Mortgage is the new money pit for portals: Mike DelPrete

Billions of dollars have been invested to disrupt the mortgage process — which is the path to profitability for many real estate tech companies. Continue reading

‘Big four’ title insurers take market share from independents

As lenders pivoted from refinancing to more complex purchase loan transactions, independent title insurers saw second-quarter premiums drop by 18.4 percent. Continue reading

WEST adopts name of flagship product MyHome in rebrand

Williston Financial Group subsidiary Williston Enterprise Solutions and Technology establishes an independent identity for MyHome collaboration platform it launched in 2015. Continue reading

Fannie Mae looks to affordable housing nonprofit for next CEO

Former JP Morgan Chase Director Priscilla Almodovar leads Enterprise Community Partners, which has business ties to the mortgage giant. Continue reading

RE/MAX’s Motto Mortgage named a top ‘recession-proof’ opportunity

As lenders pivot to serve homebuyers, RE/MAX franchisor’s “mortgage brokerage-in-a-box” also makes a separate list of top franchise opportunities for Black entrepreneurs. Continue reading

Mortgage rates haven’t been this chaotic since Black Monday: Study

A buyer looking at $500,000 houses in July would have seen their potential monthly payment fall by $177 in August, then rise by $328 since. Continue reading

Snapdocs integrations with Byte, BeSmartee will automate closings

American Bancshares is among the first lenders to make the most of the new integration with BeSmartee to provide digital closing documents and collect eSignatures. Continue reading

CMS seeks to set ‘gold standard’ in mortgage origination technology

With backing from Canadian software giant Constellation Real Estate Group, Constellation Mortgage Solutions will debut its new NOVA loan origination solution at the MBA annual conference. Continue reading

US housing markets considered ‘overvalued’ quadrupled in 2022

Median home sale prices exceed the house-buying power of would-be buyers in 19 of 50 markets, according to data released Tuesday by First American Financial Corp. Continue reading

Opendoor expands rapid preapproval app to 3 new states

Once only available in California, the expansion will see the Opendoor Finance App available in Texas, Arizona and Georgia, promising consumers preapproval letters in 60 seconds or less. Continue reading