Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Digital mortgage exchange platform and loan aggregator MAXEX announced on Tuesday the hiring of mortgage technology veteran Daniel Wallace as its new chief operating officer. Bill Decker, MAXEX president and co-founder, highlighted Wallace’s expertise in mortgage technology as a valuable asset for the company. “The U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2025

Anchor Home specializes in high-end residential sales, staging, new construction consultations and renovation strategies. We made the move to Compass because we were intrigued by the technology and drawn to the culture and it delivered on both fronts, Chino said. Their average listing price is $1.7 million, according to Compass.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

On Tuesday, the residential real estate giant announced the acquisition of Virtual Staging AI (VSAI). Founded in 2023 by Michael Bonacina and Mikhail Andreev, VSAI helps home sellers, agents and photographers create digitally staged images of a listing, eliminating the need for physical furniture in the home.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This has created an even less durable final rule that does not reflect market, technological , and practical realities.” He said the “stage is set for a more data-driven lending environment.” “Consumers now control their financial data, sharing it securely with third parties. The move brings the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

Previously, ONeill said cybercriminals would specialize in certain parts of the crime or in certain technologies. Now, however, ONeill says AI has made it where cybercriminals dont really need any level of technological proficiency. And the FBI issued a public service announcement over fraudsters usage of generative AI.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

On Thursday, MLS leaders took center stage at several conference sessions, including discussions of the business practice changes driven by the NAR commission lawsuit settlement and how the role of the MLS — and the MLS-broker relationship — has evolved as a result. “I We have to recognize that people are cranky,” Wilson said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

FinLocker details that the initiative will eliminate verification costs at all stages of the mortgage journey, from prequalification and underwriting to final reverification before closing. “By embedding this technology, were making our homebuyer funnel even stickier keeping borrowers engaged from financial preparation to closing. .

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2025

Staging a home can make or break a sale but the traditional approach is broken. Even the traditional virtual staging solutions take days to turnaround, while todays buyers make decisions to attend an open house onlineoften in seconds. Collov AI : A smarter, faster and an AI way to stage Collov Inc. ,

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

“FirstTeam’s impressive growth is fueled by a robust ecosystem designed to nurture agents at every stage of their career,” said Michele Harrington , the companys CEO. Founded in 1976, FirstTeam operates more than 46 offices with 2,200-plus sales agents. The firm is among the largest privately held U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Today, while the mortgage industry has the technology to support this, we’re still in the early stages of determining how it should be used. Almost all of the lender’s technology investment over the past few years has been focused on the Point of Sale (POS). Lending technology out of focus. But there is still a problem.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

The announcement comes shortly after Rocket unveiled the first stage of its rebrand and is a part of the company’s conscious effort to unify Rockets many companies under a single umbrella. By leveraging AI technology, we are making buying a home more accessible and achievable for everyone.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

Discussions about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) have dominated conversations on stage at HousingWire ‘s The Gathering. Jason Bressler , chief technology officer for United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), is trying to change the narrative around AI being integrated into the mortgage industry and lending solutions.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2025

Longbridge CEO Chris Mayer made the announcement from the stage on Tuesday at The Gathering by HousingWire. Longbridge CEO Chris Mayer made the announcement from the stage on Tuesday at The Gathering by HousingWire. Reverse mortgage lender and servicer Longbridge Financial , a no.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The race is on for brokerages to capture clients in an incredibly difficult housing market, and Compass believes a new technology offering will give it an advantage. The brokerage on Monday launched Compass One, a client-facing portal that provides a guide through the process of both home buying and selling.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The Mortgage Collaborative, an independent cooperative network in the mortgage industry, today announced the launch of TMC Emerging Technology Fund LP, a venture capital program funded by a self-selected segment of TMC members to capture opportunities driven by the rapid pace of technological change in the mortgage sector.

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2025

This also applies to technology. As you prepare to market properties across regions, consider photography, staging, messaging, and social sharing that position these lifestyle features front and center. Spring is a good time to ensure your tech platforms are optimized.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2025

Second Century Ventures , the investment arm of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) has announced the eight startups selected for its 2025 REACH technology accelerator program. Since its inception, the program has supported more than 300 companies, with expansion into commercial real estate and six global markets since 2019.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2024

As United looks to scale, Haase said the brokerage leans on its proprietary technology stack to efficiently add new agents and brokers. It may be a bit soft and fuzzy, but those three pieces of rubber on my wrist actually encapsulate how we as a company function, Haase said. Everything we do, we look through the lens of, Is it on mission?

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

The real estate sector is constantly evolving, and one technology has emerged as a true game changer: virtual reality (VR). This transformative technology has opened up a new world of possibilities, empowering agents and captivating potential buyers like never before.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

Technology is part of the story. Consumers purchase homes, but Compass touts its technology among prospective real estate agents. Technology is the lubricant that increases that flow. Among publicly traded companies, Compass has done technology development and implementation better than most of its peers.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

What stage is the company in right now? Divya Aathresh: We are still very early, in the pre-seed stage. Sarah Wheeler: You founded MaxHome.AI in January. In terms of options, we’re very fortunate to have some of the top brokers in the country working with us on a product suite we will soon take to market. How are they using tech?

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2022

The eClose technology used by Black Knight solves many of the common pain points that have traditionally been associated with eClosings, allowing lenders to focus more on a smooth transactions and customer satisfaction. The post-pandemic business landscape is totally different from what we were used to just a few years ago.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2023

The Collections solutions are geared toward helping to prevent foreclosure and late-stage default by making qualified assistance options timelier and more accessible to both homeowners and servicers, Black Knight said on Thursday. “By Black Knight is preparing to be acquired by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE).

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 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. The former Rocket Mortgage executive will oversee technology strategy, including AI, digital products and IT infrastructure.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Its important to understand how real estate teams work for you to decide whether its the right career move for you. Joining a team is a very personal decision. Our goal is to help educate you on what a real estate team is, how they work and the types of agents who thrive on teams. How do real estate teams work? Teams are led by a team leader.

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2025

By not requiring borrowers to divulge sensitive information before determining preliminary eligibility, this approach is anticipated to enhance conversion rates, filtering out non-serious prospects and progressing only genuinely interested individuals to the subsequent stage of scheduling a consultation with the loan officer.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2023

I think that’s really key because part of what I’ll be doing is leveraging my unique background to be able to bring a different lens when it comes to the digital landscape technology and how that incorporates different types of tools and resources that our competition isn’t using.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

The acceleration and adoption of technology also changed everything from how properties are shown and marketed to transactions. So, building those relationships and being proactive and communicating with them at an early stage of the transaction is key. Billings has over 23 years of experience as real estate professional.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2022

Since its launch in August 2020, FinLedger has kept its pulse on the explosive and expansive sector of financial technology for thousands of readers. And now we’re ready for the next stage of FinLedger’s growth. It is a sector, however, we won’t (and can’t) ignore for our audience of housing professionals.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2024

Different companies were impacted to different degrees by the problem, but executives said it validates their decision to invest in in-house technology, develop virtual workspaces for employees and signals the need to adopt AI to predict and prevent these events. That’s also the case for Tavant itself. Not everybody can do that.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

The Mortgage Collaborative ‘s ( TMC ) Emerging Technology Fund hosted its seventh annual Mortgage Tech Demo Day (MTD) on March 16 at the collaborative’s Live Large, Think Big! Sponsored by Docutech , MTD allows early-stage mortgage tech companies to showcase their technology to industry leaders, investors and venture capitalists.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 4, 2025

As borrower expectations for personalized, timely communication rise, loan officers are turning to AI-powered tools to stay competitive. Intelligent automation is no longer a future vision but a present necessity that helps lenders scale personalization, deepen client relationships, and uncover new opportunities.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

In an industry where managing a web of technology vendors to support LO’s sales and marketing needs has become overwhelmingly complex, inefficient and creates unnecessary security and compliance risks, CANDID is quickly becoming a leader in transforming how mortgage lenders operate.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

billion acquisition of Black Knight, ICE now commands a roughly 70% share of the mortgage technology market, so whatever it does affects the entire industry. Five people on a stage means a lot of cables, and that means a lot can go wrong. Many companies have seen the change coming for years. Following its $11.9 It feels ominous.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Dara Movement and Dara Data are not yet on the market but in a “road map” stage, Sagent confirmed. Since the 2024 conference, parts of Dara the default, consumer and AI components have been in full production and operation. And Dara Core is nearing beta completion. So, we’re nearing the end of build for the version 1.0

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Real estate agents now have a new tool to remove these distraction from home staging photos — and no, it’s not Apple Intelligence. Defurnish is one of a number of new tools Matterport rolled out this week as the company seeks to improve how agents market properties.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Mortgage tech firm Candor Technology has expanded its Loan Engineering System (LES) to include Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans. There is no other automated underwriting technology that helps lenders make decisions on FHA loans like ours,” said Mark Hinshaw, CEO of Candor Technology.

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