Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2025

By developing in-house AI tools designed to complement rather than replace human expertise, the company is enhancing the mortgage experience for both borrowers and loan officers. Unlike most off-the-shelf tools bolted onto legacy systems, these platforms were designed to work together from day one.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Held live from the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) NXT Conference in Boston, the conversation covers broker leadership tips, the value of designations and certifications, and educational resources for real estate agents. To close the conversation, Morris recommends certifications for buyer and seller agents to pursue.

Design

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

With the election behind us, the industry is refocused on building momentum and driving growth in 2025. It also provides your agents with consistent closings, creating a more predictable and growth-focused pipeline. First, you free up your agents to focus on what they do best: closing deals.

Brokerage

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Whether you’re looking to start a career in real estate, already have one or are involved in real estate transactions, you may find yourself wondering about industry terminology and job titles. The industry acronyms alone look like alphabet soup. So, let’s start with the basics: What is a real estate broker vs. an agent?

Agents

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Indiana-based lender Ruoff Mortgage is making a move designed to help more homeowners get into new homes with ease. We have partnered with Calque to provide better options to those customers, including the ability to close immediately on a new home before putting their current home on the market.”

Purchase and sale agreement

Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2025

As the industry moves toward faster, more digital-first transactions, AI is playing a pivotal role in redefining how agents operate, market, and compete. It often involves coordinating with stagers, hiring photographers, waiting on edited media, producing videos, drafting descriptions, designing flyers, and uploading everything to the MLS.

Marketing

Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2025

She brings a background in luxury real estate branding and interior design marketing, having worked closely with celebrity design firms prior to her transition into real estate. Leaders said her experience will lend itself will to the architectural and design-driven properties that define much of L.A.’s

Agents

Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2025

The tool is designed to ensure loan officers are ready when refinance volume picks up. The new product, called Capture for Originators, is available to users of Optimal Blue’s product pricing engine (PPE) and was developed in partnership with Uplist , a software-as-a-service (Saas) platform serving the real estate industry.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

The agency is seeking to implement new in-person identity verification requirements and plans to close more than two dozen field offices across the country, according to CBS News. DOGE Service , plans to reduce the agencys footprint by closing 47 regional offices across the country.

Design

Housing Wire

MAY 5, 2025

Depending on your time in the industry, you may have seen hundreds, even thousands of listings at a wide variety of price points. Do not comment on the design or aesthetics of a property unless a buyer specifically asks for your opinion. This also includes offering an opinion on a school district as good or bad.

Agents

Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

Delayed discovery Many fraudulent transactions go undetected until months after closing. Be cautious of urgency If a seller insists on a fast, remote closing, take extra care to verify legitimacy. We can better protect our clients and our industry by staying vigilant and updating our practices. Use a service.

Agents

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The company introduced its Smart Underwrite system in May 2023 to reduce manual tasks for underwriters and reduce loan processing times, addressing a significant efficiency challenge in the mortgage industry.

Loans

Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2025

The systems they provide are designed to help teams grow strategically.” In 2024, Gubb’s team closed 88 transactions totaling $103.7 Gary Keller’s influence Jason Abrams , the head of industry and learning at Keller Williams, may be a bit biased toward his firm but shares a similar view. It is hard to beat.”

Brokerage

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The receiving agent becomes the buyer or seller’s primary point of contact and representative, and the referring agent receives a referral fee if a transaction closes. Their work is done, and it’s up to the receiving agent to serve the client and close the deal. What are the benefits of referrals? Choose your moment!

Agents

Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2025

The company introduced Realm-X Performers, which are AI tools designed to handle specific operational processes autonomously. Kyle Triplett, AppFolio’s senior vice president of product, said the addition of Realm-X Performers is meant to close a longstanding gap between task-based software and true operational efficiency.

Property Management

Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2025

NWMLS announced the changes last week, stating in a press release that the changes were designed to “provide buyers and sellers with complete transparency regarding referral fees their brokers pay or receive in connection with their clients’ transactions.” Zillow is one of the largest lead referral engines in the real estate industry.

MLS

Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2025

A shifting market demands a faster response Many borrowers who locked in loans over the past few years are sitting on tappable equity and watching the market closely. When rates dipped, applications jumped but the window closed just as quickly. Blends Rapid Refi solution is designed to help lenders address these challenges head-on.

Pre-qualification

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Last year’s list of honorees included 200 companies — 100 real estate and 100 mortgage — that left a transformational impact on the industry. Our industry’s currency is documents. Threats to our industry are on the rise from every level. Our approach is simple but powerful.

Technology

Housing Wire

JUNE 19, 2025

Technology is accelerating change across the financial services industry, and United Wholesale Mortgage is at the forefront of mortgage innovation. With decades of experience and a team of over 1,800 technologists, Bressler is redefining what’s possible in mortgage tech and helping lead the industry into a smarter, more automated future.

Lending

Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2025

Push for real estate listing transparency eXp Realty CEO Leo Pareja focused his remarks during the earnings call on the companys response to industry policy shifts, especially the National Association of Realtors (NAR) updated Clear Cooperation Policy. For us, this isnt just a collection of business units, Sanford said.

Brokerage

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

These rankings are designed to help top-performing agents and teams highlight their accomplishments within their specific local markets, enhancing their credibility where it matters most — close to home. This year’s inaugural rankings feature agents and teams from 50 cities across the U.S.,

Agents

Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2025

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) is rolling out new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools designed to help brokers analyze competitors loan estimates and assist borrowers online. event on Thursday in Pontiac, Michigan, amid intensifying competition and M&A activity across the mortgage industry.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2025

Every single buyer I ask, ‘Would you buy a home today if you could get a 5% rate with no points, streamline underwriting, closing fast?’ MORE’s model offers a short-term bridge loan typically around three years in length that’s designed to give buyers time to refinance or secure permanent financing.

Finance

Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2025

of total market volume and an industry-leading 11.3% The Clear Cooperation Policy was designed to ensure that publicly marketed properties reach the widest possible audience via the MLS, enhancing competition and consumer visibility. In Boston, for example, one firm controlled 17.1% of all listings.

Marketing

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

From luxury property tours to laugh-out-loud real estate memes, these 21 agents and influencers bring the best of the industry right to your phone. Co-founded by Mauricio Umansky, this account blends high-end glamour with a behind-the-scenes peek at their superstar agents closing deals.

Agents

Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2025

Our industry stands at a critical crossroads in the rapidly evolving mortgage technology landscape. With more than two decades in mortgage technology, I have seen transactional support models — judged solely by ticket-close times — fall short of today’s complex borrower expectations.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The debate on Clear Cooperation Policies (CCPs) continues, with the real estate industry almost unanimously rallying behind these supposedly virtuous rules. The essence of our industrys defense of modern MLS infrastructure rests upon a fragile foundation that says, “Its not perfect, but its the best we can do.”

MLS

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. Closings can occur as quickly as one week “in most cases,” they added.

Equity

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The program is designed to be based on the UPB (unpaid principal balance), or the loan deliveries we receive in a specific quarter from the lenders, and the corresponding NAQ rate, which is the non-acceptable quality rate. We want to continue to see the right level of engagement from the industry when it comes to the loan quality.

Loans

Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2025

In an industry that often prioritizes commissions and quick wins, weve taken a different approachone rooted in collaboration, inclusivity and long-term vision. From agent onboarding to leadership development, and across our teams and offices, everything is designed to reinforce our culture. Take creativity, for example.

Branding

Housing Wire

JULY 14, 2025

Myth-busting non-QM While industry perceptions have shifted from skepticism and caution to acceptance and adoption of non-QM lending, it’s safe to say there are a few holdouts. For example, last month, I submitted a loan, and within 48 hours I got clear to close, and it funded within 96 hours. Click Here

Investor

Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

Is virtual staging finally ready for its close-up? AI can create virtually staged images to match any trendy interior design style you can dream up for a small fraction of the price of traditional virtual staging. We think it is. Take advantage of the free trial for the apps on our list to test them yourself before purchasing.

Staging

Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI), predictive underwriting , and blockchain technology are becoming more common in todays real estate industry. As a result, professionals in the title and foreclosure industries must evolve to keep up with upcoming trends. What drew you to the title search industry? It is a people driven industry.

Title search

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The importance preparing yourself with non-QM options The mortgage industry is fickle. Luck and success favor the prepared and that fact remains in the mortgage industry. Also, DSCR five- to nine-unit loans are designed for larger multi-family homes. Beyond that, Deephaven allows up to 3% seller concessions at closing.

Loans

Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2025

We have expanded our capabilities to provide a multi-channel toolset that loan officers can use to help identify, attract and convert new loan opportunities into closed loans. We do so by helping lenders automate outreach or stay in touch with those borrowers even after post-close through a variety of communication channels.

Loans

Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2025

The terms of the deal have not been disclosed but it is expected to close by the end of March 2025. A&Ds goal is to be an industry leader, and this transaction is a big step forward. Mr. Cooper had previously acquired the assets in a deal with Flagstar Bank , which was announced in July and closed in November.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2025

In this executive conversation, Nancy Alley, Vice President of Product Strategy, shares how ICE Mortgage Technology is driving transformation in the mortgage industry. Nancy Alley (NA): The mortgage industry is plagued by outdated processes, inefficiencies, and redundancies. Together, we are shaping the future of the mortgage industry.

Technology