Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

In this weeks episode of the Power House podcast, HousingWire President Diego Sanchez is joined by Varun Krishna , CEO of Rocket Companies and Rocket Mortgage , to explore his background, Rockets tech-focused approach to servicing and retention, and its upcoming brand transformation in 2025. We’re serious about transformation.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

These partnerships can take various forms including partnerships with mortgage brokers , title companies , property management firms, insurance providers, contractors, lenders , or technology vendors. Technology and automation Technology is vital for streamlining processes, managing leads, and communicating with clients.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Technology plays a crucial role in servicers’ ability of servicers to support their borrowers in this challenging time. Sagent’s LoanServ is a servicing system of record providing real-time data to each customer through their Account Connect consumer-facing suite that lenders can brand as their own.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

There’s the origination process, which is all of the financing, title closing, and then servicing, where they essentially develop a lifetime relationship. They’ve built great technology on a massive scale. That’s going to require technology. Mr. Cooper is an amazing company.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

according to Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF). The lender indicated it is in a good position to recapture much of its existing servicing business through investments in its brand and an end-to-end digital experience. The lender posted pretax income of $1.1 billion last year, up from $732 million in 2023.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2025

8 on the Inside Mortgage Finance ranking of top originators at just under $40 billion. So you have to give your clients everything you have and we focus here on is certainty and speed, utilizing our tools like Same-Day Mortgage and all the different technologies that go into our platform. SB: Our technology is amazing.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Finance of America (FOA), the leading reverse mortgage lender, presented a robust outlook last week in its third-quarter 2024 earnings and is aiming to hit the ground running with business in 2025. New ad agency, HomeSafe Second performance Sieffert also revealed that the company has enlisted the services of a new advertising agency partner.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

F2 Finance wants to scoop up a share of a “fragmented” fix-and-flip market as a lack of housing inventory sharply limits transactions. just to give an idea of how fragmented it is in terms of the lender,” Christian Faes, founder of F2 Finance, said in an interview with HousingWire. LendInvest has more than $4.7 billion (£3.7

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

“This acquisition furthers our long-term plan of developing a full-service commission-free homebuying and financing technology platform powered by our proprietary AI technology and dedicated professionals,” Brent Miller, chief financial officer of reAlpha, said in a prepared statement.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2024

Tyrrell has more than 25 years of experience in mortgage, finance and technology, serving as president of ICE Mortgage Technology for three years after ICE bought Ellie Mae in 2020. Mortgage veteran Joe Tyrrell will succeed Scott Smith as CEO of Optimal Blue , the company announced Monday.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2023

San Francisco-based fintech Polly has hired Parvesh Sahi, a former executive from ICE Mortgage Technology , as chief revenue officer to scale the business in a highly competitive mortgage environment. Sahi will be involved in all aspects of the corporate strategy, business development, sales and account management, the firm said Thursday.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Entering the real estate finance world in the summer of 2022 as a 23-year-old, I immediately felt like a fish out of water. 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.

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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

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Mortgage technology platform provider Dark Matter Technologies announced on Monday that it has added a second loan origination system (LOS) — NOVA — to its product lineup. The company added that this consolidation is designed to benefit all the brands it oversees.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Brand Engagement Network (BEN) onboarded industry veteran Chris Heller as an adviser to its board of directors. a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) focused on technology — in a deal that values the combined company at $358 million. . — ”

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2024

The unified platform will offer real estate investors robust technology, deep data insights and a property management system specifically designed for SFRs. Under the deal, Mynd will merge into the Roofstock corporate entity while continuing its property management operations under the Mynd brand, according to a joint news release. “By

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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. Good technology should be the language loan officers use to communicate with their customers, not their replacement. #4 5 Technology becomes fintech.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2022

Nonbank lender Panorama Mortgage Group has added Texas-based Lone Peak Lending to its growing stable of brands. Panorama offers platforms for human resources, finance, technology, legal and compliance services to its group of lenders.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

PMG offers platforms for human resources, finance, technology , legal and compliance services to its group of lenders. In 2019, PMG added two brands, one of which was Legacy Home Loans , which focuses on increasing the Black homeownership rate in America.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2022

Massachusetts-based Volly is a provider of marketing, customer engagement strategies and lending technologies for the mortgage industry. The company’s platform also includes a marketing portal for brokers that offers personalized branding and compliance technology.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Its sophisticated hierarchy easily accommodates any organization’s expansion plans, including support for multiple lending channels, brokers and brands. Mortgage professionals are knowledgeable about home financing but may struggle with writing interesting content on a regular, ongoing basis.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2024

ICE Mortgage Technology is continuing to accelerate the adoption of its more modern technologies by sunsetting older tech stacks. ICE Mortgage Technology ® is combining its best-in-class Encompass CRM content with the robust, modern functionality of Surefire , all at your current Encompass CRM price. Why Surefire?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2024

Los Angeles -based Dunmor , a technology -enabled lender that specializes in loans for residential real estate investors , has added a pair of experienced executives in the business-purpose lending space. Pham has 23 years of marketing experience in the real estate and finance sectors.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Included in the rebranding is an entirely new, white-labeled broker-branded origination hub that will provide e-signature technology, visibility into loan status and the ability for applicants to directly upload loan documents, the company said Tuesday. Brokers love it,” Niemiec said in an interview. “We

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2021

When mortgage and acquisition activity picked up, marketers created new brand unity between companies. They were there, in the middle of everything, to make sure that brand loyalty would last well beyond 2021. Candor Technology. Realogy Expansion Brands. Finance of America Mortgage. ICE Mortgage Technology.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Appraisal technology company Accurate Group announced this week that it has acquired Voxtur Appraisal Services , an appraisal management company (AMC). Voxtur primarily serves real estate finance providers and specializes in broker-price opinions (BPOs), alternative valuation methods and traditional appraisals.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

No one else compares when it comes to brand recognition and tools to market our clients’ homes. He pioneered a comprehensive team approach in real estate, incorporating a transaction coordinator, financing professional and buyer agents to provide full service to a broader clientele. said in a statement. DelRose Sr.

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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.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2024

Walker explained that the company name of HighTechLending, which goes back to 2007, emphasized its place as a leader in new technology solutions for mortgage — including paperless files. Walker added that he hopes the reverse mortgage industry at large appreciates the presence of a new brand in the market. What’s in a name?

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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. reverse) as well.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2021

The Boston-based company functions as an adviser and marketplace for customers looking for mortgage financing. “We will continue to develop technology that eliminates information asymmetry and creates a best-in-class experience for everyone searching for a fair deal on their mortgage.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2025

Back then, we proudly branded ourselves as one of the first online finance companies with the tagline, “Buy a house with your mouse.” The industry has evolved dramatically, embracing technology, automation, and stricter regulatory frameworks.

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2024

We are advantaged primarily because we are a product and technology company first.” On the call, Barton said that Zillow’s technology has helped it earn consumer trust, putting it “in the enviable position of having a large enough audience” that comes organically. Those are the products and brands we admire the most,” Barton said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

It’s the case for Finance of America Companies (FOA) Chief Marketing Officer Chris Moschner. Chris Moschner Working for P&G gave Moschner access to marketing assignments for a lot of international and domestic brands, which offered a baseline of classic marketing principles he would take further into his career.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

billion over the 12 months, which puts a combined company just outside the top 50 mortgage lenders in America by volume, according to Inside Mortgage Finance data. The merger would change the leadership structure but maintain each brand. In total the lenders have originated about $3.3

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

One of our key initiatives has been to revitalize The Money Store brand, giving it a fresh, modern appeal. We’ve also implemented project management technologies and streamlined processes to improve workflow and turnaround times for loan officer requests, effectively halving the time it takes to fulfill them.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

Because of an apparent error made by staff at ICE Mortgage Technology ‘s Surefire customer relationship management (CRM) platform, more than 600,000 emails and texts were sent without permission to real estate agents, business partners and past clients of loan officers around the country. “We were in the dark for way too long.

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