Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

the investment firm led by Fidelity National Financial (FNF) founder and Chairman William Foley II, is facing accusations of poor governance and a lack of strategic focus from activist investor Carronade Capital Management. Carronade was founded by investor Dan Gropper. Cannae Holdings Inc., The firm holds 2.9 million shares.

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2025

As you prepare to market properties across regions, consider photography, staging, messaging, and social sharing that position these lifestyle features front and center. Make sure listing videos, virtual tours, and digital marketing reflect the vibrancy of summer while conveying the exclusivity that discerning buyers are searching for.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Tje rapidly rising site traffic at Homes.com took center stage at CoStar Groups Q4 and full year 2024 earnings call with investors Tuesday evening. I think that’s remarkable, Andy Florance , CoStar Group founder and CEO, told investors and analysts on the call. behind Zillow.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Cities like Miami have become microcosms of development, attracting major investors eager to capitalize on the state’s appeal, creating high-profile, mixed-use developments. Understanding the market landscape Florida has long been a bellwether for national real estate trends.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

Zeev Ventures , an early-stage venture fund, led the Series D extension, and was joined by Stereo Capital and Menlo Ventures. million in 15 funding rounds with 25 investors since its inception in 2012. Its other investors include Group 11 , Crosslink Capital , Bullpen Capital , Montage Ventures , Citi Ventures and Google Ventures.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

You can also create messaging for your investor clients to inform them of possible investment opportunities. For example, your investor clients probably wont be interested in a first-time home buyers checklist, and you most likely wouldnt want to send information about 1031 exchanges to the first-time home buyers in your database.

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Housing Wire

MAY 12, 2025

Home Equity Investment (HEI) is a relatively new option for private equity real estate investors, and one that carries significant promise. While residential mortgage-backed securities have a robust and well-established institutional investor network, the first HEI securitizations only occurred in October of 2024.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2025

The tool applies investor-specific guidelines at submission — aiming to streamline operations, reduce exceptions, and support borrowers with nontraditional income or credit profiles. Designed to boost agent leverage and client flexibility, IOX aims to streamline sales and provide more options without showings, staging or upfront fees.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

There are talks about a “leading company” potentially acquiring California -based Veev, but the negotiations remain in the very early stages, according to Calcalist. Investors featured leading Israeli institutional investors, such as Migdal Insurance , Psagot Investment House , More Investment House , and Shavit Capital.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The mortgage industry has complained loudly and often that government regulation and investor requirements are contributing to spiraling costs that get passed on to consumers. And Rohit Chopra , the hard-charging director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau , who is often the target of such complaints, apparently agrees.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

Sponsored by Docutech , MTD allows early-stage mortgage tech companies to showcase their technology to industry leaders, investors and venture capitalists. conference in Arlington, Texas.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2025

Nine candidates were on stage Wednesday night during the Democratic New York City mayoral debate, which was televised on a local NBC News affiliate. Investor and hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson zeroed in on the need for affordable housing in his response.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2022

In the first few months of 2022, primary-residence buyers and second-home buyers (investors and vacation buyers) flocked to the market at a frenzied pace under the correct assumption that mortgage rates would rise. For some, the idea of staging and easy remodeling fixes to sell did not need to happen to quickly obtain a buyer.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2021

Several investor types were down by just a single digit basis points, with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans falling two points to 2.42%, while Ginnie Mae loans slid seven basis points to 6.02%. . By stage, 12.8% of total loans in forbearance are in the initial forbearance plan stage, while 82.3% are in a forbearance extension.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2024

Some of a360inc’s key constituencies include mortgage lenders, servicers and investors, as well as title agencies. Technology and outsourcing solutions company a360inc announced on Wednesday that it has acquired ProVest , a Tampa-based process and litigation information services provider for creditors.

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Inman

OCTOBER 28, 2024

"Bond vigilantes" figure "no matter which party wins the White House and the Congress, fiscal policies will bloat the budget deficit and heat up inflation," Wall Street veteran Ed Yardeni warns.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2024

RentRedi’s biggest investors include K1 Investment Management, RiverPark Ventures, TIA Ventures and Tribeca Early Stage Partners. RentRedi was founded in 2016 and is backed by venture capital. According to Crunchbase , the company raised $12 million in a Series A funding round.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2024

Private equity firm Exuma Capital Partners announced that it is the lead investor for a newly launched, AI-powered homeowner management tool called Property.com. Exuma believes that the platform will provide transformative change to every stage of homeownership. “My

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The return to investors, measured via the weighted average coupon, has experienced a slight haircut in recent months, however, attributable to newer, lower-rate mortgages being rolled into the running average. Early-stage delinquency rates (loans 30-59 days past due) receded from a high of 5.4% in mid-2020 to 0.9% as of January 2022.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Although affordability continues to impact homeownership, the combination of a solid economy, strong demographics and lower mortgage rates are setting the stage for a more robust housing market,” Freddie Mac chief economist Sam Khater said in a statement. But investors anticipate that the central bank will begin cutting rates this spring.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2021

Specifically, the state said that Modus used its partnership with “Staging Boost,” a platform that works with third-party vendor ZingFix to offer cleaning, landscaping, staging and listing preparation renovation with a deferred payment. ” Inman News first reported the planned license revocation. In all, Compass has lost $1.1

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2021

ESG stands for environmental, social and governance — three categories of non-financial disclosures that consumers and investors are increasingly interested in. Johnson said that investors are drawn to the program because of its third-party validation. but are well-established in Europe.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2021

New GSE guideline updates to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac forces them to cap the amount of second home and investor properties delivered at 7%. He explained that while non-QM lenders are set to benefit, more investors will be looking for products which allow investors to access non-QM programs backed by private capital.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Pagaya, founded in 2016, provides comprehensive consumer credit and residential real estate solutions for its partners, their customers and investors, according to the firm’s website. Das spent six years as CEO of Caliber Home Loans — a NewRez -owned residential mortgage lending company — until January 2022.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The search for a partner is in the early stages and is not guaranteed to materialize, Bloomberg reported. The single-family rental market boomed during the pandemic as households sought more space in the suburbs and investors capitalized on low interest rates. Home prices are expected to fall in many housing markets over the next year.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2023

Sorted by investor type, the share of Ginnie Mae loans in forbearance decreased 13 bps to 0.80% in July and the forbearance share for portfolio loans and private-label securities (PLS) dropped 7 bps to 0.45%. By stage, 36.5% of total loans in forbearance are in the initial forbearance plan stage, while 53.3% By stage, 36.5%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Redfin agents report that buyers have come to terms with rates in the 6s, even if they’re double the historically low costs that buyers had during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. of investors are anticipating the benchmark interest rate to remain the same after Wednesday’s FOMC meeting, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch tool.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Lead magnets: These are tangible takeaways for your audience, like a homebuying checklist or how to stage your home guide. Investors: If you specialize in working with real estate investors, use LinkedIn to find more investors to help. This will increase engagement with your posts and give you your next post idea.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2021

This was just one month after Volly announced an $11 million Series B growth equity round led by Camden Partners and backed by existing investor, New Capital Partners. The initiative was originally launched by Flagstar to guide late-stage mortgage tech startups in an effort to evaluate the viability of future investments and partnerships.

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Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2025

Gregory Tsang is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of eRESI , a Non-QM correspondent whole loan investor offering both Delegated and Non-Delegated options. The self-employed and investor borrower segments are in need of these programs and represent a powerful opportunity for companies to expand and diversify their revenue stream.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 2, 2023

A&D is also in the final stages of its non-QM automated underwriting system, which will be distributed to broker partners in the coming months. While investor bonds were scarce, A&D securitized its loans and sold the bonds, leading to seven securitization deals in 2022. The lender securitized four deals in 2021.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 19, 2022

At an investor conference last fall, Redwood Trust Inc. RWT Horizons, according to the company’s announcement, “targets early and mid-stage companies that are transforming financial and real estate technology and that have the potential to enhance scale and efficiency of Redwood’s businesses.”.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2024

This allows title underwriters, mortgage investors and county recorders to trust that online notarizations are valid and enforceable in California. The law is being implemented in stages, with full RON functionality expected in the state by 2030, according to the governor’s office. The bill was first introduced in Feb.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Mortgage loan buybacks, often referred to as repurchases, occur when a loan sold to an investor or GSE fails to meet the agreed-upon underwriting, legal, or regulatory standards. Loan buybacks also harm investors by introducing volatility and diminishing returns. Documentation issues : Missing or inadequate documentation.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2020

Viola FinTech is a cross-stage venture fund that invests in global FinTech companies alongside leading venture investors. We’re excited that this support from Viola FinTech will provide us with more resources to accelerate access to our offerings.”.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

These prudential measures also ensure fulfillment of the Enterprises’ charter requirements to only purchase loans that meet the purchase standards imposed by private, institutional mortgage investors,” the FHFA said in its release. In a continued bid for stability on Aug.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2021

Mike Fratantoni, senior vice president and chief economist at the MBA, noted that “Portfolio and PLS loans now account for almost 50% of all depository servicer loans in forbearance…which highlights the importance of the investor category.”. How proactive communication can reduce the risk of foreclosure. (The are in a forbearance extension.

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