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HouseAmerica Financial joins All Western Mortgage 

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National mortgage banking company All Western Mortgage (AWM) announced on Thursday that HouseAmerica Financial has joined the company as it continues its national expansion. HouseAmerica Financial, based in La Cañada, California, produces about $500 million annually in mortgage volume, according to the announcement. The company is led by mortgage executive Alan Pezeshkian, who has more […]

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Loan Factory launches fully automated originations through Pylon

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Loan Factory announced Thursday that it is launching fully automated mortgage originations through a partnership with Pylon, a move the companies say will streamline operations, lower costs and speed up closings. The company said the partnership will allow it to originate loans directly on Pylon’s infrastructure, eliminating manual loan operations and reducing reliance on wholesale

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loanDepot, Figure team up on streamlined home loan and equity products

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loanDepot announced Thursday that it has formed a strategic partnership with Figure Technology Solutions to power a new “express-path” home loan product through loanDepot’s mello platform. Under the agreement, loanDepot will integrate Figure’s proprietary credit and loan underwriting engine into its mello technology stack and point-of-sale system. The integration is designed to allow loanDepot to

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Rocket Close, AWS collaborate on AI system to automate mortgage document workflows

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Rocket Close announced Thursday that it has significantly reduced the time required to process mortgage documents by deploying a generative artificial intelligence (AI) solution developed in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Rocket Close, which processes about 2,000 abstract document packages daily, previously relied on manual workflows that took up to 10 hours per package

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Addy AI integrates with ICE Encompass for loan officer workflows

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Addy AI, a loan officer workflow platform, announced this week a partnership with ICE Mortgage Technology to integrate with the Encompass loan origination system. The integration, which aims to help loan officers spend less time reading PDFs, chasing documents and interpreting findings, is designed to address delays that often occur in the middle of the

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Huntington Bank’s Carolyn Gorman on expanded mortgage footprint with Cadence, Veritex partnerships

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Huntington Bank — which is poised to become a $280 billion institution after its acquisitions of Cadence Bank and Veritex Bank — is aggressively expanding its mortgage footprint across Texas and the Southeast while emphasizing a “partnership” culture over a traditional acquisition model. That’s according to Carolyn Gorman, the bank’s senior vice president and mortgage

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FirstHome IQ partners with MBA to boost loan officer advocacy on Capitol Hill

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FirstHome IQ, a nonprofit focused on first-time homebuyer education and financial literacy, announced Thursday that it’s teaming up with the Mortgage Bankers Association to bring a coalition of loan officers to Washington, D.C., for the MBA’s National Advocacy Conference in April. The initiative aims to have at least one LO from every state advocating together

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Figure CEO Michael Tannenbaum on partnering with Bed Bath & Beyond

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The parent company of Bed Bath & Beyond is moving deeper into financial services through the launch of a personal finance platform that will offer home loans in partnership with Figure Technologies. The initiative, tied to the company’s pending acquisition of Tokens.com, aims to combine traditional lending with blockchain-based asset finance. The news prompted a

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Rate partners with Alianza to expand bilingual mortgage education

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Rate and Alianza have entered a multi-year collaboration that names Rate the official mortgage lending partner of Alianza, a grassroots soccer platform serving Latino communities across the United States. The agreement follows a pilot partnership in 2025 and will run through the 2026 and 2027 seasons, a release from Rate confirmed. Activations are planned across

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The Mortgage Collaborative and MBA partner to expand advocacy

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The Mortgage Collaborative (TMC) and the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) on Monday announced a partnership aimed at expanding advocacy, education and engagement opportunities for independent mortgage lenders. The Mortgage Collaborative, the largest independent cooperative network for mortgage lenders, said the partnership is designed to strengthen connections between independent lenders and national industry advocacy efforts. Under

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