Loan Processing

Better launches ChatGPT-based credit decision engine for mortgage and HELOC lenders

Better.com has launched a conversational credit decision engine that lets mortgage and home equity lenders run underwriting through ChatGPT using the company’s Tinman AI platform, the company announced Thursday. The integration, built with OpenAI using a Model Context Protocol (MCP) connector, allows loan officers and bank teams to access Better’s Tinman engine directly in ChatGPT […]

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Blend launches Autopilot AI agent

Blend Labs Inc. on Tuesday announced the launch of Blend Autopilot, an AI-powered agent designed to accelerate the mortgage application process. With traditional mortgage origination taking up to 30 to 60 days and costing $11,000 or more per loan, Blend Autopilot automates document review, compliance checks, follow-ups and application updates in real time as it

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Friday Harbor adds income and asset scenario testing for LOs

AI-powered mortgage underwriting platform Friday Harbor announced Tuesday the launch of a new set of tools called Income and Asset Sandbox, which are designed to help loan officers structure income and asset decisions earlier in the origination process. The tools allow lending teams to test how different income streams, assets and supporting documents affect a

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The rise of credit solutions in lending: Why loan officers with credit tools find more success 

A credit report shows a score and a list of tradelines. It does not show what to do next. When qualification hinges on small swings in a score, borrowers need coaching that translates data into actions. That is where modern loan officers add the most value: not by interpreting a score in isolation, but by

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The new battlefront in lending: Payment intelligence, buyer retention, and the capital rails that will decide 2026 purchase winners 

For the past decade, rate marketing has been the dominant gravitational force in mortgage acquisition. Whoever shouted the lowest 30-year fixed rate the loudest won the most attention. But attention has never been the same as intent, and intent has never been the same as a closed loan.  What’s happening now is more fundamental than

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Figure debuts AI-powered platform for DSCR loans

Figure on Wednesday launched an AI-powered platform for debt-service-coverage ratio (DSCR) loans, expanding its blockchain-based capital marketplace into one of the fastest-growing segments of housing finance. A release from the company confirmed that West Capital Lending and Axen Mortgage are among Figure’s first partners to embed its DSCR product. The platform allows investors to qualify

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