Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2025

Real estate brokerages have faced their fair share of challenges over the past year — from legal threats and business practice changes, to a slow housing market and the breakneck pace of technological development. You can’t take growth and cash it in at the bank if there is no profit there,” the president of Local Realty said. “I

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

“Chris is an industry expert when it comes to driving revenue growth and building partnerships. He currently serves as an executive chairman for servicing technology company Sagent , a role he will maintain after the transition. This came after the company acquired Flagstar Bank assets in July.

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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. We’ve seen that with banks who have exited the FHA market during COVID, he said. The changes FHA is making will help achieve this balance.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Industries like retail, banking, transportation and food service have undergone massive digital transformation in recent years by leveraging new technologies to enhance consumer experience. In fact, a recent report found that renters who are satisfied with technology are 17% less likely to plan a move.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Cooper Group has made some changes to its technology leadership, led by the promotion of Sridhar Sharma to the roles of executive vice president and chief innovation and digital officer, the company announced on Wednesday. Mr. Cooper also hired Jeff Carroll from travel technology company Sabre Corp.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

Mr. Cooper previously acquired the wholesale and nondelegated mortgage business assets as part of its Flagstar Bank transaction in November 2024. With this acquisition complete, we are better positioned than ever to deliver a broader range of loan solutions, industry-leading technology, and our hallmark YES approach to service.

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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. subservicer in 2024 with a $340 billion portfolio.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2024

Customer engagement platform Total Expert is launching a marketplace this week for financial institutions to build their marketing technology stack. Customers, including banks, lenders and insurance companies, will have access to data and action systems under “one roof.” That is not our model,” Welu said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2025

In response to drastic economic changes and environmental concerns, industries are quickly realizing the benefits of investing in sustainable practices that can positively impact their business operations. Over the next several decades, this will require our industry to invest in the development of truly recyclable building materials.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2025

In this executive interview, NEO Home Loans President Ryan Grant discusses the company’s partnership with Better Mortgage , which is aimed at combining technological innovation and local market knowledge. Combining advanced technology with localized market knowledge HousingWire: Tell us how your partnership with Better came together.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

by a number of industry players. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBs) in New York, Chicago and San Francisco. The initiative comes as the mortgage industry prepares for mandatory adoption of VantageScore 4.0 These include the U.S. now or risk losing access to key mortgage GSEs.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke with David Bernard, senior managing director of Specialized Mortgage Services at Western Alliance Bank , Member FDIC, about warehouse lending and how the warehouse sector and mortgage finance have progressed and continue to evolve. Western Alliance Bank transformed this model over a decade ago.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Adam Carmel , founder and CEO at Polly , to talk about the ways technology should be delivering ROI for lenders. Sarah Wheeler: The cost to originate a mortgage is higher than ever, while companies have invested more in technology than ever before. What is the disconnect there?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke to Sandra Madigan, EVP of product strategy – servicing technology at ICE Mortgage Technology , about improving the home buying and ownership experience with technology and how the industry can do so thoughtfully. I compare it to how people felt before the iPhone came out.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

He has more than 25 years of mortgage technology and enterprise software experience with his latest stint being chief product officer at Accela , a government tech provider. Prior to Accela, Coggiola spent 12 years leading product and technology initiatives at ICE Mortgage Technology , which was then Ellie Mae Inc.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2025

2 industry player in reverse-backed securities issuance and one of the top two providers of proprietary reverse mortgage loans, is expanding its product suite beyond government-backed and proprietary reverse mortgages while remaining focused on older customers. Reverse mortgage lender and servicer Longbridge Financial , a no.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Verifications provider Argyle announced an integration with the Exchange, an interconnected network of mortgage-specific service providers available to customers of the Empower loan origination system (LOS) from Dark Matter Technologies. The mortgage tech company has made a series of integrations with lenders in the past few months.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2025

Ruimy: The BPL sector is a very fragmented industry with a lot of different players. … The trend over the last few years of banking financing retreating from this sector , I think it opened up a lot more opportunities for BPL lenders to be the at the forefront of the funding solution to residential developers and investment.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2024

That’s one of the key conclusions reached by the BlackFin Group in a recently published white paper, “Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Mortgage Banking.” The paper notes that “AI is not a homogenous technology” and offers a variety of uses across the mortgage ecosystem, from origination and servicing to default solutions and asset sales.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Kevin Wilzbach : Without question, the growth in the use of AI and particularly GenAI has been transformational for the banking industry. Today, technologies like natural language processing and machine learning have moved from the research lab into something more tangible that commercial enterprises can take advantage of.

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2024

Gwin brings a wealth of experience to the role, having previously held executive positions at American Financial Network , Wachovia Bank , Wells Fargo and Accredited Home Lenders. Gwin also serves on the board of directors for LendersOne , a network of more than 400 national lenders, where he shares his extensive industry insights.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Connie Lindsay “Having cultivated a deep understanding of the mortgage industry over her years in the business, Connie brings a wealth of expertise and a proven track record of success,” Kamien said in a statement. “I am excited to join Rate at such a pivotal time for the mortgage industry,” Lindsay said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2025

Industries across the nations economic sector are just as reliant on digital devices and online services as the rest of us and are attracting the unwanted attention of cybercriminals this includes the real estate sector. After being notified, the FBI froze the fraudulent bank account. billion in 2023.

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of mortgage banking, executives face the critical challenge of leading their teams through turbulent times. The narrative gap Mortgage banking executives are tasked with bridging a significant narrative gap. Click Here Rene Rodriguez is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, and the CEO of Volentum.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2023

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has named former Fannie Mae CEO and Blend president Tim Mayopoulos as CEO of Silicon Valley Bank N.A. , an FDIC-operated “bridge bank” meant to protect all depositors of the now shut-down Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). The bank failed to raise capital to plug a $1.8

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This week, Mortgage Cadence announced that it had appointed longtime reverse mortgage industry professional George Morales to serve on its sales team. The company is aiming to bring more reverse mortgage technology solutions to potential partners already in the industry and those that have yet to enter it.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The Tech100 Mortgage award recognizes the most innovative and impactful organizations driving the mortgage industry forward. Now in its 13th year, the Tech100 program serves as a trusted resource for housing professionals, providing a definitive list of the industrys top technology providers.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2023

First Federal Bank will acquire the mortgage division of BNC National Bank , which will give the Florida-headquartered community-based bank a nationwide consumer direct mortgage platform. The purchase, which includes the bank’s consumer-direct technology platform, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2023.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The reverse mortgage division of Rate formerly known as Guaranteed Rate recently announced the hiring of reverse industry veteran Jesse Allen as the president for Rates reverse lending division as the company heads into 2025. That role is an active one, Allen said. Naturally, this includes reverse mortgages, he explained.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2023

Flagstar Bank , a top-25 U.S. Flagstar made news in recent months, expanding its footprint and further diversifying its business model with the completion of the merger with New York Community Bancorp (NYCB) and the acquisition of certain financially and strategically complementary parts of Signature Bank.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

I sat down with Tim Bowler, president of ICE Mortgage Technology, a business unit of ICE, to talk about the company’s mortgage automation strategy — and what keeps him up at night. SW: ICE Mortgage Technology is known for its focus on automation. Sarah Wheeler: ICE’s acquisition of Black Knight just closed today.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2025

Amid a surge in AI adoption and mounting cybersecurity threats, only 51% of nonbank mortgage lenders say they feel fully prepared to handle compliance risk a warning sign in an industry that’s undergoing rapid digital transformation. That’s according to a new joint study from HFS Research and Cognizant.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2023

The title insurance industry is on the front lines in a never-ending war with the fraudsters. As the industry has gotten better at combatting wire fraud and even the more recent seller impersonation fraud , criminals looking for larger paydays have turned to mortgage payoffs. Can you afford to lose a million dollars?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

Mike Fratantoni , the chief economist and senior vice president of research and industry technology at the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), addressed three major challenges in the housing market during testimony before the U.S. banks in comparison to international standards.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Blend Builder – an initiative that started about four years ago and launched in March 2023 – is a cloud banking platform designed to help businesses in the financial services industry streamline processes for mortgages, loans, deposits and accounts. “We As for consolidation, it will be both a tailwind and a headwind for us.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

The increased awareness around these benefits have positioned brokers to be the obvious choice when it comes to consumer mortgage needs, keeping them competitive with large banks and retail lenders. So, what exactly does this mean for the industry? Second, nearly 20,000 loan officers moved into the wholesale channel in 2023.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

However, the industry is approaching this cycle with caution. Today’s focus is on cultural fit, innovative talent compensation strategies, and leveraging technology to stabilize workforce needs through economic cycles. The focus is now on scaling the technology deployed in recent years. “We’re in Q2 2024 from 1.7

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