Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2025

homeowners tapped nearly $25 billion in home equity through second-lien mortgages during the first quarter of 2025 the largest volume for this period in 17 years, according to the ICE Mortgage Technology ‘s newest Mortgage Monitor report. That marks a 22% increase compared to the same quarter last year. HELOC rates have fallen by 2.5

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2025

Preparing for the summer season typically a peak period in most real estate markets requires strategic planning and a keen focus on the client experience. Competition can heat up quickly and as a global brokerage, heres how were preparing for a successful luxury summer selling season across the markets we serve and how you can do the same.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2025

HousingWires Marketing Leaders award celebrates the most creative and influential marketing minds of the housing economy. By combining data, technology, and creative strategy, theyre transforming how the industry communicates, competes and grows. This year 55 honorees were selected. Congratulations to this year’s winners.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The company announced that it has named Selim Freiha its chief financial officer, while Shrisha Radhakrishna assumes the title of chief technology and product officer. Radhakrishna is coming from LegalZoom, where he served for four years as chief technology officer and chief product officer. billion loss in 2022.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Leo CoPilot can help agents generate automated marketing materials by leveraging data from an MLS. But Real agents are not the only ones receiving upgraded AI technology. The final product Real unveiled at RISE is Real Wallet , a financial platform designed to help agents control and manage their finances. and Canada.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

“After 28 years in mortgage technology, I’ve been committed to one goal: helping more Americans achieve homeownership,” FinLocker CEO Henry Cason said in a statement. FinLocker also explained that it aims to offer a “competitive edge in a challenging market with a tangible cost” for loan officers.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Digital mortgage exchange platform and loan aggregator MAXEX announced on Tuesday the hiring of mortgage technology veteran Daniel Wallace as its new chief operating officer. Wallace brings more than 30 years of experience as a leader of tech-focused mortgage, asset management and capital market platforms. “The U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2025

BOK Financial recently announced the launch of its new mortgage finance line of business, a new vertical dedicated to meeting the credit needs of nonbank mortgage originators across the country. The addition of mortgage finance will create a full-service ecosystem tailored to the needs of the company’s client base.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Rocket Companies is buying Mr. Cooper , America’s largest mortgage servicer, in a market-shattering deal that could reshape the mortgage industry for years to come. Mr. Cooper did about $23 billion in originations last year, according to Inside Mortgage Finance data. billion , is paying an equity value of $9.4

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

HousingWire is excited to introduce the winners of the 2024 Finance Leaders award, recognizing the top finance executives in housing who are driving financial performance, expanding margins, improving liquidity and helping their businesses access the capital markets. The 2024 Finance Leaders exemplify excellence.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

ICE Mortgage Technology presents their solution that also serves as an overhaul of the home financing process. As they put it, “We give our clients a complete ecosystem of proven tech, data, and analytics that supports the whole real estate and housing finance journey.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2025

However, this rapid population growth comes with challenges for the single-family rental market. Sectors such as healthcare, technology, logistics, and financial services have seen strong job creation. This has reduced the number of homes available for sale and kept renters in the market longer.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Fluctuating interest rates and a fast-changing market Last month, we saw the Federal Reserve deliver their long-awaited decision to lower interest rates with a 50 basis points cut, and 30-year mortgage rates reached as low as 6.08% according to ICE’s 30-year fixed conforming rate index.

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2025

billion asset management firm that specializes in securitized products and asset-backed finance. LibreMax adds an important, diversified source of capital as we continue to scale into new markets and activate strategic and wholesale partnerships,” Ed Messman , Legacy’s chief investment officer, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

Top five reverse mortgage lender Finance of America (FOA) announced on Tuesday the hiring of two new executive leaders to modernize the companys digital and customer experience strategies. “These executive appointments are crucial for Finance of Americas objective to redefine the reverse mortgage experience.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

Together, we will improve the experience by connecting traditionally disparate steps of the search and financing process with leading technology that removes friction, reduces costs and increases value to American homebuyers. The deal is projected to boost Rockets adjusted earnings per share by late 2026.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2025

In mortgage finance and real estate , the only constant is change. From fluctuating interest rates and evolving regulations to technological disruptions and shifting consumer demands, mortgage leaders today face unprecedented volatility and complexity. This ongoing flux demands adaptive, resilient, and deeply principled leadership.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 12, 2025

Kobetz, a lifelong Mendocino County resident, transitioned into real estate in 2017 after a career in his family’s motorsports dealership, where he developed sales and finance experience. As part of Century 21, he and his team will gain access to the brand’s technology tools, marketing platform, training and lead generation systems. “My

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

Nominations for HousingWires 2025 Finance Leaders Award are open now through January 31, 2025. Click here to nominate a Finance Leader. Simonelli a three-time Finance Leader honoree was recognized for her laser focus on accelerating Anywhere’s strategic progress and achieving exceptional financial results for the company.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The rule applies existing protections for residential mortgages to borrowers who seek PACE loans to upgrade or renovate their homes through clean energy technology. PACE loans which are often used to finance environmentally minded renovations, like the addition of solar panels have led to financial instability for some borrowers.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Industries like retail, banking, transportation and food service have undergone massive digital transformation in recent years by leveraging new technologies to enhance consumer experience. Gen Z renters in particular expect digital-first experiences, and have emerged as a powerful consumer base within the rental market. Census Bureau.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2025

As a result, modular construction has become the most effective solution for addressing developers needs for sustainability and business integrity, while avoiding costly premiums that decelerate value for housing investors and buyers within todays tight lending market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Better Home & Finance Holding Co., million in Q2 2024 related to mark-to-market impacts on its lock pipeline. The goal is to combine Better’s AI technology with NEO’s local loan expertise to increase market reach, especially in the purchase mortgage segment. By comparison, the company lost $41.4 million in Q3 2023.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2023

When individual mortgages are originated by lenders like banks or credit unions , they may bundle groups of these mortgages together into financial vehicles called mortgage-backed securities (MBS) that are then sold to investors on a secondary market. This ensures their bundle retains its credit rating and market value.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2025

Tamir Poleg, chairman and CEO of The Real Brokerage , closed out the prepared remarks section of his firms first-quarter 2025 earnings call by addressing the transformative technological era the industry is currently operating in. Real is a real estate technology company that is differentiated in our industry.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

Dark Matter Technologies , formerly Black Knight Origination Technologies, is gearing up to bring more lenders on to use its Empower loan origination system in 2024. Empower is the second largest LOS in the industry after Intercontinental Exchange ‘s (ICE’s) Encompass that takes up more than 40% of the market share.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Better Home & Finance, the parent company of digital lender Better.com , launched its voice-based artificial intelligence loan assistant on Thursday. We believe this technology will significantly drive down our costs further, resulting in lowered rates and superior service for our customers,” Ryan said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

MISMO , the real estate finance industrys standards organization, on Thursday announced its board of directors for 2025. MISMO board members, who represent a cross-section of the residential and commercial real estate finance industries, are responsible for overseeing the organization and serve two-year terms.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

Online real estate marketplace Auction.com announced Wednesday that it is launching SmartSale, a technology-powered option to foreclosure that lets distressed homeowners list and sell their property. SmartSale allows homeowners to sell their homes through direct offers from buyers or an auction process.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2024

Roof AI , an artificial intelligence -powered sales assistant that helps real estate and mortgage companies generate revenue across their business units, announced the integration of OpenAI ’s technology into its system, significantly boosting its capabilities. Michel Moubarak, vice president of growth at Roof AI, told HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

And so we are working hard to get them educated, help them build business, get them out in their communities, so that we can introduce this piece into their markets. Technology was also seen as a priority by Peter Sciandra, EVP of reverse lending secondary marketing at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

By leveraging AI technology, we are making buying a home more accessible and achievable for everyone. Rockets AI Agent can be found on the site, which provides 24/7 support, answers real estate and mortgage questions and keeps clients and real estate agents informed about interest rates and market trends.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2025

Apollo orchestrated this transaction and now our partnership through Newfi provides the financing needed to grow this business and scale it to a higher level. It’s a complete financing solution that helps us ramp up and scale our production in the BPL sector. Could you share how this move puts Dunmor at the forefront of that?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Dark Matter Technologies , formerly Black Knight Origination Technologies, is focused on mainly two things: the smooth transition to new owners, and lowering the cost to originate loans for lenders. So it’s really the same story, just different markets,” Gagliano said. What opportunities did the firm see?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

Technology is part of the story. A more efficient and intuitive customer relationship management system (CRM); tools to create better marketing materials; streamlined client communications; and a place to manage the deal pipeline, transactions, and checklists in one place. Technology is the lubricant that increases that flow.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

There’s the origination process, which is all of the financing, title closing, and then servicing, where they essentially develop a lifetime relationship. They’ve built great technology on a massive scale. That’s going to require technology. Mr. Cooper is an amazing company.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2025

The stagnant housing market has brokerages across the country on their knees, but The Real Brokerage isnt waiting for market conditions to improve to grow its business. Real credited its technology offerings and business model for the explosive growth in agents. Instead, its continuing to add agents at an explosive rate.

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