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October 2025

Blend Labs unveils AI system for lending

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Blend Labs Inc. on Wednesday introduced Intelligent Origination, an AI-driven system designed to streamline the lending process by embedding automation and analytics throughout its digital origination platform. The company said the system integrates artificial intelligence into each stage of origination to interpret data and documents, perform complex tasks autonomously and learn from outcomes. Each feature […]

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FHA refinance applications rise 12% amid mixed mortgage rates

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Mortgage applications decreased 1.8% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending October 10, 2025. On an unadjusted basis, the index decreased 2% compared with the previous week. Despite the overall increase, Federal Housing Administration (FHA) applications saw a strong week, with

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Plaid introduces LendScore for real-time credit risk assessment

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Plaid on Wednesday introduced LendScore, a new credit risk model that uses real-time cash flow data and account connection insights to give unsecured personal lenders a more complete view of a borrower’s financial situation. The launch comes amid significant shifts in consumer borrowing behavior and credit scoring. Plaid pointed to a recent TransUnion study, which

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AI in title and escrow is a ‘force multiplier’ not a ‘job killer’

AI in title and escrow is a ‘force multiplier’ not a ‘job killer’

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly become a cornerstone technology for the title and escrow sector, according to Qualia’s newly released State of AI in Title and Escrow 2025 report. Nearly 90% of professionals now use at least one AI tool — a sign of the technology’s influence moving from novelty to necessity. The study, which

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How Coldwell Banker is redefining real estate through lifestyle and legacy

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The new Coldwell Banker brand campaign marks a pivotal evolution for the 119-year-old real estate powerhouse. Vice President of Marketing Brandon Newman, who joined the company after a career with luxury automotive brands like Mercedes-Benz and Aston Martin, is leading the charge to shift the narrative from transactions to transformation, helping people “live well and

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Atlas VMS hires Trey Cole to lead client engagement for AIM-Port

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Valuation management form Atlas VMS has appointed Trey Cole as vice president of client engagement for its AIM-Port Platform Solutions Division. In his new role, Cole will focus on strengthening customer relationships, expanding client-focused initiatives and promoting adoption of the AIM-Port platform across the country. AIM-Port — Atlas VMS’s flagship order management system — was

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loanDepot sues WCL, alleging illegal practices

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loanDepot is accusing West Capital Lending (WCL) of hiring hundreds of loan originators as independent contractors and paying them revenue splits — practices that loanDepot claims are illegal and enabled WCL to become one of the largest mortgage brokerages in the country in just three years. The lender sued the brokerage and its founders, Eric

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Financial data network Plaid launches a consumer credit score

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The financial-technology firm Plaid Inc. is launching a credit-score service to provide banks and fintechs more detailed and timely information on consumers’ financial health. Plaid — whose services connect banks and fintechs — is launching LendScore, a rating that will range from 1-99 with a particular focus on helping lenders serving subprime and near-prime consumers,

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PNC logs record revenue on fee income, loan growth

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Key insight: PNC hit or beat expectations across the board for its third quarter financial results. What’s at stake: After years of mild dealmaking and loan growth, banks are starting to reap the benefits of more certainty and a frothier market. Forward look: While PNC logged record revenue for the third quarter, its fourth-quarter outlook

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Supreme Court rejects petition on New York foreclosure law

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The Supreme Court has declined to review a challenge to retroactive interpretation of a New York law that applies a new statute of limitations to foreclosures. The high court turned down without explanation a petition for a writ of certiorari in the case US Bank National Association, Trustee v. Cassandra Fox, marking the end of

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