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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 24, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Financial Women of San Francisco (FWSF) today named Teresa Bryce Bazemore as the FWSF 2023 Financial Woman of the Year. Ms. Bazemore is the President and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, whose mission is to provide its members with reliable access to low-cost liquidity, essential financial services and expertise, and resources for affordable housing and economic development.

NEW YORK, N.Y., April 21, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Taylor Wilshire and the Wilshire Foundation have again won the Global Excellence Award (GEA) from the Consortium of International Social and Financial Responsibility (CISFR). This award highlights the Wilshire Foundation’s outstanding success in creating sustainable solutions through partnership, innovation, and best practices in order to advance its mission of eradicating poverty by fostering development and promoting affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy for all.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 20, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI), a leader in data intelligence and market insight tools for the mortgage and real estate industries, today announced it has released LO Highlight Reels, an easy-to-use video creation tool for loan originators (LOs) looking for an eye-catching way to share their success and increase their visibility.

OWINGS MILLS, Md., April 20, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — TrustEngine™, a provider of data-driven homebuyer engagement and education solutions for lenders, today announced the release of Sales Boomerang’s latest Mortgage Market Opportunities Report. The Q1 2023 report indicates quarter-over-quarter improvements across all indicators of mortgage readiness, representing growth in mortgage lending opportunities.

RALEIGH, N.C., April 19, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mortgage software development and solutions firm Brimma Tech (Brimma) today announced a strategic collaboration with ability-to-pay fintech FormFree®. The integration of Brimma’s AI-enabled chatbot service into FormFree’s Passport® mobile app will make it possible for prospective homebuyers to find their ideal loan product from the convenience of their mobile device, without the need to first complete a detailed loan application.

ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. and DENVER, Colo., April 17, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Aldy Damian, CEO of Accredas Investments, announces sale and close of its latest marketed commercial property. The sale of Walgreens in Denver, CO MSA adds to the previous twelve month running gross sales proceeds totaling $71 Million dollars for the last fiscal year attributed to Accredas Investments.

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y., April 13, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Industry veteran Leonard Jones has been named Executive Director of Municipal Banking and Head of Public Finance for Blaylock Van, LLC, the nation’s longest-continuously operating Black-owned investment firm. In this role, he will lead the firm’s banking team and solutions for local and municipal government organizations with a focus on financial and risk management.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., April 13, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mortgage Capital Trading, Inc. (MCT®), a leading mortgage hedge advisory and secondary marketing software firm, announced that it has automated the process of digital TBA trade assignment during the loan sale process for both mortgage lenders and participating correspondent investors. This automation makes assignment of trade loan sales (AOTs) faster, more convenient, and easier for investors to offer.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. and LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 13, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Armadillo, a modern tech-enabled home warranty platform, and TurboTenant, a digital one-stop-shop for landlords looking to simplify then scale their rental business, have launched a partnership to provide landlords with an affordable and comprehensive protection plan for their rental properties.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 13, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI), a leader in data intelligence and market insight tools for the mortgage and real estate industries, announced today it has launched its new Custom Dashboard Hub and expanded the business intelligence (BI) tools available on its platform, increasing users’ ability and ease in developing strategy, recruiting, nurturing talent and discovering new opportunities.

LAKE ZURICH, Ill., April 11, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Dovenmuehle Mortgage, Inc. (Dovenmuehle), a leading mortgage subservicing company, announced today that public accounting and business advisory firm Plante Moran, PLLC has completed an annual review of Dovenmuehle’s subservicing operations and published its findings via Service Organization Control (SOC) 1® Type 2 and SOC 2® Type 2 reports.

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 6, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — iEmergent, a forecasting and advisory services firm for the financial services, mortgage and real estate industries, today announced the immediate availability of 2022 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data in Mortgage MarketSmart. To celebrate providing lenders with early access to HMDA reporting, iEmergent CEO Laird Nossuli shared summary observations drawn from the loan-level origination data.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., April 5, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mortgage Capital Trading, Inc. (MCT®), the leader in capital markets software and services supporting more lenders with hedging and pipeline management solutions than any other single provider, is pleased to present the MCTlive! Lock Volume Indices for March 2023. MCT Data represents a balanced cross section of several hundred lenders among retail, correspondent, wholesale, and consumer direct channels.

WARRENVILLE, Ill., April 5, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Raymond James Financial Services is proud to announce that Fernando S. Ereneta of Legacy Wealth Advisors has once again been named to the Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisor list! The recently released list recognizes advisors and practices on a state-by-state basis from national, regional and independent firms.

EVERGREEN, Colo., April 4, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — A National Buyers Agents Association (NBAA) survey of its members reveals surprising homebuyer concerns. Detailed results of the national survey are included in the association’s blog section of its website. Some agents responded in the survey that their markets are not declining.

ATLANTA, Ga., April 3, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Down Payment Resource (DPR), the housing industry’s leading technology for connecting homebuyers with homebuyer assistance programs, announced today that its founder and CEO Rob Chrane has been named a 2023 MBA NewsLink Tech All-Star by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The MBA is the leading professional group for the mortgage industry with more than 2,100 member companies.

AUSTIN, Texas, March 30, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — In the fall of 2022, TecnoTree acquired TrustStar, a SaaS application using proprietary artificial intelligence designed to provide mortgage loan officers with a simple way to access relevant market data to grow their businesses. TrustStar delivers a robust set of features that include loan officer insights, listing trends, realtor match, intelligent recruiting, lender competition, and many more through its powerful artificial intelligence platform, and now powered by Tecnotree, a world leader of 5G multi-cloud enabled digital technology.

ATHENS, Ga., March 30, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — FormFree® today announced that developer of collaborative solutions for the housing finance industry, IndiSoft, is leveraging FormFree’s Passport® to enable HUD-approved housing counseling agencies (HCAs) to provide more effective and expeditious consumer counseling.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 30, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) – Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI), a leader in data intelligence and market insight tools for the mortgage and real estate industries, today announced it has expanded access to its platform with a new user tier for small and mid-size (SMB) independent mortgage lenders and brokers. Previously focused on enterprise accounts, MMI is now making a dedicated effort to providing value to the individual and SMB spaces.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 29, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — KROST has been recognized as a Top 100 Firm by Accounting Today for the third year in a row. The firm ranked 72nd with a 16.60% change in revenue from the previous year. In addition, KROST has also been named a Regional Leader of 2023. The firm recently launched a new service, KROST Fund Admin Solutions, to further assist and add value for their clients.

LAKE ZURICH, Ill., March 29, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Dovenmuehle Mortgage, Inc. (Dovenmuehle), a leading mortgage subservicing company, announced today that Anna Krogh has been hired as the company’s vice president of business development. In this role, her responsibilities will include growing Dovenmuehle’s client list by sourcing new prospects and fostering and developing long-term relationships and clients.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. and NEW YORK, N.Y., March 28, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — For years, Strategic Capital has worked closely as a partner of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association (TTLA), sponsoring events and working alongside TTLA attorneys to help clients best manage their settlements. Now, though, this relationship takes a step forward. Strategic Capital is officially a Texas Trial Lawyers Association Sustaining Partner, making it one of the official TTLA business partners in 2023.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 24, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI), a leader in data intelligence and market insight tools for the mortgage and real estate industries, today announced Shayna Wilmet as its newest regional director of growth. Wilmet’s responsibilities will include consulting and strategizing with MMI’s growing roster of mortgage enterprise clients, which includes 20 of the top 25 lenders in the nation, to identify growth opportunities to drive adoption and increase return on investment (ROI).

DENVER, Colo., March 23, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ACES Quality Management® (ACES), the leading provider of enterprise quality management and control software for the financial services industry, announced the release of its quarterly ACES Mortgage QC Industry Trends Report covering the third quarter (Q3) of 2022. The latest report analyzes post-closing quality control data derived from ACES Quality Management & Control® software.

KEYPORT, N.J., March 23, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — This acquisition accelerates the expansion of DCL as a DMS provider within the independent dealer network that it already serves, as well as opens the door for franchised dealers to install Lease Here Pay Here (LHPH) as a separate department within their dealerships, much like F&I departments created in the late ’70s.

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., March 22, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — SocialCoach (socialcoach.io), a leading mortgage and real estate social media technology platform today announced the appointment of Andria Lightfoot as company President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) amidst their first-even AI Driven Social Media product launch.

MIAMI, Fla. and CLARKSVILLE, Ind., March. 21, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Pioneering homeowner-centric tech startups Armadillo, a modern tech-enabled home warranty platform, and beycome, a leading tech-enabled digital real estate platform, have launched a partnership to provide homeowners and soon-to-be homeowners with an additional tool to facilitate the home selling experience.

ATLANTA, Ga., March 21, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — As metro Atlanta homebuyers encounter the challenging trifecta of sharply rising home prices, elevated interest rates and institutional investor depletion of starter home inventory, Down Payment Resource (DPR), the housing industry’s leading technology for connecting home buyers with homebuyer assistance programs, released a comprehensive report on the 46 active metro Atlanta homebuyer assistance programs.

LAKE ZURICH, Ill., March 21, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Dovenmuehle Mortgage, Inc. (Dovenmuehle), a leading mortgage subservicing company, announced today that Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings (S&P) has affirmed its Above Average rating of Dovenmuehle as a residential mortgage loan primary servicer with a stable outlook. Dovenmuehle has been ranked as Above Average by S&P for the past 12 years without interruption.

BUFFALO, N.Y., March 21, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — LenderLogix, a leading provider of mortgage automation software and application programming interfaces (APIs), today announced The Mortgage Firm, a Florida-based independent retail mortgage lender with branches located throughout the U.S., has selected its streamlined point-of-sale (POS) platform LiteSpeed to power its application process and deliver a superior borrower experience at the initial point of contact.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March. 20, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Nomis Solutions (Nomis), the leading provider of end-to-end pricing lifecycle management technology, announces its sponsorship of the Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) annual conference, ‘LIVE.’ In addition to the sponsorship, Nomis will be one of 10 companies featured in CBA Live’s Tech Demo Super Session. The session explores innovations from top financial service providers including Salesforce, Blend and Glia.

NEW YORK, N.Y., March 20, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — TravelInsurance.com, a leading travel insurance comparison site, has been named one of the “Best Travel Insurance Companies of 2023” by Money.com. The recognition follows TravelInsurance.com’s previous designation in 2021 and 2022 as the “Best for Comparing Travel Insurance Quotes” by Money.com.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 16, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — In a recent case, Michael Johnson, et ux. v. Commissioner, the tax court denied the majority of a taxpayer’s Energy Efficient Commercial Building Deduction under IRC §179D since it claimed a §179D Deduction exceeding the cost of the Energy Efficient Commercial Building Property (EECBP), says ICS Tax, LLC.

BUFFALO, N.Y., March 16, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — LenderLogix, a leading provider of mortgage automation software and application programming interfaces (APIs), today announced significant growth within its client base in 2022, increasing its number of partnered lending institutions by 150%. The company also maintained a net promoter score (NPS) of 86 based on feedback from the thousands of lenders and real estate agents that interact with LenderLogix and its suite of mortgage technology.

ATHENS, Ga., March 15, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — FormFree® today announced that Inclusive-Finance-as-a-Service platform GreenLyne has enhanced its ability to help lenders identify home financing opportunities for underserved consumers with its adoption of FormFree’s Residual Income Knowledge Index™ (RIKI™).

SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 14, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mortgage Capital Trading, Inc. (MCT®), a leading mortgage hedge advisory and secondary marketing software firm, announced that BSI Financial Services (BSI) has become the latest investor to join BAMCO, MCT’s new marketplace for co-issue loan sales. BAMCO brings co-issue transactions directly into MCT’s whole loan trading platform and improves price transparency by connecting unapproved sellers to live executions from potential buyers.

NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 14, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Percy, maker of pre-mover data intelligence-driven client engagement and retention tools for real estate brokers and mortgage lenders, today announced the agenda for its annual National Home Valuation Week (NHVW) event, which will be held virtually on April 3-7, 2023.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 13, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Beth A. Wilson has been named President of Excelas, LLC, a national provider of medical record organization, retrieval, and analysis, helping healthcare organizations respond to claims – and litigation – brought against them. Excelas, LLC’s announcement today says Ms. Wilson’s tenure begins April 17, 2023.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 9, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI), a leader in data intelligence and market insight tools for the mortgage and real estate industries, announced the launch of the “Mortgage Industry Benchmarks” report, a monthly newsletter compiling lender and loan officer (LO) production data and trends to facilitate peer-to-peer comparison.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 8, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mortgage Capital Trading, Inc. (MCT®), the leader in capital markets software and services supporting more lenders with hedging and pipeline management solutions than any other single provider, is pleased to present the MCTlive! Lock Volume Indices for February 2023. MCT Data represents a balanced cross section of several hundred lenders among retail, correspondent, wholesale, and consumer direct channels.