Freddie Mac announced major tech upgrades to its Loan Advisor Suite on Monday at the MBA Annual in Washington, D.C. A number of new features – including the industry’s first integrated self-employment income asset solution – are designed to create a more efficient origination process and give clients what Single-Family EVP Dave Lowman calls "The Freddie Edge."

HUD CFO Irving Dennis joined the agency earlier this year after nearly four decades at Ernst & Young, where he was a partner overseeing the audits of major S&P 500 companies. In episode 4 of HousingWire's exclusive podcast series with HUD execs, Dennis talks about his move to the public sector and the passion that drives him.  

Executive Conversations is a HousingWire web series that profiles powerful people in the financial industry, highlighting the operations and the people that make this sector tick. In the latest installment, we sit down with Celeste Starchild, SVP Professional Software, Move, Inc. and General Manager of ListHub, to talk about how brokers can manage their active real estate listings through ListHub to generate more leads.

Wells Fargo, which began accepting digital mortgage applications earlier this year, is about to take an even bigger step into digital mortgages, as the megabank announced Monday morning that it is going to begin buying eNotes (electronic promissory notes). To facilitate this expansion of its mortgage business, Wells Fargo is partnering with eOriginal, a digital solution provider for the mortgage industry and a HousingWire Magazine Tech100 winner in 2018.

HousingWire is getting its fair share of oh-so important news being released during this week's annual meeting of the minds at the MBA annual. Here's just the good stuff.

BRAWL has given mortgage brokers a real voice in the industry – one that can’t be ignored. The movement sparked meaningful change that has helped mortgage brokers grow their business. It started professional dialogue between brokers and wholesale lenders that, in many cases, has led to mutually beneficial solutions and working partnerships that are stronger than they were previously.

The reverse mortgage industry has taken a bit of a beating in the past year following significant program changes from HUD, but HECM lenders are nothing if not resilient. We’ve compiled a list of the top 10 players in the space and a summary of the approach each has taken to stay afloat in the current climate.