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Flyhomes acquires Home Sale Assured

Housing Wire

Proptech firm Flyhomes has entered into an agreement to purchase Innovative Holdings, LLC’s “buy before you sell” platform Home Sale Assured. In the acquisition, Flyhomes will be acquiring the Home Sale Assured brand and Meadow will join Flyhomes as VP of partnerships. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Compass acquisition could worry some California agents

Housing Wire

Compass announced Monday that it has reached an agreement to buy San Francisco-based real estate transaction platform Glide , a deal that some California real estate agents may feel uneasy about. Glide, which was founded in 2017, provides tools like eSignature and the digitization of sales processing forms.

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Once at the fringes of housing finance, home equity investment companies look to grow their stake

Housing Wire

In return, Hometap gets an agreed-upon percentage of the sale price or appraised value within a 10-year period. Affordability has always been a challenge,” said Ashkán Zandieh, managing partner and industry chair at the Center for Real Estate Technology and Innovation. “In The annual investment volume in the U.S.

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John Davis files racketeering suit against Gary Keller

Housing Wire

and Business MAPS Management LLC as defendants, Davis alleges that the defendants inflated key profitability metrics including company sales and profits to convince individuals to purchase Keller Williams Regions and Market Centers. In addition, Davis claims that franchisees were required to purchase Keller’s books.

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Market Map: 240 Real Estate Technology Companies Transforming Today’s Housing Market

GeekEstate

I’m excited to release Thomvest’s real estate technology market map, which includes more than 240 companies operating within the residential real estate segment. This market map real estate technology companies operating across every phase of the home purchase value chain. As such, we’ve included the Blend logo in those areas.

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Opinion: A merger to rewire the housing ecosystem

Housing Wire

Portals will authenticate identity, validate content, facilitate standard agreements, and ensure timely payments between buyers and sellers of homes and service providers. Audience assets will be valued based on transaction volumes and bundles of listings, lending, loan sales and servicing and trading content.

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Better reports improved net loss of $45.5 million in Q2

Housing Wire

CEO Vishal Garg said in an interview with HousingWire that the company targets mortgage marketplace and white-label technology models. billion in production volume in the first half of 2023, refis accounted for $131 million and purchase loans consisted of $1.6 million in Q1, the digital lender reported an improved net loss of $45.5