PLANO, Texas, Aug. 12, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Optimal Blue today released its July 2024 Market Advantage mortgage data report, which revealed that mortgage refinance demand surged to levels not seen since September 2022 amid softening interest rates. The lower interest rates seen in July also coaxed increased purchase activity, which, combined with greater refi activity, drove a 3.5% month-over-month (MoM) increase in mortgage rate lock volumes.
NEW YORK, N.Y., Aug. 9, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — HitPaw has launched Edimakor Win 3.2.2 with powerful AI features that simplify video editing more than ever before. With the update, users can now take advantage of AI Vocal Remover, AI Background Remover, and AI Beat Marker to easily make their videos look better.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 9, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Black Chamber of Arizona (BCAZ) Celebrates National Black Business Month with a Certification Day and Business Summit presented by Amazon and ASU, Aug. 21 and 28, 2024, at Memorial Union, ASU (Aug. 21) & Lush Café, Tempe (Aug. 28).
RICHMOND, Va., and BALTIMORE, Md., Aug. 8, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Matrix Capital Markets Group, Inc. (“Matrix”), a leading independent investment bank, announces that it served as lead advisor on the recapitalization of Watershed Car Wash’s (“Watershed” or the “Company”) portfolio comprised of 30 express tunnel car wash sites.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Aug. 8, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mortgage Capital Trading, Inc. (MCT®), the de facto leader in innovative mortgage capital markets technology, today announced that the company has been awarded a patent for the security spread commitment used in the industry’s largest mortgage asset exchange: MCT Marketplace. The security spread commitment transforms loan auctions, turning shadow bids into executable prices.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 7, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Secured Signing, a frontrunner in the realm of digital signature and remote online notarization solutions, is thrilled to unveil a series of substantial upgrades to its Notary Community platform. These enhancements are meticulously crafted to empower notaries to broaden their client base, attract many business opportunities, and optimize their workflow efficiency.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., Aug. 7, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Lutheran Home is hosting a complimentary “Best Friends Guide to Dementia” educational series starting this month. The healthcare campus is part of non-profit Lutheran Life Communities and provides the most comprehensive constellation of memory support services, options and resources in Arlington Heights.
KYLE, Texas, Aug. 6, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Free school supplies will be provided by Plumber Near Me to families with children attending Camino Real School, Fuentes School, Tobias School, and Hemphill School. Plumber Near Me, who serves the Kyle and Austin area, is excited to support local families and students as they head back to school this year.
BOALSBURG, Pa., Aug. 6, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EnergyCAP, the leading provider of energy and sustainability enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, today announced the appointment of Shawn Lankton as Chief Executive Officer. This decision reflects the Board’s continued and growing optimism across the spectrum of growth opportunities ahead for EnergyCAP.
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla., Aug. 5, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — All Injuries Law Firm is proud to announce the addition of Jenna Sutter, Esq. to our top team of attorneys. A member of the Florida Bar Association since 2022, Ms. Sutter brings a passion and energy for helping people with personal injury claims, and protecting the rights of Florida’s workers.
DENVER, Colo., Aug. 5, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ACES Quality Management® (ACES), the leading provider of enterprise quality management and control software for the financial services industry, has announced its Executive Vice President (EVP) of Compliance Amanda Phillips has been named a 2024 Insider in HousingWire Magazine’s annual award program.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Aug. 2, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mortgage Capital Trading, Inc. (MCT®), the de facto leader in innovative mortgage capital markets technology, announced today a decrease of 5.67% in mortgage lock volume compared to the previous month. Industry professionals and enthusiasts are invited to download the complete report for comprehensive insights into the market dynamics.
ASHEVILLE, N.C., Aug. 2, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — While it may not happen all the time, there have been several instances when Cottage Cooking, a cooking class business in Asheville, North Carolina, has guests who are treated to a real show. Most recently, a family of four bears – a mama and her three teenagers – decided to take a long family nap in the business’ backyard.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 2, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — SET Enterprises, a leading independent management consulting firm serving the government pricing compliance needs of life sciences manufacturers, today announced the launch of SPI340B℠. This new service offering identifies specific 340B covered entities that exhibit suspicious purchasing patterns that suggest the entire volume of products purchased from pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturers may not be dispensed solely to eligible patients of the covered entity.
LAKE ZURICH, Ill., Aug. 1, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Dovenmuehle Mortgage, Inc. (Dovenmuehle), a leading mortgage subservicing company, announced today that Vice President of the Escrow Department Patricia McCarthy was selected by HousingWire magazine for its annual Insiders awards program.
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 1, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Informative Research, a leading technology platform that delivers data-driven solutions to the lending community, announced today that Penny Gonzalez, Vice President of Business Process, has been selected by HousingWire magazine for its annual Insiders awards program.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 1, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Dark Matter Technologies (Dark Matter), an innovative leader in mortgage technology backed by time-tested loan origination software and leadership, today announced that Craig Rebmann, its product evangelist, has been named a 2024 HW Insider. Now in its ninth year, the HW Insiders program recognizes talented operations professionals laying the foundation of success for their organizations.
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y., Aug. 1, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Argyle, a platform providing automated income and employment verifications for some of the largest lenders in the United States, today announced its principal mortgage customer success manager Rowdy Harris has been honored as a 2024 HousingWire Insider. Now in its ninth year, the Insiders Award recognizes operational all-stars working behind the scenes in companies across the housing industry to drive innovation and underpin business growth.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 1, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — TAG CXO is thrilled to announce Todd Henne as a new addition to our fractional advisory team. Henne is a highly accomplished, results-driven senior accounting and financial management executive with more than 40 years of progressive experience in accounting, finance, and operations management within start-ups and global multi-million-dollar organizations.
| From: Associated Builders and Contractors Northern California
SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 31, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The construction unemployment rate in California stands at 3.9% through June 2024. While this marks a decrease in a year, a deeper review of the numbers shows that only 7 states have seen their unemployment rates improve slower than California, according to a state-by-state analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data released today by the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). “While the industry is pleased with a relatively low unemployment rate, we wonder how much lower it could be if we simply adopted policies consistent with the rest of the nation,” said John Morris, President and CEO, ABC Northern California Chapter (ABC NorCal).
ATLANTA, Ga., July 31, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Down Payment Resource (DPR), the housing industry’s leading technology for connecting homebuyers with homebuyer assistance programs, today announced 20-year mortgage industry veteran Brad Cardwell has joined DPR as its vice president of sales and business development.
ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia, July 30, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Jeff Siegel, Emeritus Professor at the University of New England, has released his latest work, the “Nama Dictionary” (ISBN: 978-1923065512; March 11, 2024). The book is a detailed resource on the Nama language of Southern New Guinea. This is the first dictionary of a language from the Yam family to be published, contributing significantly to the documentation and preservation of Papuan languages.
NEW YORK, N.Y., July 30, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Revo, the American heritage sunglass brand renowned for its NASA-inspired polarized lenses, proudly announces its sponsorship and participation in Hope for Depression Research Foundation’s (HDRF) 6th Annual Week of Hope in Southampton, NY. The annual event to raise awareness and funds for mental health research kicks off on Thursday, July 25th, and culminates in the Foundation’s flagship Race of Hope 5K to Defeat Depression on Sunday, August 4th.
PHOENIX, Ariz., July 30, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Black Chamber of Arizona proudly announces the success of our recent New Member Orientation & Karaoke Night, held on July 26, 2024. The event, designed to welcome new members and foster a sense of community, was a remarkable evening of networking, fun, and camaraderie.
PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 30, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — PIC proudly introduces WooSOS™, a powerful WordPress® Plugin that streamlines inventory management and order processing for businesses using WooCommerce® and SOS Inventory™. WooSOS simplifies online order fulfillment by pushing orders from WooCommerce – an ecommerce plugin – into SOS Inventory, an inventory management application.
IRVINE, Calif., July 29, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Informative Research, a leading technology platform that delivers data-driven solutions to the lending community, announced today that Kelly Richards, Head of Sales Support, has been named a winner of the MPA Elite Women 2024 by Mortgage Professional America (MPA). This award recognizes exceptional female leaders who have significantly contributed to the mortgage industry.
FREMONT, Neb., July 26, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Today, Expono Books announced the release of “Idiot. Loser. Fraud. An Illustrated Guide to Donald Trump” (ISBN: 979-8332690723) by Tom Praddlun. “There will soon be a new Democratic nominee, but the Republican threat remains. Dishonest, hypocritical, racist, stupid and a convicted felon, Trump is still the Republican candidate,” says the author.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., July 26, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Lutheran Life Communities, a non-profit senior living and services organization, announces the expansion of two of its 62+ senior living campuses with the planned development of up to 24 new cottage homes. The new cottages will be built at Pleasant View in Ottawa, Illinois and Wittenberg Village in Crown Point, Indiana. The cottages at these two entrance fee communities are designed for modern living and long-term peace of mind.
GARDEN GROVE, Calif., July 24, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Informative Research, a leading technology platform delivering data-driven solutions to the lending community, today announced the expansion of its verification platform through the integration of additional Equifax solutions that leverage The Work Number®, the industry-leading commercial source of consolidated income and employment information.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 23, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI), a leader in data intelligence and market insight tools for the mortgage and real estate industries, announced today that Dan Jones, a seasoned data and artificial intelligence (AI) strategist, has joined the company as chief data officer.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 23, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — SecuGen Corporation, a leading provider of fingerprint biometric technology, announced a strategic partnership with Brazilian reseller partner TechMag and technological solutions developer Futura to help the Civil Police of Mato Grosso to authenticate and secure documentation produced during police inquiry processes.
ATLANTA, Ga., July 23, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Down Payment Resource (DPR), the housing industry authority on homebuyer assistance program data and solutions, today released its Q2 2024 Homeownership Program Index (HPI) report. The Q2 report saw the national homebuyer assistance programs increase by 42 to 2,415 – the highest count on record. Much of this quarter’s increase in program count was due to local agencies pulling more heavily from federal funding to support homebuyer assistance.
PLANO, Texas, July 23, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Optimal Blue today announced the delivery of generative AI capabilities centered on helping lenders maximize profitability on every loan transaction. Through direct engagement with its thousands of clients, the company has begun delivering generative AI capabilities built for secondary-market-specific use cases and purposefully designed to solve the real-world challenges that mortgage lenders face.
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 22, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Exodus United Global, a full-service motion picture and television distribution company specializing in the financing, distribution, and marketing of independent films and TV shows across various platforms, is thrilled to announce a multi-year agreement with Motionmind Ventures. This strategic partnership will bring major feature-length films and TV shows produced in India to audiences in the United States.
ATLANTA, Ga. and NEW YORK, N.Y., July 19, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Luvme Hair, a leading brand in the human hair wigs industry, successfully hosted its first pop-up shop in Atlanta, Georgia from July 12th to 14th, building on the success of previous events in New York City and Houston. The event celebrated beauty, innovation, and community.
CELEBRATION and WINTER GARDEN, Fla., July 19, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Florida and Texas podiatric group Modern Foot & Ankle recently recruited Jacob Ivey, DPM, a podiatrist who specializes in reconstructive surgery and sports medicine, to join the team. He starts seeing patients onand will practice at both the Celebration and Winter Garden locations.
IRVINE, Calif., July 19, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Informative Research, a leading technology platform that delivers data-driven solutions to the lending community, announced today that Shannon Santos, Executive Vice President of Data Solutions, has been selected for the Mortgage Stars Award by Mortgage Women Magazine. This award recognizes exceptional women leaders making significant contributions to the mortgage industry.
ST. HELENA, Calif., July 18, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — This fall, William Cole Vineyards a multigenerational, family-owned winery producing handcrafted wines in St. Helena, will commemorate the 25th anniversary of one of their signature wines, the Cuvée Claire Cabernet Sauvignon. Created by owner and winemaker William Ballentine Jr. in honor of his daughter, Claire, there is either a family connection or a special commemoration behind every label at William Cole Vineyards.
SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 18, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Sacramento SPCA was awarded a $15,000 grant investment from national nonprofit Petco Love in support of their lifesaving work for animals in the Sacramento region.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 16, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Simple Electric is proud to have partnered with Sojourner House to improve safety outside of the facility. The focus was to enhance security with the installation of new outdoor fixtures and lighting solutions. This initiative is part of Simple Electric’s commitment to our communities.
