Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

Roughly 10 months after it first announced the planned deal, CoStar Group said Friday that it has completed its acquisition of 3D digital mapping technology firm Matterport. CoStar paid $1.6 billion for the acquisition. ” According to a press release, Matterport has mapped more than 14 million spaces in 177 countries. .”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

The company calls the move an “industry-first initiative.” FinLocker details that the initiative will eliminate verification costs at all stages of the mortgage journey, from prequalification and underwriting to final reverification before closing.

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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.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Multistate mortgage lender Click n’ Close on Thursday announced that it’s adding a 30-year, fixed-rate conventional loan option to its SmartBuy Shared Appreciation Mortgage (SAM) program. Click n’ Close’s program also offers down payment assistance (DPA) options ranging from 3.5% to 5% down.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

At the beginning of 2024, mortgage technology company LoanPASS was announced as a technology partner for reverse mortgage lender Smartfi Home Loans. Getting the hang of reverse Mitchell is a 25-year veteran of the mortgage technology space, primarily working for LOS companies. What does the future hold?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Rocket Companies is buying Mr. Cooper , America’s largest mortgage servicer, in a market-shattering deal that could reshape the mortgage industry for years to come. Rocket also has arguably the strongest recapture game in the industry, and a deal like this would give it a distinct advantage over all other competitors.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a hot topic across every facet of life, including the real estate and title industries. Marketing Marketing is essential for building awareness and staying competitive in the title industry, yet many professionals struggle to find the time. Feeling overwhelmed by all the AI talk?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

The real estate industry is already in a whirlwind and the year has barely kicked off. To put it simply, the industry appears to be in its rapid evolution era. An industry-wide focus on lead generation has left many professionals with vast, often un-tapped lead databases. Have a seat and buckle in. What does this look like?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In a new episode of the “Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered Podcast,” hosts James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson are joined by Zillow Group CEO Jeremy Wacksman for a deep dive conversation that covers the role of technology in real estate and Zillow’s “ Super App.” That’s what technology does. We have a phrase at Zillow.

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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. Ready to accelerate?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

Remote online notarization (RON) continues to stake its claim as a critical innovation for real estate professionals and homebuyers, opening the door for faster closings and largely eliminating the need for in-person meetings. The reality is quite the opposite. The number one concern on all stakeholders minds is fraud, he said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Rocket Companies industry-shaking plan to acquire Mr. Cooper in a $9.4 The deal, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025, integrates the largest servicer in the country into Rockets flywheel. They’ve built great technology on a massive scale. Mr. Cooper is an amazing company.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

“Many property owners assume that title insurance fully protects their title, but unfortunately, it may not always safeguard against post-closing fraud,” Jon Dovidio, chief strategy officer at EquityProtect, said in a statement. But these protections are limited by eligibility rules and property type, Dovidio added. ”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2025

This year brought significant change for ICE Mortgage Technology. ICE shelved its SDK technology in favor of Encompass Partner Connect (EPC), which utilizes a modern application programming interface (API). HousingWire (HW): Why is ICE Mortgage Technology transitioning away from SDK (software developer kit) technology?

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

Doing so has enabled us to fine tune the underwriting process, contributing to our industry-leading turn times and our strong Net Promoter Score (YTD +87.7). HousingWire: What role do you see technology playing in the future of underwriting and client service within the mortgage industry? That’s where technology comes in.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Seemingly forever, the average time between reaching a sales agreement and closing on that property has hovered around 45 days — a month and a half. There’s an entire industry built upon the “what’s next” in question. One would be hard-pressed to find many title agencies that aren’t using some level of technology in that regard.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Mortgage technology company Gateless is offering its flagship automated underwriting platform to a new lender. 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.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In honor of the 2025 Tech100 nomination season, HousingWire asked leaders from last year’s Tech100-winning companies including Flueid , Vesta , Gridbase and MyHome, a Williston Financial Group Company to share some examples of how their technology has helped transform a traditional real estate and mortgage process.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The company announced that it has named Selim Freiha its chief financial officer, while Shrisha Radhakrishna assumes the title of chief technology and product officer. Radhakrishna is coming from LegalZoom, where he served for four years as chief technology officer and chief product officer.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The Tech100 Mortgage award recognizes the most innovative and impactful organizations driving the mortgage industry forward. Now in its 13th year, the Tech100 program serves as a trusted resource for housing professionals, providing a definitive list of the industrys top technology providers.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Seemingly forever, the average time between reaching a sales agreement and closing on that property has hovered around 45 days — a month and a half. There’s an entire industry built upon the “What’s next?” When asked why it takes an average of six to seven weeks to get to closing, there are a lot of complex (and honest) answers.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The mortgage industry faces constant change. Encompass by ICE Mortgage Technology aims to provide a flexible end-to-end solution for lenders in a modern market. From origination to closing, it covers all lending channels in one system. They also reduced the time from application to closing by three days.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The mortgage industry today demands speed, accuracy, and satisfied customers. ICE Mortgage Technology presents their solution that also serves as an overhaul of the home financing process. Increased efficiency : Automation is key, helping lenders close loans faster and work smarter.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

By examining their customer acquisition and retention strategies, they can drive, capture and convert shifts in demand into closed sales. According to data from the ICE Mortgage Monitor , mortgage servicers across the industry saw refinance retention in the second quarter fall to the second-lowest point in 17 years.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2025

billion deal to acquire digital real estate brokerage firm Redfin , industry observers are still trying to understand the future of one key asset: Bay Equity Home Loans. The RocketRedfin deal is expected to close in Q2 or Q3. Industry observers say that while Bay Equity could cannibalize Rockets existing operations, it adds roughly $4.5

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2024

Since starting his career in the real estate industry more than five decades ago, Dave Liniger , the co-founder of RE/MAX , has seen and experienced quite a bit of change and innovation. If you look at the last 50 years of the real estate industry, the rules around residential transactions have become very complex.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The Tech100 Real Estate award honors the most innovative and impactful companies transforming the real estate industry. Now in its 6th year, the Tech100 Real Estate program provides a trusted resource for real estate professionals, showcasing the industrys top technology providers.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Dark Matter Technologies , formerly Black Knight Origination Technologies, is focused on mainly two things: the smooth transition to new owners, and lowering the cost to originate loans for lenders. Read on to learn more about Dark Matter Technologies’ plan for mortgage. Gagliano : We believe strongly in technology.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Sheila Reddy, CEO at Mosaik, to talk about how the company is leveraging their experience building technology solutions for healthcare to benefit real estate agents and homebuyers. Sarah Wheeler: What differentiates Mosaik’s technology?

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2024

It is our team’s job to understand how LeadingRE can best support them, which may mean recommending specific courses from our Institute learning platform, introducing technologies from a Solutions Group provider, engaging them in our commercial real estate program, or helping them build new development business through Destinations by LeadingRE.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2025

Real estate technology provider Delta Media released a new report that highlights a sharp jump in AI usage from last year. Delta’s annual real estate leadership survey explores insights from brokerage leaders on AI, marketing technology and forward-thinking insights. Female leaders follow closely behind at 82.6%.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

With the lawsuits, I saw a lot of leaders acting like there has never been any regulatory change to the industry or that there has never been upheaval or challenges that you cant control, Hanna said. It also utilized technology tools and worked toward creating innovative solutions such as Buy & Borrow Bundle.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Kevin Wilzbach : Without question, the growth in the use of AI and particularly GenAI has been transformational for the banking industry. Today, technologies like natural language processing and machine learning have moved from the research lab into something more tangible that commercial enterprises can take advantage of.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2025

The real estate technology company will be aided on this journey by additional capital it has secured from its ownership group, which includes private equity partner Vector Capital , and brokerages Howard Hanna Real Estate Services and Windermere Real Estate , according to an announcement on Friday. MoxiWorks is looking to up its game.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2023

With its four largest firms all at least 100 years old, the title insurance industry has a bit of a reputation for being antiquated and technology averse. “I The title industry has worked hard over the last few years to shed that reputation. Not only did it take a lot of time, but it cost a lot of money.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

Each year, HousingWires Rising Stars award recognizes the next generation of leaders making a significant impact on the industry. The 2025 HousingWire Rising Stars have demonstrated exceptional leadership, expertise, and dedication to moving the industry forward.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Home negotiations technology platform Indigo just received a large investment to expand its operations in 2025. “On the heels of major industry changes, greater transparency around the home transaction has become vital. We are thrilled to back the Indigo team and their deep domain expertise,”Flint said.

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