AnnieMac Home Mortgage, a nationwide lender with branches in 28 states, announced the acquisition of Orlando-based Florida Funding. As part of the transaction, several Florida Funding employees will transition to AnnieMac’s OVM Financial Division, including Matt Beckwith, executive vice president at OVM. AnnieMac also announced that it will continue Florida Funding’s long-standing relationship with Robert Slack Real Estate Brokerage.
BMO Financial Group announced the launch of a Spanish-language mortgage application, available digitally or in-branch, that aims to expand homeownership access for Latino individuals and families. According to the company, the application “offers culturally and linguistically relevant tools that reflect the diverse needs of Latino communities.”
Panorama Mortgage Group, a independent mortgage bank focused on affordable lending, announced the launch of Travisa Financial, an initiative that supports both the wholesale and correspondent channels through conventional, government and specialty loan products.
Luxury residential real estate brokerage Douglas Elliman Real Estate announced the launch of Elliman Capital, an in-house mortgage platform designed to streamline the home financing process for clients seeking both traditional and non-traditional loan products. Developed in partnership with Associated Mortgage Bankers, the venture will initially launch in Florida before expanding to other states where Douglas Elliman conducts business.
First American Title Insurance Co. announced the launch of AgentNetAssist, a generative artificial intelligence tool that instantly searches and summarizes the company’s repository of expert-curated underwriting resources as part of the AgentNet Knowledge platform.
Blend Labs Inc. and Doma Technologies LLC announced an expanded partnership to integrate Doma’s AI-powered Upfront Title solution into Blend’s home lending platform, providing lenders with instant title decisions directly within the borrower application flow.
Pulse Processing announced that it is rebranding as GO Processing. The Michigan-based, women-owned company offers a concierge-based approach to loan processing, with a commission-based processor who owns each loan file as a single point of contact from disclosure to clear to close.
Down Payment Resource (DPR), creator of a tech platform that aggregates homebuyer assistance programs, announced a strategic partnership with FirstHome IQ, a nonprofit that provides homeownership education and resources, to embed DPR’s data and tools into FirstHome IQ’s curriculum and online platform.
Informative Research, a provider of data-driven credit and verification solutions to the lending community, announced the availability of Halcyon’s IRS tax transcript service within the company’s verification platform, enabling lenders to access secure, permissioned tax transcript data directly from the IRS.
Friday Harbor, a Seattle-based creator of an AI-driven platform for loan officers, announced the release of an open application programming interface that will allow mortgage lenders and vendors to integrate the company’s Originator Assistant technology into any loan origination system or point-of-sale system.
Argyle, a provider of automated income and employment verifications for lenders, announced its integration with LenderLogix’s LiteSpeed point-of-sale platform, enabling banks, credit unions, independent mortgage banks and brokers to embed verification of income, employment and assets services at the start of the loan process, with no portals, emails or manual uploads required.
