Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Just weeks after New York-based digital lender Better Home & Finance Holding went public , Better issued pink slips to employees in early September in a new round of layoffs, Insider reported. The layoff news comes on the heels of Better going public via special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Aurora Acquisition Corp.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2021

UWM’s entrance to the public markets caps a wild six months for independent mortgage banks across America, in which a dozen large or mid-sized mortgage firms revealed plans to go public. UWM, headquartered in Pontiac, Michigan, took a nontraditional route to becoming a public company. By 10:45 a.m.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2023

Mike Cagney’s Figure Technologies laid off 20% of its staff and plans to take its profitable lending business public next year, Bloomberg reported. billion public valuation for LendCo when it goes public. Figure planned to go public with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Figure Acquisition Corp.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2023

The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO), the real estate finance industry’s standards organization, is currently seeking public comment on the latest version of the MISMO Servicing Transfer Catalog (MSTC), according to an announcement on Thursday.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 26, 2023

There is no question that the headline of the year in 2023 for many publicly traded brokerages was the commission lawsuits. But in 2024, industry analysts believe mortgage rates will be the primary focus for many firms. “I However, there is no doubt that lower commission rates could put even more pressure on brokerage’s already thin margins. “If

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Today, as Compass readies to be a publicly traded company this year – the brokerage did an Initial Public Offering filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last month but did not disclose financials, and it is not known when their stock may trade – the brokers and real estate agents are getting antsy. about Compass for an hour.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2021

The moment has finally arrived: California-based lender loanDepot has filed an updated S-1 with the Securities and Exchanges Commission and plans to go public in 2021. LoanDepot’s forthcoming public debut comes during an astonishing period of IPOs for the mortgage industry. At the time, LoanDepot had sought a market value of $2.4

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2022

The San Francisco company was now “backed by the top three technology initial public offering underwriters,” Side announced at the time , and the money raise “sets the stage for a future IPO.”. Today, though, Side is radio silent on going public. Kelman declared at the time of the company’s initial public offering.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 6, 2023

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) will host the Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) in May for its second public hearing on appraisal bias.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

New York-based digital lender Better.com has shifted its strategy ahead of its initial public offering (IPO). It took Better two years to go public. Flávia Nunes: Better took nearly two years to go public, with Aurora’s shareholders’ merger approval extended three times. We aim for a similar mix.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2022

In May 2021, Novator Capital -sponsored special purpose acquisition company Aurora announced plans to make Better.com public in the fourth quarter of 2021. The post Better.com extends deadline to go public via SPAC appeared first on HousingWire. Digital mortgage lender Better.com and blank-check firm Aurora Acquisition Corp.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The lender and servicer, owned by the Blackstone Group’s Tactical Opportunities business, is slated to go public in the first half of 2021 through a special purpose acquisition company at a $1.9 Blackstone will own 70% of the company, which is expected to go public in the first half of 2021. billion valuation.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

United Wholesale Mortgage , the largest wholesale lending firm in the country, is joining the blank-check company craze and will make its public debut via an acquisition. UWM’s move into the public markets follows that of rival Rocket Companies , the country’s largest mortgage lender by volume.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2021

Savor the irony: A blank-check company started by Spencer Rascoff is bringing an iBuyer, Offerpad, public. He also launched two other special purpose acquisition companies, neither of which has yet found a partner to take public. The post Spencer Rascoff SPAC to take iBuyer Offerpad public appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The post iBuyer Offerpad goes public at $2.7B Instant homebuyer Offerpad quietly became a publicly traded business Thursday, after it merged with a blank check company led by former Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff one day earlier. Offerpad’s transition escalates the rivalry between Rascoff and his former company Zillow.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2021

Digital title provider Doma has finally gone public, but has already had to pay out nearly $300 million to early investors who redeemed their shares. But investors in Capitol exercised rights to redeem nearly 30 million public shares in the company in connection with the merger. We look forward to this next phase as a public company.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

The Department of Housing and Urban Development said it was resuming in-person inspections of public housing units, though families concerned about the spread of COVID-19 can decline to have a HUD worker in their home. The post HUD resumes inspections of public housing units amid COVID-19 pandemic appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

LoanDepot is poised to go public later this year, becoming “Lyft to Rocket Mortgage’s Uber,” according to a new report. LoanDepot, backed by Parthenon Capital Partners, announced plans to go public in September 2015 , but canceled the IPO hours before pricing due to what the company called adverse “market conditions.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

After a dramatic false start in 2015, California-based lender loanDepot says it’s finally going public. had confidentially filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to go public. Rocket Companies, formerly known as Quicken, went public in August, and raised $1.8 billion to $2.6 billion in its IPO.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Venture capital-backed real estate technology firm Matterport will merge with a blank-check company and go public in a deal that values the startup at $2.3 The Matterport deal represents the seventh SPAC merger for Gores, and second real estate-related independent public offering.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 2, 2021

Title insurance startup Doma – formerly known as States Title – announced today that it will go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company Capitol Investment Corp. The post Doma, formerly States Title, will go public via SPAC appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MAY 11, 2021

SoftBank Group -backed digital lender Better.com plans to make its public debut in the fourth quarter of 2021 via SPAC , in a deal that would value the company at nearly $8 billion, the firm said Tuesday. Also unclear is how investors take to another mortgage company going public. The post Better.com to go public via SPAC at $7.7B

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2021

Blend Labs filed a confidential registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, signaling its intent to enter the public markets. When it will go public is also a mystery. But that Blend is going public at all is interesting. It didn’t note how many shares would be sold or the price range.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2021

We firmly believe that reopening the 2020 General QM Rule would not be in the public interest. The post HPC: Delaying final QM Rule “not in public interest” appeared first on HousingWire. How servicers can stay ahead of Biden’s potential regulatory changes.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

went public in a $172.5 million initial public offering. Post-transaction, the combined company will have an enterprise value of $523 million, according to a release, with an estimated equity value of $728 million and $205 million in cash and no debt, assuming no redemptions of PropTech public stockholders. blank-check company.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2021

It’s the second large-scale mortgage lender to go public via a SPAC in 2021, after broker-based United Wholesale Mortgage began trading in late January. AmeriHome and Caliber Home Loans both signaled plans in the fall to go public, but delayed them indefinitely.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to let the public — not high-powered lobbyists — go to the front of the line to shape the agency’s rulemaking process. 16, the public can submit petitions for rule making directly to the agency, the CFPB announced today. Starting Feb.

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Inman

OCTOBER 13, 2023

A fear of public speaking is common, yet it's often perceived as a weakness. NYC agent Nikki Beauchamp teaches you how to turn that anxiety into fuel for your next presentation.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Opendoor , the largest instant home buying platform in the country, could debut on the public market at a $5 billion valuation, according to a new report. II, to merge with Opendoor and take it public, according to Bloomberg. The post Opendoor could make public debut via reverse merger at $5B valuation appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2020

AmeriHome on Thursday became the latest mortgage lender to file for a public offering, the latest to do so amid a coronavirus pandemic that has helped spur record origination volume this year. The post AmeriHome plans to go public – Let’s look at the numbers appeared first on HousingWire. billion valuation in the fourth quarter.

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BubbleInfo

APRIL 25, 2024

The full San Diego-area public school rankings can be found on the U.S. The post San Diego Top Public High Schools first appeared on bubbleinfo.com. Torrey Pines is #13, San Dieguito is #15, Carlsbad HS is #40, and La Costa Canyon is #45. World and News Report website here.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Add lender-servicer Guild Mortgage to the ranks of the nonbank mortgage lenders going public. According to an amended S-1 submitted to the Securities and Exchanges Commission on Thursday, Guild, through parent firm Guild Holdings, is expected to price its initial public offering between $17 and $19 per share as early as next week.

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The Close

APRIL 15, 2024

That’s why I’ve gathered a few of the best methods to master real estate public relations. In fact, real estate public relations is a critical piece of a growing agent’s business. Public relations aims to stand out from the crowd and become your area’s go-to real estate professional. Why Is PR in Real Estate Important?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2020

billion public offering, citing adverse market conditions and poor valuations for other newly public fintech companies. You couldn’t really take them public at book value. Get $75 off your initial membership with coupon code “intro75” The post Nonbanks are seizing a “generational opportunity” to go public.

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RIS Media

JANUARY 10, 2024

Broker Public Portal (BPP)—a collaborative venture between real estate brokerages and MLSs to create a national consumer home search experience—announced the appointment of Dan Troup as its new Chief Executive Officer.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 6, 2020

Rocket Companies , parent company of Quicken Loans , underwhelmed in its public debut on Thursday. When asked about the decision to go public at the bottom of Rocket’s pricing range, Walters told HousingWire that executives “certainly learned a lot about the process.”. “We We were a bit of an enigma for public markets,” he said. “We

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Seattle Times Real Estate

APRIL 17, 2024

The Low Income Housing Institute plans to build street-facing public restrooms into a new apartment complex. Neighborhood groups have agitated for more toilets.

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