Pleasanton, California-based Ellie Mae, which provides a cloud-based analytics platform for the mortgage industry, announced that its platform, Velocify, was recognized with a LeadsCouncil LEADER award for outstanding performance and innovation in the lead generation industry. Velocify is the recipient ...
Read More »The Opportunities and Challenges of Blockchain in Mortgage Servicing
Blockchain is creating a lot of buzz—and a lot of confusion. Primarily, this technology offers the capacity to record and monitor transactions in what is called a distributed ledger (a decentralized database). Each block is a record of new transactions ...
Read More »RE/MAX Acquires Technology Firm booj
Real estate brokerage firm RE/MAX acquired booj, an award-winning Colorado-based web design, and technology company as part of its technology strategy. Moving forward, RE/MAX will leverage the capabilities of booj and other strategic partners to deliver core technology solutions designed for and with RE/MAX affiliates, ...
Read More »JK Huey Appointed to Aspen Grove Solutions’ Advisory Board
Aspen Grove Solutions, a Maryland-based mortgage technology solutions provider, has appointed JK Huey to its Advisory Board. Huey brings over 35 years of experience in the financial services industry. Recently retired from Wells Fargo, Huey will offer her expertise to ...
Read More »New Cryptocurrency Offering Backed by Real Estate
The cryptocurrency landscape is something of a wild frontier at the moment, with new cryptocurrencies being introduced all the time. Bitcoin is by far the best known of them, but even Bitcoin’s long-term legacy remains unwritten, to say nothing of ...
Read More »LendingQB Adds FormFree Technology to its ‘Lean Lending’ LOS
Fintech company, FormFree, announced the availability of its AccountChek automated asset verification service within LendingQB’s web-based loan origination software (LOS). The integration enables lenders to order AccountChek Asset Reports directly from LendingQB’s verifications dashboard. FormFree’s flagship AccountChek service lets borrowers ...
Read More »Old Republic Title Partners with Pavaso for eClosing
Florida-based Old Republic National Title Insurance Company (ORNTIC) has unveiled a national digital strategy that involves the exclusive use of Pavaso’s eClosing solution for processing digital real estate transactions in ORNTIC's direct and national settlement operations. According to a release by ORNTIC, Pavaso's eClosing ...
Read More »Can Online Lending Decrease Risk?
Technological innovation is changing the way the mortgage industry works, and the model followed by lenders who have embraced technology such as end-to-end online mortgage application and approval processes have made lending a less risky prospect, according to a report ...
Read More »How Cryptocurrency Can Help Fund Affordable Housing
Communities across the nation are struggling to provide enough affordable housing for their residents, high home prices and low inventory ensuring strongly competitive markets in many corners of the U.S. According to the California Department of Housing and Community Development ...
Read More »Capsilon Taps Ginger Wilcox as SVP Marketing
Capsilon, a San Francisco-based partner for delivering cloud-based end-to-end digital mortgage solutions, has announced today that it has tapped Ginger Wilcox as SVP Marketing, where she will be responsible for leading marketing, brand positioning, and growth for all Capsilon products. A ...
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