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

MAY 8, 2025

Todays best loan officers operate differently and expect more. Things like AI, well-integrated technology, consumer expectations and the rise of a number of innovative new business models have turned the industry on its head, and for the better in many cases. Did I mention technology has also changed?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2025

billion deal to acquire digital real estate brokerage firm Redfin , industry observers are still trying to understand the future of one key asset: Bay Equity Home Loans. As of April 22, the platform had 272 sponsored loan officers across 90 branches, according to the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS).

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

Federally registered broker and correspondent lender Milestone Mortgage Solutions has acquired Willow Home Loans and is looking to join the $1 billion origination club this year. “With this technology , we’re going to be able to flip the script. Willow will fold into Milestone as part of the deal. ”

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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. The Bonzo guys started in the industry originating loans.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2025

HousingWire: Matt, we’ve spoken a few times recently about the work you’re doing in the customer acquisition space, and how ICE is helping lenders uncover new loan opportunities in today’s competitive market. Lenders often view borrowers differently depending on where they are in the loan journey. Can you tell us more about that?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 19, 2025

Technology is accelerating change across the financial services industry, and United Wholesale Mortgage is at the forefront of mortgage innovation. Behind this momentum is Jason Bressler, UWM’s Chief Technology Officer. The first one we rolled out was LEO, which stands for Loan Estimate Optimizer. Jason Bressler: Yes!

Lending

Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2025

Trust in loan officers has plunged even further, down to 19.5%. Only 20% of respondents now trust loan officers to guide them through mortgage decisions, while only 33% believe that real estate agents provide reliable advice. Only 40% of respondents said they trust banks — a sharp drop from 61.5%

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The company also reported a funded loan volume of $1.035 billion for Q3 2024, up 42% year over year and up 8% quarter over quarter, with 71% of this volume attributed to purchase loans. million in cash, restricted cash, short-term investments and self-funded loans. The company posted an adjusted EBITDA loss of $38.7

Mortgages

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Moreover, the older the loan, the more likely the borrower would refinance elsewhere. We recommend investing in three key aspects of your customer acquisition strategy to ensure you have the technology, people and operational workflows needed as rates change and volumes increase.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI), predictive underwriting , and blockchain technology are becoming more common in todays real estate industry. Fortunately, information technology company Mortiles brings comprehensive solutions to the ever-changing title insurance, escrow and settlement arena. million into these technologies in 2024.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The platform is intended for housing professionals in various sectors, including 5 million loan officers, appraisers , servicers , underwriters , developers, agents, brokers, attorneys and regulators. Through Araya, CoreLogic will give customers access to the data and analytics of nearly all U.S. properties on one platform.

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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. Heres Why We Attend Every Year At Dark Matter Technologies, we dont merely follow the industrywe help shape it.

Technology

Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2025

However, recent technological advances, especially in artificial intelligence (AI), are prompting many in the industry to reconsider this dividing wall. 4 reasons the house divided For decades, loan officers, underwriters and processors worked together to guide borrowers through the process of securing a mortgage.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

CreditXpert , a leading mortgage technology company, announced on Wednesday the launch date for its new credit optimization platform. The new credit optimization platform will combine the best parts of the What-if Simulator and Wayfinder tools, giving mortgage professionals the power to reach more clients and close more loans.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2025

Amid expectations that interest rate declines may reignite refinance activity , Optimal Blue on Monday launched a new tool that automatically analyzes loan officer portfolios each month to identify recapture opportunities. The tool is designed to ensure loan officers are ready when refinance volume picks up.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2025

The combined company will include nearly 3,000 real estate agents, loan officers and support staff. It will operate from more than 30 offices across the Chicago area, including eight within the city. Together, we will form the next generation of independent brokerage.”

Brokerage

Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2025

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) is rolling out new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools designed to help brokers analyze competitors loan estimates and assist borrowers online. The loan estimate optimizer, dubbed LEO, identifies gaps and opportunities line by line, enabling brokers to offer better deals to borrowers.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2025

“Our technology eliminates the tedious ‘stare and compare’ work of analyzing bank statements while enhancing fraud detection and ensuring consistency across underwriting decisions,” said Paul Gigliotti , chief growth officer at Prudent AI. … Speed and accuracy of execution is what we use AI for the most.

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Housing Wire

MAY 12, 2025

Bidding wars for producing mortgage loan officers are back with a vengeance and it’s largely in the hopes of capitalizing on an upcoming refinance wave, recruiters and executives tell HousingWire. His reasoning is simple: When a refinance opportunity arises, it will find the loan officerregardless of which company they work for.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2025

1 loan originator in the country by volume for at least five years, is assuming the role of president at Rate Mortgage , the company announced Tuesday. Throughout his 20-year career he has closed more than 40,000 units and $9 billion in funded loans. But my biggest focus initially is going to be the loan officers.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2025

Equity Smart Home Loans made a splash Wednesday by announcing it is severing ties with United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) and partnering with Rocket Pro. A lot of our loan officers are struggling. So we’re behind our loan officers, our consumers come first,” Martinez said during the interview.

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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.

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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. million in Q1 2025.

Technology

Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

Tomo touts its use of artificial intelligence in streamlining loan underwriting and closing processes. Theyre taking a radically different approach, using proprietary technology to cut out origination fees and processing delays in a way that weve not seen in the industry so far. and it has existing offices in Detroit and Seattle.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

Vishal Garg , Better’s CEO and founder, said that despite a market with historically low housing affordability and persistently high mortgage rates , Better saw progress in its funded loan volume. The current demo of Betsy takes someone all the way from inquiry through preapproval to loan amount, rate and locking.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The average number of preapproved borrowers per loan officer decreased slightly to 28.5 The average preapproval loan amount increased by 26% to $388,215 in Q3, up from $308,681 in Q2. Conventional loans comprised 76% of the mix for preapproved borrowers while all other loan categories stayed consistent.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In an ever-changing real estate market, loan originator retention is a key challenge for lenders. Loan officers need faster product rollouts and fewer barriers to focus on core tasks. Why is loan officer retention a priority for the company? This transcript has been edited for length and clarity.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2025

But Toohig, who spoke Tuesday during the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)’s Secondary and Capital Market Conference in New York City, was also highlighting the opportunity for loan officers to originate more HELOCs and other second-lien mortgages. But according to panelist Julian Grey of ICE Mortgage Technology, theres $17.6

Equity

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

ICE Mortgage Technology on Monday announced several enhancements to the Encompass loan origination platform , including a rate lock comparison tool that enables lenders to automatically detect and adjust for changes to a loan that may affect pricing and eligibility.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2025

Hallmark had 45 sponsored loan officers and 19 active branches as of Wednesday, per Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS) data. “This strategic decision brings Fairway’s expanded product portfolio, enhanced technology , and deep support resources into Hallmark’s orbit,” Sturges said in a statement.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2025

Prior to that, she served in senior leadership roles at Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI), Guild Mortgage , ClosingMark Home Loans , and Castle & Cooke Mortgage. The technology is impressive, and I’m proud to join such a talented team that’s making a real difference.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Chad Smith, president and COO of Better Mortgage , to talk about leadership, technology, and how they have pivoted their business strategy to meet the needs of this market. Smith joined Better in May 2024 after serving in senior leadership roles at Mission Loans, Caliber Home Loans and loanDepot.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The cost to originate loans rises, alongside appraisal fees, credit reports, FICO verification , digital verification and insurance. A stock sale means we’re going to buy the company’s stock, establish loan liability for already-produced loans and buy the shell. Hanson: The reality is there will be change.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2025

Williston Financial Group (WFG) announced the release of a new digital tool through subsidiary Volly that aims to enhance collaboration between mortgage loan officers and real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2025

The integration, announced on Wednesday, connects Rocket to a network of approximately 28,000 active users, including 21,000 loan officers who source mortgage offers from multiple wholesale lenders including Rockets chief rival, United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) all within a single system.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Arrival Home Loans on Tuesday announced a partnership with zavvie a fintech company that specializes in bringing liquidity to residential real estate in an effort to enhance the homebuying experience for its customers. Arrival Home Loans, which is powered by Pacific Private Money Inc. produced a total volume of $52.5

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