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Encompass Did Not Buy Empower
By: Jason SmithMay 18, 2022By:Jason SmithMay 18, 2022 Now that the dust has settled on ICE’s announced purchase of Black Knight, Inc., it needs to be said- Encompass did not buy Empower. Though we consistently see M&A activity in the mortgage space, it has...
2021: The Year of the Broker
By: Kyle KamroozMarch 31, 2021By:Kyle KamroozMarch 31, 2021 Last year was a banner (though not quite record) year for the mortgage industry. According to the MBA, refinances topped $2.4 trillion and purchases hit $1.4 trillion. One important metric, however ...
We’re going to Experience 2021, and you should too!
By: Dawn SvedbergMarch 4, 2021By:Dawn SvedbergMarch 4, 2021Partnership and collaboration are vital in today’s fast-changing mortgage market. That is why Cloudvirga is proud to be an official silver sponsor at ICE Mortgage Technology’s Experience 2021, being held...
New URLA: Cloudvirga Is Ready
By: Thomas SwetmanFebruary 25, 2021By:Thomas SwetmanFebruary 25, 2021 URLA—the new uniform residential loan application form—has been optional since January 1, 2021 but on March 1 it will be mandatory. This means all new Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac applications...
Now! Instant Title Decisions at Your Fingertips
By: Maria MoskverFebruary 10, 2021By:Maria MoskverFebruary 10, 2021 We recently announced a technology integration with ServiceLink’s EXOS platform that will enable lenders to expedite title decisions and digital title delivery and help lenders close more...
The Super Bowl of TPO Is About to Kickoff
By: Jason SitzmanFebruary 5, 2021By:Jason SitzmanFebruary 5, 2021 This Sunday is Super Bowl Sunday: the biggest day of the year for football and advertising. This year, the roster of advertisers will look a little different. Many household names—like Coke, Pepsi and...
Why Mortgage Brokers Take on New Importance During COVID-19
By: Jason SitzmanAugust 6, 2020By:Jason SitzmanAugust 6, 2020 As America adjusts to life with COVID-19, the housing market has shown signs of recovery. The MBA recently reported that new home purchase applications in May were up 10.9 percent from a year ago, and up 26...
COVID-19 Changed Buyer & Seller Expectations for the Digital Mortgage Forever
By: Mark StierJune 23, 2020By:Mark StierJune 23, 2020 With stay-at-home and shelter-in-place orders in effect in most of the country (and likely to stay active for several more weeks), buyer and seller expectations for mortgage lending have changed substantially from...
Make Meaningful Customer Connections When You Can’t Meet Face to Face
By: Dawn SvedbergJune 1, 2020By:Dawn SvedbergJune 1, 2020Face-to-face meetings have traditionally been the best way to develop trust between Originators and borrowers. However, social distancing has thrown that option out the window. This new reality, coupled with the...
The State of the Digital Mortgage Experience 2020
By: Tim Von KaenelMay 4, 2020By:Tim Von KaenelMay 4, 2020COVID-19 has swept the globe, put much of the United States under lockdown orders, and led to soaring unemployment that will have ripple effects in the mortgage market for months or years. Despite it all,...
How to Educate and Convert First-Time Home Buyers
By: Kyle KamroozJanuary 21, 2020By:Kyle KamroozJanuary 21, 2020After much hand-wringing that millennials would rent forever, this generation is finally buying homes – and in fact has made up the largest generational group of homebuyers in recent years (36 percent in...
The Hidden Cost of Too Many Integrations
By: Tim Von KaenelJanuary 17, 2020By:Tim Von KaenelJanuary 17, 2020For more than a decade now, the digital transformation of mortgage origination has been underway. Despite this, many lenders still rely on a patchwork of technology, often because they adopt...
Life After the Refinance Boom
By: Kyle KamroozJanuary 7, 2020By:Kyle KamroozJanuary 7, 2020Almost every mortgage lender in the country had a record Q3, thanks to a refinance boom spurred by low interest rates. Homeowners headed to their lenders in droves to take advantage of the lower rates. All...
Yes, the Digital Mortgage Is an “Experience”
By: Daniel SogorkaDecember 23, 2019By:Daniel SogorkaDecember 23, 2019In October, we were lucky enough to have news of our partnership with Supreme Lending covered in Rob Chrisman’s daily newsletter, a fantastic go-to resource for many in the mortgage lending space....
How Security Certification Led to a Culture of Security at Cloudvirga
By: Admin TeamDecember 6, 2019By:Admin TeamDecember 6, 2019Earlier this year, Cloudvirga earned SOC-2 and ISO 27001 certification, which means that the way we store and process customer data meets rigorous international security standards. The process of earning those...
How to Sell Your Originators on New Mortgage Technology
By: Tim Von KaenelNovember 20, 2019By:Tim Von KaenelNovember 20, 2019Final decision makers for new technology at most mortgage companies are likely in IT and finance. But to maximize the ROI of any new mortgage technology your organization adopts, it’s essential to...