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2020 HW Tech100 Mortgage winner: FirstClose

Provides property and borrower intelligence and settlement services

FirstClose provides property and borrower intelligence and settlement services. The company specializes in delivering a powerful web app and LOS plugin that is the industry’s only home equity and refi tool that compiles everything from application to servicing including credit, valuation, title, flood, closing and recording on one easy-to-navigate platform. FirstClose’s one platform combines all the vendors necessary on one platform to provide one comprehensive property report for lenders.

  • Over the course of 2019, FirstClose added over 75 new clients
  • More than 30% annual revenue growth in 2019
  • When one lender compared costs on 334 HELOC applications, they saved a total of $113,319

www.firstclose.com

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