REAL ESTATE TECHNOLOGY, REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT
PRnewswire | May 10, 2023
Halcyon, a company that provides income verification services, announced today that their integration is now built on the latest Encompass Partner Connect™ API Platform and available through ICE Mortgage Technology®, part of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure to integrate their product, Tax Wallet, for income transcript verification, with Encompass® for fast and easy access to income and tax data, through Halcyon's direct API integration into the IRS.
This AI driven Fintech advancement cuts closing costs, decreases turnaround times, and levels the playing field for all borrowers with fair and impartial services. Tax Wallet's integration with Encompass provides loan originators access to income and tax data in near real time in data format without having to navigate outside of Encompass making it a seamless solution that is quick and easy to adopt, benefiting loan officers and borrowers alike. See their Marketplace Profile here.
"Halcyon is excited to announce this partnership and integration with ICE Mortgage Technology so lenders can increase their productivity, decrease costs and provide a benefit to the borrower to help them be a homeowner faster," says Kirk Donaldson, CEO of Halcyon.
About Halcyon
Halcyon assists in deepening lenders' overall relationship with their borrowers to offer products and services that are specific to each individual, creating additional revenue streams beyond the initial loan closing. They have multiple products that ensure you will know more about your borrower every step of the way – IRS income & tax transcripts, digitally prepared tax returns and a Registered Investment Advisory platform to offer full financial services to your borrowers. Visit www.halcyonsw.com.
About ICE Mortgage Technology
ICE Mortgage Technology combines technology, data and expertise to automate the entire mortgage process from consumer engagement through loan registration and every step and task in between. ICE Mortgage Technology is the leading cloud-based loan origination platform provider for the mortgage industry with solutions that enable lenders to originate more loans, lower origination costs, and reduce the time to close, all while ensuring the highest levels of compliance, quality, and efficiency. Visit icemortgagetechnology.com or call (877) 355-4362 to learn more.
About Intercontinental Exchange
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) is a Fortune 500 company that designs, builds and operates digital networks to connect people to opportunity. We provide financial technology and data services across major asset classes that offer our customers access to mission-critical workflow tools that increase transparency and operational efficiencies. We operate exchanges, including the New York Stock Exchange, and clearing houses that help people invest, raise capital and manage risk across multiple asset classes. Our comprehensive fixed income data services and execution capabilities provide information, analytics and platforms that help our customers capitalize on opportunities and operate more efficiently. At ICE Mortgage Technology, we are transforming and digitizing the U.S. residential mortgage process, from consumer engagement through loan registration. Together, we transform, streamline and automate industries to connect our customers to opportunity.
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MARKET OUTLOOK, MORTGAGE AND LENDING
Affinius Capital | March 13, 2023
USAA Real Estate recently announced it has successfully consummated a decade-long partnership with Square Mile Capital after acquiring the balance of Square Mile Capital in 2021. The final integration of the investment management platforms would be under a new corporate brand, Affinius Capital®. The company will continue to offer strategic equity and debt capital, and it will continue to capitalize on the growing demand for structured credit, technology-driven real estate assets, and flexible deal structures while addressing the pressing need for rental housing solutions under the new corporate brand name Affinius Capital.
The same dedicated and diverse group of senior leaders will be operating Affinius Capital, using the disciplined approach as previously to invest and align interests that have made USAA Real Estate and Square Mile Capital successful. In addition, former Square Mile CEO Craig Solomon will now be the CIO and Vice Chairman of the new company.
Affinius Capital, with the original approach of the two integrated companies, will continue to put its clients and their interests first and ensure they align with its own goals. It will also continue to look for risk-adjusted returns that have a positive and measurable effect on society while keeping its multifaceted focus on creative and dynamic solutions that use technological advances in digital automation, predictive analytics, and artificial intelligence. The company's headquarters will remain in San Antonio and New York, and regional experts will continue to operate in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seoul, and Washington, D.C.
About Affinius Capital
San Antonio, Texas-based Affinius Capital and affiliate companies invest across the risk spectrum for a client base worldwide, managing more than $35 billion within a diversified portfolio across Europe and North America as net assets under management. It offers strategic equity and debt capital to capitalize on the escalating demand for technology-driven real estate assets to meet the critical demands for housing solutions and other capital and market structure opportunities exhibiting convincing risk-return characteristics.
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REAL ESTATE TECHNOLOGY, MORTGAGE AND LENDING
PRnewswire | May 03, 2023
SeeCares, the world's premier artificial intelligence (AI) technology platform for streamlining commercial real estate financing workflows, announced today its strategic partnership with leading U.S. commercial real estate services firm Northmarq.
Northmarq is incorporating SeeCares technology to significantly reduce the processing time to prepare and deliver loan quotes. Lowering that time from days or weeks to a few minutes enables Northmarq to provide an even greater speed of service for their clients.
"With 7,000+ loans serviced, and $37B in deal volume annually, Northmarq is truly an industry leader and we're thrilled to be partnering together," said Moshe Yeli, CEO of SeeCares. "Their commitment to adopting AI in streamlining processes will ultimately put them at the industry forefront, and we're excited to help them reach more deals, at the best terms, more quickly."
The SeeCares platform will leverage data analytics compiled from hundreds of data sources, making them accessible and usable via AI technology. As a result, Northmarq's unique models will be filled with relevant market data to produce loan quotes within minutes.
"The SeeCares technology is revolutionizing this process at Northmarq, which will enable us to harness data and automation to streamline this strategic area of our business," said Jay Donaldson, president—Fannie Mae and FHA at Northmarq. "We look forward to continue collaborating with the SeeCares team and believe that harnessing data and automation to get clients smarter quotes faster will allow Northmarq to beat the experience and terms of any other commercial real estate lender in the market."
About SeeCares
SeeCares empowers CRE lenders, seller services, mortgage brokers, and sponsors to scale their business 10x faster using end-to-end underwriting automation and data aggregation. With SeeCares CRE stakeholders are able to optimize their analysis process and offer best-in-class service to their clients with instant loan quotes and credit memos. For more information, visit https://seecares.com.
About Northmarq
Northmarq is a full-service capital markets resource for commercial real estate investors, offering seamless collaboration with top experts in debt, equity, investment sales and loan servicing. We combine industry-leading capabilities with a flexible structure, enabling our national team of experienced professionals to create innovative solutions for clients. Our solid foundation and entrepreneurial approach have built an annual transaction volume of more than $37 billion and a loan servicing portfolio of nearly $76 billion. Through the 2022 acquisition of Stan Johnson Company and Four Pillars Capital Markets, Northmarq introduces clients to expanded opportunities across all major asset classes. For more information, visit www.Northmarq.com.
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