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Elad Tsur, chief AI officer at Applied Systems, is a serial entrepreneur who is passionate about bridging the gap between technology and business – specifically in insurance and other financial services.

Prior to joining Applied Systems in 2024, he was co-founder and CEO of Planck, where he helped create an AI-based data platform for commercial insurance that enables insurers to grow new and organic business while drastically reducing their loss and expense ratios.

Before launching Planck in 2015, Elad started BlueTail Corporation, which delivered the first comprehensive AI platform for customer relationship management. Acquired by Salesforce.com in 2012, today it is known as Salesforce Einstein.

Guy Pearson is CEO and founder of Ignition, a client engagement and commerce platform for professional services businesses. He has more than a decade of experience in professional services. He is a chartered accountant and chairman of Interactive Accounting, a progressive accounting firm he founded in 2009, and an angel investor in a portfolio of companies. He was named a 30 under 30 winner by Anthill (2014), a finalist in the Fintech Entrepreneur of the Year (2017), and listed in the NSW Pearcey Foundation - Hall of Fame.

The misdemeanor plea deals for three co-defendants do not add to troubles for an upstate New York developer facing federal felony charges in what once was called a "wide-ranging mortgage fraud scheme."

Decreasing affordability and remote work is spurring interest in moving to these often overlooked markets.

Solar loans with balances of $5,000-$125,000, and Home Efficiency Loans, which have balances ranging from $1,000-$100,000, make up the bulk of the asset pool.

Market conditions drove the management team at Ellie Mae to take the company private back in 2019. Could the nation's largest servicing technology provider be considering the same thing?

Out of all investor group types, those with the deepest pockets — property giants with 100 or more homes — tamped down their spending most at the end of last year, CoreLogic reported.

Minutes of the Federal Reserve's March meeting released Wednesday also showed that “many” officials viewed one or more half-percentage-point rate increases could be appropriate going forward if price pressures fail to moderate.

Servicers of Fannie Mae- and Freddie Mac-backed loans should hit pause for up to 60 days once they know the borrower has sought relief, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

But experts continue to downplay the extent of the risk of a housing bubble.