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. Here’s why the integration between our point of sale and our servicing digital capabilities is so important.

Loans

Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2025

It often involves coordinating with stagers, hiring photographers, waiting on edited media, producing videos, drafting descriptions, designing flyers, and uploading everything to the MLS. There’s a lot more that goes into preparing a home for sale than people realize,” says Ryan Serhant, founder of SERHANT.

Marketing

Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2025

Luxury Presence has introduced Private Listings Hub, an invitation-only platform designed to help real estate agents promote off-market and pre-market listings with greater control and discretion.

Sales

Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

Founded in 1976, FirstTeam operates more than 46 offices with 2,200-plus sales agents. “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 firm is among the largest privately held U.S.

Agents

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Mortgage technology company Gateless is offering its flagship automated underwriting platform to a new lender. ” Last year, The Loan Store launched a consumer rewards program designed to aid mortgage brokers in offering better interest rates.

Loans

Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2025

Second Century Ventures , the investment arm of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) has announced the eight startups selected for its 2025 REACH technology accelerator program. Since its inception, the program has supported more than 300 companies, with expansion into commercial real estate and six global markets since 2019.

Commercial

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. The offering gives homeowners quick cash upfront with potential for more after sale.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2025

Real estate technology firm Lofty has announced the launch of Lofty Bloom, a new automated marketing solution aimed at helping real estate professionals focus on specific ZIP codes and generate high-quality seller leads. The platform combines direct mail, digital retargeting and artificial intelligence -driven followups, Lofty explained.

Agents

Housing Wire

JULY 15, 2025

The experience is powered by Gaussian splatting, a rendering technology often used in gaming and virtual production. ” Another addition is Offer Insights — a feature designed to help prospective homebuyers assess how competitive their offer might be. . The tool also benefits agents by surfacing more serious buyers.

Property Management

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Users can access AI bots designed to assist agents with general real estate knowledge, sales, marketing , negotiation and motivation. Each training bot is designed to tackle one of five challenges that real estate agents may face. The new platform will leverage specialized training bots to help agents prepare for business.

Agents

Housing Wire

MAY 5, 2025

Prudent AI on Monday announced the launch of Prudent AI Upfront, a one-touch pre-qualification platform designed to improve lender sales funnels. The company claims the product is the mortgage industry’s first of its kind and allows lenders to process more applications, reduce fallout and capture more business.

Pre-qualification

Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2025

Heidi Iverson is the company’s new vice president of growth and Anthony Savala is the new vice president of sales. 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.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2025

The platform, designed to improve transparency in real estate transactions, is now available through agents’ realMLS dashboards and at rayse.com/realmls. Rayse helps agents show the story behind the sale. Access to the real estate platform Rayse has been provided to all realMLS members at no additional cost.

MLS

Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2025

Staging a home can make or break a sale but the traditional approach is broken. 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. from Stanford.

Agents

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

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.

Technology

Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2025

Compass has entered into a partnership with renovation firm Chapter to integrate design and remodeling services into the home buying and selling processes across markets in New York, Florida, Connecticut and New Jersey. Buyers will gain access to estimates and design plans that help evaluate a property’s potential prior to purchase.

Renovation

Housing Wire

JULY 30, 2025

Luxury Presence has unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool designed to automate digital marketing for real estate agents. They serve as strategic advisors, marketers, social media strategists and sales professionals,” said Malte Kramer, founder and CEO of Luxury Presence.

Agents

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. This is more than a move, its a mission, Williams said in a statement.

Brokerage

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The Specialized Team Every team members role is based on their strengths agents specialize in either listings or sales, while support staff focuses on marketing or transactional details. Team structures to avoid While most team structures are designed for growth and success, not all teams are set up that way.

Purchase and sale agreement

Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2025

From agent onboarding to leadership development, and across our teams and offices, everything is designed to reinforce our culture. Hire for values aligment and culture adds, too A high-performing team isn’t built on impressive resumes or sales stats alone. Remember: small choices, made consistently, lead to lasting impact.

Branding

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

APRIL 15, 2025

Per a release from Friday Harbor, the seed round will support the growth of its engineering team and support integrations with leading mortgage LOS and point-of-sale platforms Friday Harbor was co-founded by Theo Ellis (CEO) and Jesse Collins (CTO) and launched in 2024 with support from the AI2 Incubator and CoFound Partners.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2025

Real estate and mortgage intelligence provider InGenius announced Wednesday that it has acquired SIMPL , a recruitment platform designed to support retail mortgage branch managers, and it has incorporate it into its existing data tools. The financial terms of the sale were not disclosed.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 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. The former Rocket Mortgage executive will oversee technology strategy, including AI, digital products and IT infrastructure.

Technology

Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2025

First American Data & Analytics has launched a new product designed to help lenders identify title issues earlier in the mortgage and home equity loan process, with the goal of cutting delays and reducing closing times. VeriTitle is available via an API and can be integrated into widely used loan origination and point-of-sale systems.

Title

Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2025

Services are designed to provide sellers with flexible options and more control over the listing process while lowering or eliminating traditional real estate commissions. “In Assisted Seller ($1,499 flat fee): Adds dedicated agent support, including review of the agreement of sale, and help with required documentation.

MLS

Housing Wire

AUGUST 6, 2025

Since 2018, Showcase has closed more than 2,170 transactions totaling $826 million in sales volume, including $115 million across 267 deals in the past year alone. The program is designed for independent brokerages seeking to scale while maintaining their identity and is available in states that permit this model.

Brokerage

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO)s dedicated reverse mortgage development workgroup is targeting January 2025 as the release window for a series of uniform technology standards. We have this very comprehensive program with a vast product suite specifically designed to suit different client needs, he said.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

Name Job Title Company Name Aaron Heidorn Director of Software Engineering & Infrastructure Cloudvirga Aaron Smith Director, Sales CubiCasa Adrian Provost Chief Executive Officer Realty ONE Group Terminus Ana LeBlanc Human Resources Director InterLinc Mortgage Annie Lemon Producing Branch Manager Gold Star Mortgage Financial Anthony Russo Diamond (..)

Lending

Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2025

The more detailed responsibilities include showing and listing properties, generating leads for your business, marketing your services on and offline, maintaining communications with current and past clients, leveraging technology to build your business and creating a network of real estate professionals.

Property Management

Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

These facts clearly show the powerful impact home staging can have on real estate sales. If youre not sure where to start, their Ignite package offers templated web design to get you started. You can also customize an already existing layout or custom design one of your own from scratch. Make a strong first impression 1.

Staging

Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2025

Virtuo will partner directly with builders in Dallas , Austin and Houston to provide technology and support services aimed at simplifying the homebuying process. The move marks Virtuos formal entry into the U.S. market, although the company has already assisted homebuyers in four states through partnerships with Canadian homebuilders.

Technology

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The investment aims to advance Proofs technology to combat identity fraud and automate traditionally paper-intensive business processes. The company saw 44% growth in the real estate sector, even as home sales hit their lowest levels since 1995. An amount for the investment was not disclosed.

Technology

Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2025

From agent onboarding to leadership development, and across our teams and offices, everything is designed to reinforce our culture. Hire for values aligment and culture adds, too A high-performing team isn’t built on impressive resumes or sales stats alone. Remember: small choices, made consistently, lead to lasting impact.

Branding

Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2025

These real estate mailers are designed to spread holiday cheer, express gratitude and maintain a personal touch among your network. These postcards are sent out after a successful home sale, showcasing the property that has just changed hands. But where do you start? Don’t worry; we’ve got you covered.

Design

Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

RealTrends Verified first arrived on scene in March 2024 as the first dual-verified real estate sales performance platform that highlights brokerages , agents and teams that deserve to stand out among their peers. The platform is a rebrand of RealTrends a platform with 35 years of excellence behind it. of real estate professionals.

Brokerage