thing Gen Z likes to keep behind closed doors is their work.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, payments, insurance and proptech. In July, DocuSign acquired Austin-based startup Liveoak Technologies for $38 million in an all-stock transaction.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

That’s why they’ve introduced the homegenius Platform, an integrated solution consisting of advanced technology , data science, machine learning and AI designed to drive value and bring ease to consumers through the home buying and selling journey. Through this offering, consumers may also be eligible to receive a rebate* at closing.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2021

“In 2021, the potential for margin compression could serve as yet another accelerant towards digital mortgage closings as lenders seek to improve capital efficiency and offer a more competitive experience to borrowers.”. Martin: COVID catalyzed digital mortgage closings by creating a renewed sense of urgency.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2023

For those in the mortgage space, there are a myriad of technology solutions claiming to help streamline lending operations and improve efficiency. When investing in a technology that someone else designed to automate workflows, it’s important to ask — how do I make this workflow work for me?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2021

Technology has rapidly changed the process for listing and buying homes, and the general public is taking note and adjusting their expectations of what a real estate broker should be. With hundreds of homes sold, each sale offers a standard commission to the buyer’s agent and only 1 percent to the listing broker. .

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The Close

JANUARY 18, 2024

Good agents are aware of trends; great agents know how to use them to their sellers’ advantage. Knowing what’s coming down the pipe regarding style, design, and technology will help sellers make thoughtful upgrades and improvements with strong returns on investment.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The collaboration is designed to allow all of Baird & Warner’s 2,000-plus agents to benefit from RealReports’s wide-ranging property data. RealReports offers an unparalleled alternative to conventional property resources that will multiply our agents’ effectiveness and efficiency, while providing unique value to clients.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Its platform offers eClosing functionality, including eSign, digital notarization, and video conferencing designed for real estate and mortgage professionals. In 2021, Stavvy landed a $40 million Series A funding led by Morningside Technology Ventures , which it planned to use to triple its staff by the first quarter of 2022.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

by 1% to 2% just by cutting the commission paid to buyer’s agents.” This is from the Editorial Board of The Wall Street Journal, “Ninety percent of transactions offer buyer agent commissions of exactly 3%.” Sales prices don’t go up or down based on closing costs. Aggregate data from the housing market would confirm this.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Consumers have flipped the script on lenders and real estate agents when it comes to the home-buying process. Ninety percent of consumers start their home search online and many get prequalified for financing before they even reach out to a real estate agent. Technology plays a vital role in this.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

Broker Edition is designed to provide an intuitive loan management portal for borrowers while making loan management simpler at an accessible price point. Floify Lender Edition is a counterpart to Broker Edition , which was rolled out in December.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Payload, a fintech company focusing on automated payments with API architecture, on Tuesday announced a partnership with technology services provider Premier Data Services , to launch an integration with SoftPro, an escrow and closing software.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2021

When Gogo Bethke began her career in real estate back in 2011, the Romanian immigrant felt like social media was her only option to generate leads and close deals. “I Instead, the Michigan-based eXp agent created her Facebook business page shortly after passing her licensing exam in 2011 and named it “Gogo’s Real Estate.”. “I

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2022

Unlike other solutions, Solex from Docutech is a fully integrated, end-to-end eClose solution meaning lenders work with only one vendor and implement one technology. Solex Orders is a solution designed for non-Docutech lenders to reap the benefits of eClosings without having to change document providers.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Sarah Wheeler: What differentiates your technology? DS: So first, as a brand, we create content for agents that’s designed to go to people they know, typically past clients and sphere. Agents have a lot of technology today. And the third is that conversations lead to closings.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2023

Accurate Group is one of the two companies under the approved service providers for Fannie Mae’s Value Acceptance + Property Data that also offers title and closing solutions along with valuation services , said Paul Doman, president and CEO of Accurate Group.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2021

Better, faster, cheaper has long been the promise of technology in the mortgage industry. Some may argue whether today’s technology is that much better than the tools we used in the past, particularly in the servicing business where many still use platforms designed and first built decades ago. Tripping over our own technology.

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Easy Agent Pro

MARCH 5, 2024

Technology is revolutionizing how real estate agents manage their work, from CRM systems for property management to virtual tour software. So, how do you find the right technology that’ll streamline your workflow, save you time, and increase your ROI? You can’t just blindly invest in technology and hope for the best.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2022

While the pandemic thrust RON into the mainstream of the industry, many are still wondering how the technology can benefit them and the closing process going forward. The process includes a notary and a document signer using secure audiovisual and digital signing technology to finalize any financial document. The result?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

“In 2020, RON became an essential service to ensure closings continued uninterrupted, and now more than ever, lenders need RON tools that empower and optimize their workflow,” Notarize CEO Pat Kinsel said. The ALTA Registry now designates title and settlement company locations that can perform RON closings. We get that.”.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2022

First American Financial Corporation ’s digital closing platform firm Endpoint is now offering a suite of integrated title tools specifically designed for proptech companies, investors and tech-forward real estate organizations looking for a scalable digital closing platform.

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RIS Media

APRIL 13, 2022

Designed to further technology innovation in the real estate services market, FWD is a one-of-a-kind pitch competition that highlights forward-thinking technology, ideas and solutions to unlock opportunity for agents and brokers, the company stated. Realogy Holdings Corp.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2022

KL : One of the most significant benefits of digitization is that it allows mortgage professionals to delegate tasks to technology. For example, in a traditional paper closing, a signer only needs to provide their government-issued identification before completing the transaction.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2021

As lenders strive to reduce costs, close loans faster and deliver a safe, seamless and convenient borrower experience, leveraging a comprehensive eClosing platform is a top priority. Lenders can also provide title and settlement with secure access to review and add title documents to the closing package.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2024

CoStar announced last month that monthly traffic at Homes.com surpassed 149 million unique visitors in February, inching closing to the 194 million unique monthly visitors that Zillow reported in fourth-quarter 2023. In prior notes, KBW had also referred to CoStar as the “top beneficiary” of a change to the buyer agent landscape.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2022

Volatile mortgage rates and economic uncertainty have rocked the housing market this year, challenging mortgage lenders, real estate agents, title companies and appraisal firms to adapt quickly to changing conditions. That’s why we’ve designed our HW Annual event Oct. That’s why we’ve designed our HW Annual event Oct.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2021

REX, an Austin-based real estate startup, said Zillow’s new listing layout, which includes tabs entitled “agent listings” and “other listings,” positions its listings in a “recessed obscured, and deceptive tab that consumers do not see.” Real Estate Tech Demo Hour. billion visits. .”

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Realty Biz

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

JPAR® – Real Estate, America’s #1 fastest-growing, 100% commission brokerage, today announced the launch of its industry-leading technology and marketing platform powered by a tech partnership with kvCORE. “We The new technology platform includes the following components and more.

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The Close

JANUARY 29, 2024

As more software companies integrate AI into their services, real estate agents find ways to make their lives easier and work more efficiently. I wrote this roundup of the best real estate AI tools for agents unsure of where to start, all the way up to those ChatGPT warriors. Let’s dive right in!

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Realty Biz

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Digital closing software startup Endpoint Closing Inc. Endpoint sells a mobile-backed platform that relies on artificial intelligence-powered smarts to streamline document submission and handling and speed up the time it takes to close on a home sale. it said this week. billion worth of transactions so far.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It’s no secret that homeowners search online to find a listing agent who can sell their home quickly and for top dollar. If you’re an agent, team or brokerage looking to keep a pipeline of qualified listing leads coming your way, SmartZip may the solution you need. But what if you could find them first?

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RIS Media

JANUARY 18, 2022

a pay-at-closing home improvement solution for real estate agents, brokerages and home sellers, has announced a $65M Series B funding round to support continued growth in the untapped market for fix first, pay-at-closing home improvement. Curbio, Inc., Curbio has raised a total of $93M since its founding in late 2017.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Since channeling his frustrations with the mortgage borrowing process into co-founding Maxwell in 2015, Paasonen has been busy honing a technology-powered platform meant to delight borrowers with a streamlined experience for lenders. Scalable fulfillment built to empower community lenders.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Most digital solutions in the lending industry are designed to solve one problem and built for one audience in mind. This full closing platform supports any sort of closing: a full RON, RIN, in-person or hybrid. Stavvy has the power to bring these disparate components together.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2022

A faster title commitment should equal a faster closing, right? While reducing the time it takes to close a loan by a day is nice, shouldn’t we be trying to shave off a week or more instead? Your team can prioritize files that have no title issues and are clear to close. Conceptually, the idea makes sense. Yes and no.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

With low housing inventory nationwide, agents are using innovative ways to find real estate seller leads and convert them into listings. Generate seller leads using AI Artificial Intelligence (or AI) is changing the way agents work in so many ways, and that includes how we generate seller leads. Looking for more listing leads?

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