Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Technology plays a crucial role in servicers’ ability of servicers to support their borrowers in this challenging time. In all cases, Sagent Account Connect enables servicers to let their borrowers manage these hardship changes to their loans in real time. Borrowers in Hardship. The Sagent Difference.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

Sagent , a fintech software company providing a servicing management platform for banks and lenders, appointed Chris Marshall as executive chairman. and was co-founder and CFO at Capital Bank Financial Corp. His term as executive chairman began on January 19. Cooper Group. His career includes positions at GMAC, Inc. ,

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2023

Mike Cagney’s Figure Technologies announced a collaboration with CMG Financial , CrossCountry Mortgage , Fairway Independent Mortgage and The Loan Store as private-label partners. A five business day funding timeline assumes closing the loan with Figure’s remote online notary.

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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

DECEMBER 22, 2023

For Gen Z, technology is second nature Gen Z is considered those who were born between 1997 and 2012 — today, members of Gen Z are between 11 and 26 years old. We are the cohort succeeding millennials and have grown up with rapid technology progression, an increase in multi-generational households and the “influencer” era.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech-focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, insurance and real estate. Founded in 1985, Quicken Loans has seen record numbers of refinance and purchase applications in recent months in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Texas-based lender Thrive Mortgage plans to merge with digital multichannel rival Lower , which will create a unified lender with more than 650 loan officers and 120 active branches across the country. The merger would change the leadership structure but maintain each brand. Over the last 12 months, Thrive has originated about $1.42

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Saluda Grade , a real estate advisory and asset-management firm specializing in alternative lending products in the nonbank sector, and its fintech partner, Unlock Technologies , this week priced the industry’s first rated securitization backed entirely by shared-equity contracts (which Unlock calls HEAs).

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

As demonstrated in the brilliant UWM Superbowl ad , Millennial homebuyers are looking to technology to match them with the right partners in life, including their mortgage. From a consumer’s perspective, the idea that we wouldn’t be able to connect our bank accounts and financial records in an app is already perceived as archaic. #3

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The free app, which officially launches Tuesday, allows users to price out mortgages, personal loans and other finance products that Guaranteed Rate offers, but there’s a twist: users can also access financial, physical and mental health resources to help them “live their best lives.” As of Oct. As of Oct.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2023

The wholesale channel has the ability to offer borrowers a variety of choices, with access to many different bank and lending programs. Additionally, CDFIs are exempt from certain ability-to-repay requirements where other non-QM lenders are not, allowing Change to make loans available to a broader set of qualified borrowers.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech-focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, insurance and real estate. Among its dozens of limited partners are major banks, which are the kinds of customers Blend is servicing, Mayopoulus pointed out.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

Retail lending is when you walk into a bank branch or go to an online lender, and they help you get a mortgage. Mortgage brokers emerged as key players in the industry in the 1980s because they offered access to multiple lenders and loan products. DS: The growth of the channel has been significant, especially in terms of technology.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

A seasoned retail and commercial banking salesman in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the 39-year-old Woodward joined Interfirst Mortgage as a loan officer in October 2020 after a recommendation from an old college friend. But Woodward struggled to originate purchase loans. “I Without that being built, I was starting from scratch.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The Detroit-based firm, which began 35 years ago as a mortgage broker shop in southeast Michigan, is rebranding Quicken Loan Mortgage Services to Rocket Pro TPO. Beyond the bucket of leads, Rocket is banking on its widely known brand name, free use of marketing tools, and bevy of technologies to hook brokers. “We

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2022

While celebrating Inco-Check’s legacy of high-quality audit services, this new branding reemphasizes our shared goals and collaboration with our client partners to enhance their business,” said Donna Gibson, chief operating officer and president of QC Ally. “We Mortgage loan fraud typically rises in a purchase market.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The lenders, both privately held, will retain their names and brands after the transaction, but APMC will be the new legal entity as the companies come together. The company said it has a full-service retail origination platform that originates agency, government and investor portfolio loans.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2021

The parent company of Veritex Community Bank will acquire a 49% stake in Texas-based mortgage lender Thrive Mortgage , the firms announced late Tuesday afternoon. How lenders will benefit from Proctor Financial’s acquisition of Loan Protector. Presented by: Proctor Loan Protector. billion in assets at the end of 2020.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2021

In the last decade, community lenders—those credit unions, community banks, and independent mortgage banks who serve their local markets—have grown to own the market. They excel at creating personal touches throughout the loan process. while big banks have consistently scaled back their presence outside of urban centers.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 9, 2022

Edgemac , which Incenter acquired at the end of last year, does due diligencing for mostly non-QM and jumbo loans, as well as private label reverse mortgages that could eventually be securitized. Edgemac’s clients span banks, investment banks, Trustees, investors, government entities and mortgage companies. Learn here!

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2021

The IPO gives the cloud-based software company the ammunition to grow market share , develop new products and dive deeper into various sectors within fintech, including consumer banking and auto. ” Blend’s white-label technology is what powers mortgage applications on the website of traditional banks such as Wells Fargo and U.S. .

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

Faes’ career in mortgage lending goes back to 2008 when he co-founded non-bank mortgage lender LendInvest , which was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2021. F2 Finance funds its own loans and has “quite a bit of capital lined up to lend into this space” with the investors who had previously backed its UK and Irish businesses.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2020

During the half-hour discussion, the panelists offered their takes on capital market appetite by channel, touching on the rise of the nonbank, regulatory challenges, IPOs, adaptation and technology, the upcoming adverse-market fee, MSR value and even the forbearance timelines. ” The banking tech laggard. .”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2022

Kasle also confirmed that Radius has its eyes on eventually launching a mortgage banking unit, which would allow the firm to underwrite and offer its own loan products as well as keep more of the profits in-house. Is now a good time to invest in real estate automation technologies? Presented by: Axis Technical Group.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

The Detroit-based lender’s unmatched combination of name recognition, digital infrastructure and consumer technology enabled it to originate more than $670 billion in mortgages in 2020 and 2021, smashing records in the process. Its parent Rocket Companies rode the wave to a stunning $9.4 billion in profit in 2020 and $6.1 billion in 2021.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2020

With 2020 finally coming to a close, several companies wrapped up this unprecedented year for housing with some brand-new mortgage tech for 2021. Fifth Third Bank announced its own strategic partnership this month with digital mortgage platformer Blend under the intent to create the highly sought-after end-to-end mortgage experience.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

Philadelphia-based private equity firm LLR Partners announced Tuesday its investment in Sales Boomerang and Mortgage Coach , two fintechs focused on attracting and retaining mortgage borrowers and making loan originators more efficient. Both firms will maintain their existing brands and teams. LLR Partners, which led a $26.5

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2020

HousingWire recently spoke with ACES Quality Management CEO Trevor Gauthier about the importance of quality control among record-breaking volumes and how QC technology can help lenders avoid costly errors. HousingWire: How have recent conditions impacted loan quality management? TG: The first and foremost reason is quality.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2022

Prior to the promotion, Walters oversaw mortgage servicing, client experience operations and capital markets and technology teams at Rocket Mortgage. Analysts have said the acquisition signaled Rocket’s push to diversify its business, particularly in technology, at a time when mortgage volume is slowing. Every Time. No Excuses.’”.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, payments, insurance and proptech. The technology works on both mobile and web apps. billion by 2025, with banks and insurance companies consuming much of the market share.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The momentum for non-bank lending is here to stay. We’ve created a company that is built to serve customers throughout the entire loan transaction, from the onset of the purchase or refinance decision through loan closing and servicing,” Hsieh said in the prospectus. “We billion in marketing and promotion of its brand.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

News just broke that private equity investor LLR Partners announced strategic investments in two mortgage technology companies — Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang ( click here for article ). LLR is not a newcomer to mortgage technology or the overall fintech market. “Hey Clayton …” and a link. In 2016 LLR led a $26.5 No surprise here.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, payments, insurance and proptech. In July, DocuSign acquired Austin-based startup Liveoak Technologies for $38 million in an all-stock transaction.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2021

Federal Reserve System and served on groups including payment system oversight, reserve bank operations, and supervision and regulation. Ferguson noted that the past 18 months have shown “incredible market demand” for Notarize’s technology, as more of the industry moves online as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2023

“I started at the company a month before its IPO with Nasdaq,” a former loan coordinator said. “It Ultimately, Home Point Capital decided to sell the origination business to The Loan Store for a song on April 7, 2023, exiting the mortgage lending business entirely. It was a big deal. “Homepoint was fantastic.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Krichmar, whose $100 million-plus origination volume in 2022 consisted of 77% purchase loans, expects LOs to be working longer hours to find referral partners, trying to close loans faster than the others and diversifying their mortgage product offerings to combat an industry that shrank by more than half this year.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2022

For decades, mortgage lenders have relied on purchased lead lists to ferry in loan revenue. Unfortunately, purchased leads are expensive, and their lofty price tag does not guarantee they will convert to closed loans. The mortgage industry needs to face the facts: today’s approach to lead generation is broken.

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