Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

Milestone, the largest brokerage in Massachusetts over the past three years, said the companies will be able to combine Willow’s top-drawer proprietary technology platform with Milestone’s federal registration and state licensing footprint.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

NEXA Mortgage, the largest mortgage brokerage in the country, this week cut ties with the Association of Independent Mortgage Experts ( AIME ), claiming the trade group fails to address bullying and lacks proper governance. 7 by Evan Wade, vice chairman of partnerships at AIME and president and CEO of Epoch Lending.

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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 20, 2025

billion deal to acquire resi brokerage and portal Redfin in Q2 or Q3 2025. Rocket connects with 2 million purchase contracts annually when they explore affordability and mortgage financing. Rocket Companies hopes to close a $1.75 billion deal for Redfin. Essentially, it’s the holy grail of mortgage and real estate tech.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2023

Fast-growing The Real Brokerage posted a $3.97 Like many other brokerages , the firm is still in the red (it lost over $20 million last year). The brokerage now operates in 47 states in the U.S. The virtual brokerage in March disclosed that it is raising fees on agents. million loss year over year. compared to 8.3%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

Jonathon Haddad, president of Next Door Lending , will replace Katie Sweeney as the chairman and CEO of the Association of Independent Mortgage Experts (AIME). Haddad joined the channel in 2020 at Next Door Lending, where he transitioned from vice president to managing partner and president. He left Rocket in the beginning of 2019.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2024

More recent data from Inside Mortgage Finance shows a total origination volume of $7 billion in first-quarter 2024. Also on Monday, the company announced the hiring of Chris Knapp as president of Proper Rate , a joint venture between the lender and real estate brokerage @properties. and Wintrust Mortgage.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 16, 2022

despite a challenging mortgage market in which real estate brokerages are laying off staff. The Scottsdale, Arizona-based company secured $60 million in equity and $55 million in debt financing, according to a Thursday news release from the firm. Proptech HomeLight raised $115 million in capital and acquired Accept.inc.

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Lending Brokerage Equity Finance 363

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Finance of America Reverse. Finance of America Mortgage. National Head of Brokerage. VP, All In One Loan Finance. SVP, Retail Lending Analytics Manager. Synergy One Lending. Senior Finance Project Director. SVP, Infrastructure and Operations. April Steele. VP, Operations. Austin Ross. Brian Devlin.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

a provider of shared equity financing products, announced Thursday that it hired Paul Giangrande as a corporate executive vice president and president of its mortgage division. We are honored to have him lead our expanding mortgage financing efforts,” David Shapiro, EquiFi’s CEO and founder, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2021

More than just breaking records in the housing finance space, the HousingWire 2021 Women of Influence are shattering glass ceilings and leaving a legacy for years to come. Finance of America Reverse. Aslan Home Lending Corporation. JMAC Lending. Synergy One Lending. SVP, Correspondent Lending. Angela Dunham.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Mike Kortas and Mat Grella, the longtime owners and co-founders of America’s largest mortgage brokerage, NEXA Mortgage , are in negotiations to end their partnership. billion in mortgage loans in 2023, according to Kortas, easily more than any other brokerage. Kortas told HousingWire that he owns 50.5% NEXA did $6.29

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Mortgages Brokerage Loan Officer Lending 468

Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2022

Chief Lending Officer. Vice President of Brokerage Operations. Branch Manager and SVP of Mortgage Lending. Finance of America Reverse. Finance of America. Aslan Home Lending Corporation. RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corporation. Emily Farley. Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group. Emily Shapiro. Ginger Wilcox.

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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

JUNE 10, 2022

Motto Mortgage, a national mortgage brokerage franchise, and wemlo , a mortgage processing solution with an all-in-one digital platform, tapped Chris Erickson as vice president of product and strategy for both brands this week. for Planet Home Lending, will focus on increasing market share by adding branches and loan originators.

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Marketing Lending Branding Loans 433

Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2023

Mauricio Umansky ‘s residential brokerage The Agency is venturing into core services. Through partnerships with Bubble Insurance Solutions and New American Funding , real estate agents at The Agency will have access to mortgage lending services and insurance services for their clients. In 2023, The Agency ranked as the No.

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Brokerage Finance Lending Mortgages 368

Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2022

The startup offers power buying services, cash offer programs and has a lending arm, Reali Loans , which provides mortgage financing in 14 states. After launching its flat-fee brokerage in 2016, the firm acquired startup mortgage lender Lenda in 2019, which it integrated into Reali Loans. .

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Brokerage Title Lending Loans 418

Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

Right-to-list agreement firm MV Realty is no longer allowed to offer brokerage services in North Carolina. Despite pausing its right to list agreement program, MV Realty was hoping to continue operating as a traditional brokerage in North Carolina, but the ruling from the Real Estate Commission makes that impossible.

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Bankruptcy Brokerage Lending Agents 473

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Meanwhile, in addition to diversifying their portfolios, brokerage firm owners are keeping their cost structure under control to be profitable in a shrinking market. Then, we have all the traditional financing options, including jumbo.” 1 product to help first-time homebuyers get their houses.

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Mortgages VA loan Finance Renovation 493

Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2022

And mortgage brokerages, which don’t have the burden of high overhead, are heavily recruiting retail LOs whose pipelines have thinned in recent months. Several large mortgage brokerages see the market-wide volatility as a recruiting tool. Purchase applications are where brokerages really shine in the first place.”.

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Mortgages Banks Brokerage Loans 476

Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2023

California-based Impac Mortgage Holdings is repositioning itself as a mortgage brokerage and voluntarily giving up its seller-servicer designation with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Impac is transitioning its retail consumer direct lending division into a mortgage broker fulfillment model to offer various products at a reduced cost per loan.

Mortgages 369

Mortgages Lending Commercial Brokerage 369

Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

R New York , a brokerage boasting approximately 800 agents, has joined the American Real Estate Association , an alternative to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), according to The Real Deal. In April, AREA launched its first advocacy push, calling on housing regulators to revise lending guidelines in the U.S.

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Lending Brokerage Agents Industrial 482

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Headquartered in Roswell, Georgia, Onward Home Mortgage specializes in residential purchase mortgage lending and has a presence in the greater Georgia and Alabama areas. It is part of the Newrez Ventures platform. A joint venture typically ramps up faster than a traditional mortgage company.

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Mortgages Loan Officer Brokerage Residential 447

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The company originates and markets its mortgage lending services to Anywhere’s real estate brokerage and relocation subsidiaries. 1, the company sued Kristin Bati, a former vice president of mortgage lending, in Superior Court in California for Orange County. The lender originated $10.6 market share, IMF data showed.

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Loan Officer Loans Lending Mortgages 434

Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2022

“This type of tool is a key step in achieving a fairer and better housing finance market,” Garg said in a prepared statement. . Better HoldCo , which includes the digital lender plus its nascent brokerage, title and insurance services, announced plans in May 2021 to go public at a $7.7

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Loans Investor Title Mortgages 448

Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

In eOriginal’s 2020 Tech100 nomination, the company boasted about the efficiency their ClosingCenter product brought to mortgage lending clients; Fairway achieved 80% faster mortgage acceptance by secondary market investors and also realized a 90% reduction in interest expenses to warehouse lenders for mortgages closed using ClosingCenter.

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Technology Brokerage Lending Mortgages 391

Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2022

Less business for lenders and real estate brokerages, in return, is hurting title companies, tech vendors, appraisers and mortgage insurance firms. ” Brokerages prepare for leaner times. However, real estate brokerages aren’t immune from the current market environment. The Mortgage Bankers Association projects that of $2.4

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Marketing Brokerage Loan Officer Mortgages 468

Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

Building the next generation of tech: Three ways to digitize home lending. The home lending industry has a massive opportunity to digitalize to create efficiencies and to deliver a simpler end-to-end user experience that would benefit both borrowers and servicers. Refinancing is also not an option. the fintech company said.

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Mortgages Pre-approval VA loan Lending 364

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

For most real estate agents, working with a reliable lending partner is essential to a smooth and successful transaction. Finding reliable lending partners takes time and some trial and error, but once established is often the lifeblood of LOs. Bank Home Mortgage and Planet Home Lending declined to comment.

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Agents Loan Officer Lending Loans 418

Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2023

” With over 21 years in finance and mortgage lending roles, Yeager’s experience spans investment banking, residential retail mortgage, and private mortgage lending.

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Sales Loan Officer Lending Residential 365

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The goal is for the public and regulators to use the information to monitor whether the financial institutions are serving the housing needs of their communities and identify potential lending patterns.

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Loan Officer Brokerage Loans Lending 418

Housing Wire

JUNE 29, 2022

Boston fintech firm Knox Financial plans to expand its lending business and loan products with $50 million in funding it received from a real estate advisory firm. The fintech also will offer additional loan products, including home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), new purchase loans and cash-out refinancings. Presented by: ServiceLink.

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Loans Equity Lending Title 367

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Ninety percent of consumers start their home search online and many get prequalified for financing before they even reach out to a real estate agent. Serving some of the top organizations in the real estate and lending space is a privilege,” said Jason Mitchell, president of JMG. Managing a brokerage is a lot of work,” Mitchell said.

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Technology Brokerage Agents Closing 448

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2023

. “There’s definitely a shift and while we know there is a lot of movement going on with people losing jobs because of mergers or closures, a certain percentage are moving to brokerage instead of another retail company.”

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Loan Officer Loans Lending Mortgages 521

Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2021

trillion in origination volume and a continuation of tight lending spreads. Then, by late Q1/early Q2 2021, pricing wars were erupting in various channels, margins were falling (rapidly), and the industry was getting ready for a decrease in lending activity in the back half of the year. Entering 2020 the market was expecting <$2.0

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Industrial Mortgages Lending Technology 397

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In 1983 Jim Campbell launched what is believed to be the first joint venture experiment between a real estate brokerage and a title and settlement firm. Campbell is now something of a JV guru, having completed over 80 joint ventures with real estate or lending firms. Image was created using MidJourney.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2022

million for the mortgage lending operation in its quest to provide customers “a one-stop shop” where they can buy, sell, rent and finance a home, according to a news release from the company. Redfin completed its acquisition of Bay Equity Home Loans , paying $137.8 Cracking the code on marketing to the realtor channel.

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