Colin McNamara
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Title partners' fraud tools change as CertifID buys again (opens the original)
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The consolidation wave is extending beyond mortgage lenders and servicers, with fraud prevention and escrow management companies joining forces to create a safer closing process. Title fraud prevention firm CertifID acquired Closinglock, bringing together complementary capabilities across identity verification, fraud prevention, secure payments and real estate closing workflows to better protect people and money throughout a real estate transaction, the companies announced in a press release Thu
Hometap expands home equity investment product in 6 new states (opens the original)
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Home equity investment platform Hometap is looking to capitalize on home equity to offset surging mortgage rates by expanding to six new states. The fintech launched its home equity investment product in Alabama, Kentucky, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Wisconsin, bringing Hometap's availability to 27 states, the company announced Wednesday. Home equity lending accounted for 17.5% of all mortgage transactions last year, while the number of mortgage loans originated fell by 50% from 2021
ICE launches service changing how lenders handle whole loans (opens the original)
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A structured price infrastructure is coming to the residential whole loan market, prompting lenders to adapt their risk management, valuation and trading strategies. The Intercontinental Exchange announced Wednesday the launch of Residential Whole Loan Evaluations, which extends ICE's evaluated pricing process to individual, unsecuritized loans. The service aims to fill the gap between securitized and unsecuritized markets, providing the same pricing to the whole loan market. "Residential whole
Home prices lag inflation; eastern metros build equity (opens the original)
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Home prices ticked up in the middle of the summer but still comfortably trailed inflation, a new industry report found. The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller home price index rose 1.9% year over year in July, up from a 1.6% increase the previous month. Home value also fell again in real terms, as inflation ran 1.5 percentage points above price growth, down slightly from 3.5% in June. "While home prices continued to decline in real terms in July 2026, marking the 14th consecutive month of real declines,
5 practices helping mortgage companies implement AI (opens the original)
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Mortgage lenders and servicers trying to catch up on artificial intelligence have five practices to follow from the companies that are moving fastest, according to a new industry survey. The State of AI Among Mortgage Lenders and Servicers identifies these practices as helping lenders and servicers accelerate AI adoption: Mortgage lenders are trailing other financial service sectors in artificial intelligence implementation, and haven't seen widespread business improvements as a result. The typi
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