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Figure Technologies launches wholesale lending platform

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Mike Cagney’s Figure Technologies rolled out a wholesale lending platform that will give loan originators access to the company’s home equity line of credit (HELOC) offering. Approval may be granted in five minutes but is ultimately subject to verification of income and employment.

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How lenders can help borrowers improve their credit score

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At HousingWire’s 2021 Annual Spring Summit, CreditXpert VP of Sales and Client Success Matt Hydrew and T odd Worthington , director of qualification support at Bank of England, discussed top-of-the-funnel strategies lenders can use to help borrowers gain a better understanding of their credit score. Or, give up looking altogether.

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Mortgage infrastructure platform Pylon raises $8.5M in seed round

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million in its seed round to build a mortgage-as-a-service platform for fintechs, banks and retail banks. The built-in underwriting logic aims to deliver quick and accurate decisions to borrowers with maximum affordability approvals and automated tasking. Startup Pylon raised $8.5

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Ex-Zillow execs promise revolution in lending

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Venture capital investors including Zillow founder Spencer Rascoff and Trulia co-founder Pete Flint, believe that Tomo has the potential to topple the legion of lenders that have increased market share, invested heavily in technology and lapped up record profits in recent years. history, follows a pre-seed round of $40 million.

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Divvy Homes hits $2 billion valuation after latest funding round

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Existing investors and others including Andreessen Horowitz, Singapore’s GIC, GGV Capital and Moore Specialty Credit participated in the round, which pre-empted a capital raise that could have featured new investors, she said. We’re aiming to bring a legitimacy to alternative home financing options,” said Hefets.

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Opinion: The time is right for origination modernization

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How origination modernization benefits lenders The mortgage application and pre-approval processes have been digitized for some time, to the benefit of borrowers and lenders alike. Streamlining operations Once a borrower is approved for a mortgage loan, the process should run like clockwork. 60% cited speed.

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Why is our industry still transferring money with paper checks?

Housing Wire

and get a pre-approval for a mortgage from the comfort of your own laptop. Yet, there remains a dark cloud over the general perception of the part of the process that occurs somewhere between the signing of the sales agreement and the exchange of house keys — the mortgage approval and settlement/closing process.