Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

An affiliate of Paceline Equity Partners LLC , a private equity manager based in Texas, completed a debt investment in a subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc. Optimal Blue — a provider of secondary market solutions and actionable data services — facilitates more than $1.1 billion megadeal announced in May 2022.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2023

Recent home price declines are leading to decreased tappable equity, but there are still opportunities in home equity lending, according to a report published by Home Equity Lending News. Tappable home equity is expected to decrease to a forecasted $18.1 However, given that home-equity originations were less than $0.5

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to grow amid higher origination costs and greater competition, but without correcting the underlying causes of bias in data, AI models can embed racial equity inequality on a larger scale, a recent report from the Urban Institute concluded. “It

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2023

The demand for home-equity loans, particularly home-equity lines of credit (HELOCs) as well as shared-equity investment products, is now stronger than at any time since before the global financial crisis some 15 years ago. Those 17 deals were backed by home-equity collateral valued in total at $3.9

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2022

San Francisco-based Unison is extending its reach in the heartland by expanding its shared-equity loan program to homeowners in Nebraska. billion in equity-sharing agreements with some 9,000 homeowners across 29 states and the District of Columbia. Prioritizing home equity solutions in a rising rate environment.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

California-based home equity investment firm Splitero launched its own real estate brokerage , Splitero Homes, this week. Launched in 2021, Splitero’s main focus is on home equity investments (HEI), which differs from home equity lines of credit (HELOC). Clients must retain a stake of at least 20% in their homes.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

I sat down with Tim Bowler, president of ICE Mortgage Technology, a business unit of ICE, to talk about the company’s mortgage automation strategy — and what keeps him up at night. SW: ICE Mortgage Technology is known for its focus on automation. What’s the role of tech as lenders play the long game in this market?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Dark Matter Technologies , formerly Black Knight Origination Technologies, is focused on mainly two things: the smooth transition to new owners, and lowering the cost to originate loans for lenders. So it’s really the same story, just different markets,” Gagliano said. What opportunities did the firm see?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The highly competitive purchase market and bidding wars gave rise to power buyer models to help non cash buyers compete. There were historic amounts of investment and funding , and for some traditional housing finance models, real fears of being disrupted. This is done through using the equity on your existing home as a down payment.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Kathryn Amor, chief product officer at Finance of America Companies, spoke during the event’s mortgage purchase market panel about what Finance of America Reverse (FAR) beings to the table for the larger parent company. Reverse mortgages and the purchase market. Kathryn Amor. “We

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Kristen Sieffert, president of Finance of America Reverse, speaks during The Gathering by HousingWire on Monday, April 21, 2024. We believe there’s a significant opportunity to bring home equity for retirement into the mainstream.” Obviously, it’s hard to move right now, but people do have a lot of equity,” she said. “So,

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Finance of America Companies (FOA), which had previously borrowed $60 million from longtime backer Blackstone Group , has increased its borrowed amount to $85 million and extended the end of its repayment term from November 2024 to May 2025. increase over December, according to data from Reverse Market Insight (RMI). That was a 17.7%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Better Home & Finance Holding Co. , the parent of digital lender Better.com , narrowed its net loss between the third and fourth quarters of 2023 by more than 80%, driven by expense cuts to its platform and marketing efforts. Going forward, Better is focused on driving market share and reaching profitability in the medium term.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

“Most technologies are not architected to do a million loans every five minutes.” “Most technologies are not architected to do a million loans every five minutes.” ” Ardley can help servicers with retention strategies and find new deals within their portfolio.

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GeekEstate

OCTOBER 29, 2021

I’m excited to release Thomvest’s real estate technology market map, which includes more than 240 companies operating within the residential real estate segment. This is the third update to the market map and includes over 100 additional companies — a testament to the pace of entrepreneurship in this segment.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

Then, the mortgage industry showed why it is called a cyclical business: in the second half of 2021, the Federal Reserve signaled an increase in interest rates and an easing of the purchase of mortgage-backed securities, choking the refi market. “We know that the mortgage industry is about boom and bust,” said Woodward. “It

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

A passion for technology led her to work in the fintech and blockchain spaces, and she has now turned her attention to the senior finance space by founding a company called Graceful Finance. market, and lessons learned to improve and work alongside existing companies.” But she has a lot of family living in the U.S.,

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Bringing awareness to potential opportunities in the reverse mortgage space can be a challenge, but Kristen Sieffert, president of Finance of America Companies (FOA), says it’s a task she’s more than willing to take on. Getting into the real estate market is hard. It’s an interesting time,” she explained. “We’ve

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Inman

JANUARY 24, 2023

A slate of new companies backed by institutional investors is offering ways for owners to tap home equity. They made their pitch on Tuesday at Inman Connect New York.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2024

Finance of America Companies (FOA) President Kristen Sieffert is bullish on the prospects for the reverse mortgage industry’s leading lender in 2024, particularly after the company went through a series of major changes last year, including the acquisition of American Advisors Group (AAG).

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Through the development of improved and sophisticated systems, protocols and technology, these operations leaders are driving their companies to growth and success. Take a look at the full list of winners below to see their accolades and achievements that are helping to move the housing market forward.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Despite mass layoffs in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation, mortgage professionals still see opportunities in the market. Others allocated resources into digital marketing (31.1%), automation technology (26.7%) and market data (19.3%). in events to garner business. were from the Northeast 16.3%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 19, 2022

CEO Christopher Abate outlined the company’s strategy to expand its reach in existing markets while also seeking out strategic investments in new markets. Those new investments include venture capital plays, particularly in the financial-technology arena. Oasis Pro Markets , a U.S. Oasis Pro Markets , a U.S.-regulated

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2022

Longtime Reggora executive Katherine Loveland has left the company and has been named the new CEO at mortgage marketing firm Volly. Massachusetts-based Volly is a provider of marketing, customer engagement strategies and lending technologies for the mortgage industry. It was named a HousingWire Tech100 company in 2021 and 2022.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2022

A rising player in the world of crypto-mortgages and blockchain-enabled financing, LoanSnap, plans expand its reach in the market by opening its lending platform to licensed mortgage brokers across the country in the near future. By one estimate , the global cryptocurrency market, although volatile, is valued today at around $1.8

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Ally Home , the residential mortgage lending arm of Ally Bank , is offering a $5,000 grant for eligible homebuyers in the select markets of Charlotte, Detroit and Philadelphia, the company announced on Tuesday. Ally is considering expanding the program to more markets in the future. “By

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

and Aurora are creating Better Home & Finance Holding Company , which will have Class A common stock listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker “BETR” starting Thursday. Garg will be a director at Better Home & Finance, the same position as Prabhu Narasimhan and Arnaud Massenet, managing partners of NaMa Capital. Better HoldCo, Inc.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

The numbers are staggering so it is no surprise that residential proptech is a heady market, capturing the imagination of entrepreneurs and institutions alike. As a marketer by profession, I tend to put these companies into categories to create a narrative and to develop brand specificity. Of these, category 2 is the most established.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2022

Publicly traded mortgage tech company Blend Labs isn’t changing its strategy to survive a shrinking mortgage market, even though a drop in originations is sapping its revenue stream and forcing it to trim its workforce. Blend claims it grew its mortgage market share from 10% in 2020 to 15% in 2021.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

We were focused on being able to take a consumer all the way through on our technology platform for just the conventional loans, and we achieved that milestone back in the summer of 2023. VA loans are 12% of the mortgage market,” Garg said. “So, Better Home & Finance Holding Co. , billion in Q3 2022. “VA

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2023

Elevated mortgage rates are continuing to give homeowners a reason to stay at their current homes, according to the 2023 Borrower Insights Survey conducted by ICE Mortgage Technology. Active home buying market coming? Still, it seems likely that the home buying market will stay active or become more so in the relatively near future.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2023

As of Friday, DocuSign’s market capitalization was $11.5 Potential suitors could include private equity firms and technology companies, according to the Journal. However, there is no certainty that a deal will be reached. DocuSign’s platform is widely used among real estate professionals.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

per share at market open on Friday, up from $10.98 per share at market close the day before. To the extent that you can get loans off your balance sheet faster, it lowers your financing costs. New client and market share acquisitions In a rare move, Rocket shared specific numbers of its market share growth.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

After months of uncertainty , CoreLogic announced Thursday that it entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Stone Point Capital and Insight Partners for $80 per share in cash, or an equity value of about $6 billion. This would be a premium of 51% to CoreLogic’s unaffected share price as of June 25, 2020.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2022

Mortgage companies are tapping into emerging blockchain and cryptocurrency lending markets, utilizing artificial intelligence technology to speed up the origination process. LoanSnap launched a crypto-mortgage program that relies on AI technology, cryptocurrency, and linking a real-world mortgage lien to a digital NFT.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The mortgage servicing rights (MSR) market has been very active this year, with robust deal flow that is on par with last year’s record $1 trillion in trading volume and with generally good pricing for MSR packages, industry experts agree. He agrees that the high end of pricing for MSRs now is in the 5.5

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Real Trends

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Today’s turbulent housing market means challenges for both buyers and sellers. Real estate professionals navigating housing in 2022 and beyond need to know their way around all the financing options available. Alternative financing options are also key for homeowners who don’t want to sell. Shared equity financing.

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