1. What’s your elevator pitch? Give us the elevator pitch on why you think this nominee should be a Tech Trendsetter (no more than three sentences.)
2. What are some things the nominee has done to drive innovation and improve technology in the housing industry? (Limit 350 words)
3. What are some things the nominee has done to help clients drive business performance and innovation? Specific examples are great and may be published. (Limit 350 words)

For questions about any of our awards programs, contact Lesley Collins at lesley@hwmedia.com.

This program recognizes the most impactful and innovative technology leaders serving the housing economy. These are the people behind the tech organizations that help the housing industry run.

Winners will be announced on HousingWire.com on November 1, 2025.

Nominations will open September 1, 2025 – September 30, 2025.

Nominees must be working in the housing economy, which includes businesses in residential mortgage lending, servicing, investments, or real estate (see break outs above). Each application must provide tangible evidence of significant impact within their individual company, primarily focused upon the past 12 months.

A selection committee made up of HousingWire’s editors, executives and reporters will decide who is nominated.

Nominations must be submitted via HousingWire’s official award submission platform. Click the registration button above once the nomination period has opened.

The nomination fee ensures award winner integrity by only allowing serious candidates to be nominated, and covers editorial time. It takes a significant amount of time and resources for HousingWire’s editorial and awards team members to organize and successfully determine who will be named to this year’s list.

No. We need to have the application completed, including contact information for the person you are nominating.

You can nominate yourself, a client, a family member, your boss, an employee, or an acquaintance. The most important thing is that you state a clear, business-oriented reason for the nomination.

No, only one nomination per person is necessary to be considered by the panel.

Yes, multiple professionals from the same company can be nominated and will each receive individual consideration.

After the nomination period closes, the HousingWire selection committee begins an extensive process of reviewing all nominations, evaluating accomplishments and applying industry knowledge to determine the impact each nominee has on their organization and the industry. Following review, the editorial selection committee holds a series of meetings to determine which candidates will be chosen. We strive to select the most impressive and impactful leaders leveraging the nomination information and industry knowledge of organizations, accomplishments and trajectory. The process takes a significant amount of time over a compressed schedule.

All of our HousingWire award winners become a part of a larger HousingWire community. We regularly reach out to previous award winners for interviews in articles or podcasts, speaking engagements, panel opportunities at our events and much more.

Unfortunately, we cannot provide status reports. If we need any further information, we will contact you.

No. PR firms often submit candidates, but they do not influence the judging.

With hundreds of candidates and only a few spots available, the majority of the time we are unable to share specific feedback for each nominee who wasn’t selected. Oftentimes, many quality nominees don’t make the cut.

We understand that things change and nominees may switch companies in between the time that they’re nominated for an award and the time that the selection committee votes on the winners. In this scenario, HousingWire will continue to keep the person on the winners’ list and work with the honoree to update their awards profile to include information — if they so choose — about their new endeavor. We treat our people-based awards like they belong to the award winner. That said, once someone is selected, we believe it is fair to continue to recognize the honoree despite the fact that he/she may have switched roles.