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

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

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

However, the tactical approach of regular check-ins and focusing on retention as a cornerstone of fortifying your real estate agent ranks is often underestimated or overlooked. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the average tenure of an agent with a brokerage is six years.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Nominations for the 2022 HousingWire Tech100 Mortgage and Tech100 Real estate are closing today. The Tech100 Mortgage Award recognizes the companies and solutions that are revolutionizing the mortgage process – from origination to closing, and servicing to secondary markets. million agents as of last year.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke with Ashley Terrell, chief revenue officer at Milestones , about the value of real estate agents and why it is critical for the industry to start helping buyers’ agents justify their value not only during the 30-60 day transaction period but through the 7-10 year period of homeownership. What’s driving this?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2022

One avenue to reduce cost and streamline the closing process is to offer digital closings. A recent Marketwise eClose ROI study found that lenders can save nearly $450 and settlement agents up to about $100 per loan due to time eliminated, improvements in transactional quality, and costs associated with printing and mailing documents.

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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

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

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Less than a month after Compass snagged two top-performing Chicago-based @properties agents, @properties has evened the score in the Windy City. Justin Tesar highlighted @properties’ technology as one of the reasons for the move. According to data from BrokerMetrics , the Tesars have closed a combined sales volume of $25.4

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2020

This change, while disruptive and uncomfortable for some, has provoked the rapid adoption of real estate technology, the likes of which we haven’t seen before. Agents, teams and brokerages are now seriously reconsidering the technology platform, tools and services needed to effectively do business today.

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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. Rich Gagliano, President, Origination Technologies.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2021

More than ever, borrowers want and expect to close their loans digitally, from the initial loan application through the final review and approval of their loan package. But while eClosings are convenient, it can be challenging to offer the same level of customer service online as with in-person closings.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2023

Too many real estate agents are watching artificial intelligence (AI) from the sidelines, assuming technology will never replace them. They repeat the mantra “Home buyers and sellers will always need a real estate agent.” So how can real estate agents be so cavalier about their job?

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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

JULY 31, 2022

Trusted by over 1 million users, NotaryCam’s eClose 360 platform allows borrowers to close anytime from pretty much anywhere. By utilizing the highest industry standard technologies, NotaryCam ensures secure connections and electronic surveillance that complies with SOC2 Type 2 certification. Rick Triola.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2022

Chime’s all-in-one CRM and sales acceleration platform is designed to help real estate agents, teams, and brokerages close more deals faster. The post HousingWire June Demo Day: CHIME Technologies appeared first on HousingWire. Product Fast Facts. #1. Get More Info.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2020

This week, industry experts discuss how to navigate client and referral partner expectations and minimize closing times when factors like these begin to decelerate the buying process. I get it, the seller needs to move, but doing a quick closing to incentivize the seller to accept your offer is no longer a selling point.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Long known for its salaried compensation for agents, Redfin is trying a new pay model in two of the nation’s largest housing markets to help boost its market share. According to Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman , the other aim of this change is to create million-dollar agents. “We So, we really think we struck the right chord here.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2021

ICE Mortgage Technology, a global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, recently announced that Encompass eClose, its end-to-end eClose solution, is expanding its hybrid capabilities to now include full eNote and eVault functionality. The post What does it really mean to digitize the closing process?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Dubbed Newrez Home Rewards, buyers will be matched with a real estate agent who works with Newzip and provided booking services. They will also be offered closing cost credits of up to 0.5% The program is only eligible for loans that close through Newrez. of the sales price when buying a home and up to 1% when selling.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2023

Those who aren’t really familiar with the settlement services industry tend to think of a title agency as, more or less, the business that makes the closing happen and delivers a title insurance policy. And it takes a combination of technology, policy, management practice and overlapping layers of protection to do it.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

In fact, volume on the Notarize platform has increased 600% since April, and the company is now processing more than $7 billion in real estate closings every month. And so, we get there and we get so close, but then you don’t get your dessert at the end of the meal. And so they have to integrate the full experience 100%.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2023

While our industry is notorious for its lethargic adoption of new technologies, it is inevitable that AI will reshape many of the traditional and archaic processes that exist today. At the same time, there are numerous examples of ground-breaking implementations of this transformative technology that are already being used today.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Title insurance upstart States Title announced this week $150 million in debt financing from HSCM Bermuda , which will go towards developing a more modern home closing experience. ” The financing follows a $123 million Series C filed last May , which went towards States Title’s continued goal of digitizing real estate closings.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Spurred by the impact of the coronavirus, the partnership closed more than 1,600 RON transactions in the first half of 2020, a more than 200% increase over the 500 RON transactions that they closed in all of 2019, the companies told HousingWire. “We It’s a welcome improvement.”. We have continued to grab market share.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2021

The severe lack of inventory in today’s housing market has been a source of stress for home buyers and real estate agents alike. HousingWire sat down with Realtor.com CEO David Doctorow to learn how agents and brokers can alleviate some of the frustrations their clients are facing. Why or why not?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2022

So much has evolved in the real estate process – agents and brokers no longer flip through the pages of MLS books, thumb through a Rolodex or fill out carbon copy contracts with their clients. Rather than taking hours, the geniusprice platform is allowing agents to do pricing estimates much more quickly – even in less than five minutes.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

1 listing platform , Realtor.com has launched a sell-side agent tool kit. Listing Toolkit is a subscription-based service that is now available to agents nationwide. Listing Toolkit is a purpose-built solution that empowers agents to win more listings and sell more listings,” Elmquist said.

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HomeLight

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Do you get the keys at closing? In December 2023, ICE Mortgage Technology released a report showing that closing on a house can take 47 days (depending on your loan type). Step one: Talk to a few buyer's agents! Get Started So, what’s the real deal about closing? Do you get keys at closing?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

Sarah Wheeler: Let’s talk about your background, because you have both technology and real estate experience. Shayan Hamidi: I studied computer science, economics and math and my background is technology. It was very obvious that the brokerage of the future and the agent of the future need to be tech-enabled.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2021

The closing process, that time between underwriting approval and the actual closing, is the mortgage industry’s not-so-secret Achilles’ heel. That’s not a knock on the good professionals who enact minor miracles choreographing the multi-faceted ballet that is a typical closing. Let’s admit it.

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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

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The virtual notary services industry has become increasingly popular amid the COVID-19 pandemic as businesses have adopted remote signatures to adhere to social distancing protocols while closing on mortgages and other loans. In July, DocuSign acquired Austin-based startup Liveoak Technologies for $38 million in an all-stock transaction.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2021

Compass announced Monday that it has reached an agreement to buy San Francisco-based real estate transaction platform Glide , a deal that some California real estate agents may feel uneasy about. You could understand why other brokerages and agents wouldn’t be entirely convinced their data would be cordoned off.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The National Association of Real Estate Brokers has announced the creation of its “Black Real Estate Agent” program to provide financial, educational, and career support for aspiring Black real estate agents. This initiative works to close the income and racial wealth gap in the industry,” Thompson said.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

Title insurance underwriter First American has launched a new digital platform for title agents, according to an announcement on Thursday. The post First American launches digital platform for title agents appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2023

This partnership aims to provide the Association’s 55,000+ members with discounted access to DirectOffer’s DO AudioTours, a patented technology that transforms static property listing photos into guided multi-language tours of homes. DO AudioTours offer two methods for listing agents to add audio voice overs to property photos.

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