Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2022

“Marketers and loan officers need to be prepared for a longer lead-nurture timeline today than the refi market frenzy we experienced the last two years,” said Jim Anderson, chief marketing officer at Finance of America Mortgage. We’re also developing an algorithm to identify future customers’ personas quickly.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

F2 Finance wants to scoop up a share of a “fragmented” fix-and-flip market as a lack of housing inventory sharply limits transactions. just to give an idea of how fragmented it is in terms of the lender,” Christian Faes, founder of F2 Finance, said in an interview with HousingWire. LendInvest has more than $4.7 billion (£3.7

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Multi-year HousingWire Tech100 winner Built Technologies , a construction finance software and construction payment technology company, closed an $88 million Series C funding round. Modern construction finance requires new infrastructure altogether. and Canada. and Canada.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2023

San Francisco-based fintech Polly has hired Parvesh Sahi, a former executive from ICE Mortgage Technology , as chief revenue officer to scale the business in a highly competitive mortgage environment. Sahi will be involved in all aspects of the corporate strategy, business development, sales and account management, the firm said Thursday.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Kathryn Amor, chief product officer at Finance of America Companies, spoke during the event’s mortgage purchase market panel about what Finance of America Reverse (FAR) beings to the table for the larger parent company. While the total number of reverse mortgage industry professionals present at HW Annual in Frisco, Tex.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Figure Technology Solutions , the parent company of Figure Lending LLC , named Michael Tannenbaum as its new CEO, the company announced on Tuesday. Tannenbaum boasts more than 15 years of experience in financial technology and financial services. Tannenbaum will also be a member of the board of directors.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) focused on technology — in a deal that values the combined company at $358 million. Heller currently serves as president of OJO Labs , a real estate technology company focused on improving homeownership. ”

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

He pioneered a comprehensive team approach in real estate, incorporating a transaction coordinator, financing professional and buyer agents to provide full service to a broader clientele. His expertise spans condominium conversion and development, residential sales, buyer representation and commercial transactions. DelRose Sr.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

will move its servicing operations to the industry-leading MSP loan servicing system from ICE Mortgage Technology , ICE announced on Monday. Lennar values the relationship we’ve developed and strengthened with ICE over the years,” Laura Escobar, president of Lennar Mortgage, said in a statement. “We

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2021

The public response to the recent Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Request for Information on appraisal-related issues was significant, with 164 unique written comments. These entities make many other comments about technology, workforce options, modernization and the need for change. ” The Value of the Human Appraiser.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Kristen Sieffert, president of Finance of America Reverse, speaks during The Gathering by HousingWire on Monday, April 21, 2024. Tom Selleck, as well as the development of additional products in the space to meet the growing needs of the senior demographic.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

It’s supported by Varun Krishna , a veteran in the financial technology world and former executive at Intuit and PayPal , who was appointed as the company’s new CEO in July 2023, replacing Bob Walters. The lender says the technology allows the company to close loans 2.5 Rampell co-founded several fintech firms, including Affirm.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Through the development of improved and sophisticated systems, protocols and technology, these operations leaders are driving their companies to growth and success. In its 8th year, the HW Insiders program is spotlighting the talented operations professionals who are laying the foundation of success for their organizations.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

Louis-based developer of a leading white-label financial fitness and homeownership platform, announced the closure of a $17 million Series B funding round on Tuesday. In addition to product development, FinLocker (a former HousingWire Tech 100 winner) plans to expand its strategic partnerships and collaborations within the mortgage ecosystem.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

We’ve also implemented project management technologies and streamlined processes to improve workflow and turnaround times for loan officer requests, effectively halving the time it takes to fulfill them. HousingWire: The Money Store prides itself on providing easy, efficient, and affordable home financing.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

After slowing to a 30-year low in 2023, the gears of housing finance are re-engaging. An industry that fails to prioritize repeat and referral business will naturally come to rely on business development methodologies widely viewed as consumer abuse (think “ trigger leads ”) and may find itself with a credibility problem.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has tremendous potential to cut costs and improve customer experience, but regulation has not caught up to develop a governance program, industry pros said of AI’s implementation in mortgage lending. Have we developed a model that is in fact fair?

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2024

“As the housing finance industry continues to evolve, we remain committed to using technology to support Issuers, borrowers, and the taxpayer.” “Elevated interest rates have been a challenge across financial markets, and the housing market is no exception.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

“Unfortunately, we do not see this change taking place within the base period or extended base period of the Community Economic Development Agreement (CEDA),” Allen noted. The current project location is still operational and occupied by key information technology teams and senior leaders. million over the course of 12 years.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Better Home & Finance Holding Co. , The digital lender made changes in its commercial operating model to achieve this goal and will continue to invest in Tinman, its proprietary technology platform. Better has been launching digital products with its proprietary technology, including digital VA loans and a one-day mortgage product.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

As a marketer by profession, I tend to put these companies into categories to create a narrative and to develop brand specificity. On the one hand, finance in general is a very well-established category with data-driven rules and clear processes. Category 1 is a different beast. Like the Roman god Janus, it has two faces.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2022

Despite advances in technology, the mortgage industry still lacks efficiency. Mortgage executives are aware of a problem: despite billions of dollars in technology investments , the mortgage industry still largely looks like it did two decades ago. He added: “We have a tremendous amount of proprietary technology being built.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

As the mortgage industry has evolved to better leverage technology and remote service delivery, FHA believes that requiring a mortgagee or lender to register all branches is an unnecessary administrative and cost impediment to program participation,” the agency said in its notice.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

A passion for technology led her to work in the fintech and blockchain spaces, and she has now turned her attention to the senior finance space by founding a company called Graceful Finance. But she quickly realized it is facing real challenges, and she began asking why it has not grown and developed to a place it could be. “I

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2023

Candor Technology Inc. , Future development projects will follow this collaborative approach with our clients and strategic partners. According to the firm, clients of Candor shave about 14 to 19 days from cycle time, as the technology eliminates queuing. In August 2021, Candor raised $12.5 In August 2021, Candor raised $12.5

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Just weeks after New York-based digital lender Better Home & Finance Holding went public , Better issued pink slips to employees in early September in a new round of layoffs, Insider reported. Better was ranked as the 59th largest lender in Q1 2023, plummeting from the 19th in 2021, according to Inside Mortgage Finance.

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Realty Biz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Real estate development offers a wide range of career opportunities. There are diverse paths to explore, from entry-level positions in analysis and project management to specialized roles like Realtor and developer. Continuous learning and skill development are vital for career growth.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2022

Figure , a blockchain-focused financial service company and Apollo , a global alternative asset manager, announced today completing a transaction involving the origination of digital mortgage loans and transfer of ownership via blockchain technology, according to a press release shared with FinLedger.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The company is aiming to bring more reverse mortgage technology solutions to potential partners already in the industry and those that have yet to enter it. And so for me, I feel like it’s an opportunity to kind of open the door via technology, to how and what is happening in the reverse space. Morales: No. reverse) as well.

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Housing Wire

MAY 5, 2023

In addition, the bill would make permanent a USDA pilot program that provides mortgages to Native American communities through partnerships with community development financial institutions (CDFIs). Technology is also a focus of the bill. Without a safe, affordable place to live, nothing else in your life works.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Scot Rose , CIO at Class Valuation , to talk about innovation in the appraisal space and how the technology being deployed for appraisal modernization can actually protect appraisers. SW: How do you think about technology and prioritizing what to do next? What’s changing there?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Saluda Grade , a real estate advisory and asset-management firm specializing in alternative lending products in the nonbank sector, and its fintech partner, Unlock Technologies , this week priced the industry’s first rated securitization backed entirely by shared-equity contracts (which Unlock calls HEAs).

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO), the organization tasked with developing standards for the mortgage finance industry, appointed vice president of operations Jan Davis as its acting president. Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer, assistant secretary for policy development and research with the U.S.

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Realty Biz

JANUARY 8, 2023

As ever, real estate markets will continue to be driven by new and emergent technology trends as today’s experimental approaches become tomorrow’s common tools. Here’s what’s on the horizon for 2023 when it comes to the real estate technology trends that are expected to be big news in the coming year.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2024

Finance of America Companies (FOA) President Kristen Sieffert is bullish on the prospects for the reverse mortgage industry’s leading lender in 2024, particularly after the company went through a series of major changes last year, including the acquisition of American Advisors Group (AAG).

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Retirement in America is still centered on work, which differs from other well-developed nations in the Western world, Ghilarducci said. ‘It doesn’t mean I’m not doing anything,’” she explained, mimicking the apologies she claims some older Americans feel they have to make.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Nearly 50 interviews from staff members in the federal government, financial technology companies, mortgage lenders and consumer advocates found that the ability of AI to improve racial equity can be undermined by the data used to train the algorithm, not just by the algorithm itself.

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