Mortgage and Finance News

Mortgage and Finance News: (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) Dark Matter Technologies (Dark Matter®), an innovative leader in mortgage technology, today announced its latest point-of-sale (POS) release, bringing document validation powered by Aiva Intelligence to the earliest stage of the lending process. By validating borrower documents at upload instead of later in the review process, lenders can identify issues sooner, provide immediate guidance to borrowers and reduce downstream conditions and rework.

Mortgage and Finance News: (DENVER, Colo.) ACES Quality Management® (ACES), the leading provider of enterprise quality management and control software for the financial services industry, announced the release of its quarterly ACES Mortgage QC Industry Trends Report covering Q1 of 2026. The report analyzes post-closing quality control data derived from the ACES Quality Management & Control® software.

Mortgage and Finance News: (ATLANTA, Ga.) Down Payment Resource (DPR), the housing industry's leading affordability intelligence platform, today announced that Brad Cardwell, vice president of sales and business development, has been named to The Mortgage Collaborative's (TMC) Partner Advisory Council. The council brings together TMC's preferred partners to promote fair, transparent and efficient practices through open dialogue and coordinated initiatives.

Mortgage and Finance News: (SEATTLE, Wash.) Friday Harbor, an AI pre-underwriting platform that helps loan officers assemble complete and compliant loan files in real time, today announced expanded support for non-qualified mortgage (non-QM) and other non-agency lending programs, enabling lenders to evaluate a broader range of complex borrower scenarios against investor-specific guidelines before underwriting.

Mortgage and Finance News: (ATLANTA, Ga.) Down Payment Resource (DPR), the housing industry's leading affordability intelligence platform, today announced it has earned a spot on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list of the nation's fastest-growing privately owned companies after achieving significant revenue growth from 2022 to 2025. DPR was also honored on the 2023 and 2025 Inc. 5000 lists.

Mortgage and Finance News: (NEW ORLEANS, La.) In furtherance of their mission to redevelop underserved neighborhoods in the Greater New Orleans area and as a follow-up to previous successful real estate auctions on behalf of the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA), the agency will soon be conducting its next online-only auction sale, comprising approximately 100+- residential lots and 40+- Non-Housing Development Option lots located throughout New Orleans, according to auction firm Tranzon Key.

Mortgage and Finance News: (MIDDLEBURG, Fla.) CS3 Investments has closed on Infinite Clay Town Center, a 300-unit Class A apartment community in the Jacksonville metropolitan area, completing in under 75 days a transaction that typically takes four to six months. The community, acquired as Ascend at Clay Town Center, will operate under the Infinite banner and be managed by CS3 Management.

Mortgage and Finance News: (MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.) Secured Signing, a global leader in electronic signature and Remote Online Notarization (RON) technology, announced the launch of Outsource Notary Queue, a new feature that lets business, delegate overflow signings jobs to trusted signing services partners while staying fully in the loop from start to finish.

Mortgage and Finance News: (SAN DIEGO, Calif.) Advisory List, a directory and professional community for the small and middle-market M&A ecosystem, has published new guidance for business owners considering a future sale, highlighting issues transaction professionals say should be addressed years before a company goes to market.

Mortgage and Finance News: (NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.) Argyle, a consent-based verification (CBV) platform, today announced it has been added as an approved provider under a competitively solicited Washington State Department of Enterprise Services contract (No. 10925, Employment & Income Verification and Public Records Search Services), giving Washington agencies a pre-vetted path to consent-based income and employment verification for benefits eligibility and redetermination.