Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2021

The company, which is expected to go public later this year, has agreed to acquire United Kingdom-based digital mortgage brokerage Trussle. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Financial Times reported that SoftBank -backed Better bought Trussle for a “cut-price,” one that values the mortgage brokerage at just $9 million.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

California-based home equity investment firm Splitero launched its own real estate brokerage , Splitero Homes, this week. Our brokerage is unique,” Michael Gifford told HousingWire. “It’s Since this model is dependent on selling the home quickly, their move into real estate brokerage is an attempt to control that.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The fastest growing brokerage in insurance industry history, Acrisure , announced Wednesday that it has acquired title insurance and settlement service provider Tempo Title , marking its entrance into the real estate services business. The post Insurance brokerage Acrisure buys Tempo Title appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2023

Fast-growing The Real Brokerage posted a $3.97 Like many other brokerages , the firm is still in the red (it lost over $20 million last year). The brokerage now operates in 47 states in the U.S. The virtual brokerage in March disclosed that it is raising fees on agents. million loss year over year. compared to 8.3%

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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. It became one of the fastest-growing brokerages at the time in Canada, and then I sold that in 2014, and moved to the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

Redfin is expanding an agent compensation plan it launched last year by adding seven new markets starting in May, the national real estate brokerage announced Thursday. No other brokerage can offer agents a big traditional split and all the benefits, support, technology and customer introductions that we provide here at Redfin.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Almeida Realtor- Team Leader The American Dream Group Coldwell Banker Abhishek Shende Senior Principal Software Engineer Zillow Group Adi Pavlovic CEO Newzip Alnur Kassim-Lakha Director Mile Rock Capital Amy Macken Senior Vice President, Due Diligence Operations Consolidated Analytics Anaid Chacón Senior Vice President of Product Argyle Mortgage Arkadiusz (..)

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Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2023

Maggie Wu has returned to Compass , and she’s bringing her four-person The W Team to the New York brokerage. In December 2021, she had left Compass to join the young brokerage SERHANT. With the move, Wu returns to where she began her career as junior partner on the Jing Chen Team in 2019. where she launched her own team.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Tager focused more on the marketing implications, how his company has used generative AI to create marketing initiatives and shared thoughts on what the development of the technology could mean for the space overall. “We That’s certainly not a universal outcome, but it does communicate what the technology can do.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Because of that, and several other reasons, gross margins for real estate brokerage firms are declining with no real end in sight. for the largest brokerage companies in the United States. The first cause of the decline is the growth in competition for productive agents and a variety of new brokerages. Now, they’re at 13.5%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Titlegenius uses blockchain-backed technology to provide home buyers with an online platform to help facilitate their purchase of title insurance and the closing process in general. They will also soon be debuting geniusbuyer, geniusprice and geneuity, three other parts of homegenius, their technological suite of real estate services.

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GeekEstate

OCTOBER 29, 2021

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. Expanding access to home financing options.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

NEXA Mortgage , the largest mortgage brokerage firm in the U.S., Kortas said that the company charges a technology fee of $75 monthly per person but has other revenue sources than the commission split, such as events and its tech platform. NEXA usually pays loan officers 220 basis points (bps) out of 275 bps on most loans.

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Real Trends

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Looking to the year ahead as interest rates continue to climb, agents have no choice but to let go of an attachment to legacy business practices, lean into technology for increased business and consider how to expand their capabilities to serve even more clients. Stuart Sim is head of industry development at Chime Technologies.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Compass ’ chief operating officer Greg Hart will leave the brokerage at the end of the year, according to a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday. In late-August 2022, Compass announced the departure of chief technology officer Joseph Sirosh , which the firm noted was part of its bid to manage expenses.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

LoanStar Technologies , which connects lenders with borrowers who are traditionally underbanked or unbanked, also made the list again. Year Founded Description 98 OptiFunder 4,767% 2018 Finance company helping independent mortgage lenders choose among funding options and streamline the process. The company was ranked 351 last year.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2023

million settlement with plaintiffs in two bombshell buyer commission lawsuits have been made public, and they stipulate that the brokerage conglomerate make significant changes to its practices. Anywhere will eliminate any minimum client commission requirements that company owned brokerages may have.

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Realty Biz

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Prevu , a real estate technology company on a mission to empower homebuyers, today announced that the company has completed the acquisition of assets pursuant to an asset purchase agreement with Reali, Inc. Terms of the asset transaction include the transfer of all technology and intellectual property rights related to Reali, Inc.’s

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Finance of America Reverse. Finance of America Mortgage. National Head of Brokerage. Director of Product, Origination Technologies. VP, All In One Loan Finance. VP, Technology. ICE Mortgage Technology. Senior Finance Project Director. SVP, Infrastructure and Operations. April Steele.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2020

And it’s because of the software, because of the technology. I think it’s all because of the technology. Though plenty of loan originators and brokerage executives are stuffing their pockets with cash, his approach is rare – he personally develops his own software and sells it to other brokerages. .

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2022

ICE Mortgage Technology. Vice President of Brokerage Operations. Finance of America Reverse. Finance of America. ICE Mortgage Technology. Chief Technology Officer. Carey Armstrong. Co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer. Cindy Ariosa. Chair, Board of Directors. Bright MLS. Courtenay Dunn. Courtney Schaefer.

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Realty Biz

JULY 29, 2022

Real estate technology companies have been providing invaluable innovations over the past few decades, especially since the rise of mobile computing and wireless internet access. One of the newest players on the market to be sure, Compass Real Estate Technology has been absolutely disrupting the real estate market for close to a decade.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2022

HomeSmart is a growing real estate brokerage that may go public, but the company faces questions about its business model and the compensation of founder and CEO Matt Widdows. HomeSmart, like Compass , Keller Williams , eXp and other brokerages, states it has unique technology to modernize real estate. million.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

News just broke that private equity investor LLR Partners announced strategic investments in two mortgage technology companies — Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang ( click here for article ). LLR is not a newcomer to mortgage technology or the overall fintech market. This isn’t a new story in mortgage lending or real estate brokerage.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

But the Robert Reffkin -helmed brokerage has proved the naysayers wrong, at least for now. billion, which the brokerage attributed to a 19% year-over-year decrease in transaction sides to 54,207, combined with a decrease in the average home sale price, as the brokerage’s gross transaction value dropped 26% year over year to $56.8

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

” In the past, low-fee brokerages were thought to be low service. Low-fee brokerages, according to Scott Wright , partner with RTC Consulting, “Low-cost brokerage has kicked brokers in the teeth over the years. Now, franchising criteria are stringent, with only 1 in 50 brokerages qualifying.

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The Close

JANUARY 5, 2023

Whether you’re trying to build your first real estate software stack for a new boutique brokerage or just want to upgrade your current enterprise tools, staying up to date on the latest real estate brokerage software is no longer optional. Here are my picks for the best brokerage marketing software for 2023: 1.

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Realty Biz

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

It only makes sense that a well-established brokerage is bound to have more options on offer than an independent real estate agent. You'll find many excellent real estate brokerage options available to assist you with your home search, but these are your top ten choices right now. Coldwell Banker Real Estate Brokerage.

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2022

Rascoff lives and breathes a lucrative mix of technology finance, and real estate, three inextricably linked sectors. Some of his most recent guests include Stephen Adler, mayor of the booming real estate city Austin, TX and Ryan Serhant, founder of real estate brokerage SERHANT. Register here.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Despite the change in pay structure, agents enrolled in the Redfin Next pay plan remain W-2 employees who still receive benefits, including health care, 401(k) matching, technology, and an employee stock purchase program.

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Realty Biz

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

So now it’s time to find a brokerage to work under. You didn’t study sales contracts, finance and real estate laws to sit around and do nothing, right? Your choice of brokerage will set the tone of your real estate business for years to come. So, it’s in your best interests to choose your brokerage wisely. It takes time.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Most brokerages are only a loose affiliation of independent agents, and none of us wants to impose a policy that could alienate any of the people who generate our revenue.” In leaving NAR, the brokerage said it will explore other ways to achieve those goals.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Real estate brokerage Compass announced Monday that is has signed an agreement to acquire Dallas-based title insurance company LegacyTexas Title Co. , Financial terms of the deal – which should boost the brokerage’s margins – were not disclosed. The nation’s second-largest brokerage posted $1.95

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2021

More than just breaking records in the housing finance space, the HousingWire 2021 Women of Influence are shattering glass ceilings and leaving a legacy for years to come. Finance of America Reverse. Vice President of Technology Services. Nexsys Technologies. Finance of America Companies. Brokerage Operations.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Consumers have had lots of choices in brokerage services, including those with lower costs, but they have chosen not to use them in any meaningful way. Just look at CoStar’s dominance over the commercial brokerage market. Even with all the technology and the huge increase in information about the U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Meanwhile, Opendoor , the OG of an iBuying company with a national presence and patina of technological prowess, was upheld as doing things right. “If Carrie Wheeler, Opendoor’s Chief Financial Officer, assured investors that the company has financing for “over $10 billion” in inventory. Additionally, the company has $5.7

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REM Online

JULY 29, 2021

The original post can be found at the following URL: Properly raises $44 million in financing. Properly, which calls itself “the Canadian tech-enabled real estate brokerage,” recently announced that it has secured $44 million in Series B financing to fuel a national expansion.

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