News: iEmergent shares top takeaways from 2022 HMDA data
Mortgage and Finance News: (DES MOINES, Iowa) iEmergent, a forecasting and advisory services firm for the financial services, mortgage and real estate industries, today announced the immediate availability of 2022 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data in Mortgage MarketSmart. To celebrate providing lenders with early access to HMDA reporting, iEmergent CEO Laird Nossuli shared summary observations drawn from the loan-level origination data.
News: MCTlive! Lock Volume Indices: March 2023 Data
Mortgage and Finance News: (SAN DIEGO, Calif.) Mortgage Capital Trading, Inc. (MCT®), the leader in capital markets software and services supporting more lenders with hedging and pipeline management solutions than any other single provider, is pleased to present the MCTlive! Lock Volume Indices for March 2023. MCT Data represents a balanced cross section of several hundred lenders among retail, correspondent, wholesale, and consumer direct channels.
News: Fernando S. Ereneta, CFP® – CEO of Legacy Wealth Advisors has been named to the Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisor List...
Mortgage and Finance News: (WARRENVILLE, Ill.) Raymond James Financial Services is proud to announce that Fernando S. Ereneta of Legacy Wealth Advisors has once again been named to the Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisor list! The recently released list recognizes advisors and practices on a state-by-state basis from national, regional and independent firms.
News: National Buyers Agents Association Announces Surprising Survey Results for 2023 Homebuyer Concerns
Mortgage and Finance News: (EVERGREEN, Colo.) A National Buyers Agents Association (NBAA) survey of its members reveals surprising homebuyer concerns. Detailed results of the national survey are included in the association's blog section of its website. Some agents responded in the survey that their markets are not declining.
News: Leads Fish Launches Cutting-Edge Seller Leads Marketplace for Real Estate Professionals
Mortgage and Finance News: (DOVER, Del.) Leads Fish, the leading provider of seller leads for real estate investors, is proud to announce the launch of its highly anticipated marketplace. After years of extensive research and development, Leads Fish has created a solution that enables real estate investors to purchase leads with ease and security.
News: Rob Chrane of Down Payment Resource honored as a 2023 Tech All-Star by Mortgage Bankers Association
Mortgage and Finance News: (ATLANTA, Ga.) Down Payment Resource (DPR), the housing industry's leading technology for connecting homebuyers with homebuyer assistance programs, announced today that its founder and CEO Rob Chrane has been named a 2023 MBA NewsLink Tech All-Star by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The MBA is the leading professional group for the mortgage industry with more than 2,100 member companies.
News: Beycome Reveals Pioneering Real Estate Collaboration for Exclusive Martian Property Rights
Mortgage and Finance News: (MIAMI, Fla.) Beycome, the foremost online real estate platform, is thrilled to reveal it has entered into a groundbreaking, exclusive partnership with a visionary entrepreneur, securing its position as the only property provider on Mars. The timing of this extraordinary deal could not be better.
News: TRUSTSTAR – POWERED BY SENSA AI – AI Driven INSIGHTS for Realty and Mortgage
Mortgage and Finance News: (AUSTIN, Texas) In the fall of 2022, TecnoTree acquired TrustStar, a SaaS application using proprietary artificial intelligence designed to provide mortgage loan officers with a simple way to access relevant market data to grow their businesses. TrustStar delivers a robust set of features that include loan officer insights, listing trends, realtor match, intelligent recruiting, lender competition, and many more through its powerful artificial intelligence platform, and now powered by Tecnotree, a world leader of 5G multi-cloud enabled digital technology.
News: IndiSoft partners with FormFree to streamline the delivery of housing counseling services to underserved consumers
Mortgage and Finance News: (ATHENS, Ga.) FormFree® today announced that developer of collaborative solutions for the housing finance industry, IndiSoft, is leveraging FormFree's Passport® to enable HUD-approved housing counseling agencies (HCAs) to provide more effective and expeditious consumer counseling.
News: MMI Announces Small and Mid-Size Business Channel and New Account Executive, Heath Liles
Mortgage and Finance News: (SALT LAKE CITY, Utah) Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI), a leader in data intelligence and market insight tools for the mortgage and real estate industries, today announced it has expanded access to its platform with a new user tier for small and mid-size (SMB) independent mortgage lenders and brokers. Previously focused on enterprise accounts, MMI is now making a dedicated effort to providing value to the individual and SMB spaces.
News: Accounting Today Names KROST Top 100 Firm and Regional Leader 2023
Mortgage and Finance News: (LOS ANGELES, Calif.) KROST has been recognized as a Top 100 Firm by Accounting Today for the third year in a row. The firm ranked 72nd with a 16.60% change in revenue from the previous year. In addition, KROST has also been named a Regional Leader of 2023. The firm recently launched a new service, KROST Fund Admin Solutions, to further assist and add value for their clients.
News: Dovenmuehle adds Anna Krogh as Vice President of Business Development to expand mortgage subservicer’s footprint
Mortgage and Finance News: (LAKE ZURICH, Ill.) Dovenmuehle Mortgage, Inc. (Dovenmuehle), a leading mortgage subservicing company, announced today that Anna Krogh has been hired as the company's vice president of business development. In this role, her responsibilities will include growing Dovenmuehle's client list by sourcing new prospects and fostering and developing long-term relationships and clients.
News: Strategic Capital Becomes a Texas Trial Lawyers Association Sustaining Partner
Mortgage and Finance News: (NEW YORK, N.Y.) For years, Strategic Capital has worked closely as a partner of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association (TTLA), sponsoring events and working alongside TTLA attorneys to help clients best manage their settlements. Now, though, this relationship takes a step forward. Strategic Capital is officially a Texas Trial Lawyers Association Sustaining Partner, making it one of the official TTLA business partners in 2023.
News: MMI welcomes Shayna Wilmet as its newest Regional Director of Growth
Mortgage and Finance News: (SALT LAKE CITY, Utah) Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI), a leader in data intelligence and market insight tools for the mortgage and real estate industries, today announced Shayna Wilmet as its newest regional director of growth. Wilmet's responsibilities will include consulting and strategizing with MMI's growing roster of mortgage enterprise clients, which includes 20 of the top 25 lenders in the nation, to identify growth opportunities to drive adoption and increase return on investment (ROI).
News: Critical Defect Rate Reaches Report-High in Q3 2022, Per ACES Quality Management Mortgage QC Industry Trends Report
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 the third quarter (Q3) of 2022. The latest report analyzes post-closing quality control data derived from ACES Quality Management & Control® software.
News: SocialCoach Taps Fintech Exec Andria Lightfoot and Launches AI Driven Social Media Marketing Solution
Mortgage and Finance News: (SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.) SocialCoach (socialcoach.io), a leading mortgage and real estate social media technology platform today announced the appointment of Andria Lightfoot as company President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) amidst their first-even AI Driven Social Media product launch.
News: Armadillo x Beycome: Expanding the real-estate ecosystem
Mortgage and Finance News: (MIAMI, Fla.) Pioneering homeowner-centric tech startups Armadillo, a modern tech-enabled home warranty platform, and beycome, a leading tech-enabled digital real estate platform, have launched a partnership to provide homeowners and soon-to-be homeowners with an additional tool to facilitate the home selling experience.
News: 78.9% of metro Atlanta residential housing inventory is eligible for down payment assistance – offsetting price and interest rate impact...
Mortgage and Finance News: (ATLANTA, Ga.) As metro Atlanta homebuyers encounter the challenging trifecta of sharply rising home prices, elevated interest rates and institutional investor depletion of starter home inventory, Down Payment Resource (DPR), the housing industry's leading technology for connecting home buyers with homebuyer assistance programs, released a comprehensive report on the 46 active metro Atlanta homebuyer assistance programs.
News: S&P Global Ratings affirms Dovenmuehle’s Above Average rating and stable outlook
Mortgage and Finance News: (LAKE ZURICH, Ill.) Dovenmuehle Mortgage, Inc. (Dovenmuehle), a leading mortgage subservicing company, announced today that Standard & Poor's Global Ratings (S&P) has affirmed its Above Average rating of Dovenmuehle as a residential mortgage loan primary servicer with a stable outlook. Dovenmuehle has been ranked as Above Average by S&P for the past 12 years without interruption.
News: The Mortgage Firm selects LiteSpeed from LenderLogix as its POS Platform
Mortgage and Finance News: (BUFFALO, N.Y.) LenderLogix, a leading provider of mortgage automation software and application programming interfaces (APIs), today announced The Mortgage Firm, a Florida-based independent retail mortgage lender with branches located throughout the U.S., has selected its streamlined point-of-sale (POS) platform LiteSpeed to power its application process and deliver a superior borrower experience at the initial point of contact.
News: Nomis Solutions Featured in Tech Demo Super Session at Consumer Bankers Association Live Conference in Las Vegas March 27-29
Mortgage and Finance News: (SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.) Nomis Solutions (Nomis), the leading provider of end-to-end pricing lifecycle management technology, announces its sponsorship of the Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) annual conference, 'LIVE.' In addition to the sponsorship, Nomis will be one of 10 companies featured in CBA Live's Tech Demo Super Session. The session explores innovations from top financial service providers including Salesforce, Blend and Glia.
News: TravelInsurance.com is Named One of the Best Travel Insurance Companies of 2023 by Money.com
Mortgage and Finance News: (NEW YORK, N.Y.) TravelInsurance.com, a leading travel insurance comparison site, has been named one of the "Best Travel Insurance Companies of 2023" by Money.com. The recognition follows TravelInsurance.com's previous designation in 2021 and 2022 as the "Best for Comparing Travel Insurance Quotes" by Money.com.
News: Tax Court Case: Engineering Firm Overstated §179D Energy Efficient Commercial Building Property Deduction
Mortgage and Finance News: (COLUMBUS, Ohio) In a recent case, Michael Johnson, et ux. v. Commissioner, the tax court denied the majority of a taxpayer's Energy Efficient Commercial Building Deduction under IRC §179D since it claimed a §179D Deduction exceeding the cost of the Energy Efficient Commercial Building Property (EECBP), says ICS Tax, LLC.
News: LenderLogix increased organic growth by 150% amongst its client base of independent mortgage lenders, banks and credit unions in 2022
Mortgage and Finance News: (BUFFALO, N.Y.) LenderLogix, a leading provider of mortgage automation software and application programming interfaces (APIs), today announced significant growth within its client base in 2022, increasing its number of partnered lending institutions by 150%. The company also maintained a net promoter score (NPS) of 86 based on feedback from the thousands of lenders and real estate agents that interact with LenderLogix and its suite of mortgage technology.
News: GreenLyne adopts FormFree’s Residual Income Knowledge Index to unlock greater inclusivity in mortgage lending
Mortgage and Finance News: (ATHENS, Ga.) FormFree® today announced that Inclusive-Finance-as-a-Service platform GreenLyne has enhanced its ability to help lenders identify home financing opportunities for underserved consumers with its adoption of FormFree's Residual Income Knowledge Index™ (RIKI™).
News: BSI Financial Joins MCT’s Co-Issue Marketplace
Mortgage and Finance News: (SAN DIEGO, Calif.) Mortgage Capital Trading, Inc. (MCT®), a leading mortgage hedge advisory and secondary marketing software firm, announced that BSI Financial Services (BSI) has become the latest investor to join BAMCO, MCT's new marketplace for co-issue loan sales. BAMCO brings co-issue transactions directly into MCT's whole loan trading platform and improves price transparency by connecting unapproved sellers to live executions from potential buyers.
News: Percy announces agenda for fifth annual National Home Valuation Week
Mortgage and Finance News: (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) Percy, maker of pre-mover data intelligence-driven client engagement and retention tools for real estate brokers and mortgage lenders, today announced the agenda for its annual National Home Valuation Week (NHVW) event, which will be held virtually on April 3-7, 2023.
News: Beth A. Wilson Named New President of Excelas, LLC
Mortgage and Finance News: (CLEVELAND, Ohio) Beth A. Wilson has been named President of Excelas, LLC, a national provider of medical record organization, retrieval, and analysis, helping healthcare organizations respond to claims - and litigation - brought against them. Excelas, LLC's announcement today says Ms. Wilson's tenure begins April 17, 2023.
News: MMI Announces Launch of ‘Mortgage Industry Benchmarks’ Report
Mortgage and Finance News: (SALT LAKE CITY, Utah) Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI), a leader in data intelligence and market insight tools for the mortgage and real estate industries, announced the launch of the "Mortgage Industry Benchmarks" report, a monthly newsletter compiling lender and loan officer (LO) production data and trends to facilitate peer-to-peer comparison.
News: MCTlive! Lock Volume Indices: February 2023 Data
Mortgage and Finance News: (SAN DIEGO, Calif.) Mortgage Capital Trading, Inc. (MCT®), the leader in capital markets software and services supporting more lenders with hedging and pipeline management solutions than any other single provider, is pleased to present the MCTlive! Lock Volume Indices for February 2023. MCT Data represents a balanced cross section of several hundred lenders among retail, correspondent, wholesale, and consumer direct channels.