Mortgage and Finance News

Mortgage and Finance News: (LAKE ZURICH, Ill.) Dovenmuehle Mortgage, Inc. (DMI), the nation's leading independent mortgage subservicing company, today announced a partnership with HAPO Community Credit Union (HAPO), which holds $3 billion in assets and supports 215,000 members in 25 branches across Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Under the agreement, DMI will subservice HAPO's portfolio loans and provide foundational infrastructure for future strategic growth.

Mortgage and Finance News: (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) Dark Matter Technologies (Dark Matter), an innovative leader in home lending technology, today announced it has acquired the AI agent platform and related intellectual property of House Numbers, a venture-backed agentic AI company that builds AI agents for home lending workflows. Alongside the technology, Dark Matter has brought on the team that built it, led by House Numbers co-founder and CEO Jeff Levinsohn, who joins Dark Matter as chief AI officer.

Mortgage and Finance News: (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) Dark Matter Technologies (Dark Matter), an innovative leader in home lending technology, today announced it has acquired the AI agent platform and related intellectual property of House Numbers, a venture-backed agentic AI company that builds AI agents for home lending workflows. Alongside the technology, Dark Matter has brought on the team that built it, led by House Numbers co-founder and CEO Jeff Levinsohn, who joins Dark Matter as chief AI officer.

Mortgage and Finance News: (NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.) Argyle, the leading consumer-permissioned verification platform, today announced the launch of Direct VOIE+, a step-up to its direct-source verification of income and employment (VOIE) for mortgage lenders. Direct VOIE+ delivers calculated monthly income from Freddie Mac's AIM Check API alongside direct-source payroll data, helping lenders understand eligible income earlier in the origination process.

Mortgage and Finance News: (NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.) Argyle, the leading consumer-permissioned verification platform, today announced the launch of Direct VOIE+, a step-up to its direct-source verification of income and employment (VOIE) for mortgage lenders. Direct VOIE+ delivers calculated monthly income from Freddie Mac's AIM Check API alongside direct-source payroll data, helping lenders understand eligible income earlier in the origination process.

Mortgage and Finance News: (SAN DIEGO, Calif.) Seabird Investment Partners, a San Diego-based, SEC-registered investment adviser specializing in value oriented fixed income and equity investments, today announced that Craig Fletcher has joined the firm as Chief Operating Officer, effective September 14, 2026. Fletcher will help scale Seabird's operations and position the firm for accelerated growth.

Mortgage and Finance News: (GARDEN GROVE, Calif.) Informative Research (IR), a leading technology provider of data-driven credit and verification solutions for the lending industry, today announced that Chief Technology Officer Ajay Trilokeshwaran has been named a 2026 HousingWire Tech Trendsetter. The award honors the impactful technology leaders driving innovation in the housing sector. Trilokeshwaran is recognized for more than 20 years spent building the foundational infrastructure that makes modern mortgage credit and verification services fast and reliable.

Mortgage and Finance News: (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) Dark Matter Technologies (Dark Matter), an innovative leader in home lending technology, announced today that Steven Joyce, director of product management, has been named a 2026 HousingWire Tech Trendsetter. The award honors technology leaders who have made an impact on the mortgage and real estate industry by driving innovation.

Mortgage and Finance News: (LOS ALTOS, Calif.) JazzX AI, an enterprise AI company purpose-built for the mortgage industry, announced today that Jagjit Singh, head of product for mortgage lending, has been named a 2026 HousingWire Tech Trendsetter. The award recognizes technology leaders who are driving innovation across the mortgage and real estate industries.

Mortgage and Finance News: (TORRANCE, Calif.) DocMagic® today announced that Chief Technology Officer Michael Morford has been named a winner of HousingWire's 2026 Tech Trendsetters award. Previously honored in 2024, Morford earned his second Tech Trendsetter recognition for advancing fully digital mortgage transactions and leading DocMagic's expansion into AI-powered mortgage technology.