Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

Bellevue, Washington-based real estate investment firm Legacy Group Capital announced this week that it has acquired fintech company Rook Capital , a provider of home equity investment (HEI) products through its “Shared Value Investment” brand. Legacy is privately owned and terms of the deal were not disclosed. “As

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2025

The company which formally announced the arrangement on Thursday includes business and brand strategy, creative development and industry thought leadership initiatives, according to the announcement. Weve been working over the last year now on a complete advertising and brand platform transition, [which] goes live in Q2.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The California-based lender recently introduced a revised branding effort , the “Flex Payment Mortgage“ suite, that is designed to broaden the appeal of its reverse offerings to more potential partners. It wants options available to first-time buyers as well as age-appropriate offerings for a person’s later years.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As the housing market suffers through a drought of home sales and related mortgage originations in the current high-rate environment, home prices and home equity continue to climb, helping to spark a revival of another sector — home equity lending and investment. homeowners saw home equity increase 1.7%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2025

Empower Mortgage , part of the Equity Prime Mortgage family of brands, has appointed Rogelio Goertzen as its chief growth officer. He will drive the wholesale lender’s strategic expansion, fostering greater financial inclusion for Hispanic, Latino and other underserved communities.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Newrez reported continued momentum for its home equity and non-QM loan products as originations were up 29% between the third and fourth quarters. Home equity loans comprise nearly half of its mortgage servicing rights (MSRs), with 21% of its portfolio having loan-to-value ratios of 50% or less. billion in Q4 2023 to $17.3

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

Keller Williams has entered into a strategic partnership with private equity firm Stone Point Capital , according to an announcement on Monday. Stone Point is no stranger to the real estate industry, as it also holds strategic investments in Lone Wolf Technologies , Homepoint , CoreLogic and Meridian.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Executive leaders there pointed to the performance of the company’s proprietary loan products and trends in the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ( HECM ) space as favorable. This brings earnings potential from the brand integration between FOA and American Advisors Group (AAG), he said, making for a much healthier position.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2025

The role is designed to strengthen FOAs leadership in an area that is essential to the companys long-term growth plans and further its efforts to make home equity for retirement a mainstream solution, the company said. Scarpati has served at FOA since 2010 in various roles, and he is the first occupant of this new C-suite executive position.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Branding/Intellectual property: Trade names, DBAs, and domain names Trade names, DBAs, trademarks, fictitious business names or assumed business names are what the world knows the business as. Also, have any employees been promised future equity in the seller? Are those agreements assignable to the buyer?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Ashley Smith , the company’s senior vice president of brand marketing and strategic communications, said that home equity was a commonly discussed topic during the event. This year, however, one major reverse lender had a floor presence and another had a sponsorship presence, which he said signifies progress.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

HECM for Purchase A very visible part of the slow build is tied to the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase program, he explained. Mayer cited a recent change in the leadership of Rate s reverse mortgage division as an example of a prominent forward player demonstrating attention for reverse.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Los Angeles area-based mortgage lender Premier Plus Lending announced last week that it is expanding into the senior-focused home equity market with a new division, Retirement Mortgage Solutions , which will include reverse mortgages and other home equity-based lending instruments.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The brand includes Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ( HECM ) reverse mortgage products alongside refinances, proprietary jumbo options and HECM for Purchase (H4P) loans. With the Flex Payment Mortgage, Guild is looking to give the reverse mortgage product a new, fresh look and branding,” Cory said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Figure Technology Solutions will focus on developing and distributing its proprietary, technology-enabled platform to partners and investors in the home equity lending ecosystem, the fintech firm announced earlier this week. JP Morgan Chase & Co. and Jefferies Financial Group Inc. — to take its lending division, LendCo , public.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2025

Spector added that the company produced annualized operating return on equity of 15% that was “driven by continued strength in our servicing business and a solid contribution from our production segments despite elevated mortgage rates.” ” Fees from fulfilling correspondent loans for PMT totaled $5.3

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2024

The Property Shop joined Real under its Private Label program, which allows independent brokerages to maintain their own brand while reaping the benefits associated with being a part of Real. Ware, who founded The Property Shop in 2009, will serve as a growth leader at Real and help to build visibility for its brand.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

A well-written property description also allows you to highlight aspects of the home that would not otherwise be readily available via MLS, such as a newly renovated kitchen or a brand-new septic system. Your goal: use the description to sell the property. How to write a listing description Wondering where to begin?

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2024

Finance of America brand consolidation When Finance of America announced its intention to acquire then-industry leader American Advisors Group (AAG), the reverse mortgage industry initially reacted with cautious optimism. So far this year, two lenders have made eye-opening moves in their approaches to reverse mortgage messaging.

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2024

We look forward to this new chapter in our company’s history and to operating under the Onity brand, which reflects the evolution of our culture and the transformation of our company.” “We are very pleased that our shareholders have approved our name change to Onity Group,” Glen Messina, CEO of Ocwen Financial, said in a statement. “We

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

We are excited to deliver the Heartland Bank brand to our reverse mortgage customers,” said Medina Cicak, the bank’s newly appointed chief commercial officer. The simplified and modern new brand elements are visually appealing and provide simple navigation across our customer facing platforms. billion AUD, or roughly $1.2 billion USD.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2024

Our core focus is on creating a modern retirement that centers on home equity, and we will continue to make decisions that strengthen our platform and our ability to deliver for our customers, teammates, and investors,” she said. As of late-day trading on Wednesday, the price currently sits at $0.59.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2023

The combined company and branch locations will operate under the NexTier Bank brand, both banks said in a release Thursday. In its mortgage division, the bank offers construction, purchase loans, home equity loans as well as HELOCs in addition to providing consumer loans, wealth management and merchant services. Mars Bank held $520.8

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

But instead of slashing my commissions, cutting my marketing budget and panicking, I put in the sweat equity to find ways to thrive. How many have significant enough equity gains from the last few years to make trading up to a bigger or better home possible? As a top-producing agent during the 2008 recession, I was unprepared.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

With underfunded retirement savings vehicles, home equity may prove to be one of the most important financial assets for funding a comfortable retirement. My view is that HECM products will continue to grow in importance as a critical home equity extraction vehicle for our aging population of homeowners.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2021

LoanDepot , backed by private equity firm Parthenon Capital Partners, first announced plans to go public in September 2015 but canceled the IPO just hours before pricing, citing adverse “market conditions.” Thanks to our brand investment over time, we are also one of the most recognized brands in the industry today. billion. .

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2023

The collaboration with several of the country’s top independent mortgage banks is aimed at getting Figure’s home equity line of credit ( HELOC ) products in front of homeowners who have seen equity grow in recent years. Figure recently eclipsed over $6 billion in HELOC originations, the company said.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2021

By the time the average US homeowner retires, it’s often stated that 83% of their wealth will come from their real estate’s equity, however, the challenge is most homeowners don’t consider their home an asset. According to NAR over 69% of buyers have a home to sell, so really homeowners represent the earliest buyer.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As a result, homeowners either must sell their current home and suffer through double moves and short-term rentals to access the equity they’ve accrued, or they have to make contingent offers that require the sale of their current house to close. HW: How has the proptech space evolved in the last 5-10 years?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Borrowers can manage payments and escrows, plus monitor home equity, new offers, and tax matters. Through our CARE Admin tool, the entire CARE website branding can be updated in less than a minute. #3. They can also quickly apply for and resolve forbearances and loan mods during hardships. Product Fast Facts. #1. Get More Info.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2024

We now have a brand identity that reflects our company, our people, and our commitment to delivering results,” he said. Other major brands under the company’s umbrella — including PHH Mortgage Corp. Company leaders previously described the move as an expression of the attitude they want to evoke from their product offerings.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2024

The company arrived at the new name after what it called “a rigorous research and brand strategy development analysis,” adding it “believes its new name reflects the capabilities of a hard-working team with a can-do attitude and problem-solving culture.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

Our primary operating brands, PHH Mortgage and Liberty Reverse Mortgage, will retain their names at this time. We’re excited about this new chapter for the company and we look forward to operating under the Onity brand.” We expect to rebrand PHH and Liberty to Onity Mortgage later this year.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The group will be branded as Shamrock, Powered by CMG Home Loans. Its portfolio includes construction to perm, renovation financing, builder programs and home equity line of credits , among others. year over year. .” ” Correia highlighted CMG’s products as a reason for Shamrock choosing the company.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Schneider also highlighted the performance of the Sotheby’s International Realty brand, which stood out by posting a higher year-over-year volume in Q4 2023. During the fourth quarter, transaction sides at the firm’s franchise group, Anywhere Brands , dropped 11% year over year to 165,815.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2021

agreed to form a title insurance underwriter joint venture with a $210 million investment from private equity investment firm Centerbridge Partners , a move sure to shake up the title space. Realogy will maintain a 30% equity interest in Closing Parent Holdco, L.P., Realogy Holdings Corp.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2022

The company’s platform also includes a marketing portal for brokers that offers personalized branding and compliance technology. Volly is controlled by New Capital Partners , an Alabama-based private equity firm with a portfolio of niche services companies in healthcare and finance industries. “I

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