Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Publicly traded lending software firm MeridianLink has acquired OpenClose , a fintech company that specializes in residential mortgage software solutions for banks, credit unions and mortgage lenders. The announcement comes shortly after MeridianLink, which is owned by private equity giant Thoma Bravo , posted its quarterly earnings results.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Sales prices don’t go up or down based on closing costs. The Economist also writes that according to a 2019 Brookings Institution report, Realtor fees consumed a quarter of the capital gains earned in an average home sale. Louis Federal Reserve that says American home equity amounted to nearly $30 trillion at the end of 2022.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Just a couple years ago there was incredible momentum building around alternative ways to purchase, sell and extract value from residential properties. Lack of affordability, limited supply and the need to access equity without selling remain major friction points for homebuyers and homeowners alike. My, how things have changed.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2022

Top mortgage lending software and analytics provider Black Knight is reportedly exploring a sale following takeover interest from several private equity firms. “The potential sale appears to be a case when private equity is opportunistic because Black Knight’s stock has underperformed relative to expectations.

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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 market map real estate technology companies operating across every phase of the home purchase value chain. As such, we’ve included the Blend logo in those areas.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2022

LoanSnap is a mortgage company that employs artificial intelligence (AI) technology to originate loans more efficiently and faster. The crypto-mortgages originated by LoanSnap so far are more akin to home-equity loans as opposed to home-purchase or rate-and-term refinance loans. We’re not huge, but we’re not small either.”.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Their collective expertise spans the entire spectrum of the sector, encompassing areas such as lending, tech, real estate, appraisal, compliance, operations, sales and so much more. The following list of honorees comprises many more examples of exceptional leadership from some of the industry’s most accomplished women.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2022

There is also a renewed interest in the future state of residential mortgage originations. This has led many lenders to feel overwhelmed by options and lack understanding of how, when and where to best implement new technology. Many of these goals lead to adding technologies that can both speed up cycle times and drive down costs.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

Residential property transactions are manufactured with data components assembled from disconnected and diverse sources. Technology and the trust model Real estate is too vital to our economy to be so financially concentrated and functionally outdated. Consumers, communities and taxpayers are major beneficiaries.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Graduates of the program commonly find job placements with lenders, technology companies, fintech and proptech firms, or title companies. Many Axis trainees come from sales-based careers in hospitality, retail or insurance, which makes it easier to adapt to the mortgage business. But some are completely fresh to the field. were women.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Amid protests set off by George Floyd’s death, Fannie Mae ’s CEO issued a public statement about its commitment to racial equity. I told him, ‘We have this serious racial equity issue still pending, and I hope Fannie Mae is serious about it.’” Instead, investors bought the run-down properties in bulk sales.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2022

The FHFA this week launched a new Office of Financial Technology, which it said will be the main point of contact for fintech matters. At the same time, the agency is seeking feedback on how to incorporate technological advancements into the mortgage lifecycle. billion in 2021, up from $0.4

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2021

Residential brokerage Compass took another step toward becoming a publicly traded company Tuesday, declaring it intends to sell common stock at a share price of between $23 and $26. A successful sale of stock at $24.50 It would appear that Compass is positioning itself as a technology company and not merely a brokerage.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2023

CEO Vishal Garg said in an interview with HousingWire that the company targets mortgage marketplace and white-label technology models. The lender’s gain-on-sale margin increased to 2.34% for the six months ended June 30, 2023, from 0.99% for the six months ended June 30, 2022. residential mortgages, the company said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

billion takeover bid for residential data firm CoreLogic , and why Zillow hasn’t really entered their orbit. CoStar rebounded in the second half of the year, netting $49 million in net new sales during the fourth quarter. billion in debt and equity, will be hunting for more acquisitions, particularly “value” plays.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The executive spoke during a panel at the 8th Annual Residential Mortgage Servicing Rights Forum, a conference held in Manhattan on November 14 and 15. Government and conforming loans held for sale would have a 20% risk weight. Other loans held for sale would have a 50% risk weight. ” Executives refute this explanation.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2020

“Mandatory Analytics provides our investor clients with transparency, allowing them to identify where execution efforts are succeeding, where they are losing to the market, and why,” said Scott Happ, president, Black Knight secondary mortgage marketing technologies. Presented by: Maxwell. Also, in case you missed it….

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2022

The San Francisco company was now “backed by the top three technology initial public offering underwriters,” Side announced at the time , and the money raise “sets the stage for a future IPO.”. These companies debuted on Wall Street amid both the highest home appreciation and most home sales in 15 years.

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2021

Guaranteed Rate, the Chicago-based mortgage lender , and Compass, the New York City-headquartered residential real estate brokerage , “entered into a definitive agreement to form OriginPoint , a new mortgage origination company,” according to a press release Tuesday. 2 brokerages in residential sales volume nationally – and bitter rivals.

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GeekEstate

MARCH 4, 2024

We have a job opportunity to share from a member of GEM Diamond, EasyKnock , an institutionalized sale-leaseback residential platform. Company Description EasyKnock is a equity solutions platform giving homeowners flexible, quick solutions for their financial needs.

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GeekEstate

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

We have a job opportunity to share from a member of GEM Diamond, EasyKnock , an institutionalized sale-leaseback residential platform. Company Description EasyKnock is a equity solutions platform giving homeowners flexible, quick solutions for their financial needs.

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RIS Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

For real estate brokers, agents and investors, the initial freeze on the residential real estate market quickly turned to frenzy. That’s where data analysis comes in—to provide the ballast for residential and commercial real estate patterns and performance. Predicting Consumer Behavior.

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Realty Biz

JULY 1, 2022

NYSE: COMP), a leading technology-enabled residential real estate brokerage, today announced the appointment of Dawanna Williams to its board of directors effective July 1, 2022. Compass is the #1 residential real estate brokerage in the United States by closed sales volume. Compass, Inc. She holds an A.B. About Compass.

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Realty Biz

JANUARY 26, 2023

The SP 200 Watchlist acknowledges up-and-coming residential real estate brokerage leaders who are making their way up the power ranks in the industry. The company offers full service and support in addition to a comprehensive technology suite for a low flat fee. annually in sales volume.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Existing backers FirstMark , Navitas , Accomplice and Juxtapose also participated in the financing, which exactly doubles the New York-based startup’s total equity raised since its September 2017 inception to $138 million. We also give them something called a guaranteed sale price,” Cunningham added.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2022

New Residential Investment Corp. , The layoff decision followed New Residential Investment Corp.’s Residential lender and servicer Mr. Cooper slashed 670 jobs this year so far in two rounds of layoffs. The impacted employees, less than 2% of the total staff, were mainly in sales support, capital markets, and operations.

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RIS Media

MARCH 16, 2022

ERA Real Estate is celebrating 50 years of global residential real estate franchising this year, marking the event with a look back at the company’s history of collaboration, innovation and growth, the company stated. ERA has always been a brand of firsts, pioneering new business models and technology to push the industry forward.

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Real Trends

MAY 8, 2023

Residential sale-leaseback platform EasyKnock has acquired struggling power buyer and cash offer platform Ribbon. Founded in 2017 by Shah and chief technology officer Wei Gan, Ribbon raised over $900 million in funding, with investors including Goldman Sachs and Greylock. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “We

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Realty Biz

MARCH 15, 2022

ERA ® Real Estate , a global franchising leader within the Realogy family of brands, is celebrating 50 years of global residential real estate franchising this year. In addition, ERA Real Estate is notably the first national real estate brand to offer a guaranteed home sale program with the introduction of ERA Sellers Security® Plan in 1980.

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Realty Biz

AUGUST 5, 2022

Now known as Graf Real Estate ERA Powered, the full-service company’s affiliated agents will continue to work with clients on residential sales and relocations. Before his real estate career, Graf served in a sales management role with APAC Customer Services, providing customer care outsourcing solutions.

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RIS Media

APRIL 9, 2021

We adapted to new technologies and virtual showing techniques, launched a new intranet platform, and increased our marketing reach. We are now the largest privately-owned residential real estate company on the East Coast with a singular focus on service across all inventory types, prices and locations in all of our regions.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

We locked in rates probably 25% more during that same period,” said Jon Overfelt, director of sales and principal at American Security Mortgage Corp. “We There is a lot more inquiry for home equity line credit. We’ve already seen there is more of a focus on home equity lines of credit and cash out refinances.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

The fastest-growing housing tech firm in 2023 was OptiFunder , which claims to produce the mortgage industry’s only optimization software built to systematically decision warehouse funding allocations and automate the complicated process of funding through loan sale. Based in Missouri, OptiFunder had a three-year growth rate of 4,767%.

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RIS Media

APRIL 23, 2021

– Residential real estate is holding strong once again in uncertain times, but agents are having angst from a dire inventory shortage and sky-rocketing home prices. – Mergers, acquisitions, private equity courtships and SPACs (Special Purpose Acquisition Companies) are all the rage. Period, end of story.

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Realty Biz

OCTOBER 25, 2021

“Laura has an impressive history as an owner, operator, consultant and executive in the residential real estate and real estate franchising arena. The company boasts more than 3,300 agents operating in 61 offices across 24 states and closes more than $8B annually in sales volume.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Strategies for 2024 I’m heavily focused on recruiting , improving technology and marketing, empowering the loan officers — by giving them the same technology and marketing support. Matt Weaver , VP of mortgage sales at CrossCountry Mortgage I recently got licensed in the state of Ohio because that’s where I’m from.

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Easy Agent Pro

DECEMBER 29, 2021

They’re also searching Zillow and Redfin for homes for sale, just to get a feel for the market. From commercial to property rentals and residential sales, brokerages across the country are utilizing big data. The probate home sale process for leads who’ve inherited a home. What can listing agents do with this data?

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