Underwriting processes will see the greatest transformation — and the biggest lift — from artificial intelligence this year, and the outcomes it produces should aid in instilling confidence among buyers and lenders. Processing Content In a recent National Mortgage News survey, 57% of respondents predicted AI-driven underwriting would create the greatest mortgage industry change this […]
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The federal government should step in to prevent an emerging patchwork of state regulations from stifling the benefits of applying the tools of generative artificial intelligence to the mortgage market, writes Leah Price, of the Tinman AI Platform.Adobe Stock The federal government in December took the first steps toward steamrolling any potential bottlenecks that states
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A startup focused on modernizing property records intelligence announced a seed funding round, making it at least the second such company to receive early venture capital investment this year. Processing Content Based in Tel Aviv with operations also in Florida, Dono raised $6.5 million in the round led by Link Ventures. Participants also included Lool
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A new year often brings renewed confidence that technology will change everything. And 2026 is no exception. Across industries, artificial intelligence is being framed as the next major force reshaping operations, customer expectations, and the way businesses evaluate risk. Real estate is at the center of that conversation, and title and settlement companies are not just on
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Loft47 has released software features expanding its platform beyond commission management to transaction management, compliance review and workflow coordination for real estate brokerages. The company said updates allow brokerages to manage transactions from executed contract through closing within a single system — even when agents use different contract and e-signature tools. Updates include automated deal
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Lofty is leaning into the next phase of artificial intelligence (AI) in real estate, not just assisting agents, but quietly running much of the business for them. The real estate technology company has introduced Lofty AOS, which it describes as the industry’s first agentic AI operating system built specifically for brokerages. Lofty vice president of
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Redfin, which is now owned by Rocket Companies, is following in Zillow’s footsteps and launching an app integration with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The company announced Friday that ChatGPT users now have access to a Redfin app within the platform that allows users to locate property listings relevant to their home search parameters and chat with the
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Rithm Capital is boosting its investment in servicing technology provider Valon, taking a minority equity ownership stake and expanding on their existing business partnership. Processing Content With the move, Rithm expects to reduce costs for its home finance subsidiary, Newrez, and further scale development of Valon’s artificial intelligence-backed operating system “to modernize the $13 trillion
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Mortgage lenders are seeing loan defects stabilize after several volatile years, but shifts in interest rates and loan volumes continue to expose weaknesses in quality control (QC), according to ACES Quality Management CEO Trevor Gauthier and chief operating officer Phil McCall. In an interview with HousingWire, Gauthier and McCall highlighted staffing cuts, refinance surges and
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Propy — a tech company using artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain to automate real estate closings — announced it has secured a $100 million credit facility from Metropolitan Partners Group. Financing will be used to consolidate title and escrow companies into an AI-powered, end-to-end closing platform. According to Propy, transaction costs can approach 10% of
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