Industry Briefs, May 12, 2026
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Class Valuation Launches CVUE
Class Valuation, Troy, Mich., has launched the Class Valuation Underwriting Engine, an underwriting and appraisal assurance program designed to reduce lender risk, lower operational costs and accelerate loan closings.
CVUE combines AI analysis and human review to deliver guaranteed appraisals lenders can accept without an internal review.
CVUE’s guarantee generally applies to low-risk appraisals, which represent approximately 80% of appraisal volume. These include conforming purchase and refinance first mortgages sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and FHA-insured loans guaranteed by Ginnie Mae. All loans must pass the internal quality control review to qualify.
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LoanLogics Introduces LoanBeam Broker Portal
LoanLogics, Jacksonville, Fla., has rolled out its LoanBeam Broker Portal.
Powered by ThoughtFocus, Irvine, Calif., it gives independent brokers access to LoanBeam Income Calculation, previously only available to larger lenders.
It’s designed to eliminate manual income calculation, reduce errors and produce clean, underwriter-ready documents.
Independent brokers can use the portal to upload loan files, including borrower information and tax documents, submit multiple orders in bulk, process payments, track order status and receive automated income results. If audit findings exist, additional documents can be resubmitted directly through the portal as well.
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Ncontracts Rolls Out Nquiry
Ncontracts, Big Rock, Tenn., has launched Nquiry Ntelligence, an AI-powered compliance intelligence platform purpose-built to help financial organizations get fast, accurate, cited, auditable answers to complex regulatory questions.
Nquiry is trained on 17 years of proprietary Ncontracts compliance data, verified by former regulators, attorneys and practitioners.
And, Nquiry includes Compliance Concierge, a built-in escalation path to Ncontracts credentialed compliance experts who can review and validate the AI responses.
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ATTOM Presents New AVM
ATTOM, Irvine, Calif., has rolled out its next-generation automated valuation model.
It provides an AI-driven approach that leverages more than 30 years of time-adjusted transaction history, enabling more reliable valuations for underwriting, portfolio analysis and risk management. It is a valuation system that learns how markets evolve over time.
Each valuation includes a confidence score, enabling organizations to automate decisions. It’s built for enterprise use across mortgage, insurance, investment and proptech applications.
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Deephaven Enhances Equity Advantage HELOC
Deephaven Mortgage, Charlotte, N.C., has enhanced its Equity Advantage HELOC to expand its wholesale and correspondent partners’ sales advantage in the equity products market.
New features include a maximum loan amount of $1 million, LLC title vesting for investment property owners, product availability in Texas (in addition to 44 other states), allowance of co-borrowers and a 2.5% lender-paid compensation on the full line amount.
It offers an alternative route to liquidity for borrowers, including self-employed borrowers who do not qualify using traditional income documentation.
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Finastra, Nammu21 Team Up
Finastra, Lake Mary, Fla., and Nammu21, New York, announced a partnership to bring Nammu21’s AI-powered document intelligence to Finastra’s Loan IQ Nexus Build API.
The technology automates the processing of complex credit documents, transforming credit agreements and populating Loan IQ with structured, digital data.
The system will lead to higher accuracy and faster deal onboarding, and provide faster processing times, greater transparency and more efficient deal execution for borrowers, the companies said.
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First American Data & Analytics’ FraudGuard Integrated Into Forta Solutions’ Agility
First American Data & Analytics, Santa Ana, Calif., announced its Fraud Guard solution has been integrated into the Forta Solutions, Mercer Island, Wash., Agility platform.
FraudGuard is designed to help identify potential indicators of fraud and hidden risks that impact mortgage salability in the secondary market. Funders in the warehouse lending space can swiftly assess critical factors, such as borrower identity fraud, counterparty exclusions, undisclosed liabilities, occupancy misrepresentation and property valuation anomalies.
The Agility integration operationalizes capabilities, such as precision analytics, that support faster funding with greater confidence in loan quality.
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Candor Technology Unveils Automated Underwriting Experience
Candor Technology, Alpharetta, Ga., announced its next-generation user experience.
Candor’s solution adapts to the lender, offering flexibility and configurability to integrate into existing workflows, processes and business rules.
Results so far include successful warranted decisions with zero repurchases and reduced per-loan costs.
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Outamation Gets Full Fannie Mae SMDU and Freddie Mac Resolve Integration
Outamation, Dallas, announced that OutamateMods is now fully integrated with Fannie Mae’s SMDU and Freddie Mac’s Resolve platforms.
It now supports GSE investors, private investors and performing loan retention modifications under one end-to-end workflow, including title search, automated decisioning and document generation through execution, recording and custodian deliver.
OutamateMods manages all required borrower correspondence and documentation across the full medication lifecycle.
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Lamina, nCino Integration to Support FCBT
Lamina, Chicago, announced a strategic partnership with the Farm Credit Bank of Texas, Austin, to modernize FCBT’s capital markets operations. The implementation of Lamina will help it manage loan syndications and participations through API-driven workflow orchestration and AI-powered data extraction.
FCBT selected Lamina in part for its partnership with the nCino, Wilmington, N.C., platform.
The implementation of Lamina, with the nCino integration, will support FCBT’s Capital Markets functions. And, it builds on the relationship between Lamina’s parent company, West Monroe, and nCino.
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