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MeridianLink expands AI offerings as volume, customer growth accelerate

Artificial Intelligence, HWmember, MeridianLink, Mortgage, Mortgage applications, Technology /

MeridianLink, a provider of digital lending and data-driven decisioning solutions, announced on Tuesday that it is expanding its platform with new artificial intelligence capabilities and continued growth in its mortgage business. The company launched MeridianLink Intelligence, an embedded AI offering within its MeridianLink One platform. The system, nicknamed “Millie,” deploys role-based AI agents designed to […]

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What lenders are really saying about efficiency in 2026

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If you want to understand where the mortgage industry is headed, spend a few days listening to lenders at gatherings like ICE Experience, HousingWire’s The Gathering or Texas MBA’s annual convention when they are not presenting, not pitching and not on panels. Spend time in the hallways. At the booths. In the quiet conversations between

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Are private listings a consumer risk or a power grab?

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There is a word being used right now to scare real estate professionals into surrendering their judgment and independence. That word is private. It’s being used like magicians use abracadabra, hoping nobody notices what the other hand is doing. We’re told private listings will harm consumers and undermine fair housing. That they are the “dark

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Inventory growth making housing more affordable

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One positive housing story that really isn’t getting any love is the inventory growth we have seen since the lows of 2022. Why is that positive? Well, more inventory means more choices, a better buyer’s market, and less price growth — all things the housing market needs to get healthy again. I believe this is one

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Mortgage insurers end 1Q26 below expectations for volume

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Reflecting both the unusually strong fourth quarter for home loan originations and the volatile rate environment for the period just ended, private mortgage insurers wrote 13% less business versus three months prior. Processing Content Still, with mortgage rates going to the low 6% range from near 7% one year ago, the six active underwriters did

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Why banks are betting on mortgages again

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Frost Bank’s mortgage unit generated $595 million in outstanding loans in 2025, surpassing what its leaders had initially expected when the San Antonio-based bank re-entered home lending two years earlier.  Processing Content “If you look at why we exited, we just weren’t able to deliver that product in a relationship way that we did everything

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Freedom Mortgage settles FLSA suit with call center workers

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Freedom Mortgage has agreed to pay a $750,000 settlement to resolve a Fair Labor Standards Act complaint from a class of over 900 employees.  Processing Content A federal judge last month granted preliminary approval to the agreement between the large lender and servicer and remote call center employees. The lawsuit filed last March claims that

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Dream Finders goes hostile in Beazer takeover bid

Homebuilders, M&A, REALTORS & HOMEBUILDERS /

Dream Finders Homes is taking a more aggressive stance to acquire a fellow residential builder with a new proposed all-cash offer, publicizing its attempts after being rebuffed earlier this year.  Processing Content The Jacksonville, Florida-based company made the latest move for Beazer Homes on May 5, with an offer of $25.75 per outstanding share, a

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