Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2025

Second Century Ventures , the investment arm of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) has announced the eight startups selected for its 2025 REACH technology accelerator program. Since its inception, the program has supported more than 300 companies, with expansion into commercial real estate and six global markets since 2019.

Commercial

Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2025

Digital tools and technology are only the tip of the spear regarding SitusAMCs solutions. Between residential and commercial market professionals, SitusAMC can guide all financiers toward increased profit, efficiency, and sharper analytics. But what if originators didnt have to rely on traditional staffing models?

Marketing

Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

Roughly 10 months after it first announced the planned deal, CoStar Group said Friday that it has completed its acquisition of 3D digital mapping technology firm Matterport. The firms residential North American network generated $58.9 CoStar paid $1.6 billion for the acquisition. CoStar Group generated $2.74 million in revenue in 2024.

Closing

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Chris Raveis, the company’s president of residential sales, welcomed the JRE team in a statement. ” Beaulieu also said the company focuses on developing talent with training, coaching and technology solutions for marketing and sales. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Brokerage

Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2025

Indeed, the total residential subservicing market declined to $3.96 At some point, those who intend to service loans in-house need a team and technology to meet todays compliance and cost challenges, said Tom Donatacci , chief client officer at Cenlar. Cooper while other clients are reportedly reassessing their own positions.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2025

Our industry stands at a critical crossroads in the rapidly evolving mortgage technology landscape. Still, the future of mortgage technology demands a radical reimagining of what customer success truly means. The implementation process has become a strategic differentiator for top-tier technology providers.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

billion deal to acquire the depository bank’s residential mortgage servicing operations. trillion in its servicing portfolio and has made big upgrades in technology to help recapture loans. Cooper won’t be onboarding as many Flagstar Bank employees as initially projected in its $1.4 It now has north of $1.5

Banks

Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2025

Anchor Home specializes in high-end residential sales, staging, new construction consultations and renovation strategies. We made the move to Compass because we were intrigued by the technology and drawn to the culture and it delivered on both fronts, Chino said. Their average listing price is $1.7 million, according to Compass.

New Construction

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The rule applies existing protections for residential mortgages to borrowers who seek PACE loans to upgrade or renovate their homes through clean energy technology. The rule will implement a congressional mandate to establish consumer protections for residential PACE loans.

Loans

Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

According to the release, Saxton will be tasked with guiding real estate strategy and technology innovation with a focus on integrating solutions to optimize operations and support affiliate growth. Saxton has over two decades of experience working in residential real estate technology, digital marketing and management consulting.

Technology

Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2025

But in the immediate interim, housing developers must invest in technologies , like modular construction, to dramatically extend the resiliency and life of their buildings. As it stands, the best way to move closer towards a circular, make-use-reuse housing economy, is to build longer lasting, climate resilient buildings.

Development

Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

The firm works with residential , commercial and land transactions including ranch properties and vacation homes. The firm plans to utilize the brand’s suite of technology and learning platforms — including tools from MoxiWorks and the Be Better University program — to increase agent productivity and client service.

Brokerage

Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2025

Property Technology (PropTech) is quickly transforming the global real estate industry, driving innovation and spurring trends across new residential and commercial developments. billion by 2032, illustrating the growing relevance of smart technologies in real estate. The global PropTech market was valued at $36.55

Commercial

Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

The American Land Title Association (ALTA) Homeowners Policy available in some states and for certain residential properties may offer some coverage for post-closing issues like forgery or impersonation. Dovidio noted that standard title insurance policies typically only cover issues that arise before a sale is finalized.

Title

Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

In 2024, a year in which single-family residential resale transactions were at a 29-year low , Compass outperformed. Technology is part of the story. Consumers purchase homes, but Compass touts its technology among prospective real estate agents. Technology is the lubricant that increases that flow.

Brokerage

Housing Wire

JULY 9, 2025

Over the past six years, Korman expanded his firm to 40 agents across four offices, with a focus on high-end residential sales. It’s not just the cutting-edge technology, dedicated support, or collaborative culture but the synergy of all three to create the best agent experience,” Korman said in a statement.

Principal

Housing Wire

JUNE 12, 2025

Kobetz Realty currently serves clients across Mendocino, Lake and Sonoma counties with services in residential , commercial and ranch real estate. As part of Century 21, he and his team will gain access to the brand’s technology tools, marketing platform, training and lead generation systems. “My

Branding

Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

CoreVest was acquired by Redwood in 2019 and is the REITs business-purpose lending division that specializes in loans for residential investment properties. The move is part of a repositioning that includes branding of its jumbo loan platform, which will continue to operate under the Sequoia umbrella going forward.

Equity

Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2025

He noted that while the residential side of the business remains historically weak, it appears to have bottomed out. I believe residential originations have hit a bottom, and now we can debate the path and pace of growth. That was driven by a 27% jump in commercial title premiums and an 11% rise in residential premiums.

Title

Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2025

HousingWire recently caught up with Quirk to discuss some current industry trends and everything happening at Final Offer. Brooklee Han: Transparency in the real estate transaction is a hot topic right now. How is Final Offer working to improve the level of insight a consumer has into a transaction?

Technology

Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2025

“Whether that’s a multi-state, multi-site commercial transaction or the routine closing on a small residential lot, Michael brings creativity born from getting deals done.” Title Resources Group (TRG) has named Michael Campbell as a vice president and underwriting counsel for Michigan.

Title

Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2025

The title insurance industry is on track for steady expansion over the next decade, driven by surging real estate activity, advancing technology and tightening regulatory frameworks. As populations continue to grow and urbanization accelerates, demand for residential and commercial properties is on the rise, MRF said in its report.

Title

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Rob Hill Platinum’s director of growth and market development, said in a statement that SunWest is “receiving a lot more than what a typical merger brings,” referring to the shared technology assets and resources through Platinum that will soon be available to SunWest agents. For Platinum, the merger is mutually beneficial.

Brokerage

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Validate also utilizes computer-vision technology to analyze the borrower-supplied photographs to help determine property condition and value. Typically, to use a Home equity product, the property should be a residential home with sufficient equity in an area with reliable market data.

Equity

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO), a subsidiary of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), has been developing a series of uniform technology standards that will ideally allow for the somewhat siloed reverse mortgage industry to more easily collaborate with others in the mortgage finance ecosystem.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 24, 2024

By partnering with a highly-regarded vendor, organizations can foster strong relationships with agency collectors and gain access to cutting-edge technology. CoreLogic manages over 80% of the nations residential escrow payments. Transforming the property tax management landscape with requires technology and effective collaboration.

Loans

Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2025

The recent Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles have eradicated thousands of residential properties, leaving both physical and financial damage to Southern Californias housing market. What we did is took all of our internal homes, data, inventory, our parcels, and we matched the fire data into that. And in Altadena, it’s like $1.3

Land

Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

growth and an early employee at machine learning fintech Pagaya Technologies , and Collins held former senior engineering roles at leading fintech companies, including Affirm and Zillow , where he specialized in applying artificial intelligence to fraud detection and underwriting systems. Ellis was previously head of U.S.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

JULY 3, 2025

He holds a degree in agricultural business management from North Carolina State University and began his real estate career in 2010 with a focus on farm, land, residential and commercial sales throughout the region. The office will now operate as Century 21 Land and Home Realty.

Land

Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2025

The real estate technology company will be aided on this journey by additional capital it has secured from its ownership group, which includes private equity partner Vector Capital , and brokerages Howard Hanna Real Estate Services and Windermere Real Estate , according to an announcement on Friday. MoxiWorks is looking to up its game.

Technology

Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2025

In his first in-person interview since being named CEO, Czarnecki spoke with HousingWire about guiding Keller Williams through a new chapter, one marked by Stone Point Capital s investment and a shifting residential real estate landscape. In other words, KW is getting back to its roots as a training company that prioritizes education.

Technology

Housing Wire

JUNE 13, 2025

2 large team — the Miami -based collective of eight agents continues to set the bar for success in high-end residential real estate. billion in closed sales volume — more than double totals from the No. Inclusion of family members has been a key element of the group’s staying power, said co-founder Jill Hertzberg. Go to every open house.

Residential

Housing Wire

JULY 3, 2025

NAR frequently names brokers from large residential real estate firms such as Defendants and their co-conspirators to serve in leadership positions concurrently with their position as real estate brokers. “NAR NAR is not named as a defendant in the suit. Cwynar is being represented by Colin Primo Cuscraini, an attorney at McGuire Law PC.

Brokerage

Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2025

Were building technology that removes friction from the creative process and gives real estate professionals total controlwithout the learning curve. Staging a home can make or break a sale but the traditional approach is broken. Furniture rentals, photography sessions, and weeks of back-and-forth leave agents stuck in the past.

Agents

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

In addition, we expect to evaluate opportunities relating to digital infrastructure, including opportunities at the convergence of infrastructure and technology. Rithm owns multichannel mortgage lender and servicer Newrez. It has made a slew of acquisitions in the credit and mortgage servicing sectors over the past two years.

Commercial

Housing Wire

MAY 12, 2025

While residential mortgage-backed securities have a robust and well-established institutional investor network, the first HEI securitizations only occurred in October of 2024. Major originators in the HEI space have begun backing the use of blockchain technology as a legitimate source of capital for private equity real estate.

Equity

Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2025

Callan has more than five decades of experience in residential and commercial brokerage services, investment, development and financial leadership. No one else came close to Keller Williams when we assessed the top brands in real estate for culture, training, and technology. Keller Williams is continuing to expand its network.

Land