This week’s Tech Trends round-up highlights upgraded tools designed to make life easier for homeowners, lenders and real estate professionals.
In Search of Radon. Homeowner.org, a resource for homeownership education and safety, announced the release of Version 1.0 of its interactive Radon Risk Map, a free tool designed to help homeowners, renters, and real estate professionals understand potential radon exposure risks.
The new map allows users to explore radon levels by state and ZIP code, making it easier than ever to identify areas with elevated radon risk. The map was built using public EPA data and local testing insights and is free for public use.
Future updates to the map will include filterable data layers, additional mitigation resources, and the ability to report test results anonymously to improve the data set.
Tracking a Deal’s Progress. Lone Wolf Technologies, a Dallas-based provider of residential real estate software, has debuted Deal Tracker, a visual pipeline dashboard that provides agents with visibility into every deal stage, from warm prospects to closed transactions, all in one centralized view.
According to the company, Deal Tracker connects Lone Wolf Relationships, Transact, and Back Office tools to create a unified workflow that bridges front-office prospecting with transaction management and back-office operations within Lone Wolf Foundation. The stage-based dashboard displays critical deal information, including compliance status, closing dates, and key milestones, enabling real estate professionals to track every client’s journey from first contact to final closing. Deal Tracker is now available to all Transact users as their new homepage experience, requiring no additional setup or cost.
“This launch reinforces our commitment to delivering a seamlessly integrated technology ecosystem that eliminates workflow gaps for real estate professionals,” said Jimmy Kelly, CEO of Lone Wolf. “Deal Tracker exemplifies our vision of connecting every aspect of the real estate business, from lead generation to back-office operations, in one intelligent industry cloud.”
Pylon Into Plaid. Pylon, a mortgage infrastructure provider for originators, today announced a partnership with Plaid, an open finance data platform.
According to the companies, this integration enables Pylon customers to access Plaid’s income and asset verification services without additional steps. Plaid is an approved vendor under both Fannie Mae’s Day 1 Certainty and Freddie Mac’s AIM initiatives, allowing verified asset data to bypass manual underwriting.
“Plaid is the market leader in financial data access, and the ability to instantly verify assets and incomes is an important piece of mortgage automation,” said Trent Hedge, CEO of Pylon. “This integration brings us closer to fully programmatic originations. We look forward to expanding our partnership with Plaid in the future.”
Locating the Right Neighborhood. AffordableHousing.com has unveiled new mapping tools designed to provide renters – especially low-income families and the public housing agencies that serve them – with new insights into neighborhood economic opportunities and environmental health.
The primary filter tool, “Where Kids Grow Up to Earn More,” shows average earnings in adulthood for individuals raised in each neighborhood (Census tract), specifically those born between 1978 and 1983. This feature leverages data from Harvard University’s Opportunity Atlas, a resource demonstrating the critical influence neighborhoods have on children’s long-term economic outcomes.
“Economic mobility insights, paired with environmental health data, represent a major step forward for families and communities,” said AffordableHousing.com founder and CEO Richard Cupelli. “We built these maps because renters deserve more than just a roof––they deserve real choices. Now, families can see which neighborhoods open the most doors, not just which ones have a vacancy.”
