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

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

JULY 31, 2025

At the start of June, global asset management firm Barings announced a partnership with Crebrid , a fintech-driven lending platform specializing in residential transition loans (RTLs). The deal includes a $500 million purchase facility and a minority equity investment from Barings investors. What’s the history with Crebrid?

Lending

Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2025

According to ICE Mortgage Technology ’s Andy Walden, U.S. trillion in tappable equity while maintaining an average 20% equity cushion — an attractive backdrop for second-lien products. billion in residential transitional loans (RTLs). Instead, many are opting to renovate properties financed during the low-rate COVID era.

Loans

Real Estate News

JULY 18, 2025

Thinking big about residential real estate success requires a big-picture perspective. And yes, helping buyers understand how financial technology and shared equity models can unlock new paths to ownership. Many younger buyers are turning to social media for advice as trust in loan officers and financial institutions drops.

Loan Officer

The Close

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

years on a residential investment or 39 years on commercial property, I’m subject to paying the depreciation recapture. Home equity line of credit (HELOC): If you already own a property with significant equity, you can use a line of credit against that equity to fund your real estate investments.

Hard money loan

Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2025

Smart Data: Over 1 billion data points on residential and commercial real estate. Features AI-powered lead generation: AI technology identifies homeowners that are most likely to sell. Advanced search filters: Filter by pre-foreclosures, auctions, liens, vacancy and equity.

MLS

Seattle Times Real Estate

JULY 8, 2025

That’s led to a sharply higher inventory of homes on the market, benefitting investors and other home shoppers who can afford to bypass current mortgage rates by paying in cash or tapping home equity gains. “As homes on the market as rising prices and stubbornly high borrowing costs freeze out many other would-be homebuyers.

Investor

Seattle Times Real Estate

JUNE 16, 2025

billion as of mid-2023 — he, and his lenders, could rest assured that the equity value of his office portfolio was always higher. Selig’s remaining ace in the hole had been The Modern, a project initially planned as mixed-use office but repurposed as residential during the pandemic.

Commercial

The Close

MAY 14, 2025

Charlotte, North Carolina Average days on market: 43 days Average monthly rental cost: $1,915 Charlotte, North Carolina (Source: Envato) Charlotte’s economy is supported by its strong financial sector, stable population growth, and expanding technology base. Visit Baselane 9.

Investor

The Close

DECEMBER 18, 2024

These courses have hundreds of on-demand videos covering writing a business plan , balance sheets, financing, pricing, technology, and tons more. If you want to own physical properties, residential properties are the best entry-level real estate investment. Did I mention theyre all free?

Commercial

The Close

JULY 9, 2025

On the sales side, 2026 housing market predictions include improved equity positions and fewer interest-rate fluctuations will motivate more owners to sell. With changing habits in buying and selling, predictive technologies are becoming increasingly necessary. Will the housing market price collapse in 2026?

Marketing

BAM Media

JANUARY 27, 2025

ATTOMs definition of an institutional investor purchase is residential property sales to non-lending entities that purchased at least 10 properties in a calendar year. These entities often include hedge funds, private equity firms, real estate investment trusts (REITs), and pension funds. What does this mean for you?

Investor

AAOA

JANUARY 23, 2025

What sets luxury products apart is exclusive and tailored service, says Kelly Farrell, Principal and Residential Global Practice Area Leader for Gensler. Demand for luxury residential, he says, is being spurred by a growing economy and growing population. We needed to create serenity and calm, says Schwartz, Taconics Senior VP.

Marketing

Inman

AUGUST 1, 2025

At Inman Connect San Diego, Inman unveiled the winners of its flagship award, now in its 28th year, recognizing creativity across the real estate industry.

Industrial

HomeLight

JULY 17, 2025

Source: (Edit with AI/ Depositphotos) Duplex (multi-family home) A duplex is a residential building divided into two separate living units, each with its own entrance, kitchen, and living space. Many modern prefab homes offer energy efficiency and smart home technology features. Average size: 1,800–2,600 square feet (Currently, U.S.

Construction

The Close

APRIL 3, 2025

It uses technology and AI to streamline the underwriting process and speed up your funding. Home equity loan or line of credit (HELOC) This is a loan based on the equity you have in your primary home. Cash out refinance loans This loan is for current homeowners or investors who want to leverage the equity to pay for flips.

Loans

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Technology platform Figure , which powers a liquid, blockchain-based marketplace for financial products, and global investment firm Sixth Street today announced the formation of a new joint venture vehicle in which Sixth Streets asset-based finance platform has committed to invest $200M of equity.

Equity

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Knowing the “so much more” in that sentence will help you market yourself to buyers and sellers who are hip to all the ways technology can make a home more desirable. With the looming silver tsunami of retiring, equity-rich homeowners, age-restricted communities might become a very lucrative niche over the next five years.

Commercial

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Banks reported having tightened lending standards across almost all categories of residential real estate loans over the fourth quarter of 2023 amid an elevated interest rate environment. banks said they saw weaker demand for all types of residential real estate loans except for government (46.2%) and subprime mortgage loans (41.6%).

Residential

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Residential sale-leaseback platform EasyKnock has acquired home equity investment platform Balance Homes , the company announced on Tuesday. With this new integration, EasyKnock aims to provide homeowners with additional options to convert their home equity into cash.

Equity

Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

Home-equity lending overall found its wings in 2023 as a number of independent mortgage banks ramped up product lines over the course of the year — despite a bump in the road in the third quarter when mortgage rates surged past 7%. homeowners with outstanding mortgages — some 63% of all homes — home equity tied up in properties jumped by 6.8%

Equity

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Borrowers everywhere are seeking new ways to tap into their home equity. To help homeowners explore their home equity options, lenders, investors and others in the industry should consider leveraging tech-backed services. But with rising mortgage costs and high interest rates , refinancing doesn’t always make the most sense.

Equity

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Rising home prices continue to fuel the growth of the nation’s multi-trillion dollar home-equity market, a fact not lost on behemoth investment-management firm PIMCO. Learn about the tools lenders should leverage to streamline home equity title and closing. The loans are serviced by Rushmore Loan Management Services.”. for 2021-HE2.

Equity

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

New York-based Unlock Technologies , a fintech operating in the shared-equity market, and real estate investment firm Saluda Grade , have closed a $180 million private-label securitization (PLS) backed entirely by Unlock-originated residential home-equity agreements (HEAs). 21, according to Mortgage News Daily.

Equity

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.

Equity

Housing Wire

JULY 15, 2024

On the other hand, the usual hyperbole that accompanies any trend in technology should not be taken at face-value; kicking the tires and assessing previous promises and bets is essential. For the sake of simplicity, I will keep my comments restricted to residential real estate in the US. Transaction 5.

Residential

Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2022

House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (the subcommittee), was sent to the following companies: Invitation Homes ; American Homes 4 Rent ; FirstKey Homes (owned by Cerberus Capital Management ); Progress Residential (owned by Pretium Partners ); and Amherst Residential.

Equity

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. Read on to learn more about Dark Matter Technologies’ plan for mortgage. Gagliano : We believe strongly in technology.

Technology

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

Equity

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Lone Star Funds ‘ residential mortgage lender Caliber Home Loans hopes to raise up to $538 million at its highly anticipated public debut next week, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchanges Commission on Wednesday. Caliber , based in Coppell, Texas, plans to raise upwards of $423 million by selling over 26.4

Equity

Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2023

Stubborn inflation and high interest rates continue to wreak havoc on the mortgage-origination market, but there is one asset class in the housing market that is arguably flourishing in these hard times – home equity. They are saying, ‘Tell me what’s working, how can I stand a program up so I can capture some of this [home-equity] business.”

Equity

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

New York-based investment firm Cerberus Capital Management has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire home equity lender Spring EQ , the companies announced on Friday. The transaction will allow Cerberus executives to realize new opportunities as demand for home equity solutions in the U.S. accelerates.

Equity

Housing Wire

AUGUST 6, 2020

The move comes 15 months after Thoma Bravo , a private equity investment firm, announced it would acquire Ellie Mae in an all-cash transaction of $3.7 ICE’s decision to acquire Ellie Mae follows the company’s actions over the last four years to strengthen its hold in the residential mortgage industry. Based in Pleasanton, Calif.,

Residential

Inman

JANUARY 23, 2025

Brad Hargreaves, editor of "Thesis Driven," shared how he believes emerging technologies surrounding home equity, AI, ADUs, property development, off-the-grid living and driverless cars will impact residential development.

Residential

Housing Wire

APRIL 19, 2022

Those new investments include venture capital plays, particularly in the financial-technology arena. Abate described technology as being key to “building efficiencies” to accomplish the real estate investment trust’s goals. Vesta Equity , another blockchain-enabled marketplace for tokenized home-equity investments. “As

Equity

Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2025

residential mortgage originations were down 14% between the the fourth quarter of 2024 and the first quarter of 2025, according to data released Thursday by real estate analytics firm ATTOM. ” Home equity lines of credit ( HELOCs ) which had an 18.2% ” Home equity lines of credit ( HELOCs ) which had an 18.2%

Mortgages