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Once at the fringes of housing finance, home equity investment companies look to grow their stake

Housing Wire

“What if homeowners could tap into home equity without taking on debt?” Through a home equity investment, homeowners can receive cash upfront in exchange for a share of the home’s future value. Hometap is among a handful of companies — including Unison , Unlock , Point and Aspire — that offer home equity investments.

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Pop the champagne, Compass hits major financial milestone

Housing Wire

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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Retail reverse mortgage production took a hit in January

Housing Wire

While reverse mortgage volume in 2024 got off to a rocky start, new data that breaks out retail Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements versus wholesale production showed that it was the former that took the bigger hit in the first month of the year, based on new data compiled by Reverse Market Insight (RMI). on a per-unit basis.

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Presenting HousingWire’s 2021 Women of Influence

Housing Wire

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. Principal and Chair, Financial Instituions Regulatory Practice Group. Finance of America Companies. Brokerage Operations.

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What Equity Wealth Means for Homeowners

Realty Biz

Today’s skyrocketing home values have resulted in 42% of homeowners with mortgages being “Equity Rich” at the end of 2021 (according to Attom real estate data). In total, that is an incredible amount of equity wealth. trillion in available equity, which is a 35% jump in a single year. How Equity Wealth is Created.

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Op-Ed: Small Businesses, Cooperation Bolster Real Estate Market by Maintaining Affordability, Equity

RIS Media

Part of an ongoing fight to maintain equitable accessibility to these listings for all consumers and a level playing field for small business brokerages has to do with so-called “pocket listings.” Most lenders don’t allow real estate broker commissions to be financed. Principal Broker at Phipps Realty Inc.

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The strategy behind UWM’s multibillion dollar investment

Housing Wire

billion in equity as of the second quarter, plus technology that can close loans faster than most competitors, aggressive pricing is a “multibillion dollar decision investment,” as Ishbia put it. His tangible net worth ratio (a proxy of how much equity you have relative to your total assets) is just under 30%.

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