Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2024

Name Job Title Company Name Ali Haralson President Auction.com Amy Jo Plummer Vice President of Customer Experience Maxwell Anita Blue President LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance Candy Nowak Chief Credit Officer CMG Financial Cecilia Choy Chief Operating Officer ICE Mortgage Technology Cerita Battles Head of Community & Affordable Lending Chase Charis (..)

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This positions our associates to adapt and thrive in the market from both a business growth and technology innovation standpoint,” Matthew Mullin, principal and founder of The Mullin Blankfeld Group, said in a statement. “It It enables us to level up skills and support, ensuring our associates and clients are prepared for the future.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

But in 2018, a private equity firm, Charlottesville, Virginia-based Quad-C Management, took a stake in the company. In exchange, @Properties is offering its marketing department, their proprietary technology @platform, and potential financial assistance in a firm’s expansion. billion in 2019 sales, according to RealTrends.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2021

has raised $175 million to accelerate growth and fund new technologies , just 16 months after relaunching its operations. Principals of the private holding company StoicLane led the round, the firms said on Wednesday. Last year, Interfirst relaunched its services with a new proprietary loan origination technology platform.

Mortgages 375

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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

MARCH 19, 2024

Five Brothers expressed enthusiasm “to be joining forces with MCS to continue providing necessary and valuable nationwide field services, advanced technologies and unrivaled reverse/Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) expertise to its clients,” president and CEO Nickalene Badalamenti-Kalas said in a statement. “We

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Additionally, its return on tangible common equity rose to 14.5% The company has started the year with excellent momentum, including return on tangible common equity rising to 14.5%,” Chairman and CEO Jay Bray said in a statement. billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB). in Q1 2024, up from 12.5% in the fourth quarter of 2023.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

Leaders at the Detroit-based Rocket Companies say they will continue to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) to gain operational efficiency and grow their servicing portfolio, creating opportunities for refinances and home equity loans down the road. They will also keep chasing purchase market share. “We’re Rocket serviced 2.6

Marketing 412

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

We locked in rates probably 25% more during that same period,” said Jon Overfelt, director of sales and principal at American Security Mortgage Corp. “We There is a lot more inquiry for home equity line credit. We’ve already seen there is more of a focus on home equity lines of credit and cash out refinances.

Mortgages 458

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2025

While the existing base of clients are appreciative of the inclusion of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-backed Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ( HECM ), Cabe heard from users that they also wanted a proprietary option included. Principal limit factors] change and programs change often, so it’s difficult to tackle that one.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

ADUs create new housing opportunities in existing neighborhoods, expanding the housing supply while building homeowner equity,” David Driskell, principal at CPC, said in a statement. Last month, a Las Vegas-based housing technology startup received approval to sell factory-built ADUs in California.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

The company also touted its dominance in Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) and proprietary reverse mortgages, noting its 37% share of the total market while expressing a goal of doubling its monthly loan origination volume on a dollar amount basis in the months ahead.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

While the average unpaid principal balance of borrowers entering a refinance has fallen from $319K in early 2020 to $183K in August 2023, it is even lower ($165K) among cash-outs specifically. Alongside rising interest rates, the average equity withdrawal among cash-out refinances has also risen by nearly 90% from its low in 2020.

Mortgages 421

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2021

million in equity and $24 million in debt – valued the company at $450 million. Tom Richardson, head of strategic capital principal technology investments at Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, said in a statement that the capital “will help them achieve their business goals and continue to expand their product offering.”.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2024

“PennyMac Financial generated strong earnings in the second quarter with an annualized operating return on equity of 16%,” chairman and CEO David Spector said in prepared remarks. billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB) at the end of June, up 2% on a quarterly basis and up 10% on a yearly basis.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2025

The combined technology now powers Afordals integrated features including affordability -based searches, preapproval calculators and AI-powered lead scoring. Its AI system tracks signals like credit behavior, equity position, life events and likelihood to list then ranks potential clients by how ready they are to transact.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 2, 2021

The transaction is expected to provide up to $645 million in cash proceeds and a fully committed private investment in public equity (PIPE) of $300 million. Doma, founded in 2016, says its patented machine-learning technology reduces title processing time from five days to five minutes. ” Doma saw revenues of $179.8

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Housing Wire

JULY 15, 2021

In the end, the company makes money by charging a fee off the principal of the loan — paid for by the lender. Cofounder Nora Apsel said Morty’s funding came entirely in the form of equity, and that the company has raised more than $38 million to date. For repeat buyers purchasing single-unit homes, the minimum down payment is 5%.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

“I’m excited to help us innovate our operations and leverage technologies to build on that advantage…” Prior to joining Deephaven, Drago was the chief operations officer for the Southeast and Mountain West divisions of Guaranteed Rate. among others. million security backed by non-QM mortgages.

Mortgages 379

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2022

The firm’s earnings were driven by its servicing portfolio and about $520 billion in unpaid principal balance, said David Spector, chairman and chief executive officer of PennyMac in an earnings call. billion in unpaid principal balance, down 36% from the previous quarter and 32% from the first quarter of 2021. million, down from $106.5

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2021

Vice President of Technology Services. Nexsys Technologies. Principal and Chair, Financial Instituions Regulatory Practice Group. Executive, Software Engineering & Technology. VP, Product and Client Services, Secondary Marketing Technologies. Bay Equity Home Loans. Equity Prime Mortgage.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

Philadelphia-based private equity firm LLR Partners announced Tuesday its investment in Sales Boomerang and Mortgage Coach , two fintechs focused on attracting and retaining mortgage borrowers and making loan originators more efficient. Both firms will maintain their existing brands and teams.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2022

HousingWire: Should originators focus on any specialty mortgage products such as home equity lines of credit or non-QM? Equity can be used for any number of purposes, including home improvements. HW: Mortgage technology is accelerating quickly and originators are rushing to keep pace. Lee Smith: Definitely.

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Mortgages VA loan Loans Technology 370

Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

In addition, Compass also reported an increase of 429 principal agents compared to a year ago and a retention rate of over 90%. “We Greg Hart, Compass’ chief operating officer, added: “We continue to grow our principal agent count since we eliminated cash and equity sign on incentives last summer. Maryland and Virginia.

Brokerage 370

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2024

Roughly one month ago, Ginnie Mae released a term sheet for a highly anticipated new development for the reverse mortgage industry: a new Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM)-backed Securities (HMBS) product referred to as HMBS 2.0. The HMBS program is extremely critical for originations and to fund growth for issuers. program over time.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2023

Name Job Title Company Name Alayna Gardner Director of Sales and Marketing LodeStar Software Solutions Alex Boand Managing Director of Correspondent Group Sales Pennymac Alison Flinn Chief of Staff Development Amherst Amanda Morrow Director of Investor Relations Atlantic Bay Mortgage Company Andres Munar Owner and President Co/LAB Lending Andrew Jewett (..)

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Strategies for 2024 I’m heavily focused on recruiting , improving technology and marketing, empowering the loan officers — by giving them the same technology and marketing support. Jon Overfelt, director of sales and principal at American Security Mortgage Corp. Home equity is really a no-brainer today.

Mortgages 450

Mortgages Loan Officer Loans Equity 450

Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2022

Both GSEs argue that these approaches advance equity. Freddie Mac currently uses that technology to speed appraisals on some purchase transactions, but only those with loan to value ratios up to 80%, but that excludes most Black and Latino borrowers. Fannie Mae also included efforts to “modernize” appraisals in its equity plans.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2022

billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB). This transaction will facilitate AAG making disciplined investments into the core of our business, namely: technology, expansion of key initiatives, and the customer experience, as our customers are the heart and soul of what drives us at AAG,” he said.

Mortgages 397

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2020

CNBC reported on Wednesday that multiple parties were interested in pursuing a deal with CoreLogic, and that these include private equity firms. The Company does not intend to comment further on market speculation or disclose further developments unless and until it deems further disclosure to be appropriate or required.”.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

Principal among these are: Invested capital “requires” the highest return. Optimize technology to create innovative financing options for first-time housing buyers at lower rates and prices, sacrificing per-unit economics for volume and community-building. This area is a failure of proptech, abject to be sure. Why is this the case?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2021

With deferral plans, servicers are required to combine the borrower’s missed payments, including principal, interest and escrow, and report the total sum – not a breakdown – to investors. The technology will also need to facilitate quick decisioning, while helping servicers remain complaint. But here’s the dilemma.

Mortgages 466

Mortgages Loans Investor Technology 466

Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Name Job Title Company Name Agnes Standowicz Senior Vice President and Head of Underwriting United Wholesale Mortgage Alayna Gardner Director of Sales and Marketing LodeStar Software Solutions Ali Haralson President Auction.com Amanda Tucker Chief Risk and Compliance Officer Atlantic Bay Mortgage Company Amy Gromowski Executive of Science and Analytics (..)

Lending 370

Lending Title Mortgages Equity 370

Housing Wire

MAY 5, 2021

The decline in profit during the first quarter came partly as a result of the lender’s IPO, which resulted in $59 million in stock grants to its private equity backers and leadership. The unpaid principal balance of our servicing portfolio increased by 26% to $129.7

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Marketing Technology Branding Loans 342

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

trillion of unpaid principal balance (UPB) in mortgage servicing rights (MSR) by the end of March, a target announced in July 2021 when the portfolio was at $650 billion. You have to build and invest in technology. Dallas-based Mr. Cooper is expected to reach $1.1 It ’s a scale business. The key for us is sustainability.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Of those issuers already compliant with RBCR, many have ample equity capital to support the acquisition of MSRs that may come on the market.” ” A multiple is a measure of the price of an MSR loan pool, which is expressed as a percentage of the unpaid principal balance divided by the servicing fee.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2022

Mr. Cooper sold certain intellectual property rights related to its cloud-based technology platform for Sagent and received a minority equity stake in the fintech company. . Mr. Cooper ended the first quarter with $796 billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB), a 12% increase quarter-over-quarter and a 27% growth year-over-year.

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Principal Mortgages Equity Technology 370