Industry Briefs, April 29, 2025
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Dark Matter Launches Developer Portal
Dark Matter Technologies, Jacksonville, Fla., launched a Developer Portal.
It marks a significant evolution for the Empower loan origination system, moving from API access to a fully open API ecosystem. It provides external developers with self-service access to documentation, code samples and integration guides.
It is now available to all Empower LOS customers at no additional cost.
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Consolidated Analytics, Sagent Partner
Consolidated Analytics, Santa Ana, Calif., and Sagent, King of Prussia, Pa., have expanded their partnership to further integrate Dara Claims into Consolidated Analytics’ operations.
It will leverage Sagent’s Dara Claims mortgage servicing technology to handle the entire end-to-end claims process for its clients.
Dara Claims has the ability to operate with any servicing system of record and can leverage AI-driven real-time updates to instantly integrate regulatory changes across every time of FHA, VA, USDA, FNMA, FHLMC and MI loan, ensuring servicers stay compliant.
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First American Data & Analytics Launches VeriTitle
First American Data & Analytics, Santa Ana, Calif., rolled out VeriTitle, a solution to accelerate the mortgage and home equity loan origination process by delivering title intelligence to lenders as borrowers begin their loan applications.
It integrates proprietary first-party property data to assess title conditions and validate critical property and owner information, helping lenders assess title conditions and validate critical property and owner information early in the origination process.
Delivered via API, it integrates with leading loan origination and point-of-sale systems.
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AnnieMac Home Mortgage Teams with UNIFY
AnnieMac Home Mortgage, Mount Laurel, N.J., has teamed with UNIFY Home Lending, Rapid City, S.D.
The partnership will allow AnnieMac to expand its market presence into Montana and strengthen its footprint in North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.
UNIFY will have access to AnnieMac’s expansive suite of more than 300 loan products, including the private equity Cash2Keys program and will benefit from AnnieMac’s operations team and sales executives.
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VantageScore Expands 4plus Pilot
VantageScore, San Francisco, announced the expansion of its VantageScore 4plus pilot program for lenders, which was launched in partnership with Credit Builders Alliance.
It leverages the VantageScore 4.0 credit score with open banking data to deliver the VantageScore4Plus model.
Benefits identified so far from the pilot include improved predictive list, clearer risk segmentation and expanded decisioning opportunities.
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Fitch Ratings, dv01 Announce Fitch-dv01 Closed-End Second Mortgage Benchmark
Fitch Ratings, New York, and dv01, a Fitch subsidiary, announced the launch of the Fitch-dv01 Closed-End Second Mortgage Benchmark.
It provides a loan-level view into the Closed-End Second market, capturing 65% of recent securitized issuance, with coverage expected to reach 90% as additional transactions are onboarded to the dv01 platform. It’s powered by loan-level data from securitized deals where dv01 serves as Loan Data Agent and Fitch-rated transactions.
It is available via the dv01 web app and data feed.
It currently includes more than 87,000 originations, with an original loan balance exceeding $6.8 billion and 78,000 loans outstanding totaling $6 billion.
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