Apply Online
Schedule a Call

Artificial Intelligence

U.S. housing inventory growth slows to 10% as demand reshapes the 2026 market

Artificial Intelligence, Data & Analytics, Housing Market, Housing Market Data, HWmember /

Housing inventory growth has slowed from 33% year over year in mid-2025 to 10.0% today. The cooling marks the clearest end to the supply-shortage era and the beginning of a market where pricing power will be determined more by demand strength, rates and buyer behavior than scarcity alone. As HousingWire Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami recently […]

U.S. housing inventory growth slows to 10% as demand reshapes the 2026 market Read More »

Housing absorption rate vs market size: Efficiency signals pressure

Artificial Intelligence, Data & Analytics, Housing Market, Housing Market Data, HWmember /

Data reflects single-family home market conditions as of the Jan. 3, 2026 weekly snapshot, based on HousingWire proprietary data. Housing markets are often evaluated by size: total sales, total dollar volume, total listings. Those metrics describe where activity is concentrated. They do not reliably indicate where competition is intensifying, where pricing power is shifting, or

Housing absorption rate vs market size: Efficiency signals pressure Read More »

Newrez invests in AI underwriting platform Homevision

Newrez invests in AI underwriting platform Homevision

Artificial Intelligence, Mortgage technology, Originations, Technology, Underwriting /

Left to right: Homevision CEO Jeff Foster, Newrez President Baron Silverstein National mortgage lender and servicer Newrez announced it is making a strategic investment into artificial intelligence platform Homevision to create technology capable of addressing all aspects of underwriting. Processing Content Through the partnership, the two companies aim to expand Homevision’s scope of work beyond

Newrez invests in AI underwriting platform Homevision Read More »

The spreadsheet trap: Why investor reporting still operates like it’s 2005

Artificial Intelligence, Contributors, HWmember, Mortgage, Opinion, Technology /

Manually updating spreadsheets. Dealing with paper jams in the printer. Remember what office life was like in 2005? If you’re feeling nostalgic, you can find many of the same practices still in place in the investor’s reporting offices of loan servicers today.  But why haven’t these offices evolved with changing technology?  It’s partly cultural, but

The spreadsheet trap: Why investor reporting still operates like it’s 2005 Read More »

Title insurance leaders betting on technology, efficiency in 2026

Artificial Intelligence, Fannie Mae, FinCEN, First American, Freddie Mac, HWmember, Real Estate, Stewart, Stewart Title, Technology, Title, Title insurance /

As the title insurance industry moves into 2026, executives say it faces a complex mix of market pressures, regulatory shifts and escalating fraud risks. Leading executives who sat down with HousingWire are focusing on technology, operational efficiency and agent support — aiming to keep operations resilient while preparing for market recovery. Ryan Swed, group president

Title insurance leaders betting on technology, efficiency in 2026 Read More »

AI drives efficiency in title and settlement at WFG in 2025

Artificial Intelligence, HWmember, Technology, Title, Title insurance, WFG National Title /

Technology adoption in the title and settlement industry continued to speed up in 2025, with Williston Financial Group (WFG) and its subsidiaries focusing heavily on technology that delivers measurable gains in speed, accuracy and risk reduction. In this HousingWire Q&A, Marty Frame, president of WFG subsidiary MyHome, and Ryan Ozonian, senior director of innovation and

AI drives efficiency in title and settlement at WFG in 2025 Read More »

Rechat partners with SkySlope to add forms, e-signatures to platform

Agent, Artificial Intelligence, CRM, eSignature, HWmember, Partnerships, Real Estate, Technology /

Experience management platform Rechat is partnering with transaction management platform SkySlope, enabling Rechat to expand its capabilities into forms and e-signatures.  The firms announced the partnership on Dec. 23. According to a press release, the partnership is an expansion of Rechat’s transactions ecosystem and functions as an add-on with Rechat Deals. Through the partnership, agents

Rechat partners with SkySlope to add forms, e-signatures to platform Read More »

The U.S. housing market in 2025: A year of normalization

2025 Year in Review, Artificial Intelligence, Housing Market, Housing Market Data, HWmember /

After housing market cycles defined by extreme shortages, rapid price appreciation and frenetic buyer competition, this year delivered something closer to balance. Inventory climbed meaningfully, price growth flattened and homes took longer to sell — signs of a market settling into a more sustainable rhythm. Using data through Dec. 20, here’s how the housing market

The U.S. housing market in 2025: A year of normalization Read More »

AI is changing the rules of mortgage industry marketing

Artificial Intelligence, Google, MARKETING TO BORROWERS, Mortgage technology, Technology /

Among the changes mortgage businesses are trying to adjust to in the age of artificial intelligence, marketing strategy could turn out to be the trickiest to understand and implement. Processing Content AI has ushered in a new landscape for digital marketing across all types of businesses, and where search-engine optimization once governed how companies made

AI is changing the rules of mortgage industry marketing Read More »

CertifID’s Tyler Adams on deepfakes, fraud and protecting homebuyers

Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, HWmember, Real Estate, Real Estate Agents, Real Estate Fraud, Technology, Title, Title insurance, Wire Fraud /

Cybercriminals are not inventing entirely new schemes in 2025. They are perfecting old ones. According to Tyler Adams, CEO and co-founder of CertifID, fraudsters are combining artificial intelligence (AI) with patience, timing and realism to exploit real estate transactions in increasingly convincing ways. From AI-generated voice impersonations to email monitoring and highly targeted wire fraud,

CertifID’s Tyler Adams on deepfakes, fraud and protecting homebuyers Read More »