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OpenClose Wraps Up LenderAssist LOS – Radian Guaranty Interface

Digital mortgage fintech company OpenClose has completed an interface with mortgage insurance (MI) provider Radian Guaranty Inc., leveraging OpenClose’s omni-channel loan origination system (LOS)...

OptifiNow to Integrate with Ellie Mae Digital Lending Platform

Sales and marketing automation technology provider OptifiNow says its platform will be integrated with the Ellie Mae Digital Lending Platform, including using Encompass Partner...

FirstClose ONE Now Sports Automated Ordering Feature

FirstClose Inc., a provider of technology solutions for banks and credit unions nationwide, recently launched automated ordering as the latest addition to its flagship...

CoreLogic’s Employment and Income Verification Solutions Now Integrated with Encompass

CoreLogic’s Verification of Employment and Income (VOE/I) solutions are now integrated with Ellie Mae’s Encompass loan origination system. That means mortgage lenders using Ellie Mae’s...

Flagstar Hires Reginald Davis as President of Community Banking

Reginald Davis, a 35-year veteran of the banking industry, has joined Flagstar Bank as president of community banking. Flagstar provides home loans through a wholesale...

First Option Mortgage Taps Fobby Naghmi, James Carroll

Industry veteran Fobby Naghmi has joined First Option Mortgage, a national residential mortgage lender, as executive vice president and national sales manager. In addition, James...

Black Knight’s CompassPPE, Ernst Fee Service Integrated with Blend

Black Knight Inc. says its CompassPPE product, pricing and eligibility engine and Ernst Fee Service solution are now integrated with Blend's platform for mortgage...

Michael Ferreira Returns to Guild Mortgage as Regional VP

Michael Ferreira has returned to Guild Mortgage as regional vice president, Northern California. Ferreira previously served as a district manager for Guild Mortgage from 2013-2017. Most...

Stewart Information Services Acquires United States Appraisals

Stewart Information Services Corp. has acquired United States Appraisals in a move aimed at enhancing Stewart’s existing title insurance, settlement services, appraisal/valuation, and other...

OpenClose Lenders Can Now Access Cyberlink eRAMP System

OpenClose and Cyberlink Software Solutions have completed an integration aimed at simplifying the registration of loans with MERS. Cyberlink’s eRAMP MERS Transaction Management solution integration...

Freddie Mac Appoints New CFO

Freddie Mac has named Christian M. Lown executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective June 15, succeeding Donald F. Kish, who has served...

ServiceLink Taps Former Freddie Mac VP for Servicing Role

ServiceLink has appointed Yvette Gilmore as its senior vice president of servicing product strategy, responsible for developing ServiceLink's products and services that support strategic...

Vani Vemuganti Promoted to CFO at Credit Plus

Vani Vemuganti has been promoted to chief financial officer at Credit Plus, a provider of data and insights to the mortgage industry. Vemuganti replaces outgoing...

Sprout Mortgage Adds Non-QM Options to Portfolio

Sprout Mortgage has rolled out four new non-QM loan programs with maximum LTVs of up to 80% and loan amounts of up to $4...

Calyx Rolls Out Cloud-Based Platform Zenly

Calyx, a provider of mortgage software solutions, has debuted a new cloud-based origination platform, Zenly, that can be purchased and operational in 15 minutes. The...

OmniConnect Mortgage Loan Connector Linked to Encompass

NXTsofthttp://www.nxtsoft.com, a provider of data security, connectivity and optimization software, says its OmniConnect Mortgage Loan Connector solutions are now available through Encompass by Ellie...

Plaza Home Mortgage Taps Kelley Tillinghast as SVP and Chief Underwriter

Kelley Tillinghast has joined wholesale and correspondent mortgage lender Plaza Home Mortgage Inc. as senior vice president, chief underwriter. Tillinghast has more than 20 years...

Mortgage Industry Veterans Richard Lombardi, Kevin Hughes Join Black Knight

Richard Lombardi has joined mortgage software, data and analytics firm Black Knight as senior vice president for data strategy and innovation. In addition, Kevin Hughes...

Planet Home Lending Announces Three New SVPs

Mike Eckrote has joined Planet Home Lending, a national lender and servicer, as senior vice president (SVP) of quality control (QC). In addition, Christopher Joles...

Tavant Links FinDecision to Ellie Mae Encompass

Digital lending technology firm Tavant has debuted its FinDecision product for Ellie Mae’s Encompass platform, enabling loan data to be submitted to automated underwriting...