Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Home lending proptech Roostify is releasing the “first of many” APIs on its existing lending platform built to automate document validation and data extraction in the lending process. Even in its relatively early stages of training the AI models, it is already turning out FI scores between 0.83

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Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2025

This week at The Gathering by HousingWire , reverse mortgages took center stage on Tuesday as HW Media CEO Clayton Collins welcomed two leading industry executives to the stage. Dan Ventura, the president of reverse mortgage lending at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. ,

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

He said the “stage is set for a more data-driven lending environment.” “Consumers now control their financial data, sharing it securely with third parties. Eric Lapin, president of FormFree , a fintech company that helps mortgage lenders verify borrowers’ ability to pay, welcomed the rule.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2023

Tavant , a Silicon Valley-based digital lending solutions provider, is adding a new product called Asset Analysis to its AI-powered digital lending platform, Touchless Lending. The new product is in the near-final stages of production and will be available in-market by the end of June 2023.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

Gradient is an affiliate of Saluda Grade, an alternative investment firm that specializes in asset-based lending. In a news release, Gradient said it’s “committed to providing fast, flexible, and reliable lending solutions that help clients scale with confidence” across a variety of property types. ”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2023

A federal judge in Georgia has given the green light for an amended “predatory lending” lawsuit to proceed against Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo has been under fire numerous times in the past over discriminatory lending allegations. The lawsuit was filed under the Fair Housing Act by three counties in Georgia.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Tim Nelson, a longtime reverse mortgage industry professional and reverse department manager at VIP Mortgage in Scottsdale, Arizona , spent 20 years in the home lending arena before shifting his focus entirely to reverse. This also lends itself to discussions about areas that the loan should not interact with in a larger retirement plan.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Prior to Haven, Wallace served as the general manager of lending at Figure Technologies — a leading nonbank home equity line of credit lender — and as CEO of FirstKey Mortgage. I’m excited to join the MAXEX leadership team at this critical growth stage,” he added. “The U.S. MAXEX is based in Atlanta.

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2025

By not requiring borrowers to divulge sensitive information before determining preliminary eligibility, this approach is anticipated to enhance conversion rates, filtering out non-serious prospects and progressing only genuinely interested individuals to the subsequent stage of scheduling a consultation with the loan officer.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2021

At each stage of the buying process, there are multiple siloed transactions, from appraisals, inspections and settlements to mortgage payments and homeowners’ insurance. Digitalization in the home lending industry does not always require companies to entirely invent new technology solutions. However, it’s important.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

FinLocker details that the initiative will eliminate verification costs at all stages of the mortgage journey, from prequalification and underwriting to final reverification before closing. FinLockers no-cost verification is a game-changer for our business,” said Steve Majerus, CEO at Synergy One Lending.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

What does the top-producing lending officer (LO) in the country have to say to other mortgage lenders? for purchase mortgage origination, and he is taking the stage at HW Annual. Register Weaver spoke with HousingWire to share his excitement for HW Annual and give attendees a sneak peak at the t opics he’ll discuss on stage.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2020

AuditGenius compares data to audit and track loans on every stage of the mortgage lifecycle and report on the exceptions that may expose an organization to risk. The post Borrowers want consistency through the lending process – Here’s how to give them that appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

1, 2024, when Snyder, the CEO of Lower , steps on to the main stage at the George W. In November 2023, Lower announced the acquisition of Colorado-based Universal Lending. Independent mortgage banking executive leaders will dominate the stage at the HousingWire IMB Summit on Oct. This changes on Oct.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2022

The industry’s workforce is made up primarily of professionals who are now in the later stages of their careers. The post Are these factors creating chaos in your mortgage lending ops? Ask anyone in the HR department of a loan origination or servicing shop and they’ll tell you that a storm is coming. appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2025

Longbridge CEO Chris Mayer made the announcement from the stage on Tuesday at The Gathering by HousingWire. Too many older Americans are unable to access their own home equity , not because of poor credit, but because traditional lending products weren’t designed for life after 62,” Mayer said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

Zeev Ventures , an early-stage venture fund, led the Series D extension, and was joined by Stereo Capital and Menlo Ventures. HousingWire reported that in June 2022, the company raised $115 million — $60 million in equity and $55 million in debt — while acquiring Denver-based lending startup Accept.inc.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Digital lending platform Revvin joined forces with Truework , an income and employment verification platform, to provide comprehensive income verification coverage. However, bringing this technology to the point-of-sale stage allows lenders to screen candidates more effectively.

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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

JUNE 30, 2023

From Anywhere Brands Chief Marketing Officer Amory Wooden to Newrez President Baron Silverstein, this line-up of speakers — who are collectively moving markets forwards — is one we’re excited to showcase on stage in Austin, Texas from Oct. To lean into our Texas roots, this isn’t their first rodeo.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The worst times for mortgage originations may be over as the market appears to be turning, but it’s still an unaffordable environment for younger borrowers in particular, according to a fourth-quarter 2023 lending report from Maxwell. If home prices and lending costs moderate in 2024, significant demand could flow into the market.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The secondary market, often an afterthought for most participants in the mortgage process, took center stage in 2020. The country was in the middle of the financial crisis, as the consequences of the deceptive mortgage lending practices from all the years prior came crashing down.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

But major financial institutions have opposed the proposal, decrying its adverse effects on lending activities. Powell noted that regulators were in the early stages of absorbing feedback and evaluating possible changes. Implementation of the proposal could compel approximately three dozen of the largest U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

His responsibilities include overseeing the strategy and growth of Pagaya’s commercial business – including its single-family rental business and its subsidiary Darwin Homes – as it continues to enhance its tech-enabled product offering and expand its new and existing lending partnerships, the firm said in a news release.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2024

Cases in the early stages may be transferred to other lenders with an FHA approval. Open Mortgage has continued to operate in the forward lending space. Open Mortgage had 67 sponsored loan officers and 23 active branches as of Tuesday, per the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS).

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Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2023

Suzy Lindblom will speak to all of these topics when she takes the stage at HW Annual. Register for HW Annual today to catch Lindblom on stage alongside other powerful women of influence. Lindblom will be joined on stage by moderator Michelle Kryczkowski, vice president and division performance executive at Cardinal Financial.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2020

HousingWire spoke to Doug Perry, Citadel’s new managing director of Wholesale and Retail Sales, about his plans for Citadel and the current state of non-QM lending. HW: What does the demand for non-QM lending look like now following the sector’s pause earlier this year? Underlying demand for non-QM lending products remains strong.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

As borrowers reel from the sticker shock of conventional mortgages , lenders could see a surge of demand for alternative lending products, such as adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs), for the first time since the financial crisis. Add context about why you’re asking for specific information at every stage.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Technology has made many aspects of day-to-day life more seamless than ever, with instant, easy and personalized consumer experiences; however, lending is still difficult. The Origence Mortgage Platform is an end-to-end lending platform that puts the power of modern technology in lenders’ hands, enabling them to close more loans, faster.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Borrowers want consistency through the lending process – Here’s how to give them that. According to the MBA report, an estimated 3 million homeowners are in forbearance plans, with approximately 25.02% of total loans in forbearance in the initial stage and 73.14% in a forbearance extension.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

American Identity Group , an information security company that monitors and fixes security breaches and primarily operates in the wholesale lending space, has also become well established in the title and home warranty industries. The company now aims to embed its services in forward and reverse mortgages.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Stavvy , a fintech company specializing in digital and remote collaboration for lending and real estate companies, acquired Brace , a digital mortgage servicing platform. Founded in 2018 , Stavvy works to increase efficiency and transparency in real estate and mortgage lending. Terms of the deal were not announced.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Logan Mohtashami , lead analyst for HW Media , is taking the stage at Gathering of Eagles 2023 to give an update on the state of housing and the economy. Prior to his role at HW Media, Mohtashami worked as a senior loan manager for AMC Lending Group. Mohtashami’s presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, June 20.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

With the increasing “need-for-speed” at which the lending community moves, keeping up is a constant task that never gets any easier. As the refi-crunch subsides and homebuyers are increasingly competing against faster all-cash offers, speed once again is center stage. “I feel the need…the need for speed.” – Maverick (Top Gun).

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2025

What’s the deal with all the discussion across the lending community about the fluctuation of the loan officer population recently? There have been social media posts and editorials debating the current total number of loan officers, whether the population has decreased, and if so, by how much.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2023

Gonzalez is taking the stage for, “Strategy and Operations Tactics from the Top,” on Tuesday, October 10. Joining Gonzalez on stage is a power-packed group of female leaders who not only specialize in but also are pros when it comes to change management. Her biggest piece of advice for mortgage leaders in this market? “Be

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Dave Sheeler, president of residential servicing and correspondent lending at Freedom Mortgage. If you were standing on a stage giving an acceptance speech, who would you want to thank for helping you get where you are today? To read the other two Q&As in the magazine, go here.

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