KBRA affiliate acquires digital news service DLD

KBRA Analytics, an affiliate of Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA), has acquired digital-information service Direct Lending Deals, which offers investors and loan originators coverage of deal data, news and analysis in the direct-lending sector. The acquisition will allow KBRA Analytics to offer its customers insights into the fast-growing $1 trillion direct-lending sector. DLD provides analysis,

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Local Markets: Housing news across U.S communities

Take a deep dive into these five local housing markets to better understand the trends across the nation. Each city has a unique market and enticing listings to attract new residents. Remote work flexibility opened up the possibilities of where people could live, so more and more homebuyers have decided

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HousingWire September Demo Day: BeSmartee

Mortgage POS BeSmartee’s Mortgage Point-of-Sale (POS)  platform is a configurable, white labeled solution that streamlines the origination process, including application, credit, PPE, AUS disclosures and appraisal collection and fulfillment. Product Fast Facts #1 Go from application to appraisal in 15 minutes #2 Get to a 91% conversion rate #3 Close

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HousingWire September Demo Day: Docutech

Solex® Orders Solex Orders is part of the Docutech eClose suite and enables any lender, using any document generation engine, to easily introduce hybrid eClosings as part of their mortgage origination workflow. Simple and fast setup and implementation mean your business can see the benefits of hybrid eClose fast. Product

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Are we seeing a mortgage rate lockdown?

The premise of a mortgage rate lockdown is simple: so many American households have such low mortgage rates that some will never move once rates rise, which then locks up housing inventory. This is something I’ve never believed in because we hadn’t had a period where mortgage rates moved up

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HousingWire September Demo Day: InSellerate

Insellerate’s AgentConnect AgentConnect takes Co-Branded marketing to a new level by automatically delivering dynamic open house flyers, property websites, and landing pages instantly through MLS data in real-time, which is auto-generated and compliantly displayed, including loan officer’s specific loan and pricing options.  It has never been easier to add value

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HousingWire September Demo Day: AREAL

Areal Areal.ai is a no-code automation platform for the lending ecosystem that makes it easy to reliably extract data from complex documents and integrate data with existing tools and workflows. Goal is to provide end to end document automation and integration in order to save our clients resources, time and money

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Inflation, home prices headed downward: Fed report

Inflation is expected to continue “to decline across all horizons” over the next year while home prices, too, are projected to decline “sharply” to the lowest level since July 2020, according to the most recent Survey of Consumer Expectations (SCE) released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The median

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Rate lock volume hasn’t been this low since December 2019

As mortgage interest rates crept back up in August after retreating the previous month, rate lock volume dipped to a four-year low.  Total lock volumes were down 8.9% from July, led by a 13.9% decline in rate/term refinance locks, according to Black Knight’s originations market monitor report. Rate/term refi locks

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NEXA, the country’s biggest brokerage, cuts ties with AIME

NEXA Mortgage, the largest mortgage brokerage in the country, this week cut ties with the Association of Independent Mortgage Experts (AIME), claiming the trade group fails to address bullying and lacks proper governance.  Mike Kortas, the controversial CEO and co-founder who himself is no stranger to starting online scraps, said

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