Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2021

Seventy million dollars in seed funding is a colossal investment for an unproven tech startup, even one that promises to fully disrupt a relatively low-margin, traditional industry like mortgage lending. The post Ex-Zillow execs promise revolution in lending appeared first on HousingWire. But this is no ordinary mortgage startup.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

added mortgage lending under its umbrella by acquiring mortgage brokerage company Be My Neighbor on Monday. Publicly traded real estate software firm reAlpha Tech Corp. reAlpha agreed to pay Be My Neighbor an aggregate purchase price of up to $6 million. This consists of $1.5 million in cash paid on the closing date, $1.5

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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. “With this technology , we’re going to be able to flip the script. .

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Homelendia Mortgage LLC, a Florida-based mortgage brokerage franchisor, launched its mortgage brokerage franchises this week, offering individual unit and regional opportunities to qualified individuals, teams, brokerages and loan originators. That changes now,” Homelendia CEO Frank Chimento said in a press release.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

Monday’s breaking news that Rocket Companies is set to acquire online real estate brokerage Redfin shed light on the changing landscape of the homebuying marketplace. share in purchase (lending). When you look at Redfin as a data and technology company, you realize that this is an incredibly undervalued company.

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Housing Wire

JULY 15, 2022

Mortgage brokerage Edison Mortgage, which works with more than 50 lenders, reached $1 billion (CAD) in annualized submitted volume in March 2020, according to the firm. Rocket will continue offering options from other lending partners alongside its own products, the firm said.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2020

A former Quicken Loans executive, Booth has over 15 years of experience working in state and federal government bodies, focusing on transforming the mortgage industry through technology. For the last 16 years, the brokerage ranked as Northern Nevada’s highest-producing real estate office by agent activity.

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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

JANUARY 10, 2025

Brown also served as managing director of sales for mortgage technology firm Black Knight , as chief revenue officer for Lift Strategic Partners and as principal for Brown Derby Consulting. Brown expressed excitement over his new role and said he intends to continue serving customers with new solutions.

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2024

Fathom Holdings , the parent company of cloud-based real estate brokerage Fathom Realty , appointed Jon Gwin as chief operating officer. A licensed real estate broker since 2006, he managed a brokerage in San Diego and he also played a crucial role in establishing some of the first compliance management systems in the mortgage industry.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2021

Glenn Sanford’s eXp World Holdings announced Thursday a mortgage joint venture with Glenn Stearns’s Kind Lending , called Success Lending. The company will be headquartered in Santa Ana, California, Stearns said, home of Kind Lending. The Mobile “Must-Haves” Reshaping Mortgage Technology. Presented by: SimpleNexus.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The brokerage has entered into a joint venture with Barrett Financial Group to offer what the companies believe will be a wide range of mortgage products and streamlined underwriting to The Agency’s luxury clients. Dubbed Aclara Lending, the joint venture will start in Southern California with plans to expand in the near future.

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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

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The cloud-based brokerage recorded $1.1 The brokerage on Wednesday also announced that the launch of its residential lending joint venture Success Lending with Kind Lending, LLC has been approved in Colorado, Illinois and Tennessee. The brokerage was the fourth-largest in the U.S. year over year to $1.09

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

Tech-fueled retail mortgage lender InstaMortgage has merged with mortgage broker shop All Cal Financial , a rare example of a top-performing brokerage switching channels. As part of the merger, Jim Black, the founder of All Cal, will become chief lending officer of InstaMortgage.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Shortly after EasyKnock acquired home equity investment platform Balance Homes , the company appointed former Balance Homes co-founders Judd Schoenholtz and Aaron LaRue as chief revenue officer and chief technology officer, respectively. LaRue, meanwhile, will focus on the expansion of EasyKnock’s technology platform.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

billion deal to acquire resi brokerage and portal Redfin in Q2 or Q3 2025. “There’s still going to be deals out on the streets for these guys, but I do think they will continue to integrate their technology into, ‘Push button, Get home,” Hale said. Rocket Companies hopes to close a $1.75 billion deal for Redfin.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Name Job Title Company Name Aaron VanTrojen CEO Geneva Financial Home Loans Abbie Tidmore Senior Managing Director and Chief Revenue Officer Pennymac Adam Kessler CEO Academy Mortgage Baron Silverstein President Newrez Ben Madick Co-Founder and CEO Matic Insurance Bernadette Kogler Co-Founder and CEO RiskSpan Bill Rogers Founder and CEO Homeowners (..)

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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

JULY 18, 2022

The mortgage and real estate industries are quickly adapting to technological advances in order to keep up with consumer demands and the changing markets. It encompasses brokerage, mortgage, title, insurance and technology companies like Real Results, Verus Title and Encompass Lending. Register here.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Not surprisingly, affordability is inextricably linked to fair housing , as fair housing (and lending) for all is foundational to affordability for all. How to make a difference in your market With just these three instances, clearly unfair housing (and lending) still exist. Back to Bob’s American dream. But we are not powerless.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In the world of mortgage lending, there’s an all-too-common sentiment that echoes through the industry: “My loan origination system (LOS) sucks.” In reality, the LOS is not the problem; the technology is doing exactly what it was designed to do. The LOS is a foundational piece of technology for every lender.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

News just broke that private equity investor LLR Partners announced strategic investments in two mortgage technology companies — Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang ( click here for article ). LLR is not a newcomer to mortgage technology or the overall fintech market. This isn’t a new story in mortgage lending or real estate brokerage.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

California-based ICE Mortgage Technology announced this week two enterprise agreements to integrate its eClose solution to Maxwell and Roostify platforms, enabling a more streamlined closing process for lenders and borrowers. Roostify, a mortgage technology provider, will integrate the solution to its digital home lending platform.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2022

ICE Mortgage Technology. Chief Lending Officer. Vice President of Brokerage Operations. Branch Manager and SVP of Mortgage Lending. ICE Mortgage Technology. Chief Technology Officer. Aslan Home Lending Corporation. Carey Armstrong. Co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer. Cindy Ariosa. Bright MLS.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke with Desmond Smith , chief growth officer at United Wholesale Mortgage , about the role that wholesale lending plays in the mortgage ecosystem and common myths and misconceptions about becoming an independent mortgage broker. HousingWire: What role has wholesale lending historically played in the mortgage ecosystem?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2021

Aslan Home Lending Corporation. Vice President of Technology Services. Nexsys Technologies. JMAC Lending. Synergy One Lending. SVP, Correspondent Lending. Planet Home Lending. Executive, Software Engineering & Technology. Brokerage Operations. CEO and Co-Founder. Briana Ings.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2020

brokerage firms. Through this acquisition we’ve not only gained an amazing brand and business, but also an incredibly talented group of team members that bring additional editorial, technology and product expertise to our team.”. “In We believe they will build on our years of REAL Trends industry excellence.”. About REAL Trends.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

National Head of Brokerage. Director of Product, Origination Technologies. SVP, Retail Lending Analytics Manager. VP, Technology. Synergy One Lending. ICE Mortgage Technology. Caleb Mittelstet. Carrie Koester. Head of Product Marketing Strategy. Chelsea Goyer. OriginPoint. Craig Rebmann. Black Knight.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

In today’s low-rate environment, wholesale mortgage lending continues to grow, making up more than 20% market share. Nichols pointed out that after the 2008 financial crisis, wholesale lending began using technology that helped match pace with the processes of retail lenders. I mean we’re talking up to 30 years,” Nichols said.

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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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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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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2021

The technology allows brokers, borrowers, agents and processors to collaborate all on the same platform and will also be integrated with its Optimal Blue Loansifter PPE. How to Diversify Your Brokerage to Weather Economic Hardship.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2023

I asked the good folks at mortgage data technology firm InGenius to run the numbers. “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.” Take a look.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Serving some of the top organizations in the real estate and lending space is a privilege,” said Jason Mitchell, president of JMG. Technology plays a key role in managing a platform like JMG, where each real estate agent is under the JMG brokerage umbrella. Technology plays a vital role in this.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2021

Most recently, the private-equity firm invested in Real , a technology-powered real estate brokerage in 2020, and perhaps most notably, e-recording provider Simplifile in 2013. In fact, prior to founding SimpleNexus in 2011, CEO Matt Hansen worked on the Simplifile development architecture team for nearly five years. billion.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2022

335), Trius Lending Partners (no. Trius Lending, a local direct and hard-money lender specializing in residential investment, attributed its rapid success to customizing to investors’ needs. According to the firm, the core business at Trius Lending is residential rentals or properties for fix-and-flip. MortgageOne (no.

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