News Topic: AP
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: 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.
News: Mytc.ai Launches Innovative Subscription-Based AI-Powered Transaction Coordination Service for Real Estate Agents
Mortgage and Finance News: (SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.) Mytc.ai™ has officially launched its revolutionary subscription-based transaction coordination service for real estate agents in California. By blending expert licensed transaction coordinators with cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) technology, Mytc.ai offers a cost-effective solution that saves agents up to 60% on transaction coordination costs.
News: Avenu Insights & Analytics Selected as Administrator for the City and County of Honolulu’s Transient Accommodations Tax
Mortgage and Finance News: (HONOLULU, Hawaii) Avenu Insights & Analytics (Avenu) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by the City and County of Honolulu to provide tax administration for transient accommodations tax (TAT), an important revenue source for the agency and its citizens.
News: FormFree sharpens focus on decentralizing and democratizing consumer access to credit with strategic divestiture of AccountChek
Mortgage and Finance News: (ATHENS, Ga.,) Founder and CEO Brent Chandler today heralded a new era for FormFree® following its strategic divestiture of asset-verification service AccountChek®. Moving forward, the fintech will focus on products that advance its mission to decentralize and democratize the way consumers understand their financial data and access credit opportunities. Eric Lapin, who joined FormFree in 2022 as chief strategy officer, will guide the company's next chapter as president.
News: HomeScout partners with Down Payment Resource to capture consumer demand for homebuyer assistance program information
Mortgage and Finance News: (ATLANTA, Ga.) Down Payment Resource (DPR), the housing industry's leading technology for connecting home buyers with homebuyer assistance programs, today announced that it has partnered with HomeScout LLC to help mortgage lenders generate and convert more leads by meeting heightened consumer demand for information about affordable pathways to homeownership.
News: Black History Month – Teaching Black Children The Value Of Building Wealth, Saving Money, and Financial Literacy
Mortgage and Finance News: (NEW YORK, N.Y.) On the last day of Black History Month, nationally recognized Black Producer and Creator Joe Young, Jr., in partnership with JPMorgan Chase, will launch a print and digital comic book teaching financial literacy to students featuring "KEMET, BIG TIME SAVER." Students will officially meet KEMET, a ten-year-old time-traveling comic character who goes back to meet African-American historical firsts, legends, and inventors.
News: Booking a Cruise in 2023? Travel Insurance Tips for Wave Season
Mortgage and Finance News: (NEW YORK, N.Y.) Wave season is officially here. For those new to cruising, wave season is the prime booking period for cruises, usually from January to March, when cruise lines offer excellent discounts and incentives. But with great deals comes great responsibility. Today, TravelInsurance.com is urging travelers to protect their purchases with a cruise travel insurance plan.
News: Timber Ridge at Talus, a thriving senior living community in the Cascade Mountain foothills, makes living a quality 100-year life...
Mortgage and Finance News: (ISSAQUAH, Wash.) Timber Ridge at Talus, a thriving 62+ community, announced that despite the life expectancy decline in the U.S. during the last several years, largely due to COVID, the number of centenarians is increasing at the same time, which means many will be planning for the 100-year life in 2023.
News: EV Range and Liberty Bring Fast Electric Vehicle Chargers to Northstar California
Mortgage and Finance News: (TRUCKEE, Calif.) Today, EV Range and Liberty, a subsidiary of Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (NYSE: AQN), announce a unique three-way collaboration that brought four high-powered electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers to Northstar California ski resort, which is owned and operated by Vail Resorts. These are the first fast chargers in the Tahoe area located at a ski resort property.
News: Stephanie Summers Speaks at Advisor Group’s Annual W Forum Event
Mortgage and Finance News: (SAN DIEGO, Calif.) Stephanie Summers, a Frederick, MD-based financial advisor with Kramer Wealth Managers, affiliated with FSC Securities Corporation, was featured as a keynote speaker at Advisor Group's annual W Forum conference, held in San Diego, Calif. February 6-8, 2023.