Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

Rocket Companies today announced the launch of Rocket.com, officially putting Rocket Mortgage and Rocket Homes on the same platform. The announcement comes shortly after Rocket unveiled the first stage of its rebrand and is a part of the company’s conscious effort to unify Rockets many companies under a single umbrella.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

In February 2024, Sagent , a Warburg Pincus -backed fintech firm, announced the launch of its mortgage software platform, Dara. The six components here make up an entire end-to-end mortgage servicing platform. Dara Movement and Dara Data are not yet on the market but in a “road map” stage, Sagent confirmed.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2025

Reverse mortgage lender and servicer Longbridge Financial , a no. 2 industry player in reverse-backed securities issuance and one of the top two providers of proprietary reverse mortgage loans, is expanding its product suite beyond government-backed and proprietary reverse mortgages while remaining focused on older customers.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The Mortgage Collaborative, an independent cooperative network in the mortgage industry, today announced the launch of TMC Emerging Technology Fund LP, a venture capital program funded by a self-selected segment of TMC members to capture opportunities driven by the rapid pace of technological change in the mortgage sector.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 4, 2025

Ryan Young, founder and CEO of Fello.ai , recently shared how AI is transforming mortgage professionals ability to connect with clients. “ HousingWire: The mortgage industry has long been built around transactions, but todays borrowers expect more ongoing value. It comes down to timing and relevance.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

The Mortgage Collaborative ‘s ( TMC ) Emerging Technology Fund hosted its seventh annual Mortgage Tech Demo Day (MTD) on March 16 at the collaborative’s Live Large, Think Big! Were just getting started and we cant wait to keep building tech solutions that improve mortgage processes for lenders and borrowers.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

In an industry where managing a web of technology vendors to support LO’s sales and marketing needs has become overwhelmingly complex, inefficient and creates unnecessary security and compliance risks, CANDID is quickly becoming a leader in transforming how mortgage lenders operate.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

billion acquisition of Black Knight, ICE now commands a roughly 70% share of the mortgage technology market, so whatever it does affects the entire industry. SDK-customized functionality has enabled the mortgage industry in revolutionary ways, but APIs can do more with less. Many companies have seen the change coming for years.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The mortgage industry has complained loudly and often that government regulation and investor requirements are contributing to spiraling costs that get passed on to consumers. “They can add up to several percentage points of the total mortgage amount. . At least when it comes to redundancies with refinancings, that is.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2024

Technology and outsourcing solutions company a360inc announced on Wednesday that it has acquired ProVest , a Tampa-based process and litigation information services provider for creditors. Some of a360inc’s key constituencies include mortgage lenders, servicers and investors, as well as title agencies.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

AI and data-led fintech company Pagaya Technologies named Sanjiv Das as president. Das spent six years as CEO of Caliber Home Loans — a NewRez -owned residential mortgage lending company — until January 2022. Das, a former CEO of Caliber Home Loans , will begin his new role on Oct.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 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. The former Rocket Mortgage executive will oversee technology strategy, including AI, digital products and IT infrastructure.

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2025

The expense associated with originating mortgage loans has been escalating, with the current average cost approximating $11,600 per loan. These pages provide comprehensive profiles of the loan officers, including testimonials and relevant details, facilitating the application process for mortgages.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2023

The Collections solutions are geared toward helping to prevent foreclosure and late-stage default by making qualified assistance options timelier and more accessible to both homeowners and servicers, Black Knight said on Thursday. “By ICE claims the merger will modernize the mortgage servicing platform and will be beneficial for U.S.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2021

Volly , a mortgage tech company that offers customer relationship management and point-of-sale services for lenders, announced Wednesday the acquisition of mortgage and real estate tech startup Home Captain for an undisclosed amount. The post Mortgage tech firm Volly scoops up Home Captain appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2022

Mortgage servicing is a scale business, meaning the economics of scale can be achieved with larger servicing portfolio by spreading the fixed costs among more loans being serviced. The servicing industry should reform by adopting new technologies and data-driven approach to automate the compliance process cost-effectively.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2022

As the world races towards increased digitization, mortgage professionals are striving to keep up with the demand for convenient lending solutions that allow borrowers to navigate the process from the comfort of their own homes. Rich Gagliano, President, Origination Technologies.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

September signified a steady decline in mortgage performance since the end of third-quarter 2023. About 3% of all mortgages were in some form of delinquency in September 2024 up 20 basis points year over year, according to a CoreLogic report released this week. All rates are measured against homes with outstanding mortgage balances.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2020

forbearance rate measuring the share of mortgages with suspended payments fell slightly to 5.9% last week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Lenders need to be able to grow their business in a way that is not linear and is not tied to the market cycles – leveraging automation technology can help.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2024

According to Todman, the industry has been asking for years for HUD to be helpful on assumable mortgages, which “is a complex transaction that she has “come to understand that sometimes the juice is not worth the squeeze.” ” There was a “hue and cry,” Todman said. .

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

HousingWire asked past Tech Trendsetter honorees about the biggest tech transformations they’ve witnessed and where companies in mortgage and real estate should focus their energy in 2024. Dive into their insights on how AI is reshaping the future of mortgage and real estate. It has transformed how we think, work, and conduct business.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2023

While delinquencies remain low overall, the number of delinquent loans ticked up in November, according to the latest ICE Mortgage Monitor report. Meanwhile, early-stage delinquencies (30 and 60 days past due) continued to increase. Moreover, early-stage delinquencies among VA loans hit their highest non-pandemic levels since 2009.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Lenders that may have been holding out on embracing automation and technology were forced to adapt at breakneck speed to continue to serve customers. From hybrid appraisals to virtual showings to RON/RIN, the digital mortgage process took center stage over the last year. Why should the mortgage process be any different?

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2024

In the ever-evolving world of mortgage servicing, delivering an exceptional customer experience at every stage of the customer’s journey is a crucial differentiator. By doing so, we not only meet but exceed their expectations, setting a new standard for excellence in mortgage servicing.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Sandra Madigan, digital product director, enterprise product strategy, servicing technologies at Black Knight. 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? The post How can the mortgage industry retain more employees? Become a member today.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

While the mortgage delinquency rate remains low compared to pre-pandemic levels , the number of delinquent loans ticked up in September, according to the ICE Mortgage Monitor report. Meanwhile, early-stage delinquencies (30 and 60 days past due) continued to increase. However, the rate of serious delinquencies remains 6.7%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

Mortgage brokers ’ compensation is in the spotlight after a recent Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) test concluded that some financial institutions failed to prove that payments were “reasonably related” to the value of services provided. Violations identified vary across different stages of the loan process.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2024

Mortgage and real estate executives attending HousingWire ‘s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit in Dallas on Tuesday have already begun to collect some lessons learned from Friday’s global tech outage as the world is still dealing with its consequences. That’s the case for United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM).

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2022

Since its launch in August 2020, FinLedger has kept its pulse on the explosive and expansive sector of financial technology for thousands of readers. And now we’re ready for the next stage of FinLedger’s growth. It is a sector, however, we won’t (and can’t) ignore for our audience of housing professionals.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

Insurance brokerage platform VIU by HUB has partnered with mortgage servicing company Valon to provide homeowners with streamlined insurance options amid rising costs. Partnering with VIU allows us to solve this challenge with technology while maintaining the human expertise our clients value.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2022

Servicers’ forbearance portfolio volume trended downward in June but declined at a much slower pace than earlier this year, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). of total loans were in the initial plan stage last month and 57.6% in May at a time of high inflation and volatility in mortgage rates. The remaining 12.6%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The mortgage industry has witnessed its fair share of tribulations and transformations, but its response to those challenges and changes is often a tale of reactiveness. This shift is especially important when thinking about the mortgage lending cycle. I’ve never used a portal for exception responses before, and I love it.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This week, Mortgage Cadence announced that it had appointed longtime reverse mortgage industry professional George Morales to serve on its sales team. The company is aiming to bring more reverse mortgage technology solutions to potential partners already in the industry and those that have yet to enter it.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2023

I think that’s really key because part of what I’ll be doing is leveraging my unique background to be able to bring a different lens when it comes to the digital landscape technology and how that incorporates different types of tools and resources that our competition isn’t using. GW: I’m really excited to attend the event.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Mortgage technology platform provider Dark Matter Technologies announced on Monday that it has added a second loan origination system (LOS) — NOVA — to its product lineup. NOVA joins current LOS Empower, and both offerings will aim to offer distinct options for a wider range of mortgage lenders, according to the announcement.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

Tim Bowler, the president of ICE Mortgage Technology , appreciates a good analogy. Treasury official says that the mortgage technology giant’s integration of Black Knight isn’t dissimilar to building a rail line. The former Goldman Sachs managing director and U.S. meter gauge.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Maintaining and deepening relationships with borrowers is important for lenders, but it takes valuable time away from other business efforts for mortgage organizations. Black Knight’s Surefire CRM and Mortgage Marketing Engine helps mortgage professionals win new business, drive repeat business and gain referral business.

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