Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2025

Amid expectations that interest rate declines may reignite refinance activity , Optimal Blue on Monday launched a new tool that automatically analyzes loan officer portfolios each month to identify recapture opportunities. The tool is designed to ensure loan officers are ready when refinance volume picks up.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2025

as its new vice president of broker relations for mortgage and title services, marking his return to the firm after several years at Compass. White previously served as vice president and designated managing broker at Baird & Warner’s Glen Ellyn, Illinois , office before departing in 2021 to join Compass. Bill White Jr.

Title

Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2025

Reston, Virginia -based mortgage software company RETR announced this week that it has hired two new senior leaders to guide the company’s growth efforts. Before joining RETR, she founded PlacedE, a boutique mortgage recruiting and coaching firm. RETR was founded in 2022 by Wynands and chief technology officer Steven Mincemoyer.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2025

Lead generation for mortgage brokers and officers is all about consistently filling your pipeline with individuals who are interested in buying a home now or in the future. then it’s time to dig into more strategies to ensure your mortgage lead generation is on point. Check out LendingTree.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2025

A rule rooted in crisis…and stuck in time The Loan Originator Compensation Rule was born from the wreckage of the 2008 financial crisis. Its intent was clear: eliminate steering and protect borrowers from being placed into higher-cost loans based on how much a loan officer would get paid. And it did, at a cost.

Loan Officer

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

APRIL 10, 2025

Florida-based Theoris Software has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) platform, AI agent, it says could transform how mortgage companies handle operations. The platform introduces a digital agent named Alpha7x that automates key processes across the mortgage lifecycle.

Agents

Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2025

Williston Financial Group (WFG) announced the release of a new digital tool through subsidiary Volly that aims to enhance collaboration between mortgage loan officers and real estate agents. The tool is designed to automate aspects of co-marketing efforts, including compliance and brand consistency.

Loan Officer

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. million in seed funding.

Industrial

Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2025

The HECM Tool a software platform designed to serve as a reverse mortgage sales conversion tool announced this week that it has integrated the proprietary reverse mortgage offering from Smartfi Home Loans into the platforms existing visualization and comparison capabilities.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2025

Why AI in mortgage lending needs a smarter narrative Theres no denying it, artificial intelligence (AI) has stormed into the mortgage industry in a variety of formats helping brokers and lenders create efficiencies, save time, and close more deals. The future of AI in mortgage lending isnt just about automation or speed.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2025

Its a busy time to be in the proprietary reverse mortgage space, with new and relaunched products hitting the market and other additional features being added to existing product catalogs. Earlier this month, Longbridge Financial announced the addition of Platinum Peak , a new variation of its private fixed-rate reverse mortgage offering.

Loans

Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2025

zavvie , a Colorado -based iBuyer and fintech company, has launched an AI-powered platform, HomeFAI, that is designed to accelerate the speed of cash offers and funding for homebuyers. Our new platform brings unprecedented speed and certainty to home financing, helping loan officers and their clients win more deals.

Finance

Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2025

A class-action lawsuit filed in Maryland accuses mortgage lender loanDepot of violating federal loan officer (LO) compensation rules and steering borrowers into higher-rate loans to boost its financial performance ahead of its 2021 initial public offering ( IPO ).

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2025

After embarking on an ambitious project designed to ease the technological processes and interfaces of the reverse mortgage industry compared to traditional mortgage workflows, the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO) announced this week that the latest version of its reference model includes reverse mortgage features.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

“From loan officers to secondary marketing teams and investors, we empower mortgage professionals with tools designed to maximize their profitability on every loan transaction.” ” The announcements were made at MBA Annual in Denver.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2025

Over the years, the team has built a best-in-class platform for mortgage servicers. 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.

Loans

Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2025

Brokers, also known as managing brokers, designated brokers or brokers-in-charge, are typically owners or supervisors of real estate brokerages. As many cant afford to pay for a home in full, they need to work with a bank to finance a propertythats where a mortgage loan originator (MLO) comes in.

Property Management

Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2025

Sorenson, who has more than two decades of mortgage lending experience, will be responsible for guiding loan officers across a broad geographic area encompassing Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Nevada, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming and Southern California. Sorenson will also focus on implementing recruiting initiatives.

Lending

Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2025

In May, Longbridge Financial debuted Platinum Preserve, a new proprietary reverse mortgage product that aims to help borrowers preserve home equity for their heirs. The interview with Macerato , the chief revenue and marketing officer at Longbridge, has been edited for length and clarity. But that’s exactly the point.

Equity

Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

Erich Wiedel: When I was in high school, a friends brother-in-law owned a mortgage company, and I got a job as a loan officer. We also have our custom proprietary software which is constantly improving; were always updating, designing, rewriting, and adding on features which enables us to better deliver for our clients.

Title search

Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2025

was suddenly in play for conventional mortgages, FinLocker ‘s Brian Vieaux had to burst some bubbles. Most of the 15 to 20 loan officers he spoke to were ecstatic about being able to use the new credit scoring model. For about a week, the mortgage industry operated in confusion about what comes next. credit scores.

Loans

Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2025

Highlights of the new features include expanded lien payoffs and consolidation, along with a streamlined requalification process, which are designed to push higher conversion rates and sales volumes for lenders. It’s a win-win-win for homeowners, their loan officers and the institutions that serve them.”

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

One such solution includes the Edge Platform —designed to survey loan portfolios and identify recapture opportunities based on current mortgage rates. It’s the quintessential function of a mortgage servicer. A mortgage servicer collects payments from an asset and repays the investor.

Loans

Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2025

Despite a slowdown in overall Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ( HECM ) volume in the first quarter of 2025, Longbridge Financial contributed positively to parent company Ellington Financial. The Longbridge portfolio increased by 31% sequentially to $549 million, which Herlihy said was driven by proprietary reverse mortgage loan originations.

Loans

The Mortgage Report

JULY 24, 2025

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FHA 203k rehab loan

Redfin

JULY 30, 2025

But here’s the good news: First-time homebuyers have access to loan options designed to make becoming a homeowner easier with more affordable rates and flexible requirements, like lower down payments and credit scores. A higher down payment can qualify you for better terms, a lower rate, and reduced private mortgage insurance.

Loans

Rochester Real Estate

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

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Finance

Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2025

VantageScore and FICO have escalated their rivalry in the mortgage space following the Federal Housing Finance Agency ’s (FHFA) decision to allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to purchase loans underwritten with VantageScore 4.0 as an alternative to the Classic FICO score. detects only 3.4% more defaulters in the same range.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2025

Welcome back to Tech Pulse — HousingWire ‘s weekly series rounding up the latest in technology — including tools, integrations and trends that impact mortgage and real estate. It also hints at renewed private-label ambitions, with Tony Renzi continuing as CEO of the restructured mortgage securities tech platform.

Technology

Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2025

CrossCountry Mortgage and digital banking platform Blend on Monday announced an expanded partnership to drive innovation for independent mortgage banks ( IMBs ). trillion in loan applications in 2024. Before joining Blend, Venhousen spent more than 12 years at Compass Mortgage as its chief operating officer.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

The primary focus is on deregulation, but Scott also mentioned legislation he introduced last year that is designed to address national issues of housing supply and oversight. In the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, newly minted Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.)

Banks

Redfin

APRIL 30, 2025

These compact homes offer an alternative to the traditional American dream of expansive homes and hefty mortgages. Whether built on a foundation or on wheels, tiny homes are designed to maximize every inch of space while minimizing unnecessary possessions and environmental impact.

Design

Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2025

I do not believe single-entity national brokerages should get involved in mortgage or title, Palmer told HousingWire in an exclusive interview. The agent should have that great local mortgage broker that I was 20 years ago. Were not here to get into agents mortgage relationships. Its a localized business. In a word: choice.

Brokerage

Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2021

Over $4 trillion in originations made its way through the housing market last year, and new data from mortgage software firm LBA Ware revealed that by the end of 2020, loan officers played every last card in their deck to get those deals closed by New Years. Mortgage Tech Demo Day. million in funded purchase loans in Q4.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Mortgage rates had climbed close to the 7% range and he was determined to remain competitive on pricing with rival loan officers in North Carolina. After Mike paid his loan officer assistant, he was clearing just 40 bps. It was late 2022 and Mike was feeling the pressure. The lower comp rate stung.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

In a fiercely competitive market , mortgage originators need to rethink everything to gain market share and become savvy. Adopting an educator-first mindset, coupled with a willingness to reach, assist, engage and nurture early-journey first-time homebuyers, are the defining attributes of a next-gen loan officer.

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