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Sasha Stair tapped for top marketing job at Xactus

Verification solutions company Xactus has appointed Sasha Stair its new chief marketing officer. Stair, a 2023 HousingWire Woman of Influence, has over two decades of experience in mortgage fintech and strategic growth. She’s had leadership roles at Snapdocs, Common Securitization Solutions and Black Knight Financial. “This is a pivotal moment for our organization,” Shelley Leonard,…

Mortgage demand sinks another 6.7%

Stubbornly high rates have hindered mortgage demand, but at least it’s better than it was a year ago. Mortgage applications decreased 6.7% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) weekly applications survey for the week ending Oct. 18. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume,…

Victor Ciardelli says Rate’s new $100M AI mortgage platform will solve ‘persistent customer challenges’

After two years of optimization efforts, Rate CEO Victor Ciardelli talks about the public launch of the Rate Intelligence AI-powered lending platform. Chicago-based Rate was the eighth-largest mortgage lender in the country during the first half of 2024, according to estimates from Inside Mortgage Finance. On Wednesday, the company implicitly announced its intentions to grow…