Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The allure of the name recognition of large national brands is causing many independent brokerages to affiliate as mortgage rates rise and housing inventory remains low. Ocala, Florida -based Foxfire Realty is the latest firm to join a national brand, announcing its move to RE/MAX on Wednesday.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Spurred by the impact of the coronavirus, the partnership closed more than 1,600 RON transactions in the first half of 2020, a more than 200% increase over the 500 RON transactions that they closed in all of 2019, the companies told HousingWire. “We It’s a welcome improvement.”. We have continued to grab market share.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

As a seasoned real estate professional, Jansta brings with him his proven track record of innovation and brand expansion, Xome said in a statement on Linkedin. Mike’s passion for leveraging technology to facilitate online property auctions makes him a perfect fit for Xome,” the company said in the post.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, payments, insurance and proptech. In July, DocuSign acquired Austin-based startup Liveoak Technologies for $38 million in an all-stock transaction.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In total, 126 agents and staff members at All Nations have joined RE/Max Proper, increasing the total agent count to 203, up from 70 when the former indie brokerage affiliated with the RE/MAX brand in May. The Dahlers organically grew All Nations from zero to 126 agents; the firm closed more than $126.3

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Under the agreement, First Federal Bank will serve Watson’s customers throughout the Watson Realty footprint and the Watson platform will transition to the First Federal brand “ within a few months of closing, “ the parties said in a statement. The deal included the bank’s consumer-direct technology platform.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

Marshall will work closely with Sagent’s executive team to achieve that goal as well as oversee the firm’s long-term strategy, according to the firm’s release. Sagent’s appointment of Marshall comes amid the company’s goals to deliver the mortgage servicing industry’s first cloud-native software platform this year. Cooper Group.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

That’s why they’ve introduced the homegenius Platform, an integrated solution consisting of advanced technology , data science, machine learning and AI designed to drive value and bring ease to consumers through the home buying and selling journey. Through this offering, consumers may also be eligible to receive a rebate* at closing.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

” According to Zillow, Follow Up Boss will remain an independent brand and it will continue to build out a standalone product offering, meaning that Follow Up Boss clients do not have to engage with other Zillow Group platforms in order to access Follow Up Boss.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2023

Real estate giant Anywhere is launching a title insurance joint venture exclusively for Anywhere Brands franchisees, according to an announcement on Wednesday. Upward Title & Closing is a full-service title and settlement company. It represents another way Anywhere is empowering everyone’s next move.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Through the development of improved and sophisticated systems, protocols and technology, these operations leaders are driving their companies to growth and success. In its 8th year, the HW Insiders program is spotlighting the talented operations professionals who are laying the foundation of success for their organizations.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In reality, the LOS is not the problem; the technology is doing exactly what it was designed to do. It’s the backbone of the lending process , responsible for handling complex calculations, managing compliance and orchestrating a multitude of moving parts to transform an application into a closed loan.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Sarah Wheeler: What differentiates your technology? DS: So first, as a brand, we create content for agents that’s designed to go to people they know, typically past clients and sphere. The third category is the attraction and recruitment of more people to a brand. Agents have a lot of technology today.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Appraisal technology company Accurate Group announced this week that it has acquired Voxtur Appraisal Services , an appraisal management company (AMC). Voxtur will operate as an independent brand within the Accurate Group corporate umbrella, retaining its existing team, including company president Al Broadway, who lauded the deal.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

PLACE , the real estate technology platform, appointed Brendon Burchard, a leading personal growth coach to the role of chief growth advisor. He has more than 10 million followers across his brands. In late 2021, it closed its Series A round led by Goldman Sachs for $100 million, resulting in a $1 billion valuation.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

Sarah Wheeler: Let’s talk about your background, because you have both technology and real estate experience. Shayan Hamidi: I studied computer science, economics and math and my background is technology. That’s our point of view, which then impacts the way we go about architecting our technology and our product.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

as it expands the company’s presence to 15,067 combined home closings across 16 states. million homes worldwide through several brands, including Woodside Homes, Holt Homes , Chesmar Homes and Hubble Homes. .” The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2024. Holdings, Inc. The transaction comes when the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

John Ruhlin’s book Giftology sheds light on creating a strategic and thoughtful approach to gift-giving, offering real estate professionals a unique perspective on how to create positive impressions that last beyond the closing table and set you up for return and referral business. Add the clients’ names and the date of their closing.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Mortgage professionals need a solution that gives them total insight across the customer life cycle and that can offer multiple functionalities that keep them top of mind with customers – even after the loan closes. Rich Gagliano, President, Origination Technologies, Black Knight.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

For borrowers, a point-of-sale system is typically their first physical interaction with a lender’s brand. Use of CV’s platform helps a lender differentiate their brand and create a happy, lifelong customer. “We Raman Iyer is responsible for Cloudvirga’s digital innovation and technology strategy. Maria Moskver, CEO.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech-focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, insurance and real estate. Blockchain is technology that was created initially as the record-keeping technology behind the bitcoin network, but over time, its use has expanded.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2023

Mike Cagney’s Figure Technologies announced a collaboration with CMG Financial , CrossCountry Mortgage , Fairway Independent Mortgage and The Loan Store as private-label partners. Each of Figure’s new partners will leverage Figure’s HELOC technology to create a branded product for their customers, the firm said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

AI can also help close the gap with entry-level talent by reducing the amount of training needed to get started in a role. Property managers will have to find new ways to create value and promote brand loyalty among new and existing residents. Smart-home technology is another differentiator to explore.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Final decisions on these employees are still being worked out based on the needs to wind down the current pipelines and close out the Academy business, she said. The acquisition of Academy’s retail assets is scheduled to close by the end of February. The combined enterprises would represent 1.3%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2023

After years of working crazy hours and focusing on growing his business, Ciardelli saw the impact his hard-driving lifestyle was having on his health and close relationships. When a user transacts, the loan officer retains the lead and is paid when the loan closes, Ciardelli said. He knew he needed to make changes. “I As of Oct.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Financial details of the merger, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2024, were not disclosed. The merger would change the leadership structure but maintain each brand. Over the last 12 months, Thrive has originated about $1.42 billion while Columbus, Ohio-based Lower has originated $1.88

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Using SmartZip’s user-friendly analysis, targeting and branding platforms, you can market to your target audience — homing in on thoses prospects with the most potential. Enhance your brand with custom landing pages designed to convert real estate seller leads. Contact SmartZip for Enterprise Plan pricing.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2022, subject to regulatory approvals. Should the deal close, Rushmore’s servicing division, led by Jocelyn Martin-Leano, will operate as a division of SPS. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Martin-Leano will report to SPS CEO Randhir Gandhi. million loans.

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2023

Top-producing loan officer Christopher Keelin has taken his 80+person team over to CrossCountry Mortgage to “take advantage” of the lender’s technology while scaling his business. In 2022, Keelin and his team closed $827 million in volume, with Keelin originating $322 million alone.

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GeekEstate

JUNE 18, 2023

We have a job opportunity to share from a member of the GEM, Collabra Technology , data analytics and automated digital marketing solutions for the real estate industry: Chief Marketing Officer. Partner closely with the channel sales organization to ensure support for effective lead generation and conversion opportunities.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

That’s probably why so many title and closing firms have tried their hand at CRE business in the effort to diversify. Rapidly advancing technology and data analytics have also revolutionized the commercial real estate landscape, offering scores of new avenues for value creation and risk mitigation. CREs need not go it alone.

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Realty Biz

JANUARY 21, 2022

Every realtor stands to benefit from upgrading their technology stack. How technology gives realtors the advantage. Sending documents, collecting signatures and closing a deal via mail or email is time-consuming and difficult to manage. And making your clients sign up for multiple third-party services is a hassle.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

Black Knight, which provides integrated technology, services, data and analytics to the mortgage lending, servicing and real estate industries, has contracts providing its MSP servicing system to companies, such as multi-channel fintech platform Lower and Iowa Bankers Mortgage Corporation.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Our rebrand to Pennymac TPO is a sign that we are increasing our investment in talent, technology, products and services – all designed to support our wholesale partners on their journey of success,” said Kim Nichols, Senior Managing Director at Pennymac. The new POWER+ is technology plus people. “The Commitment to servicing.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Included in the rebranding is an entirely new, white-labeled broker-branded origination hub that will provide e-signature technology, visibility into loan status and the ability for applicants to directly upload loan documents, the company said Tuesday. billion in closed loans , with gain-on-sale margins at 5.09%.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

At UWM we focus on our client service, operational efficiency and speed to close loans. With this unwavering focus, we help brokers close loans fast, get referrals and grow their business,” Chief Operating Officer Melinda Wilner said. Jason Bressler, Chief Technology Officer.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The company’s close partnerships with mortgage brokers and correspondents transforms feedback into impactful products, technology and services that help clients grow their businesses in any economic environment. Flagstar also shares product-specific advice and expertise in VA and FHA lending with its clients.

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