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Bring your borrowers home: How speed and simplicity will win the next refinance wave

Housing Wire

Lenders who werent prepared with digital experiences, pre-filled applications, and instant decisioning missed out on the opportunity. Refinancing activity is primed for a surge but not the way weve seen in the past. It used to be that when rates dropped, demand would stay high for weeks or even months. Take April 2025 for example.

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Blend’s soft credit pull function supports Fannie Mae’s DU early assessment

Housing Wire

DU early assessment gives lenders more options for their pre-qualification process in DU. Early assessment in Desktop Underwriter can provide lenders with increased certainty during their pre-qualification process, which benefits borrowers as well,” said Mark Fisher, vice president of single-family credit risk solutions at Fannie Mae.

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9 expert tips to close real estate deals faster & easier

Housing Wire

Pre-qualify your leads Honing your pre-qualification process will save you time and energy by ensuring youre focusing on potential clients who are ready, willing and able to buy or sell soon. Since our income is (usually) tied directly to closings, many real estate agents wonder how to close deals faster. When is your lease up?

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Precision partners: How AI and human expertise are elevating lending excellence

Housing Wire

Pre-qualification processes have also evolved, with AI evaluating borrower eligibility across multiple loan products simultaneously, and leading systems returning excellent accuracy against underwriter decisions. They understand industry terms, document formats, and regulatory requirements.

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Milo launches a crypto mortgage product

Housing Wire

” Per the company’s website , it takes five minutes to receive a pre-qualification for a mortgage, though final approval is conditional on finishing the application and providing supporting documents. Milo , a Miami-based digital lender, will soon offer a crypto mortgage to clients with digital assets.

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Opinion: Reframing the American Dream of homeownership

Housing Wire

It may mean drilling down and familiarizing yourself, and your potential clients, with the ins and outs of credit repair, loan pre-qualification and pre-approval, and even basic personal finance and budgeting. As we celebrate Independence Day this year, it’s natural to reflect on the American Dream of homeownership.

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Mortgage Pre-Qualification vs. Pre-Approval: What’s the Difference?

HomeLight

Like pre-qualification or pre-approval. Let’s lay it all out: How pre-qualifications and pre-approvals are similar Pre-qualifications and pre-approvals have a few things in common. Learn More What’s a pre-qualification? But what exactly are they?