Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2025

HousingWire recently sat down with Erin Wester, Optimal Blues chief product officer and a 2024 HousingWire Women of Influence honoree, to discuss how lenders can simplify capital markets operations and improve profitability with the right technology partner. And technology when its done right can absolutely make that happen.

Technology

Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2025

The housing industry is shaped by shifting consumer expectations, rapid technological advancement, and a turbulent economic landscape. As mortgage and real estate leaders work to navigate whats next, the perspective of those whove helped shape the industry is more important than ever.

Industrial

Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2025

Lets be real: the real estate industry is changing. Industry trends show that homeowners locked into sub-3% mortgage rates find it difficult to justify moving when current rates hover around 6.5% Specifically, technology should tell them what the client needs, before they actually know what they want or need.

Industrial

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. As debate swirls over job loss and security risks, Bressler urged the industry to embrace AI or risk falling behind, likening resistance to ignoring the internet in the ’90s.

Industrial

Housing Wire

JULY 14, 2025

the parent company of Realtor.com , has acquired Zenlist , a real estate technology company known for its collaborative search tools for agents and homebuyers. Alloy Technology Partners LLC served as Zenlist’s exclusive financial adviser in the transaction. Move Inc. , Employees of Zenlist will join Move Inc.

Technology

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The real estate industry is racing to find ways that artificial intelligence (AI) can improve business practices. The companies hope Restb.ai’s technology can help ClearValue’s appraisal review clients improve efficiency and quality control while also reducing costs. “Our ClearValue Consulting thinks it’s found a way.

Technology

Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2025

But while Cantrell believes local MLSs will not be pleased with this added responsibility, Saul Klein, an industry veteran and the CEO of San Diego MLS , disagrees. Reffkin and Compass have been vocal critics of CCP and have called upon MLSs and industry professionals to push back against the policy by not enforcing it.

Industrial

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Velt: Do you see any emerging trends with technology or AI and its use in real estate? Now what’s really going to matter is the experience that you wrap around that content. It is the life that you have lived, the experience you have gained, and then bringing that into the content. Wilkie: I think the No.

Industrial

Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2025

He actively searches for new and groundbreaking ways to improve his companies and inject innovation and creativity into the industry. Offering enhanced integrations and efficiency upgrades to lenders HousingWire: Many have long seen title insurance providers as a separate industry from real estate and from mortgage. Not even Rocket.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2024

With technology rapidly advancing, Zumper is the latest company in the real estate industry to dive into artificial intelligence (AI) assistants. Zoe is a game-changer for the rental industry — she offers 24/7 support to educate renters, narrow down their search, and help set up their tours.

Property Management

Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

The real estate industry is already in a whirlwind and the year has barely kicked off. To put it simply, the industry appears to be in its rapid evolution era. An industry-wide focus on lead generation has left many professionals with vast, often un-tapped lead databases. Have a seat and buckle in. What does this look like?

Technology

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. Our industry is no exception. While the industry debates, we stay focused.

Technology

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Technologies, the umbrella company that includes the brokerage — will be used to develop the company’s AI platform known as S.MPLE. Through our best-in-class technology and creative approach and solutions, we are expanding at an unprecedented rate,” Serhant said in a statement. The investment — which is going to SERHANT.

Development

Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

Stone Point is no stranger to the real estate industry, as it also holds strategic investments in Lone Wolf Technologies , Homepoint , CoreLogic and Meridian. Czarnecki has over two decades of real estate industry experience. From 2017 until 2023 he served as the CEO of Broadstone Net Lease.

Technology

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The trend of innovative software solutions and artificial intelligence (AI) tools continue as the real estate industry competes for speed and efficiency. “Our Pinergy in-house technology remains wickedly smart and at the leading edge of real estate innovation with the addition of safe, proven, and time-saving AI tools from Restb.ai

MLS

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In a new episode of the “Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered Podcast,” hosts James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson are joined by Zillow Group CEO Jeremy Wacksman for a deep dive conversation that covers the role of technology in real estate and Zillow’s “ Super App.” That’s what technology does. We have a phrase at Zillow.

Technology

Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2025

Housing industry pros are largely supportive of the raft of changes the Federal Housing Administration made related to the COVID-19 era loss mitigation waterfall. The issue is less what they rescinded as it is what they instituted, said David Dworkin, president and CEO of the National Housing Conference (NHC) in an interview.

Industrial

Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

The company calls the move an “industry-first initiative.” “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. This is exactly the kind of innovation the mortgage industry needs right now.

Mortgages

Inman

JULY 15, 2025

Inman unveils the finalists for its flagship award, now in its 28th year, recognizing creativity across the real estate industry. rocket companies Ryan Serhant san diego Serhant. Shayan Hamidi Sotheby's International Realty southwest florida st.

Industrial

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

At the beginning of 2024, mortgage technology company LoanPASS was announced as a technology partner for reverse mortgage lender Smartfi Home Loans. Getting the hang of reverse Mitchell is a 25-year veteran of the mortgage technology space, primarily working for LOS companies. What does the future hold?

Mortgages

Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

States, industry steps up While the SECURE Act was first introduced in Congress in early-2023, talk of the legislation and anything resembling it has stalled since then. MBA is hopeful that ongoing industry advocacy will help change that situation and add Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina as RON states.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

housing industry,“ Devi Mateti , CoreLogic’s president of enterprise digital solutions, said in a statement. “With decades of experience serving property professionals, we understand the need for trusted, top-tier data, AI technology and industry leading solutions that keep pace with a dynamic real estate landscape.”

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2025

In an era where technology often threatens to overshadow human roles, Better Mortgage is charting a different course. Two AI tools with one purpose Better Mortgage’s technological advancements are anchored by two proprietary tools: TinMan, the company’s end-to-end loan origination system, and Betsy, a voice-based AI loan assistant.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

Unfortunately, industry experts are anticipating that things will only get worse in 2025 as gen AI makes committing cybercrime easier than ever. Previously, ONeill said cybercriminals would specialize in certain parts of the crime or in certain technologies. But sophisticated website spoofs are not the only way fraudsters are using AI.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2025

The property management landscape is evolving rapidly, with rising costs, shifting renter expectations, and increasing competition pushing industry professionals to rethink strategies. Technology is driving security & fraud prevention As applicant fraud becomes more widespread, advanced technology is now critical to prioritize security.

Property Management

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

With higher rates, lower transaction volumes usually plague the industry, translating to fewer appraisals as homeowners hunker down with their lower rates. Industry professionals expect an increase in transactions following the Fed’s recent rate cuts , leading to an increase in appraisal demands. How does this impact lenders?

Inspection

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2024

because we feel the real estate industry is in need of change,” Smith said in a statement. “In In many ways, the industry has become stagnant, and we refuse to accept that. . “We chose SERHANT. ” SERHANT. has been on an expansion tear since the success of the brokerage’s Netflix show “Owning Manhattan.”

Brokerage

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

They discuss the utility of artificial intelligence (AI) for the real estate industry, as well as JPARs solutions designed to enhance agent and brokerage performance. Matched with our internal technology, resources and training, it tells agents which training route they should take based on their personality type.

Technology

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2024

According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) 2024 NAR Member Profile , the median age of a real estate agent is 55, which for RE/MAX President Amy Lessinger is a clear sign that it is time for new talent to come into the industry. Foundationally, I think adaptability was a big lesson in 2024, Lessinger said.

Agents

Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2025

Mortgage technology company Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI) announced on Monday its launch of ChatMMI, which claims to be the industry’s first conversational artificial intelligence interface built specifically for lenders, recruiters and other mortgage professionals. “I started in the industry as an agent.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2025

From fluctuating interest rates and evolving regulations to technological disruptions and shifting consumer demands, mortgage leaders today face unprecedented volatility and complexity. Clearly defining and consistently applying your leadership tenets isn’t just beneficial, it’s critical to thrive amid ongoing industry change.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

With economists, analysts and industry leaders in the room, discussions revolved around key economic indicators, inventory shifts, technology advancements and what lenders should be doing right now to prepare for the next cycle. However, economists and industry leaders at the summit reinforced that every market is different.

Technology

Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Rocket Companies industry-shaking plan to acquire Mr. Cooper in a $9.4 They’ve built great technology on a massive scale. Krishna believes this deal, along with Rockets purchase of Redfin and other landmark announcements made this year, significantly changes the landscape of the mortgage industry.

Technology

Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2025

If it isn’t rising interest rates or shifting rental trends, then growing technology is the driving force that prompts investors to evolve. In this executive conversation, van der Reis explores his experience in CRE finance, technology, loan servicing , and risk management. A change is needed.

Investor

Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2025

announced the incorporation of hybrid e-closings for reverse mortgages on Tuesday, aiming to incorporate its experience with the technology on the forward side of the mortgage business into its reverse mortgage division for the first time. This is according to Tom Evans, EVP of marketing and technology for reverse at Fairway.

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