Xactus, a fintech company that provides credit verification services for the mortgage industry, has acquired Mortgage Credit Link (MCL) from MeridianLink, a platform designed to streamline order fulfillment for credit and data verification. Now called XedaLink, the business segment will be structured as a subsidiary of Xactus but will continue to operate within its existing framework and will keep its distinct client and partner base intact.
Pennsylvania-based lender-servicer Newrez announced the launch of Rezi Mortgage Assistant, an AI-powered mortgage guide built directly into ChatGPT. The tool is crafted to provide plain-language mortgage and home equity responses to consumers, with the AI model trained on Newrez’s underwriting guidelines, lending policies and educational content.
Newrez also announced a partnership with Matic to integrate its digital insurance marketplace into Newrez’s HomeHub portal. The integration is designed to enable Newrez customers to compare personalized homeowners insurance options and receive proactive quotes.
GO Mortgage announced the launch of a third-party origination channel. The wholesale platform will be led by Rob Saunders, who has been named executive vice president of TPO production. The company noted that the platform will be rolled out to a select group of broker partners over the next two months, a move designed to evaluate performance at scale before expanding nationally.
Planet has expanded its offerings to include non-agency loans, including a suite of non-qualified mortgage (non-QM) products featuring alternative income and debt-service coverage ratio (DSCR) options. The Connecticut-based lender had previously introduced a non-agency correspondent pilot at the tail end of 2025, noting in a recent press release that it has seen “significant adoption from its nearly 800 lending partners.”
Panorama Mortgage Group, which celebrated its 20th anniversary this month, has rebranded as SimplyPMG. The move unifies the Alterra Home Loans and Travisa Financial channels under a single brand, with the name change reflecting the company’s mission of “guiding borrowers through the loan process with simplicity and better pricing.”
CRE tech company CommLoan announced the launch of a quote generator for the commercial real estate lending industry, giving brokers access to the company’s proprietary data through an AI-based interface. Pulling from over 600,000 active loan programs across more than 1,000 lenders and covering 75 property types, the generator lets brokers upload offering memorandums or manually enter deal details and receive lender matches based on live lending criteria.
Michael Boggiano, a 35-year veteran of the CRE finance industry, has launched the Academy for Commercial Lending, an online training platform that aims to educate industry stakeholders on topics such as commercial underwriting fundamentals, DSCR lending, Small Business Administration loan financing, multifamily lending, bridge lending and deal structuring concepts. Joining Boggiano in the initiative are Art “Ski” Swiatkowski and Enrique Gomez.
The National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) has formed a strategic partnership with TrustEngine, a provider of borrower engagement and origination performance solutions for the mortgage industry. The collaboration gives NAMB members access to MortgageCoach, TrustEngine’s flagship product that lets loan officers present side-by-side mortgage scenarios to borrowers in a simplified, visual format.
The Mortgage Collaborative (TMC) has partnered with The Zebra on an initiative that aims to connect borrowers with home insurance options at the point of mortgage origination. Beginning June 2, TMC’s lender members can refer borrowers to the insurance platform on TheZebra.com, where they can compare quotes from more than 110 carriers and purchase coverage before closing, with the lender receiving referral compensation.
ProxyPics, a technology platform for on-demand property data collection, announced it has become the first verified provider of the Uniform Property Data Report (UPDR), a standardized reporting framework developed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to improve consistency, efficiency and scalability across property data collection. The ProxyPics platform uses artificial intelligence and computer vision models to analyze property images and extract key data points, which the company says will reduce manual data entry and increase consistency and data integrity by automatically populating fields within the UPDR.
Candor Technology has integrated its Loan Engineering System with Freddie Mac’s AIM Check API, an asset and income modeling tool, to automate W‑2 income calculations and streamline how borrower data flows into Loan Product Advisor, Freddie’s automated underwriting system. Candor positioned the move as providing lenders faster turnaround times, fewer manual steps and potential eligibility for Freddie’s income calculation representations and warranties relief.
Clear Capital, a national real estate valuation technology company, has acquired Restb.ai, a AI-driven tech provider for the valuation and real estate industries that’s based in Barcelona, Spain. The move brings image recognition and data enrichment capabilities to Clear Capital’s product suite, which also includes digital floor plan and virtual tool capabilities added through the acquisition of CubiCasa in 2021.
Attom has launched Attom Intelligence, a new framework that updates the company’s property data and analytics tools for modern AI-driven workflows. The rollout includes a redesigned digital experience and clearer data categories — including valuation analytics, property risk analytics, market and location analytics and research tools — as well as the reintroduction of Attom’s Table of Data Elements.
FirstClose has launched SmartDocs, a disclosure automation tool built into its XpressEquity point-of-sale platform that’s designed to notify lenders when disclosure obligations begin. By automatically triggering workflows based on lender-configured rules, it helps standardize timing and delivery across programs and jurisdictions.
Friday Harbor, a Seattle-based mortgage tech provider, announced an industry-first AI compliance attestation from mortgage banking and financial services law firm Brody Gapp LLP. The designation follows a compliance review of the company’s pre-underwriting platform, which uses artificial intelligence to help loan officers assemble complete and compliant loan files.
MBA Education, a division of the Mortgage Bankers Association, awarded Trimont with its Commercial Educator of the Year Award at the association’s CRE Servicing Solutions Conference. Trimont, a loan services provider for the CRE industry, was recognized for making learning and development a “strategic priority,” with its IGNITE leadership program singled out as creating a “high-performing leadership pipeline.”
