Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2025

That focus on technology is what Poleg says will propel the firm’s growth. That, says Poleg, is to double down on technology. The next couple of years will be about building a meaningful competitive advantage for our agents through technology. Were going deep into pure tech innovation.

Brokerage 284

Brokerage Banks Technology Title 284

Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2025

If it isn’t rising interest rates or shifting rental trends, then growing technology is the driving force that prompts investors to evolve. In this executive conversation, van der Reis explores his experience in CRE finance, technology, loan servicing , and risk management. A change is needed.

Investor 441

Investor Commercial Finance Loans 441

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.

Technology 390

Technology Banks Principal Mortgages 390

Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

With economists, analysts and industry leaders in the room, discussions revolved around key economic indicators, inventory shifts, technology advancements and what lenders should be doing right now to prepare for the next cycle. Heres Why We Attend Every Year At Dark Matter Technologies, we dont merely follow the industrywe help shape it.

Technology 362

Technology Loan Officer Loans Banks 362

Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2025

Hochul is seeking to mandate specialized training for bank tellers and other banking professionals in New York to identify and stop instances of elder financial abuse before they take place, according to a report from Newsday. Older Americans are often targets of financial scams by bad actors, and New York Gov.

Banks 364

Banks Finance Technology As-is 364

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.

Technology 383

Technology Marketing Banks Mortgages 383

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Cooper won’t be onboarding as many Flagstar Bank employees as initially projected in its $1.4 billion deal to acquire the depository bank’s residential mortgage servicing operations. trillion in its servicing portfolio and has made big upgrades in technology to help recapture loans. It now has north of $1.5

Banks 346

Banks Residential Mortgages Technology 346

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

Brokerage 420

Brokerage Technology Agents Banks 420

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.

Property Management 369

Property Management Technology Banks Construction 369

Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

He currently serves as an executive chairman for servicing technology company Sagent , a role he will maintain after the transition. The University of Florida alum also has chairman and executive leadership experience with companies like Tax Guard , Capital Bank , Ally Financial , Fifth Third Bank and Bank of America.

Banks 367

Banks Title Technology Industrial 367

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Mike Cagney’s financial technology firm Figure Technologies has taken another step to go public with its lending division, LendCo , hiring investment banks to coordinate the initial public offering (IPO), per a Bloomberg report. Figure and the banks declined to comment. JP Morgan Chase & Co. for the IPO.

Lending 430

Lending Banks Equity Technology 430

Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Florida-based First Federal Bank announced on Thursday that it struck a deal to acquire Watson Mortgage Corp., First Federal Bank has 25 branches in the Southeast and operations in the Midwest, including mortgage centers in Jacksonville, Florida ; Alpharetta, Georgia; Madison, Wisconsin; and Overland Park , Kansas.

Banks 421

Banks Mortgages Loan Officer Loans 421

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Banks reported having tightened lending standards across almost all categories of residential real estate loans over the fourth quarter of 2023 amid an elevated interest rate environment. banks said they saw weaker demand for all types of residential real estate loans except for government (46.2%) and subprime mortgage loans (41.6%).

Residential 479

Residential Lending Banks Mortgages 479

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. Due to this, banks are not often held responsible for losses, which are just passed off to the consumer.

Title 384

Title Technology Industrial Banks 384

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

On Tuesday, the firm announced the launch of the Qualia Bank Partner Network. The banks in the network include BankUnited , Capital Bank , Citizens , Encore Bank and Emigrant Bank. Additionally, the companies in the network will receive specialized support from a dedicated banking division.

Title 399

Title Banks Earnest money deposit Technology 399

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.

Closing 373

Closing Mortgages Lending Banks 373

Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

Executives at Swiss bank UBS said on Wednesday that they’ve struck a deal to sell Credit Suisse ’s U.S. servicing business, expected to close in the first quarter of 2025, benefits the bank by reducing costs and lowering risk for its balance sheet. servicing business. In the U.S., billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB).

Banks 410

Banks Closing Principal Residential 410

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.

Technology 417

Technology Mortgages Loan Officer Loans 417

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. What do you think the disconnect is there, and do you see this changing in the future?

Technology 431

Technology Loan Officer Loans Banks 431

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2023

When individual mortgages are originated by lenders like banks or credit unions , they may bundle groups of these mortgages together into financial vehicles called mortgage-backed securities (MBS) that are then sold to investors on a secondary market.

Technology 431

Technology Mortgages Loans Investor 431

Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2025

“Our technology eliminates the tedious ‘stare and compare’ work of analyzing bank statements while enhancing fraud detection and ensuring consistency across underwriting decisions,” said Paul Gigliotti , chief growth officer at Prudent AI. That’s a considerable amount of paper to go through.

Mortgages 319

Mortgages Loan Officer Banks Loans 319

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.

Technology 410

Technology Loans Banks Mortgages 410

Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Ally Home , the residential mortgage lending arm of Ally Bank , is offering a $5,000 grant for eligible homebuyers in the select markets of Charlotte, Detroit and Philadelphia, the company announced on Tuesday. The upfront lump sum can be applied toward a down payment, closing costs or other expenses related to the homebuying process.

Banks 429

Banks Closing costs Lending Equity 429

Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

Milestone, the largest brokerage in Massachusetts over the past three years, said the companies will be able to combine Willow’s top-drawer proprietary technology platform with Milestone’s federal registration and state licensing footprint. “With this technology , we’re going to be able to flip the script.

Loans 369

Loans Mortgages Loan Officer Technology 369

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

If you’re making 20 or 25 basis points as an owner of a small or large independent mortgage bank (IMB), it’s not worth the risk. There will be new technology , benefits and more standardization of policies and processes. But you dont want to be in a position where you have to sell.

Loan Officer 367

Loan Officer Technology Loans Banks 367

Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

Online real estate marketplace Auction.com announced Wednesday that it is launching SmartSale, a technology-powered option to foreclosure that lets distressed homeowners list and sell their property. Auction.com has long been a leading platform for bank-owned (REO) and foreclosure sales to real estate investors and others seeking a discount.

Proof of funds 370

Proof of funds Equity Technology Banks 370

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.

Banks 408

Banks Mortgages Industrial Technology 408

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Data from ICE Mortgage Technology found that tappable home equity — the amount that a homeowner can draw from while keeping a 20% equity stake — rose to a record $17.6 Keynova Group recently surveyed 12 large banks and nonbanks about their home equity lending capabilities. trillion at the midpoint of the year.

Renovation 450

Renovation Equity Lending Banks 450

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

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. And so for me, I feel like it’s an opportunity to kind of open the door via technology, to how and what is happening in the reverse space. Morales: No.

Banks 409

Banks Mortgages Technology Branding 409

Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2025

” With more than 35 years of experience spanning mortgage banking and financial technology, Lightbody most recently served as chief revenue officer at Computershare Loan Services. He also co-founded the AI -powered mortgage underwriting system Candor and held the role of Managing Director at Accenture.

Due diligence 344

Due diligence Mortgages Technology Banks 344

Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

The platform’s new offerings include loans underwritten by bank statements and CPA-prepared profit-and-loss statements, as well as debt-service-coverage ratio (DSCR) loans for real estate investors that complement CoreVest s direct lending capabilities.

Equity 409

Equity Loans Lending Branding 409

Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2025

At some point, those who intend to service loans in-house need a team and technology to meet todays compliance and cost challenges, said Tom Donatacci , chief client officer at Cenlar. Mihir Bhatia, a Bank of America analyst who covers mortgage companies, said he expects the trend to continue.

Mortgages 352

Mortgages Loans Banks Industrial 352

Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2025

. … 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. I think [about] five years ago, banks were still extremely active in the sector.

Residential 350

Residential Lending Finance Banks 350

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.

Lending 364

Lending Loans Mortgages Technology 364

Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

The FDIC supervises approximately 3,000 state-chartered banks and thrifts not members of the Federal Reserve System. The FDIC recognizes that technology now has a role in the brokerage firm services provided and can impact its value.

Banks 420

Banks Brokerage Mortgages Loans 420

Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2025

Real credited its technology offerings and business model for the explosive growth in agents. Real CEO Tamir Poleg also provided an update on the companys technology offerings. Its fintech platform, Real Wallet, is expanding, allowing agents to apply for business checking accounts through Reals partnership with Thread Bank.

Brokerage 370

Brokerage Agents Loan Officer Technology 370

Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2025

But in the immediate interim, housing developers must invest in technologies , like modular construction, to dramatically extend the resiliency and life of their buildings. This is crucial for many developers who have found themselves battling higher costs of development and reduced availability of traditional bank financing.

Development 409

Development Construction Finance Investor 409