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Blend, Doma expand partnership with title solution integration

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Blend Labs Inc. and Doma Technologies LLC announced on Wednesday an expanded partnership to bring Doma’s AI-powered instant title decisioning technology to lenders through Blend’s home lending platform. Lenders using Blend’s mortgage and rapid home lending solutions can now access instant title decisions via Doma’s Upfront Title, which is now embedded into the borrower application […]

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Longbridge COO Bill Packer on how technology is influencing workflows

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Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Bill Packer, chief operating officer at Longbridge Financial, to talk about the ways his company is using AI to serve reverse mortgage borrowers. Packer has worked in the consumer lending space for four decades, with deep expertise in technology and operations. This interview has been edited for

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NAF reports data breach in California

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New American Funding (NAF), a top-25 U.S. mortgage lender, notified the California attorney general last week of a data breach involving one of its vendors, which potentially compromises customers’ personal information.  NAF on June 6 discovered “suspicious activity associated with information provided to one of our vendors that provided notary systems, Mobile Notary Zone,” according to

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NAR unveils dashboard that tracks key housing trends

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The National Association of Realtors (NAR) on Tuesday released a new interactive tool that aims to give members monthly insights into housing affordability, home-price trends and economic indicators at the metro level. The tool, known as the Market Statistics Dashboard, is available exclusively to NAR members. According to the trade group, the dashboard includes localized

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CertifID lands Series C funding to expand security capabilities

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CertifID has raised $47.5 million in a Series C funding round led by Centana Growth Partners with continued participation from Arthur Ventures. The new capital will be used to expand CertifID’s capabilities in identity verification, transaction monitoring and secure payments. The company also plans to scale its team, accelerate product development and broaden industry partnerships.

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Zillow unveils tools to simplify buying, renting, touring

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Zillow has rolled out five new features aimed at streamlining the process of buying, renting and touring homes. The updates — now live nationwide — include a drone-powered virtual viewing tool and offer pricing transparency for rental properties, along with coordinated tour scheduling and affordability estimates. SkyTour allows users to navigate a 3D aerial view

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Lender Toolkit launches IT services for ICE Encompass users

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Lender Toolkit announced Monday the official launch of its IT services offering, designed specifically for lenders that use ICE Mortgage Technology‘s Encompass platform. Lender Toolkit is a mortgage automation technology company and the creator of the industry’s only fully integrated Mortgage Efficiency Cooperative. The company’s new IT services practice adds support for independent mortgage banks

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Realtor.com parent Move acquires Zenlist

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Move Inc., the parent company of Realtor.com, has acquired Zenlist, a real estate technology company known for its collaborative search tools for agents and homebuyers. The acquisition was announced Monday and aims to enhance Realtor.com’s offerings for real estate professionals by integrating Zenlist’s mobile-first platform, which allows agents and clients to search and communicate in

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Informative Research integrates Halcyon into verification platform

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Informative Research, a provider of credit and verification solutions to the mortgage lending community, announced on Monday the availability of Halcyon’s IRS tax transcript service within Informative Research‘s verification platform. The enhancement expands Informative Research’s suite of income verification and employment verification options, enabling lenders to access secure, permissioned tax transcript data directly from the

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Tech Pulse: Realtor.com adds property tax appeal; PropStream expands lead generation

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Welcome back to Tech Pulse — HousingWire‘s weekly series rounding up the latest in technology — including tools, integrations and trends that impact mortgage and real estate. Here’s what happened this week: Realtor.com adds property tax appeal tool with Ownwell integration Realtor.com now offers property tax monitoring and appeals through a new partnership with Ownwell. With rising homeownership costs, this

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