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Once at the fringes of housing finance, home equity investment companies look to grow their stake

Housing Wire

Affordability has always been a challenge,” said Ashkán Zandieh, managing partner and industry chair at the Center for Real Estate Technology and Innovation. “In In addition to that, conventional underwriting does not serve the new-age economy such as gig workers, so you are seeing this demand for alternative financing. “And

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Announcing the 2023 HW Insiders!

Housing Wire

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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Ledn raises $70M to grow Bitcoin-backed mortgage product

Housing Wire

The Bitcoin-backed mortgage product accepts Bitcoins and properties as collateral for loans to clients that want to purchase new real estate or finance a property they already own. According to Ledn, if Bitcoin prices drop, the client needs to deposit more collateral or pay down some of the principal.

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HousingWire Magazine: June 2021

Housing Wire

He formerly served as senior counsel for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and currently, he serves as senior counsel for the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. It’s this same willpower, steadfastness and determination to push through adversity that defines this year’s winners.

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Why it’s time for the housing industry to get serious about climate risk

Housing Wire

Change in uninsured losses As of late, however, the uninsured losses are being absorbed by other stakeholders in the housing finance system, including mortgage lenders, mortgage servicers, private mortgage insurers, government agencies, capital markets investors, and the government-sponsored enterprises.

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How retaining servicing provides a competitive advantage

Housing Wire

Once the decision is made to retain servicing, the institution must then provide staff, technology and processes based on best practices. Additionally, borrowers can log into online banking to view their statements electronically. Another key to headache-free reporting is ensuring direct access to all loan data in the database.

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zavvie Taps Venkatesh Baglodi as Its New CTO

RIS Media

With a background that includes key tech roles at UPS, AT&T, and most recently as the engineering leader at Alexa AI and AWS AI at Amazon, Venkatesh Baglodi will use that experience to help the rapidly growing PropTech startup zavvie as its new chief technology officer.