Artificial Intelligence

AD Mortgage broker survey finds rising AI use and training gaps

AD Mortgage released a new broker technology survey this week, which shows mortgage professionals are increasingly using artificial intelligence and digital tools but still face gaps in training, integration and adoption decisions. Based on responses from more than 250 mortgage brokers nationwide, the “Technology in the Mortgage Industry: 2026 Broker Survey” offers a snapshot of […]

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Mortgage brokers embrace AI but seek better tools, training

Mortgage brokers are active users of ChatGPT and ready to add artificial intelligence tools to their workflows, but a majority still have questions surrounding which software best serves their needs. Processing Content More than half, or 55%, are already implementing AI on a regular basis, with approximately 35% already considering themselves daily users, according to

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The Gathering: AI opportunities and risks for mortgage lenders

Artificial intelligence is poised to reshape mortgage lending operations and consumer engagement while also raising concerns about workforce disruption across the industry, two mortgage executives said during a panel discussion at HousingWire‘s The Gathering in Austin. Speaking at the event on Tuesday morning, Patty Arvielo, CEO and co-founder of New American Funding (NAF), and LaTasha

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Smart home technology continues to emerge as key tool for aging in place

A rapidly aging U.S. population is accelerating demand for smart home technology that allows older adults to remain in their homes longer. Financing options, including the tapping of home equity, are emerging to help pay for it. Roughly 11,000 Americans turn 65 each day and about one in four U.S. residents is now at least

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The Group Real Estate’s Brandon Wells on AI ‘slop,’ independents’ edge

Brandon Wells, president and CEO of The Group Real Estate, doesn’t buy into the fear that artificial intelligence will replace real estate agents (AI). But he also doesn’t buy into most of the AI tools being sold to brokerages today. “I think there’s a lot of AI slop out there,” Wells said on the latest

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New Dark Matter CEO eyes deals, AI-first future

New Dark Matter CEO eyes deals, AI-first future

Dark Matter Technologies’ new CEO says acquisitions are going to play a vital role in his company’s future. Processing Content Former chief technology officer at the company, Vikas Rao, took over as the mortgage software company’s chief executive this month in an organizational leadership restructure also characterized by a leaner workforce. A veteran of technology

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How fraud gets stopped in its tracks by real estate and title pros

Real estate fraud has evolved rapidly, and professionals across the industry already recognize that today’s schemes are more complex and convincing than ever. What has changed most is the scale — driven by artificial intelligence (AI) that can generate realistic emails, cloned voices and even live deepfake video impersonations of buyers, sellers or agents. In

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Why AI is still a subpar real estate agent replacement

I recently got a question from Real Estate Writer Michele Lerner for Florida Realtor magazine that cut right to the chase of this technological moment: Can AI replace real estate agents?⁣ Here’s my answer: Not yet. And maybe not ever, but not because I’m anti-tech. Quite the opposite. I’m an early adopter. I love tools

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Three lessons for mortgage leaders right now

I became a grandma recently, which has been equal parts magical … and also mildly humiliating. Because apparently, everything we did thirty years ago is now wrong. Like, way wrong. I marvel that my daughter survived to age one. Put the baby on their stomach? Wrong. Kiss that baby on the face? Not yet, Grandma.

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Real estate tech shifting from Swiss Army knives to scalpels

For nearly two decades, real estate technology followed a predictable playbook: Build an all-in-one platform that does everything, with the CRM, dialer, transaction management and nurture campaigns all under one roof. But a quiet reversal is underway. A growing number of agents, teams and brokerages are abandoning general-purpose tools in favor of highly specialized solutions

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