Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2025

has acquired Zenlist , a real estate tech startup known for its agent-client collaboration tools. The deal boosts Realtor.com’s mobile-first capabilities — aiming to modernize the home search experience and empower more than 35,000 agents with smarter, more connected tools for today’s shifting real estate landscape.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In its third-quarter earnings report, Zillow Home Loans revealed an impressive data point: mortgage revenue increased 63% year over year in the third quarter to $39 million, which is primarily due to an 80% year-over-year increase in purchase loan origination volume to $812 million. That’s an annualized $3.2

Mortgages

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

From there, Collins dives deeper into Tomo’s past and mentions its focus on purchase loans versus refinances and other product types. Collins asks Schwartz to share how he balanced working with real estate agents and other referral partners by leveraging AI to develop the “ Costco loan origination method.“

Loans

Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2025

Williston Financial Group (WFG) announced the release of a new digital tool through subsidiary Volly that aims to enhance collaboration between mortgage loan officers and real estate agents. The tool is designed to automate aspects of co-marketing efforts, including compliance and brand consistency.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Provident told broker partners that all loans in the pipeline must be locked by 11:59 p.m. Additionally, all loans currently locked must be funded by the lock expiration date. Relatedly, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have blacklisted a number of condo buildings in South Florida that it won’t back loans for. PST on Oct.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2025

The partnership, announced this week, will give eXp Luxury agents access to the MORE Seller Bridge Loan Program a short-term seller financing option that lets sellers convert their existing low-rate mortgages into income after selling their home.

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Real Estate News

JULY 14, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Illustration by Real Estate News; Zillow Tech New Zillow tools aim to help buyers, improve agent workflows The five “summer launch” features include a drone-like view of listings, tour scheduling updates and other “magic wand” improvements for agents.

Agents

Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2025

billion deal to acquire digital real estate brokerage firm Redfin , industry observers are still trying to understand the future of one key asset: Bay Equity Home Loans. As of April 22, the platform had 272 sponsored loan officers across 90 branches, according to the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS).

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2025

Florida-based Theoris Software has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) platform, AI agent, it says could transform how mortgage companies handle operations. The platform introduces a digital agent named Alpha7x that automates key processes across the mortgage lifecycle.

Agents

Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2025

.” The completed transaction merges Redfin’s home search platform, which is comprised of 50 million monthly visitors, 1 million active purchase and rental listings and its network of over 2,200 agents, with Rocket’s mortgage services. ” Rocket executives said during its first quarter earnings that it expects the Mr.

VA loan

Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2025

Trust in loan officers has plunged even further, down to 19.5%. Only 20% of respondents now trust loan officers to guide them through mortgage decisions, while only 33% believe that real estate agents provide reliable advice. Real estate agents remain the first point of contact for many millennial buyers (43%).

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Zillow Home Loans — the platform’s affiliate mortgage lender — pushes the future of financing. Users can enter a potential home price, down payment, interest rate, loan terms, property taxes, insurance costs, and homeowners association (HOA) fees. Fortunately, home buying doesn’t have to remain confusing for new buyers.

Finance

Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2025

And to do that you need two things: real estate agents and loan officers. We have been obsessed since the beginning of operating Movoto with meeting consumers where they are and figuring out what they need, and typically what they need is a high quality real estate agent and the right mortgage product for them.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2025

Clients will have access to “competitive rates and diverse loan products” in a “seamless integration,” he added. Elliman Capital will provide agents with direct access to mortgage professionals, enabling them to refer clients, track loan progress and receive real-time updates from property search to closing.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2025

Dream Town is home to Steven Koleno , the top agent by sides and volume in the state, according to the RealTrends Verified The Thousand. The combined company will include nearly 3,000 real estate agents, loan officers and support staff. The firm is also ranked No. 1 in Illinois by sales volume and No. 2 by transaction sides.

Brokerage

Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2025

That’s why, despite the noise, we continue to invest in innovation, expand our model and deliver value for our agents by embracing the future not resisting it. At this time, Leo is able to have real-time voice conversations and we are planning to test these capabilities with our agents in the coming weeks. million a year ago.

Technology

Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2025

The company analyzed a portfolio of residential , commercial and business-purpose loans totaling approximately $80 billion. of these transactions contained issues that could lead to fraud, with each problematic loan averaging 2.5 It found that 46.8% errors the highest number on record.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2025

Visit Coffee & Contracts Related articles 31 real estate social media post ideas to engage your audience 11 real estate social media marketing strategies that actually work Real estate Instagram accounts: 21 agents & influencers to follow right now Niche down to scale up Cattaneo doesn’t only post about her personal life.

Agents

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Therefore, even loans that pass the automated title review process proposed under the Pilot remain at significant risk of a costly future claim but will not have the protections afforded by title insurance. Additionally, the Pilot poses unnecessary risk by removing expert title agents from the refinance process,” the letter states.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2025

You sent your text, you followed up with a call and now youve landed the coveted meeting with that real estate agent from across town. Here are the 10 questions every loan originator needs to take into their first meeting with a potential Realtor referral partner: What did you do prior to real estate? You are not there to speak.

Land

Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

The transaction will merge Redfins home search platform , which is comprised of 50 million monthly visitors, 1 million active purchase and rental listings and its network of over 2,200 agents, with Rockets mortgage services, with the goal of delivering “a more seamless experience from search to close, to servicing and future transactions.”

Purchase and sale agreement

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Side has filed a preliminary injunction against Tal and Oren Alexander and their brokerage, Official Partners , that seeks to prevent them from dissipating, hiding or moving collateral for a loan that Side claims the brothers have defaulted on. In October, Side sued Tal and Oren Alexander and Official Partners for defaulting on a $4.6

Brokerage

Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2025

Financing options, misplaced guidance Conventional loans remain the most common path to homeownership , but many first-time buyers also turn to government financing. Nearly 29% of first-time buyers used Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans , which require a minimum down payment of 3.5%. Another 9% used U.S.

VA loan

Housing Wire

AUGUST 6, 2025

Zillow ’s critics may say that the company has never had the best interests of real estate agents at heart. In building out this plan, Zillow has expanded into mortgage, through Zillow Home Loans , and has grown its presence in rentals. Zillow Home Loans posted double-digit adoption rates in the enhanced markets.

Agents

Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

Rocket obviously has the moat in mortgage and Zillow has the moat in search and agent referrals, so it is not surprising to see Rocket make a move to expand its presence on the other end of the spectrum in home search and with that agent network. John Campbell, an analyst at Stephens , shares a similar view.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2025

The chatbot can field questions and queries, including the identification of top lenders, loan officer rankings, broker wallet share and mortgage retention rates. We haven’t had a county in the country where we haven’t had a loan officer utilize our MMI products. “I started in the industry as an agent.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2025

In his new role, White will act as the primary liaison between real estate agents , attorneys and loan officers to support coordination across Baird & Warner’s brokerage , mortgage and title service divisions. was one of the producing agents at Baird & Warner in Naperville, Illinois. Bill White Jr.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2025

There’s just one problem: every agent in your office is in the same boat. It worked well enough to make him the number one agent in his office — no small feat in Miami, where the best luxury condos often get snapped up by insiders before construction even begins. Leads are leads, right? We’d love to hear from you.

Closing

Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2025

Independent agents will be watching and we will vote with our remittances!” The waiver pilot , relaunched in March 2024, allows approved mortgage lenders to use an automated title review process to assess title risk during loan manufacturing and prior to loan purchase. “I implore them to stand strong.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The platform is intended for housing professionals in various sectors, including 5 million loan officers, appraisers , servicers , underwriters , developers, agents, brokers, attorneys and regulators. Through Araya, CoreLogic will give customers access to the data and analytics of nearly all U.S. properties on one platform.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

The prudent selection of the escrow agent, assessment of the escrow fees and interest paid, identification of the escrow buckets and related escrow amounts, and detailed drafting of the mechanics and timing for release or payments from the escrow buckets, will help avoid or resolve liability disputes.

Purchase and sale agreement

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

My mom and stepdad went into pre-foreclosure,” said Sandoval, a real estate agent and investor who specializes in working in low-income, often Latino neighborhoods in Southern California. “I Often, the best available option for staying in the home is through a loan modification or some other type of repayment plan with the bank.

Bankruptcy

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Origination volume is up even more, as the company’s purchase loan volume doubled in 2024, while refinance originations rose 69%. Or we work with agents and agent teams to introduce loan officers to them to partner with when they want to start by touring first.

Purchase and sale agreement

Housing Wire

JUNE 13, 2025

Optimal Blue introduces automated refi tool As refi activity shows signs of life, Optimal Blue launched a new tool to help loan officers capture refinance opportunities automatically. The tool, Capture for Originators, identifies leads, runs pricing, and preps borrower presentations — cutting hours of manual work.

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Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2025

Other examples include a software developer with multiple 1099s, a real estate agent with seasonal income spikes, or a small business owner maximizing deductions. Under standard guidelines, each of these individuals might be denied a mortgage that a W-2 employee earning half as much would be able to secure.

Lending

Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2025

A real estate agent is an obvious and common choice; however, that is only one of the many options that could be a perfect fit for your personality and career goals. Skills to thrive: Successful agents are honest communicators, detail-oriented and organized, which makes transactions seamless for their clients.

Property Management

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Not long ago, homeowners insurance was a minor concern for most homebuyers, real estate agents and mortgage originators. For homeowners with conventional loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , insurance at replacement cost is mandatory, but flood insurance is only required in designated flood zones. Insurance Services , in March.

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