Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

RLTY Capital acquires pending residential and commercial commissions, allowing agents to access that money on an expedited timeline. It also includes capital from existing investors that include angel investor Andrew Dodge, Related Companiess Christopher Schmidt, and SERHANT. ” RLTYco provides four primary services.

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Housing Wire

JULY 7, 2025

Pittsburgh-based lender Kiavi on Monday announced the hirings of Tom Hallock and Robert Jayne as the company seeks to grow its construction financing segment to better meet the needs of real estate investors. It claims to be the first private lender to fund 100,000 loans to real estate investors.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Real estate investors spent a record $63.6 In total, investors acquired 90,215 homes in the third quarter, an 80.2% Redfin defines an investor as any institution or business that purchases residential real estate. Redfin defines an investor as any institution or business that purchases residential real estate.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Residential sale-leaseback platform EasyKnock has abruptly shut down its operations after facing scrutiny from state regulators and being under fire from disgruntled consumers. After many years of serving consumers, EasyKnock has closed its doors, a message on the companys website states. In 2018, the company raised $3.5

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Combined, this partnership could spur better decision-making for investors and home buyers as well as create a more efficient workflow for agents, the statement said. “Plunk and Local Logic strive to fully power the residential market with the information it needs to grow exponentially. ”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2024

Swiss bank UBS Group AG has decided to sell Credit Suisse ’s mortgage servicing company, Select Portfolio Servicing (SPS), to a group of investors led by Sixth Street , HousingWire has learned. Investment firm Davidson Kempner Capital Management is a co-investor. Bloomberg first reported on the buyers’ names based on anonymous sources.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

This new dynamic has encouraged many investors to look at alternative assets for yield, raising a burgeoning interest in the non-qualified mortgage securitization space. Historically, life insurance companies shied away from investing in residential mortgages. And next year, we predict even more players will be jumping into the game.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Friday’s bombshell – the National Association of Realtors ‘ proposed $418 million settlement of real estate commission lawsuits – set off a frenzy of trading for stocks in the residential real estate sector. That revenue concentration seems to be what had investors heading for the exits on Friday.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2024

Kiavi , a San Francisco-based lender for residential real estate investors , announced on Tuesday the closing of a $400 million rated securitization of residential transition loans (RTLs) in an “oversubscribed” transaction. billion in 2024 alone.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Florida is a top state for new residential construction, yet Florida homebuilders haven’t reported significant strides in new construction sales either. Foreign investors can help fill the buyer gap Florida remains the top destination for foreign buyers, with 20% of all foreign buyers purchasing in the state, according to the 2024 NAR report.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

A California regulator has revoked the residential mortgage lending license of LoanSnap , the latest in a series of difficulties for the fintech lender. According to a filing from the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation dated Oct. 18, LoanSnap had its license revoked after it failed to renew its surety bond.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2025

This would make them them less attractive to the type of global investors who have less risk appetite, such as sovereign wealth funds and pension funds. There are a lot of good ideas on how we can move to other guarantee formats, said panelist Scott Ulm, the CEO of ARMOUR Residential REIT.

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2025

Now, roughly 15 months later, two of its hedge fund investors, D.E. and Third Point Investors Ltd., Despite the continued strength of its core business, we believe recent capital allocation decisions have derailed CoStars compounding algorithm, according to a recent investor letter from Third Point. Shaw & Co.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The hits keep coming for now-defunct residential sale-leaseback platform EasyKnock. As recently as a year ago, the New York-based firm closed a $28 million Series D funding round from new and existing investors, including Gaingels, Moderne Ventures, QED Investors and Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff.

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2024

Global asset manager Bain Capital announced Monday that it has acquired a controlling stake in Archwest Capital , a California -based company that offers financing to residential real estate investors. The firm is also a major investor in Hometap , one of the larger players in the home equity investment space.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2022

trillion MBS portfolio helps fuel widening interest-rate spreads in the MBS market by creating additional MBS supply to be absorbed by investors. That increased supply, in turn, puts downward pressure on bond prices while expanding yields for investors, who will seek higher coupons on new issuance. trillion in U.S. The bulk of U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2025

. “The LibreMax team brings significant experience in the residential real estate asset class and has been exceptionally supportive of Legacys growth plans. We are excited to support the company in its next phase of growth. Legacy CEO Scott Rerucha said the partnership “changes the game” for the company.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2024

housing market may have slowed during the second quarter of the year, investors did not take their foot off the gas. The number of home purchases by investors rose 3.4% While investors are still sensitive to mortgage rate changes, they are less sensitive than consumer buyers as 69% of investors pay in cash.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2024

Still, despite the gloomy news of late for SFR and fix-and-flip investors, some industry experts see better fortunes ahead in 2024 for both sectors. “We That should help to unlock more inventory while also reducing financing costs for leveraged investors.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

Kevin Peranio , chief lending officer for Paramount Residential Mortgage Group (PRMG), lives in the Orange County area and said hes witnessed the effects of being displaced by the wildfires. Peranio is also an investor in Pacaso , a second-home co-ownership company, and said that the company is mobilizing its network to help those in need.

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2025

According to Note Investor , there were 89,890 real estate transactions completed in 2024 using seller financing up slightly from 2023. Seller financing spans residential, commercial and land transactions, with residential making up 63% of all deals over the past three years, Note Investor reported. on its own.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Rates and Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) Conference in Tokyo, Japan , addressing Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities (MBS) potential value for investors and the company’s recently expanded social impact and sustainability work. “As Ginnie Mae President Alanna McCargo delivered a keynote address at the Barclays U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2025

As a result, modular construction has become the most effective solution for addressing developers needs for sustainability and business integrity, while avoiding costly premiums that decelerate value for housing investors and buyers within todays tight lending market.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

Business-purpose residential mortgage lender Dunmor announced Thursday that it has received a minority equity investment from Newfi Lending , a nonagency mortgage lender owned by funds managed by Apollo Global Management. According to Dunmor, the investment is an extension of an original partnership initiated in June 2024.

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2025

Indeed, the total residential subservicing market declined to $3.96 Meanwhile, UBS sold Select Portfolio Servicing to a group of investors led by Sixth Street. Another factor contributing to this trend is the growing group of Wall Street MSR investors, who are more price-sensitive and put presssure on subservicing fees.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

A mortgage servicer collects payments from an asset and repays the investor. Actively managed residential whole-loan and MSR portfolios can recapture and refinance these borrowers into better loans, giving them new money to pay off car loans and student loans. Chris Kennedy: Recapture is refinancing the customer into a new loan.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2025

If a broker is working with an investor that happens to dabble in non-QM, then they’re not going to get all the best practices we’ve aggregated over the last 12 years. Tom Davis: When you’re working with a professional and you want expertise, you’re going to want to work with someone who is the expert in your market.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 18, 2025

The latest issuance consists of 1,039 residential mortgages, with an average credit score of 750 and a loan-to-value ratio of 70. On the debt front, Rithm announced a $500 million issuance of senior unsecured notes due in 2030, which will be offered only to qualified investors. In total, the company has issued 23 deals with $7.7

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Marco Santarelli

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Finding the 10 best real estate markets for investors is the first step to making that dream a reality. This guide dives deep into ten markets currently showing impressive growth potential for investors, but remember: real estate investment involves risk. High demand translates to higher rental yields, a key factor for investors.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2025

Saluda Grade , an alternative investment firm with a focus on residential real estate finance, announced this week that it hired Jim Boothby as its head of global business development. Boothby has more than 25 years of experience in credit , business development and investor relations.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Morningstar DBRS previously confirmed its MOR RVO2 residential reverse mortgage originator ranking for FAR,” the company said. FOA is preparing to reveal its Q3 2024 earnings to investors in a conference call on Wednesday with its executive leadership team. The trend on the ranking remains stable.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

In June 2024, it completed the $70 million acquisition of Great Ajax , transitioning the business from a legacy residential loan platform to a vehicle focused on commercial real estate. It has made a slew of acquisitions in the credit and mortgage servicing sectors over the past two years. ”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

And so [investors] can start having greater conviction in the future path of interest rates and in the health of the mortgage market.” The pool of non-QM borrowers includes real estate investors, fix-and-flippers, foreign nationals, business owners, gig economy workers and the self-employed.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2023

Roughly 80% of real estate investors surveyed are selling single-family homes at or above asking price after fully renovating the properties to make them habitable, according to a report from real estate marketplace New Western. Other notable markets that grew in the same period included popular Sunbelt investor havens Atlanta and Dallas.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

Servicers can automate critical tasks, such as investor reporting and compliance, to streamline workflows and position in-house servicers to win with speed. By adopting advanced mortgage servicing software, lenders can meet investor and regulatory demands while strengthening borrower relationships through faster, more accurate service.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Residential real estate capital provider Kiavi announced Monday that it is expanding into 13 additional states, broadening the company’s reach to 45 states and Washington, D.C. In 2024, Kiavi reportedly originated a record $6.5 billion in loans, which the company said marked a 46% year-over-year increase.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

has agreed to buy a majority stake in Angel Oak Companies , the holding company for a non-QM lender and investor that manages more than $18 billion in mortgage assets. Canadian investment powerhouse Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. Brookfield will take a 50.1%

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