Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

Notably, the company recently launched its AI-powered website, Rocket.com , brought on Katie Sweeney as executive vice president of broker advocacy for Rocket Pro , made a Super Bowl commercial comeback and kicked off a companywide rebranding campaign. Redfin has always stood for that, representing the front end of the funnel.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

Name Job Title Company Name Aaron Heidorn Director of Software Engineering & Infrastructure Cloudvirga Aaron Smith Director, Sales CubiCasa Adrian Provost Chief Executive Officer Realty ONE Group Terminus Ana LeBlanc Human Resources Director InterLinc Mortgage Annie Lemon Producing Branch Manager Gold Star Mortgage Financial Anthony Russo Diamond (..)

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools equip real estate agents with unprecedented capabilities. Since real estate tech changes by the hour these days, we did a deep dive into the most helpful AI tools for real estate agents on the market today. Vetted by HousingWire | Our editors independently review the products we recommend.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

In 2024, agents have two choices; learn how to run your entire business from the apps on your phone or tablet, or find a new career. It’s simple enough for most agents to learn quickly, but has enough features to keep team leaders and managing brokers happy. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2020

The number of agents and brokers on the eXp Realty platform increased 54% to 31,091 at the end of Q2, compared to 20,162 a year earlier, the company said. eXp said it expects to continue to add agents, saying its cloud-based remote model is appealing to agents and independent brokerages, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2023

Carolyn Monroe, the president of Old Republic’s title insurance segment, attributed the relatively small yearly drop in 2022 to a strong performance by the firm’s commercial title insurance sector. Commercial premiums reported for full year 2022 represented an all-time high for the title group.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2024

As the firm looks to the future, executives said they are continuing to focus technological developments. Our investments include internally developed solutions and the deployment of technology through strategic partnerships and alliances. However, despite this uptick the title firm’s pre-tax income fell 6% annual to $33.4 million. “

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Find the right mortgage with a local broker and Rocket technology,” intoned the narrator on the commercials, which premiered during the Super Bowl. The ads are mostly set not in a loan office, but a home showing. Rocket rocketed to being the highest volume mortgage lender in the country by late 2017.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

and Bobby McShane, The DelRose McShane Team boasts eight agents. He pioneered a comprehensive team approach in real estate, incorporating a transaction coordinator, financing professional and buyer agents to provide full service to a broader clientele. Led by Mike DelRose Sr., Mike DelRose Jr. DelRose Sr. DelRose Jr.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If you’re interested in becoming a real estate agent in Illinois, you’ll be happy to hear that the path to getting your real estate license in the Prairie State doesn’t require as much of a time commitment as other states. The actual professionals who many states call “brokers,” however, are called “managing brokers” in Illinois.

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RIS Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Second Century Ventures has announced it is opening applications for the 2025 REACH Commercial technology growth program. As the most active global venture fund in real estate technology, Second Century Ventures operates REACH across seven major markets around the globe.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The addition of Homesnap will increase the number of brokers and active agent users on CoStar’s platforms from approximately 100,000 to over 400,000, the company said. PROJETO uses virtual reality technology which allows clients to be put in a virtual representation of a property that hasn’t been built yet. million to over 2.6

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Through the development of improved and sophisticated systems, protocols and technology, these operations leaders are driving their companies to growth and success. In its 8th year, the HW Insiders program is spotlighting the talented operations professionals who are laying the foundation of success for their organizations.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2022

The title insurance space isn’t generally known for placing outsized bets on technology. We caught up with Hurst to talk about his new role and why the firm is looking to invest in commercial real estate tech startups and mortgage tech firms. The second area we have been focused on is commercial real estate. As of Sept.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2024

Name Job Title Company Name Ali Haralson President Auction.com Amy Jo Plummer Vice President of Customer Experience Maxwell Anita Blue President LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance Candy Nowak Chief Credit Officer CMG Financial Cecilia Choy Chief Operating Officer ICE Mortgage Technology Cerita Battles Head of Community & Affordable Lending Chase Charis (..)

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Almeida Realtor- Team Leader The American Dream Group Coldwell Banker Abhishek Shende Senior Principal Software Engineer Zillow Group Adi Pavlovic CEO Newzip Alnur Kassim-Lakha Director Mile Rock Capital Amy Macken Senior Vice President, Due Diligence Operations Consolidated Analytics Anaid Chacón Senior Vice President of Product Argyle Mortgage Arkadiusz (..)

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

The company said that total revenue decreased “primarily due to previously announced agent recruiting initiatives that reduced both continuing franchise fees and Marketing Funds fees, largely offset by increased broker fees stemming from higher existing home sales, incremental revenue from acquisitions, and Motto growth.”

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2021

Margaret Redman has been named director of national commercial services and senior regional underwriting counsel for North American Title Insurance Co. as the firm’s parent company begins the process of rebranding in preparation for an independent public offering. but projects to be at 5% by 2023.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2022

In fact, NotaryCam’s technology remains the only RON platform that scales in every jurisdiction, providing mortgage lenders and their settlement agents a competitive advantage when it comes to helping their clients close. With the expansion of RON legislation, NotaryCam can help increase eClose adoption nationwide.”. Rick Triola.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2021

At the end of the first quarter, Fathom — a real estate and technology services platform — had approximately 2,400 real estate agents in Texas, including around 1,700 in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. In April, Fathom acquired LiveBy, a hyperlocal data and technology platform, for $9 million.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2021

Jason Gordon, AmTrust Title president, said Bozzomo is “ideal” for the role based on his experience with complex commercial transactions — including retail, office and multifamily. Technology has certainly increased the pace of transactions, but the underwriting is still the same.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

The digital lender made changes in its commercial operating model to achieve this goal and will continue to invest in Tinman, its proprietary technology platform. Better has been launching digital products with its proprietary technology, including digital VA loans and a one-day mortgage product. million in full year 2022.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

A seasoned retail and commercial banking salesman in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the 39-year-old Woodward joined Interfirst Mortgage as a loan officer in October 2020 after a recommendation from an old college friend. However, they are hampered by comparatively poor technology and the slow speed at which they can close a loan, analysts said.

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Inman

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

commercial real estate commissions could show the way forward for residential buyer commissions. Joe Rath from Redfin, Russ Cofano of Collabra Technology, Ed Zorn from CRMLS and moderator James Dwiggins discuss how at Inman Connect New York.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2021

DataTrace delivers advanced real estate data and title search technology and automated examination and production solutions used by leading title and settlement service companies. Its offerings help underwriters and title agents to make confident decisions, produce quality work and meet the SLAs needed to accelerate closings.

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2021

The company also contributed to a $30 million Series A funding round by tech-focused commercial real estate brokerage Lev. Earlier this month, First American introduced a technology platform for real estate professionals, called IgniteRE. The company announced a healthy $7.1 billion in total 2020 revenue, $1.1

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The platform is soft launching this month in New York and Florida for real estate agents, teams, brokerages and MLSs to peek into potential neighborhoods and explore political leanings and local demographics. The consumer data is licensable commercial data, including addresses associated with dog ownership.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2022

In a brightly lit men’s restroom Friday afternoon, adjacent to where the inaugural Crypto & Real Estate Summit was convening, one conference attendee asked another, “Are you a real estate agent?”. Real estate agents, on the other hand, would benefit from blockchain transactions, the company has claimed. Yep, and you?”.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

Nothing sets you up for success like learning the habits and best practices of more experienced agents, brokers and other housing professionals. New York Real Estate Forum If you want to learn from some of the industry’s top leaders, The Real Deal’s NYC Real Estate Forum taps into residential, commercial, and everything in between.

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Housing Wire

MAY 26, 2023

More often than not, the small firms that become big, or the mid-cap businesses that eventually make a public offering, can explain their growth by using a new technology , business model or even product in a way that not only differentiates them during market turbulence, but positions them for sustainable success when the tide turns.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2020

REAL Trends is an incredibly strategic acquisition for our organization that not only accelerates our presence with real estate agents and brokers across the U.S., Mark Adams, Director of Real Estate for HW Media, will take on responsibility as the commercial lead for REAL Trends where he will oversee product development and sales.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In addition, both non-commercial and commercial title revenue were down, with yearly decreases of 18% and 5%, respectively. The market has shifted away from refinance towards purchase and commercial transactions, which is where we are stronger. The firm’s title segment reported an operating revenue of $647.9 year over year.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

Similarly, seemingly every element of a real estate transaction demands numerous siloed service providers working simultaneously with technology and data kept in silos. Almost every state, county and municipality has its own, unique set of real estate customs, laws and regulations.

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The Close

JUNE 10, 2024

Commercial real estate is a dynamic industry that allows you to help businesses find their perfect location. Whether you are looking to switch from residential real estate or are making a new career change entirely, commercial real estate offers many opportunities for growth and financial success.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Learn how brokers and agents are growing listing visibility among rental properties, attracting more clients in the new year. “CoStar Group provides commercial real estate solutions and CoreLogic provides residential solutions,” Florance said. Presented by: Apartments.com. billion takeover bid they made for CoreLogic.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Many in the title insurance industry reported record years in 2021, but while experts were predicting things to slow down in 2022, the suddenness at which the market cooled was unexpected, or as Jodi Ketchersid, a Destin, Florida-based Corcoran Group agent said: “It was like, ‘Holy cow! What happened to the market?’”.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Consider the residential client disappointed at the lack of inventory , or the commercial investor with many vacancies in a once-thriving property. Embrace technology If you still rely on paper and pen, it’s time to enter the 21st century. Consider longevity Have you heard the saying, “Tough times don’t last, but tough people do”?

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