Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

I sat down with Tim Bowler, president of ICE Mortgage Technology, a business unit of ICE, to talk about the company’s mortgage automation strategy — and what keeps him up at night. SW: ICE Mortgage Technology is known for its focus on automation. Sarah Wheeler: ICE’s acquisition of Black Knight just closed today.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2023

Stubborn inflation and high interest rates continue to wreak havoc on the mortgage-origination market, but there is one asset class in the housing market that is arguably flourishing in these hard times – home equity. They are saying, ‘Tell me what’s working, how can I stand a program up so I can capture some of this [home-equity] business.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Shortly after EasyKnock acquired home equity investment platform Balance Homes , the company appointed former Balance Homes co-founders Judd Schoenholtz and Aaron LaRue as chief revenue officer and chief technology officer, respectively. LaRue, meanwhile, will focus on the expansion of EasyKnock’s technology platform.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Lenders can also define workflows and business rules for any mortgage product, including construction loans, manufactured home loans, home equity loans and bridge loans. Unlike off-the-shelf POS solutions, Blueprint Builder allows lenders to customize technology that is designed to help improve operations, Maxwell noted.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Stone Point Capital has purchased Vista Equity Partners’ stake in real estate software company Lone Wolf Technologies. Financial terms of the transaction with Vista Equity Partners weren’t disclosed. ” Lone Wolf provides real estate technologies to over 1.5 The HousingStack is exclusively for HW+ members.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

We believe there’s a significant opportunity to bring home equity for retirement into the mainstream.” Obviously, it’s hard to move right now, but people do have a lot of equity,” she said. “So, Tom Selleck, as well as the development of additional products in the space to meet the growing needs of the senior demographic.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Through the development of improved and sophisticated systems, protocols and technology, these operations leaders are driving their companies to growth and success. In its 8th year, the HW Insiders program is spotlighting the talented operations professionals who are laying the foundation of success for their organizations.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

The digital lender made changes in its commercial operating model to achieve this goal and will continue to invest in Tinman, its proprietary technology platform. Better has been launching digital products with its proprietary technology, including digital VA loans and a one-day mortgage product. Better posted a GAAP net loss of $59.5

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

PunchListUSA , a real estate technology platform digitizing home inspection data, has named Stefan Pampulov as its chief product and data officer. Pampulov will be responsible for the development of PunchListUSA’s proprietary products, data infrastructure, home lifecycle services, and predictive pricing models, according to the firm.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

As the mortgage industry has evolved to better leverage technology and remote service delivery, FHA believes that requiring a mortgagee or lender to register all branches is an unnecessary administrative and cost impediment to program participation,” the agency said in its notice.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 19, 2022

Those new investments include venture capital plays, particularly in the financial-technology arena. Abate described technology as being key to “building efficiencies” to accomplish the real estate investment trust’s goals. Vesta Equity , another blockchain-enabled marketplace for tokenized home-equity investments. “As

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

Amid a higher rate environment when refinances are scarce, Martell said that loanDepot sees opportunities in other products, such as renovation loans and home equity lines of credit (HELOCs). AI will help areas like the call center, product development and underwriting so lenders can make “better decisions quicker,” he said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2022

Nonbank heavyweight loanDepot will unveil a home equity line of credit (HELOC) product in the third quarter of 2022, the first offering of its recently launched mello business unit. In a traditional home equity product, the lender disburses a lump sum upfront to the borrower, who then pays the loan back in fixed-rate installments.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2024

The company has also established capital-partner relationships and has made a series of technological investments into its platforms, he said. Ocwen Financial Corp., the parent company of top five reverse mortgage lender Liberty Reverse Mortgage and PHH Mortgage Corp. The rebrand is subject to shareholder approval.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Louis Federal Reserve that says American home equity amounted to nearly $30 trillion at the end of 2022. of homeowner’s equity paid out in commissions. Is the Brookings Institution saying that the average homeowner only saw their equity increase by 20% in years past? Sales prices don’t go up or down based on closing costs.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2024

We went through a massive pivot last year, and we are solely focused today on really helping the modern retiree reimagine what their retirement years could look like through the power of their home equity,” Sieffert said. “We Even in technology, the things that we would need to invest in to catch up to those peers [presented a challenge].

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

As a marketer by profession, I tend to put these companies into categories to create a narrative and to develop brand specificity. The value of all residential real estate worldwide is approximately $200 trillion. Of this, the U.S. accounts for approximately 23%. Every year, transaction volume in the U.S. exceeds $1.5 Why is this the case?

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GeekEstate

MARCH 4, 2024

Company Description EasyKnock is a equity solutions platform giving homeowners flexible, quick solutions for their financial needs. Role Description The Director of Business Development and Partnerships will lead their growing team in establishing and nurturing strategic partnerships and driving business development initiatives.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2022

Karl Jacob, CEO and co-founder of LoanSnap , said the cyrpto-mortgage system his company has developed can originate more than just loans that LoanSnap mints. LoanSnap is a mortgage company that employs artificial intelligence (AI) technology to originate loans more efficiently and faster. It’s an open platform.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2021

Stavvy, a Boston-based fintech, announced Monday that it landed a $40 million Series A funding round led by Morningside Technology Ventures. COVID19 certainly accelerated development and focus on servicing, coming out of 2019 with record low default and foreclosure.”. Presented by: Sagent Lending Technologies.

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Realty Biz

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. McGrath will also serve as a Life Science, Agtech & Advanced Technologies Committee member. Marcus, executive chairman and founder of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. equity REITs, real estate operating companies, and Mexican real estate investment vehicles from 2012 to 2022.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Yet as surrounding neighborhoods appreciated in value with increased amenities and services, rising costs pushed out the mostly Black, longtime residents — excluding them from the benefits of development.” Phenomenal fan base. Great city. It’s been through a lot. The downtown area, big time. The stadium, big time. What do I mean?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

A passion for technology led her to work in the fintech and blockchain spaces, and she has now turned her attention to the senior finance space by founding a company called Graceful Finance. But she quickly realized it is facing real challenges, and she began asking why it has not grown and developed to a place it could be. “I

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2022

Private equity firm Narrow Gauge Capital (NGC) acquired Inco-Check, LLC , a provider of quality control audit mortgage software and fraud prevention services. Boston, Massachusetts-based NGC, founded in 2015, is focused on making investments in health care services, financial services technology, distribution and logistics sectors.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2022

This has led many lenders to feel overwhelmed by options and lack understanding of how, when and where to best implement new technology. Many of these goals lead to adding technologies that can both speed up cycle times and drive down costs. There is also a renewed interest in the future state of residential mortgage originations.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2022

Figure Technologies co-founder and CEO Mike Cagney. Fintech lender Figure Technologies and multichannel originator Homebridge Financial Services last August announced a merger that they claimed would usher in monumental change to the mortgage industry. But things did not happen as expected.

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Real Trends

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Looking to the year ahead as interest rates continue to climb, agents have no choice but to let go of an attachment to legacy business practices, lean into technology for increased business and consider how to expand their capabilities to serve even more clients. For example, the average consumer has no idea what their house is worth.

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GeekEstate

OCTOBER 29, 2021

I’m excited to release Thomvest’s real estate technology market map, which includes more than 240 companies operating within the residential real estate segment. This market map real estate technology companies operating across every phase of the home purchase value chain. As such, we’ve included the Blend logo in those areas.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2023

Precision Marketing was developed as a way for lenders and servicers to cross-sell and up-sell to their existing client base, growing their wallet share via extensive CRM enrichment. Precision Marketing from CoreLogic is a revolutionary way to approach lead generation. The company has CLIP’d every parcel of land in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2020

As chief investment officer, Morillo will oversee the strategy and development of the company’s pricing capabilities, as well as its data science initiative, tapping into his experience in risk, modeling and asset management at some of the world’s biggest investment companies to help grow Opendoor.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Let’s delve into the potential negative consequences of diminishing or eliminating buyer representation, underscoring why this development matters more than ever in today’s real estate market. With the advancements in technology, finding homes online has become easy and straightforward.

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GeekEstate

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

[Adapted from The Rise of Climate Tech and NYC’s Developing Climate Hubs from Proptech Consulting LLC ] New York City is the nation’s epicenter for the financial, real estate, and media industries. In recent years, climate technology has also become a growing new sector for which the Big Apple is known. A boom or bust ahead?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

17, in multiple departments, as it continues to “build efficiency in its technology operations.”. Over the last three years, we have accelerated our investment in the development of account and loan origination software,” said Child. A company spokesperson said Origence laid off 34 employees on Aug.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2023

InstaLend is a tech-enabled real estate loan lender that provides capital to residential developers through streamlined technology and automated workflow, according to its website. We are doing a lot of research and development in it and artificial intelligence,” Slyusarchuk said. The companies are U.S.-based,

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2022

As of January 2022, 92% of all eNotes registered with MERS were created and registered with Wolters Kluwer technology. In anticipation of the shifting market conditions and the expected growth of home equity lending, Wolters Kluwer recently introduced a new solution – OmniVault for Real Estate Finance.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

I’m excited to help us innovate our operations and leverage technologies to build on that advantage…” Prior to joining Deephaven, Drago was the chief operations officer for the Southeast and Mountain West divisions of Guaranteed Rate. “I’m among others. among others. million security backed by non-QM mortgages.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Surveyed professionals also pointed to finding investor clients and have had success with products such as non-qualified mortgages ( non-QM s), down payment assistance programs (DPAs) and home equity line of credits ( HELOC s). Others allocated resources into digital marketing (31.1%), automation technology (26.7%) and market data (19.3%).

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