Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

By keeping your P&L lean and efficient, you can reinvest savings into growth-focused activities like marketing, agent development or technology upgrades—all of which drive long-term success. This could involve automating administrative tasks, negotiating vendor discounts, or eliminating unnecessary subscriptions.

Brokerage

Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2025

The app, developed in partnership with real estate technology company Lundy Inc. It is designed to streamline listing management and reduce manual data entry, which officials say could lead to more complete and searchable property records. Agents throughout the region have already begun using the app, according to MetroList.

MLS

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Valon intends to use the fresh capital to boost product development and expand its reach to new markets. Valon’s platform — the first of its kind to provide end-to-end mortgage servicing — was designed to boost efficiency and transparency for home buyers and sellers. The firm is currently valued at $1.1

Mortgages

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Some are already starting to warm to the idea of technology being a more prominent factor in the pursuit of aging in place. And actual robotic assistance is something being developed in other parts of the world, including through government endorsement of the idea. But what if an alternative solution was robots?

Development

Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Lone Wolf Technologies , a real estate technology company that has been in business for decades, unveiled its reimagined brand identity last week as an effort to “blend technology with human-centered design to better serve real estate professionals,” per a release from the company. ”

Branding

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. Behind this momentum is Jason Bressler, UWM’s Chief Technology Officer. And how long was it in development and testing before it was fully rolled out? Jason Bressler: Yes!

Lending

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Mortgage technology company Gateless is offering its flagship automated underwriting platform to a new lender. “Their input has been incredibly valuable, significantly shaping the ongoing development of Smart Underwrite, especially in the growing wholesale market,” Brown said in a statement.

Loans

Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2025

Welcome back to Tech Pulse — HousingWire ‘s weekly series rounding up the latest in technology news, including tools, integrations and trends that impact mortgage and real estate. Developed with Lundy Inc. Built with inclusivity in mind, it supports English and Spanish queries and aids users with disabilities.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The Tech Trendsetters are made up of the top product and technology leaders who have been essential in bringing innovative tech solutions to market for mortgage and real estate clients. Congratulations to the 2024 Tech Trendsetter honorees! Take a look at the full list below.

Technology

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?

Technology

Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2025

Our industry stands at a critical crossroads in the rapidly evolving mortgage technology landscape. Still, the future of mortgage technology demands a radical reimagining of what customer success truly means. The implementation process has become a strategic differentiator for top-tier technology providers.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2025

The company introduced Realm-X Performers, which are AI tools designed to handle specific operational processes autonomously. According to AppFolio, the technology is part of a broader shift toward “agentic operations,” which rely on generative AI to respond to input and take proactive steps to manage workflows.

Property Management

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

A group of current and former real estate executives have launched The Helm, a coaching platform designed to provide professional development to a more diverse audience. Frick has experience in executive roles at technology companies such as Oracle, Assent , Responsys and Merkle.

Industrial

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Despite that projected need for more senior housing, however, development on dedicated senior housing units and facilities ground to a halt during the COVID-19 pandemic and has largely stood still since then, the report explained. The sector is expected to move from its former glut to a shortage in the next five years, the Journal reported.

Marketing

Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

. “FirstTeam’s impressive growth is fueled by a robust ecosystem designed to nurture agents at every stage of their career,” said Michele Harrington , the companys CEO. The masterminds, coaching, and culture of collaboration at FirstTeam gave us the playbook to scale faster than we thought possible.

Agents

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

We’ve focused on a layered approach to security in our internal culture and in our products, encouraging improvements to personnel training, more secure processes, and stronger technology tools. Technology should enhance operations without disrupting them, empowering people to do what they do best—build relationships and close deals.

Technology

Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2025

A well-designed, mobile-first web portal can deliver virtually the same advantages: borrowers can save progress, switch devices anytime, and stay in a contained, secure environment, all without jumping through extra hoops. When there isnt a sustained or multi-purpose use case, its hard to justify the download.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2025

The company announced the launch on Thursday, explaining that the tool is designed to make listings more interactive and accessible. DirectOffer said there are no additional development or maintenance fees for MLSs with OLIVIA AI available as an optional add-on.

MLS

Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2025

Collov AI leverages proprietary model training to develop its AI agent , enabling it to understand architectural context, interior design principles, and staging best practices tailored specifically for real estate applications. Thats why Collov AIs Visual Agent is designed to be as simple as taking a photo. from Stanford.

Agents

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 24, 2024

By partnering with a highly-regarded vendor, organizations can foster strong relationships with agency collectors and gain access to cutting-edge technology. As a servicer of 48 million loans , CoreLogic streamlines workflows with innovative solutions designed to enhance property tax management.

Loans

Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) this week unveiled a new website, explaining that as much as 90% of the material from the former site has been cut to eliminate redundancies and streamline the user experience. HUD has been on a yearslong road to modernize its technology systems. ”

Technology

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Brokers that are equipped with Acra Lendings non-qm products, technology, and team can serve borrowers where traditional lenders simply cannot. How Acra Lending sets itself apart in the non-QM market When describing how Acra Lending sets itself in the non-QM lending space, three words come to mind: people, processes, and technology.

Lending

Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2025

The company’s new “HELOC For Seniors” touts “fast approval and funding in as little as five business days, providing a streamlined path to access home equity powered by innovative technology” through a partnership with Figure. Product development The development of this product has been a long time in coming, Mayer added.

Equity

Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2025

has introduced a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool designed to streamline how title agents access underwriting and compliance information. First American Title Insurance Co. AI tools allow agents to quickly search and summarize guidance from the company’s proprietary underwriting knowledge base.

Title

Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2025

The systems they provide are designed to help teams grow strategically.” They give us the freedom to run our business our way, paired with unmatched access to coaching, technology and a national referral network. Like Gubb, Sauls has not turned a blind eye toward the tools, training and technology offered by other brokerages.

Brokerage

Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2025

Heres how putting culture first can help you develop a successful team that can go the distance. From agent onboarding to leadership development, and across our teams and offices, everything is designed to reinforce our culture. And of course, invest in brokerage technology, infrastructure, marketing, and support services.

Branding

Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has moved to cancel a contract that involves a technology service for Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ( HECM ) counselors , according to a review of the contract details on government websites and an announcement from the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA).

Technology

Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2025

I feel fortunate to be surrounded by so many talented professionals – all of whom are committed to maintaining and continuing to innovate the technology that’s been foundational to mortgage servicing for decades. HW: There are many technology providers in the market today claiming to help lenders with borrower recapture.

Loans

Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2025

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) formally announced on Monday that it’s beginning to implement anti-phishing multifactor authentication (MFA) into the Federal Housing Administration Catalyst (FHAC) platform and making it available to all users. Following up on an announcement issued at the start of last month, the U.S.

Development

Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2025

The technology is impressive, and I’m proud to join such a talented team that’s making a real difference. Anthony Savala Savala has spent more than 15 years in the mortgage technology sector. Ive always focused on impact and helping enterprises use innovative technologies to stay ahead of the curve, he said in a statement.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

JUNE 13, 2025

Welcome back to Tech Pulse — a new weekly series rounding up the latest in technology , including tools, integrations and trends impacting mortgage and real estate. A new Kiplinger report warns that age bias in AI training data — often shaped by younger users — could sideline seniors in tech design and utility.

Industrial

Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

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. Its proprietary AI technology can also remove furniture, declutter listing photos and create realistic renderings of landscaping and exterior renovations.

Staging

Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2025

Vija Williams a longtime real estate executive and current head of industry at technology platform PLACE is joining eXp Realty , where she will launch a new agent-focused initiative called UPGRADE. Im joining eXp Realty to build the UPGRADE community with eXp powerhouse Spring Bengtzen.

Brokerage

Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

Xactus has become the first technology partner to introduce the FICO Score Mortgage Simulator, a new tool designed to help lenders and borrowers understand how credit decisions impact mortgage eligibility. The simulator, developed by FICO , is the only mortgage industry tool that uses FICO scores and FICO score algorithms.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

JULY 30, 2025

Luxury Presence has unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool designed to automate digital marketing for real estate agents. We developed these AI Marketing Specialists to serve as a personal marketing team without human overhead because we know even the best real estate agents are not necessarily marketing experts.

Agents

Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

growth and an early employee at machine learning fintech Pagaya Technologies , and Collins held former senior engineering roles at leading fintech companies, including Affirm and Zillow , where he specialized in applying artificial intelligence to fraud detection and underwriting systems. Ellis was previously head of U.S.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

AUGUST 6, 2025

On the heels of the new advertising push, FOA chief marketing officer Chris Moschner told HousingWire ’s Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD) that the campaign was designed to complement but not replace its long-running and well-known campaign with actor Tom Selleck.

Equity