Housing Wire

JUNE 19, 2023

Rent for those units will range between $1,263 and $2,160, according to a news release from the school district.” At Pinellas County Schools , a team of developers has been selected to convert the former junior high school into a development of roughly 225 apartments in total.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2022

Farner assumed his new role Jan. 1, according to a press release from the Detroit-based company, and will retain his role as CEO of Rocket Companies, the parent company of both Rocket Mortgage and Rocket Central. In reaction to the news, Rocket Companies stock dipped , and was trading at $14. Every Time. No Exceptions.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2024

On the podcast, Sears noted that all parties had agreed to an embargo on the news, but The New York Times broke the story an hour earlier, leading Sears to suggest that the plaintiffs’ attorneys leaked the news. “We We had an embargoed press release … and we were abiding by what was agreed to in the settlement.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

During a press conference with reporters on Wednesday, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that the committee decided to leave their policy interest rate unchanged. However, at Mortgage News Daily , mortgage rates were higher on Tuesday, at 7.30%. However, looking ahead, he did not exclude the possibility of another hike. However, only 70.9%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

In fact, news that Rocket would be pushing into iBuying was barely a footnote in the August press release. When Rocket Companies announced in August that it would be dipping its toes in the iBuying space, the lender didn’t do so with its usual panache.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The news was that they had been overpaying for homes and their losses on those purchases were getting larger and larger. We’ve determined the unpredictability in forecasting home prices far exceeds what we anticipated,” Zillow CEO Rich Barton said in a press release as part of the company’s third-quarter earnings report.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 24, 2023

According to Bloomberg News , the digital lender is among the 10 worst-performing companies that merged with SPACs this year. Better dealt with the bad press after Vishal Garg, Better’s founder and CEO, laid off employees via Zoom in December 2020. They were down 93.4% from the previous close of $17.45

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2022

The news generated mixed opinions. While some claimed that the move was a key component in creating a digital mortgage experience, appraisers, who would be using the new tool, weren’t as excited about the new process. Also featured in this issue is HousingWire’s second class of Housing Finance Leaders.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2022

Figure , a blockchain-focused financial service company and Apollo , a global alternative asset manager, announced today completing a transaction involving the origination of digital mortgage loans and transfer of ownership via blockchain technology, according to a press release shared with FinLedger.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2022

Tomo , a fintech startup focused on the purchase mortgage sector, announced raising a $40 million Series A led by SVB Capital , according to a press release shared with FinLedger. New investors Telesoft Partners and proptech VC Parker89 also participated in the round, which brings Tomo’s total funding raised to date to $110 million.

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The Close

APRIL 15, 2024

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In statements to the press, the company spoke of its growth trajectory. The news of the layoffs in Fort Mill comes amid rapidly thinning profit margins and a big decrease in refinancings. It led to a rise in originations and refinancings, but some existing customers refinanced with other mortgage firms, he said.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2022

In a parallel action, the SEC also reached a settlement with EagleBank and Paul over charges that they made false statements via press releases, news articles and in meetings with investors in relation to the improper insider loans. The lender’s residential mortgage-loan portfolio stood at $72.8

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2023

During a press conference with reporters on Wednesday, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said another rate hike in September is “certainly possible,” but so is a pause. As a result, investors were listening carefully to Powell’s press conference on Wednesday to decipher whether a rate increase will be likely at the September 19-20 meeting.

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Fixed-rate mortgage Investor Mortgages Banks 367

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell maintained a hawkish tone during his speech at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon — but it wasn’t hawkish enough to keep optimism from spreading across the markets as mortgage rates dropped closer to 6%.

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Fixed-rate mortgage Mortgages Marketing Loans 386

Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2023

In return, rates will continue to fluctuate over the coming weeks as incoming data changes and market participants adjust to the new reality as it unfolds, Green projected. Rates were lower at 6.45% on Wednesday on Mortgage News Daily. ​​In In addition, U.S. employers added 311,000 last month, outpacing expectations.

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The Close

APRIL 15, 2024

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Despite new language in the Federal Open Market Committee statement that suggested a potential slowdown in curbing inflation, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell maintained a hawkish tone on raising the federal funds rates during Wednesday’s press conference.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2020

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said at a news conference last week that the central bank was close to wrapping up a review of its policy-making strategy that began in 2019. The path forward for the economy is extraordinarily uncertain and will depend in large part on our success in keeping the virus in check,” Powell said at the press conference.

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Mortgages Bankruptcy Investor Banks 505

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The slowdown in the Federal Reserve ‘s short-term rate hikes , announced on Wednesday, was welcome news for the mortgage market and solidified expectations that the 30-year mortgage rates will drop throughout 2023. That is good news for mortgage rates, which will possibly fall to 5.5% by the year end,” Yun said.

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Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2023

The goal remains to restore price stability, to do so will “require a period of below-trend growth and some softening of labor market conditions,” he said during the press conference with reporters Wednesday. The sideways trajectory of the 10-year Treasury which climbed lately, mirrored financial markets’ uncertainty.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

Veev , a California-based homebuilding company, announced raising a $400 million Series D led by BOND , according to a press release shared with FinLedger. The company says it will use the funding to scale its operations, accelerate its research and development and expand construction into new markets.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 11, 2021

by volume – fired off a 1,490-word press release Tuesday declaring its intention to “combine every aspect of home selling and buying into one simple, customizable platform.”. Rocket Homes has plans to start iBuying – and discount real estate. The Detroit-based company – and no. 1 mortgage lender in the U.S.

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Coldwell Banker

DECEMBER 29, 2021

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Housing Wire

MAY 11, 2022

National Mortgage News first reported the case. HousingWire sent an email to Everts and contacted Everts and Forman via LinkedIn but had not heard back by press time. The accusations are part of a lawsuit filed in May in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle.

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Loans Technology Mortgages Residential 378

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

To make the most of it, lenders must be able to engage borrowers seeking to refinance cash out of their home, to purchase a new home and even the rare rate refinance. The good news is that there is a solution that helps lenders do just that. Borrowers will choose lenders who step forward to serve them.

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Sotheby's International Real Estate

JANUARY 6, 2023

Highlights from this week’s top news stories on luxury and global real estate, art, collectibles, and home. Million Homes in Connecticut, Georgia and Montana – The New York Times. Wohnen wie die Celebritys: Man muss es mögen – Die Presse. Luquillo, Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico Sotheby’s International Realty.

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Realty Biz

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Stanley Martin has issued a press release inviting homebuyers and real estate agents to attend a so-called "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" event. The press release announcing the event and its prizes was issued on October 19th, 2023, at 15:35 ET - less than twelve hours before we covered the news.

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2022

“Creditors who use complex algorithms — including artificial intelligence or machine learning technologies — to engage in credit decisions must still provide a notice that discloses the specific, principal reasons for taking adverse actions,” CFPB said in a news release. There is no exception,” it added.

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Lending Principal Technology Mortgages 413

Housing Wire

JULY 2, 2021

Georgetown Title will become part of the direct operations of First American’s largest subsidiary, First American Title Insurance Company, the company said in a press statement. In other acquisition news, New York-based Kensington Vanguard National Land Services recently acquired Hometown Title and Escrow , a title company based in Virginia.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

She reports on monthly housing starts, new developments, rate changes and general industry trends for all major news outlets. Erin is often interviewed by Fox Business News, CNBC, TODAY, CNN, NBC Nightly News, The Real Deal, Bloomberg, Mansion Global, Forbes, TechCrunch, and Inc.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 9, 2021

As the first quarter of 2021 nears its end, a recent Redfin report shows both good and bad news for Black homeowners. “Significant gains in home values fueled equity gains from 2019 to January 2021 for homeowners of all races,” the press release stated. That $59,000 gain represents a median home equity increase of 197%.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2021

“We are excited to rebrand our business as Acra Lending to reflect the substantial time and resources we have dedicated to internalizing customer feedback, fine tuning our financial and operating model, and investing in the best people and technology,” Keith Lind, executive chairman and president, said in a news release.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2022

The most pressing issue is that Meek’s effort is now in legal limbo after U.S. As Inman News first reported , the Washington state legislature mulled a narrower version of the Oregon law. District Judge Marco Hernandez enjoined the legislation in a March 3 ruling.

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Real Trends

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The goal of the new relationship between RateMyAgent and Realtor.com is to help agents to build their personal brand and client trust as well as to reach new clients by the use of social proof and reviews, according to a press release from RateMyAgent. Santa Clara, California-based Realtor.com is operated by News Corp.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

Keeping Current Matters was born out of this mission to support the growing number of real estate professionals committed to this cause,” the company said in a press statement. Harney was quoted in dozens of major news publications, including appearing on Fox Business News during the height of the great financial crisis.

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Coldwell Banker

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The 2022 real estate market was a wild ride, and the news media was excited to cover it! The post The Top Coldwell Banker Press Placements of 2022 appeared first on Coldwell Banker Blue Matter. Here are the top 10 Coldwell Banker brand stories of the year.

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