Ocrolus valued at $500M after raising $80M Series C round

The document automation platform is staffing up its machine learning and data science teams in the wake of a funding round led by Fin VC. Continue reading

Automation comes to appraisal management

Whether they’re assigning work to commercial appraisal firms or individual appraisers, lenders can now automate more of the process, eliminating manual tasks and gaining increased transparency with real-time monitoring, status-driven alerts and a detai… Continue reading

First American providing same-day title decisions on eligible mortgage refis, home equity loans

Taking a page from the playbook of a fintech upstart, the nation’s largest title insurance underwriter is making an automated title decision engine available to title agents. Continue reading

Google rolls out AI platform for mortgage lenders

Google Cloud rolled out Lending DocAI in preview mode last fall with Roostify, a provider of digital mortgage solutions to lenders, on board as a strategic partner. Continue reading

Zumper employs artificial intelligence for rental leads

PowerLeads AI will analyze renter behaviors in order to predict the likelihood of a particular renter signing a lease for a specific apartment. Continue reading

RE/MAX exec: ‘Don’t worry about data, worry about your database’

The chief customer officer of RE/MAX shared 5 key areas that agents should focus on at the company’s annual R4 convention in Las Vegas. Continue reading

RE/MAX’s new AI-powered lead tool is live for select agents

Adam Contos, the CEO of RE/MAX, gave agents insight into the company’s acquisition of First, as well as changes to the company’s education platform at R4. Continue reading

Do buyers really determine the sales price?

The conversation at Inman Connect New York changed the way columnist Bernice Ross thinks about home sales pricing. Here’s why. Continue reading