Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2025

HousingWire recently sat down with Erin Wester, Optimal Blues chief product officer and a 2024 HousingWire Women of Influence honoree, to discuss how lenders can simplify capital markets operations and improve profitability with the right technology partner. And technology when its done right can absolutely make that happen.

Technology

Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2025

Lets be real: the real estate industry is changing. Industry trends show that homeowners locked into sub-3% mortgage rates find it difficult to justify moving when current rates hover around 6.5% The days of surviving on transactions alone are gone. Understanding todays market challenges 1.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2025

The housing industry is shaped by shifting consumer expectations, rapid technological advancement, and a turbulent economic landscape. As mortgage and real estate leaders work to navigate whats next, the perspective of those whove helped shape the industry is more important than ever.

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Housing Wire

JULY 14, 2025

the parent company of Realtor.com , has acquired Zenlist , a real estate technology company known for its collaborative search tools for agents and homebuyers. Alloy Technology Partners LLC served as Zenlist’s exclusive financial adviser in the transaction. Move Inc. , Employees of Zenlist will join Move Inc.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

HousingWire real estate reporter Jeff Andrews sat down with Umansky to talk about his brokerage, agent recruiting efforts, how the industry is changing in the wake of the NAR commission lawsuit settlement — and even a little fashion. It’s really out of pure love and wanting to give back to an industry that we love.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 13, 2025

Welcome back to Tech Pulse — a new weekly series rounding up the latest in technology , including tools, integrations and trends impacting mortgage and real estate. As debate swirls over job loss and security risks, Bressler urged the industry to embrace AI or risk falling behind, likening resistance to ignoring the internet in the ’90s.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2025

But while Cantrell believes local MLSs will not be pleased with this added responsibility, Saul Klein, an industry veteran and the CEO of San Diego MLS , disagrees. Despite the headlines , Phillip Cantrell, the founder of Benchmark Realty, characterized the move as a nothing burger. It is just classic NAR propaganda.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2025

He actively searches for new and groundbreaking ways to improve his companies and inject innovation and creativity into the industry. Offering enhanced integrations and efficiency upgrades to lenders HousingWire: Many have long seen title insurance providers as a separate industry from real estate and from mortgage.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Velt: Do you see any emerging trends with technology or AI and its use in real estate? In this week’s episode of the RealTrending podcast , host Tracey Velt is joined by Danielle Wilkie , co-founder of The Helm , to discuss emerging trends in real estate, female representation in real estate coaching and artificial intelligence.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

Stone Point is no stranger to the real estate industry, as it also holds strategic investments in Lone Wolf Technologies , Homepoint , CoreLogic and Meridian. Czarnecki has over two decades of real estate industry experience. The monetary terms of the deal were not disclosed. Keller will remain the companys executive chairman.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

The real estate industry is already in a whirlwind and the year has barely kicked off. To put it simply, the industry appears to be in its rapid evolution era. An industry-wide focus on lead generation has left many professionals with vast, often un-tapped lead databases. Have a seat and buckle in. What does this look like?

Technology

Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2025

Tamir Poleg, chairman and CEO of The Real Brokerage , closed out the prepared remarks section of his firms first-quarter 2025 earnings call by addressing the transformative technological era the industry is currently operating in. Our industry is no exception. The catch was, listeners thought it was Poleg, but it wasn’t.

Technology

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The trend of innovative software solutions and artificial intelligence (AI) tools continue as the real estate industry competes for speed and efficiency. “Our Pinergy in-house technology remains wickedly smart and at the leading edge of real estate innovation with the addition of safe, proven, and time-saving AI tools from Restb.ai

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2025

In an era where technology often threatens to overshadow human roles, Better Mortgage is charting a different course. Two AI tools with one purpose Better Mortgage’s technological advancements are anchored by two proprietary tools: TinMan, the company’s end-to-end loan origination system, and Betsy, a voice-based AI loan assistant.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

States, industry steps up While the SECURE Act was first introduced in Congress in early-2023, talk of the legislation and anything resembling it has stalled since then. MBA is hopeful that ongoing industry advocacy will help change that situation and add Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina as RON states.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

With higher rates, lower transaction volumes usually plague the industry, translating to fewer appraisals as homeowners hunker down with their lower rates. With higher rates, lower transaction volumes usually plague the industry, translating to fewer appraisals as homeowners hunker down with their lower rates. Career Institute.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

Unfortunately, industry experts are anticipating that things will only get worse in 2025 as gen AI makes committing cybercrime easier than ever. Previously, ONeill said cybercriminals would specialize in certain parts of the crime or in certain technologies. With AI they are able to just scrape it and rebuild, making it super simple.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Technologies, the umbrella company that includes the brokerage — will be used to develop the company’s AI platform known as S.MPLE. Through our best-in-class technology and creative approach and solutions, we are expanding at an unprecedented rate,” Serhant said in a statement. The investment — which is going to SERHANT.

Development

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In a new episode of the “Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered Podcast,” hosts James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson are joined by Zillow Group CEO Jeremy Wacksman for a deep dive conversation that covers the role of technology in real estate and Zillow’s “ Super App.” That’s what technology does. We have a phrase at Zillow.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2025

The property management landscape is evolving rapidly, with rising costs, shifting renter expectations, and increasing competition pushing industry professionals to rethink strategies. Technology is driving security & fraud prevention As applicant fraud becomes more widespread, advanced technology is now critical to prioritize security.

Property Management

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

At the beginning of 2024, mortgage technology company LoanPASS was announced as a technology partner for reverse mortgage lender Smartfi Home Loans. Getting the hang of reverse Mitchell is a 25-year veteran of the mortgage technology space, primarily working for LOS companies.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

They discuss the utility of artificial intelligence (AI) for the real estate industry, as well as JPARs solutions designed to enhance agent and brokerage performance. Matched with our internal technology, resources and training, it tells agents which training route they should take based on their personality type.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 12, 2025

However, across the industry, that is changing as the team model evolves. Technology = team progression As technology in the real estate industry progressed, the personnel on teams began to expand to include positions to manage that technology, including executive assistants, transaction coordinators and marketing managers.

Agents

Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

The company calls the move an “industry-first initiative.” “After 28 years in mortgage technology, I’ve been committed to one goal: helping more Americans achieve homeownership,” FinLocker CEO Henry Cason said in a statement. This is exactly the kind of innovation the mortgage industry needs right now.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2025

From fluctuating interest rates and evolving regulations to technological disruptions and shifting consumer demands, mortgage leaders today face unprecedented volatility and complexity. In mortgage finance and real estate , the only constant is change. This ongoing flux demands adaptive, resilient, and deeply principled leadership.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2025

Housing industry pros are largely supportive of the raft of changes the Federal Housing Administration made related to the COVID-19 era loss mitigation waterfall. The issue is less what they rescinded as it is what they instituted, said David Dworkin, president and CEO of the National Housing Conference (NHC) in an interview.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a hot topic across every facet of life, including the real estate and title industries. Marketing Marketing is essential for building awareness and staying competitive in the title industry, yet many professionals struggle to find the time. Feeling overwhelmed by all the AI talk?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Rocket Companies industry-shaking plan to acquire Mr. Cooper in a $9.4 They’ve built great technology on a massive scale. Krishna believes this deal, along with Rockets purchase of Redfin and other landmark announcements made this year, significantly changes the landscape of the mortgage industry.

Technology

Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2025

UWM’s Jason Bressler and Google’s Oliver Parker United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) , the top mortgage lender in America, on Tuesday announced a strategic AI agreement with Google Cloud that the companies say will bring modernization to the mortgage industry. model to enhance underwriting automation.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Even as artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more prominent in the mortgage industry, most millennial and Generation Z homebuyers are hesitant to rely solely on a fully automated application process to get a loan, according to a new study. About 58% of respondents still relied on loan officers to guide them through the process.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2025

announced the incorporation of hybrid e-closings for reverse mortgages on Tuesday, aiming to incorporate its experience with the technology on the forward side of the mortgage business into its reverse mortgage division for the first time. This is according to Tom Evans, EVP of marketing and technology for reverse at Fairway.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

But this rule has sparked mixed reactions within the industry, reflecting both enthusiasm and concerns. Industry reactions Some stakeholders, especially fintech companies and consumer advocacy groups, have welcomed the rule as a catalyst for financial inclusion. The move brings the U.S. closer to frameworks seen in places like the U.K.

Banks

Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Rocket Companies is buying Mr. Cooper , America’s largest mortgage servicer, in a market-shattering deal that could reshape the mortgage industry for years to come. Rocket also has arguably the strongest recapture game in the industry, and a deal like this would give it a distinct advantage over all other competitors.

Finance

Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2025

The answer lies in a remote corner of the mortgage industry: subservicing. While each deal represents a unique circumstance, they point to a broader industry truth: Scale has become increasingly critical as the cost of servicing continues to climb particularly for nonperforming loans. trillion as of Dec. 31, 2024, down from $3.99

Mortgages

Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2025

Banking and mortgage technology company nCino made a large reduction in force (RIF) ahead of its quarterly earnings call on Wednesday. “To exceed market demands, technology alone won’t allow us to move faster, we need to be intentional about eliminating overage, redundancies and bureaucracy.” ”

Technology

Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2025

mortgage market is undergoing a tectonic shift, and Non-Qualified Mortgage (Non-QM) lending is at the epicenter of this transformation. Once viewed as a niche or transitional product, non-QM lending now represents around 5 percent of today’s mortgage market, according to a recent CoreLogic report. The workforce has evolved.

Lending

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Mason highlights the critical role of data, the potential of AI, and the importance of balancing cutting-edge technology with human expertise and much more. Jane Mason: AI and machine learning will continue to play important roles in the mortgage industry, but they must be implemented carefully.

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