Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, payments, insurance and proptech. In July, DocuSign acquired Austin-based startup Liveoak Technologies for $38 million in an all-stock transaction.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

People who invest in technology often ask the question: is this a “nice to have,” or a “need to have?” Few have the resources to invest in technologies they don’t need. What’s the worst that can happen if we don’t invest in this technology?”. Without marketing automation, he probably would have been right. Not anymore.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

One area in the mortgage and real estate industry that has been evolving for nearly two decades is digital closings. Much like efforts to achieve full self-driving vehicles, the road to achieve full digital closings has been bumpy. E-mortgage volume spikes. History of ‘e’. Treasury recommends standardization.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

As a result, brokers no longer need to deal with a title company or settlement agent to close a refi. It said TRAC+ will allow the lender to “manage title review, closing, and disbursement.” UWM’s TRAC+ announcement comes as the federal government pushes title insurance alternatives designed to save consumers money.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In reality, the LOS is not the problem; the technology is doing exactly what it was designed to do. Adjust your expectations At its core, an LOS is designed to serve a very specific purpose: ensuring that lenders can originate compliant and sellable loans. The LOS is a foundational piece of technology for every lender.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

But emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology could be put to use in efforts to mitigate concerns about isolation, according to a new article published by HomeCare. One vendor active in this space is Intuition Robotics , which introduced an AI-powered home care companion tool called “ElliQ” to the market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

homegenius Real Estate understands the need to deliver differentiated value in a very congested market. Through this offering, consumers may also be eligible to receive a rebate* at closing. Loan must close to be eligible for reimbursement of credit toward closing costs at closing. Explore possible cost savings.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke with Michael Chew, SVP of Fulfillment, Asset/Rental Management at Consolidated Analytics , about REO assets, the economic factors influencing the increase in REO acquisitions and how technology can help with REO asset management. HW: What does the current market and demand for REO assets look like?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

Sarah Wheeler: Let’s talk about your background, because you have both technology and real estate experience. Shayan Hamidi: I studied computer science, economics and math and my background is technology. That’s our point of view, which then impacts the way we go about architecting our technology and our product.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Gen Z — born between 1997 and 2012 — is making waves in the market with their approach to homebuying. Smart home technology is not optional Gen Z marks the first generation of true digital natives. This group was raised on technology and expects their homes to be outfitted accordingly.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2021

During this surge, many lenders experienced challenges as they tried to deliver an ideal customer experience while closing loans at the speed of light. . While the refi boom might be slowing down, the purchase market is heating up. MBA’s spring 2021 market forecast predicts a record-breaking year, with purchase origination reaching $1.57

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2022

Marketers are often the most creative and influential marketing minds in the housing economy. Their pivotal role in the industry is why we’re excited to offer marketing leaders a place to come together for a few hours to focus on what you do as a marketer and network with the brightest marketing minds.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2023

Through the Touchless Lending technology, an application can reach a clear-to-close decision within a week, 80% faster than the average industry time of 50 days. Tony Grothouse, CEO of Revolution Mortgage, says the technology will help the company expand and deliver quality assets into the secondary market. “We

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Today, a mortgage lender must have scalability in its operation, an ability to pivot quickly to meet changing market conditions and client needs, a well-designed technology stack and, above all, a keen sense of what its customers and the marketplace truly want from them.

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The Close

JANUARY 18, 2024

Knowing what’s coming down the pipe regarding style, design, and technology will help sellers make thoughtful upgrades and improvements with strong returns on investment. While some interior design trends come and go (bye, granite countertops ), our picks are so amazing they might just become staples.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2021

Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI), a composite index designed to track the housing market and consumer confidence to sell or buy a home, decreased by 2.7 Last year, the market experienced record-breaking volume. The post Fannie Mae: Consumers still wary of housing market appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

His use of clear explanations combined with charts makes this crazy market comfortably understandable. Especially in uncertain times and market volatility, having the knowledge that I get from HW+ helps me communicate effectively with my team and my clients. In those years I originated, underwrote, processed and closed.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

Closing software provider Qualia has launched Qualia Application Programing Interface (API), according to an announcement on Wednesday. According to Qualia, platform users can use these capabilities to design custom client experiences, track performance, productivity and revenue, and pipeline across clients and settlement agency branches.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2023

The first phase of the portal will include APIs specific to Black Knight’s servicing technologies and will expand to include offerings in the lending and secondary markets space. “By Servicing Digital, offered as an app or web design, enables customers to access their loan- and home-related information.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Below are a few lessons title agents can take from previous down cycles that could help them adapt to current market conditions. It’s been a while since the settlement services industry faced such a competitive market. Of course, this was all but inevitable after the amazing numbers brought to market in 2021.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The two firms signed an agreement to combine Wolters Kluwer’s eNote and eVault solutions with Expedite Close — Black Knight’s digital closing solution — as the final pieces to connect all the tools lenders need to perform digital closings and complete digital mortgages, Black Knight said Thursday.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

A key differentiator of ours (and something missing from the market at large) is a focus on the loan officer’s experience,” said Jason Smith, SVP Sales and Marketing. “We We have designed a borrower experience that allows them to complete the application and live within our portal throughout the entire process,” CEO Maria Moskver said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

Broker Edition is designed to provide an intuitive loan management portal for borrowers while making loan management simpler at an accessible price point. Floify Lender Edition is a counterpart to Broker Edition , which was rolled out in December. Founded in 2013, Floify — a subsidiary of Porch Group Inc. —

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2022

Volatile mortgage rates and economic uncertainty have rocked the housing market this year, challenging mortgage lenders, real estate agents, title companies and appraisal firms to adapt quickly to changing conditions. That’s why we’ve designed our HW Annual event Oct. Register here.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2021

Digital mortgage platform SimpleNexus now supports remote online notarization (RON) through its eClose technology, the company announced Tuesday. “In all market conditions, consumers are clamoring for the technology that streamlines closing.” ” Navigating Closing Struggles in 2021’s Purchase Market.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2022

Worried about the changing tides in the real estate market and the current recession ? During HousingWire Annual, we’re hosting the Housing Market Super Session and The Future of Marketing panel, which will both address these questions. Register for the event here.

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RIS Media

APRIL 13, 2022

Designed to further technology innovation in the real estate services market, FWD is a one-of-a-kind pitch competition that highlights forward-thinking technology, ideas and solutions to unlock opportunity for agents and brokers, the company stated. Realogy Holdings Corp.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 24, 2020

e-Closing platform Pavaso announced on Monday it has been awarded the Remote Online Notarization Compliance Certification through the Mortgage Industry Standard Maintenance Organization – making it the fourth company to receive the specialized certification.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Interest rates were at or near historical lows, home prices showed strong appreciation and market participants set volume and profitability records. The next generation technology is a culmination of extensive work with its partners, vendors, service providers (i.e., 6 wholesale lender. New name, same values.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2022

Unlike other solutions, Solex from Docutech is a fully integrated, end-to-end eClose solution meaning lenders work with only one vendor and implement one technology. Solex Orders is a solution designed for non-Docutech lenders to reap the benefits of eClosings without having to change document providers.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2022

The housing market has undergone a significant transformation over the past two years. While a booming market kept brokers busy in 2021, the 2022 housing market has been underscored by rising interest rates, inflation and geopolitical turbulence. Our brokers are our partners.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2021

This year, eClosings surged as remote online notarization became more popular and consumers looked for alternative ways to close on a home. Moving forward, the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization , a not-for-profit subsidiary of the Mortgage Bankers Association , will continue to focus on digital closings.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Any person involved in selling a home knows that you cannot increase the price of your home randomly to cover the cost of commissions and other closing costs. The market sets the price of the home, and it cares little for closing costs — or what the homeowner invested in it — when determining the price for which it will sell.

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2021

The transaction is expected to close within a month. Lereta’s services are designed to increase efficiency, reduce penalties and liabilities and improve processes for mortgage originators and servicers. . “As a result, we’ve been successful in adding new customers and building market share.

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RIS Media

JANUARY 18, 2022

a pay-at-closing home improvement solution for real estate agents, brokerages and home sellers, has announced a $65M Series B funding round to support continued growth in the untapped market for fix first, pay-at-closing home improvement. Curbio, Inc., Curbio has raised a total of $93M since its founding in late 2017.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2022

The mortgage industry is coming out of back-to-back amazing years, and while 2022 still holds great opportunity for the industry, it also signals a pivot point for market participants. KN: We’re making a major investment in our technology with POWER+. The culmination of all of this is our new POWER+ technology.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The acquisition will strengthen Thrive’s retail channel and bring with it new territories amidst arguably the most challenging mortgage market since the early 1980s. . Thrive’s chief operations officer Selene Kellam , who designed the lender’s operations workflow, will be the chief executive officer starting in 2023.

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