NAR Program Reaches Out to Startup Community for Innovative Ideas
Second Century Ventures (SCV), National Association of REALTORS’ (NAR) strategic technology investment arm, has launched the NAR REACH Labs program. This program helps Realtor...
TransUnion, UMortgage, FinLocker Offer Financial Tools to Make Mortgages Attainable
UMortgage has partnered with TransUnion and FinLocker to provide consumers with the USafe app, making financial literacy and personal financial management more accessible.
The USafe...
Streamloan Adds Technology Solution to Speed up Loan Origination Process
The mobile-first mortgage lending solution from StreamLoan Inc., a provider of point-of-sale (POS), LOS-integrated mortgage tools, is now built on Encompass and available through...
Fannie Mae Reperforming Loan Sale Transaction Includes Nearly 8,000 Loans
Fannie Mae’s results of its twenty-fourth reperforming loan sale transaction included the sale of 7,970 loans totaling $1.3 billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB),...
MBA Awards Scholarships to 163 Women and Minorities
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) says it awarded more than $134,000 in scholarships to 163 women and minorities under its Path to Diversity (P2D)...
UniversalCIS | Credit Plus Shifts Strategies with Rebranding as Xactus
UniversalCIS | Credit Plus, a verifications provider for the mortgage industry, has changed its name to Xactus. The strategic shift reflects the company's evolution...
Inlanta Mortgage Promotes Laffey to SVP, Sales and Business Development
Kevin Laffey has been promoted to senior vice president, sales and business development, at Inlanta Mortgage, an independent mortgage lender with 39 branch offices...
Anderson Joins Fannie Mae as SVP, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Fannie Mae has appointed Sharifa A. Anderson senior vice president and chief diversity and inclusion (D&I) officer. She will be a member of Fannie...
BSI Financial Services Taps Yarbrough as SVP, Chief Lending Officer
Kelli Yarbrough recently joined BSI Financial Services, a mortgage-centric financial services company, as senior vice president and chief lending officer.
Yarbrough has more than 20...
Plaza Home Mortgage Sees Executive Leadership Changes
Allyson Foley has joined Plaza Home Mortgage as executive vice president, wholesale operations.
In addition, Jeff Leinan, former executive vice president, national wholesale production, will...
CondoTek Promotes Lisa Geloso to Head of Product Development and Customer Success
Lisa Geloso has been promoted to head of product development and customer success CondoTek, a provider of technology and services for condominium and co-op...
Paradatec Hires Kim Weaver as Director, Product Strategy
Kim Weaver has joined Paradatec Inc., a provider of AI-based document classification and data extraction technology for mortgage loan processing, as director, product strategy.
Weaver...
Churchill Mortgage Chooses Candor Loan Automation System
Candor Technology has signed its 60th client, Churchill Mortgage. Since its Loan Engineering System went into production in September 2020, Candor Technology has conducted...
Heidi Mason Takes on Role of General Counsel for Freddie Mac
Freddie Mac has named Heidi Mason executive vice president and general counsel, bringing 25 years of experience in mortgage lending, financial services, consumer protection...
Fannie Mae Prices Green Multifamily DUS REMIC as Part of GeMS Program
Fannie Mae has priced a $781 million Green Multifamily DUS REMIC under its Fannie Mae Guaranteed Multifamily Structures (Fannie Mae GeMS) program. FNA 2022-M1G...
Bjelac to Lead Sprout Mortgage National TPO Sales Channel
Sprout Mortgage, a non-QM originator and lender, has promoted Samuel Bjelac to executive vice president to lead Sprout's national TPO sales channel. He will...
ConsumerDirect Mortgage Rebrands to ‘Real Genius’
To better align the company brand with its technology that makes the mortgage process easier and more economical for consumers, ConsumerDirect Mortgage, a division...
Cherry Creek Mortgage Hires Lisa Gibbs as VP of CRM Technologies
Lisa Gibbs recently joined Cherry Creek Mortgage as vice president of CRM technologies.
Gibbs brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her new role,...
Angel Oak Home Loans Opens New Branches in California and Mississippi
Non-QM mortgage lender Angel Oak Home Loans has opened two new branches in California and Mississippi.
The new location in Camarillo, Calif., will be led...
LLR Partners Invests in Sales Boomerang and Mortgage Coach
Philadelphia-based private-equity firm LLR Partners has made strategic investments in Sales Boomerang, a provider of automated borrower intelligence and retention software for lenders, and...