How equitably is housing wealth distributed in your city?

A new interactive tool from the Urban Institute compares housing wealth equity in cities across America, tracking disparities in homeownership rates, home values, and the distribution of housing wealth by race and ethnicity. Continue reading

Survey: Mortgage refi crush exposed dangers of digital-heavy approach

Digital self-service combined with live personal service is key to retaining younger mortgage customers, J.D. Power concluded, with faster approval times demonstrating that the application and approval process “still requires some level of human intera… Continue reading

Blend’s Q3 earnings take a hit as $54M in IPO compensation vests

The cloud banking software developer raises full-year revenue guidance by $13 million as it signs new clients, launches new products and integrates Title365 acquisition. Continue reading

Fathom reports major double-digit growth in revenue and agents in Q3

End-to-end real estate services platform Fathom said investments in future growth drove a $3.4 million Q3 net loss, despite double-digit growth in revenue, real estate transactions and agent count. Continue reading

Regulatory tech provider Azimuth GRC gets boost from Rock Ventures

Atlanta-based Azimuth GRC claims it’s the only company that’s codified every state and federal law on one platform. Continue reading

Home sales seen as immune from economic pessimism

Americans’ confidence that the economy is on the right track is at its lowest level since 2013, but that’s not expected to hurt home sales, with homebuyer demand still outpacing available listings. Continue reading

Ocrolus will help Blend automate mortgage doc processing

Cloud banking software provider Blend is turning to automation platform Ocrolus to help it classify documents and capture data submitted with mortgage applications. Continue reading