Industry Briefs, July 10, 2026
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iEmergent Supports CONVERGENCE Knowledge Hub
iEmergent, Urbandale, Iowa, helped support the launch of the new CONVERGENCE Knowledge Hub, unveiled in June by the Mortgage Bankers Association. It’s a new resource designed to help lenders, nonprofits and others expand access to sustainable homeownership.
It brings together field-tested solutions, case studies, practical tools and research developed through years of collaboration among housing stakeholders working to address barriers to homeownership.
iEmergent powers the Market Profile Dashboard, an interactive resource to allow users to explore local demographics, homeownership patterns, affordability challenges, mortgage credit access and housing supply trends. It will help communities identify homeownership gaps, understand local markets and develop strategies.
CONVERGENCE was launched in 2019 by MBA.
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nCino Rolls Out Loan PreCheck, Announces Cornerstone First Mortgage Switch
nCino, Wilmington, N.C., announced Loan PreCheck, an AI underwriting tool within the nCino Mortgage Point of Sale solution that automatically evaluates borrower eligibility against the GSEs, FHA, VA and USDA when a loan application is submitted and a credit report is pulled.
It can cross-reference the borrower’s profile against all five guideline sets and returns a confidence-scored assessment for each agency, flagging specific issues like low credit scores or high debt-to-income ratios. It also recommends the best-fit loan program for each GSE the borrower is eligible under.
It kicks off a workflow that–when paired with nCino AUS Smart Tasks–takes a file from program selection all the way through to a plain-language summary of underwriting findings and a list of suggested tasks. Then, loan officers can work through those tasks or use a template to automate some.
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And, the firm announced that Cornerstone First Mortgage, San Diego, has now switched to nCino’s Mortgage Point of Sale. The lender said it selected nCino’s Mortgage Point of Sale for its flexibility, mobile capabilities and nCino’s commitment to customer partnership.
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AnnieMac Home Mortgage to Provide Construction-to-Permanent Loans in More Than 30 States
AnnieMac, Mount Laurel, N.J., announced the rollout of construction-to-permanent loans in more than 30 states.
The new offering builds on AnnieMac’s acquisition last year of certain assets from Florida-based Home Solution Lenders.
The program will be led by Ricky Peacock, SVP of the HSL division at AnnieMac. The in-house CTP team will allow AnnieMac to serve stakeholders across the industry and support both existing-home and new-build transactions.
The program will launch in July and will be available in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
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Tavant Introduces Tavant Platform
Tavant, Santa Clara, Calif., introduced Tavant Platform, a platform for agentic software engineering, data modernization and AI automation.
The platform lets enterprises build automation solutions faster, reduce the cost of running and maintaining them and minimize lock-in. It brings together agentic engineering built on top of coding agents, an optional runtime foundation, and deep domain and automation capabilities.
The Tavant Platform is backed by Tavant’s leading data, AI/ML, agentic AI and digital engineering services.
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Dovenmuehle Mortgage Introduces New Diagnostic Tool
Dovenmuehle Mortgage, Lake Zurich, Ill., has launched a new Diagnostic Process, which will help DMI subservicing clients identify and evaluate organizational complexity, resource constraints and team readiness earlier in servicing transfer workflows.
The Diagnostic Process addresses challenges in onboarding subservicing clients via a three-part approach. A structured survey uncovers insights into loan portfolio complexity, organizational structure, resource allocation, current technology use and operational pace. Then, the results are evaluated by experienced onboarding and tech specialists. And then, the findings are used to tailor implementation workflows to address each lender’s priorities and areas of risk.
Dovenmuehle plans to continue refining the Diagnostic Process based on client input and implementation experience.
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Blue Sage Solutions Expands AI Capabilities
Blue Sage Solutions, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., has expanded capabilities across its AI ecosystem. Blue Sage AI is the company’s unified AI framework, combining intelligent document analysis, workflow automation, underwriting support, predictive analytics and conversational AI within the Blue Sage Digital Lending and Digital Servicing platforms.
The advancements span three core solutions. The first is SageVision, the firm’s AI-powered Intelligent Document Analysis solution. New enhancements include automated analysis, validation and extraction across borrower, income, asset, collateral, purchase agreement, title and insurance documentation with direct population into LOS workflows; cross-document analysis to identify mismatches; dynamic confidence scoring; and availability across a range of channels.
AI Studio combines document intelligence, guideline analysis and condition automation in a unified workflow. Enhancements include automated association of uploaded documents to open loan conditions to reduce manual workflows; evaluation of documents against lending guidelines and overlays; and automated financial document analysis.
And, Voice AI powers servicing interactions within the Blue Sage Digital Servicing Platform. Enhancements include AI-driven borrower welcome calls, automated identify verification and outbound workflow automation.
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AD Mortgage Announces ‘California Special’
AD Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., launched a “California Special”: a limited-time pricing promotion that will run through July 31.
California non-QM loans will receive an additional 50 basis point pricing improvement across Wholesale, Correspondent and Correspondent Plus channels. It applies to Prime, Super Prime, DSCR, Foreign National and second lien loan programs.
The state is currently the nation’s largest non-QM market.
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Ncontracts Publishes Book on ‘The Upside of Third-Party Risk Management’
Ncontracts, Big Rock, Tenn., announced the release of ‘The Upside of Third-Party Risk Management: The Practitioner’s Guide to Turning Vendor Risk into Strategic Value.’ It’s the third installment in the company’s Upside Series: Strategic Success for Financial Institutions.
The new book was authored by Michael Carpenter and Ncontracts founder and CEO Michael Berman.
It builds on the series’ premise that compliance and risk functions are strategic assets. It provides actionable frameworks practitioners can use to protect their organization from operational disruption and create a competitive advantage.
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