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Newrez debuts Rezi Mortgage Assistant in ChatGPT for lender-specific guidance

Newrez has launched Rezi Mortgage Assistant, a consumer-facing custom GPT inside ChatGPT that delivers mortgage and home equity guidance grounded in the lender’s own underwriting guidelines and products, the company announced Wednesday. The Pennsylvania-based mortgage lender said Rezi Mortgage Assistant makes Newrez the first top 10 mortgage originator to deploy a branded, AI-powered mortgage guide…

UWM’s Jason Bressler says in-house AI agents are changing underwriting, servicing work

Artificial intelligence is reshaping nearly every corner of the mortgage business at United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), where chief technology officer Jason Bressler said the company is betting on AI agents to automate underwriting support and servicing operations at a massive scale. Speaking with HousingWire at the UWM Live! event in Detroit, Bressler said the company’s…

Douglas Elliman enters New Hampshire with Sarkis Team addition

The Sarkis Team at Douglas Elliman has expanded into New Hampshire, adding agent Adam Pettitt to the team. This marks Douglas Elliman’s first entrance into the Granite State.  Pettitt, who will represent the team in New Hampshire’s Lakes Region, brings LOOKOUT Lake Winnipesaukee, a 48-unit community in Laconia overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee into The Sarkis Team’s…

Title giants lean on commercial deals and AI to boost Q1 profitability

The nation’s largest title insurers reported solid first quarter 2026 results as commercial transaction activity and a rebound in refinance business helped offset a still-sluggish residential real estate market. Across the title sector, executives pointed to improving order counts, larger commercial deal sizes, disciplined expense management and growing investment in automation and artificial intelligence (AI)….