Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

To get a better idea of what investors might be most closely interested in with these results, along with the outlook for these companies and the industry, HousingWire ’s Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD) sat down with UBS equity research analyst Douglas Harter. They also mentioned the proprietary product suite at their company as a bright spot.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Chrissi Callaghan Rhea, co-founder of Mortgage Investors Group and member of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) board of directors, died on Nov. Starting Mortgage Investors Group with a handful of people in 1989, she built it into one of the Southeast’s leading mortgage lenders, all while championing fair lending and affordable housing.”

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2024

Real estate investor sentiment rose 16% from the prior quarter and 60% of surveyed investors view the current housing market more favorably than a year ago. But there was a noteworthy divide between short-term fix-and-flip investors and long-term buy-and-hold investors when it came to market sentiment and outlook.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

In this HousingWire Executive Conversation, Tom Davis, Chief Sales Officer at Deephaven , discusses the opportunities in the non-QM investor loan space as we head into the new year. Tom Davis: Investor transactions are still close to 28% of the overall purchase market. Many investors prefer to close in the name of an LLC.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2024

housing market may have slowed during the second quarter of the year, investors did not take their foot off the gas. The number of home purchases by investors rose 3.4% While investors are still sensitive to mortgage rate changes, they are less sensitive than consumer buyers as 69% of investors pay in cash.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Compass has a new head of investor relations. On Wednesday, the brokerage firm announced that it has appointed Soham Bohnsle to lead its investor relations division. “His expertise will be fundamental in effectively communicating the Compass story to our investor base and ensuring confidence in our long-term strategy.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

From wildfires to hurricanes, floods and earthquakes, each crisis tests a servicers ability to manage compliance, borrower support and investor expectations. Investor protection: Transparency and compliance during disaster recovery Servicers also must safeguard their investors interests by delivering timely, accurate reporting.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2024

Single-family rental (SFR) investors are worried about the rising cost of home insurance, but the majority expect to buy more properties in the next year as mortgage rates cool and home-price growth subsides. Since it can’t be delivered by the builders , these small investors are really filling that gap by finding this vacant inventory.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Foreign investors can help fill the buyer gap Florida remains the top destination for foreign buyers, with 20% of all foreign buyers purchasing in the state, according to the 2024 NAR report. This is an interesting statistic to watch because foreign investors face different barriers to buying than their domestic counterparts.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2024

Santa Ana, California-based mortgage services and data firm Consolidated Analytics announced on Friday that it has acquired the assets of investor claims and loss-analysis company Investor Claim Solutions (ICS). Consolidated Analytics is a private company and terms were not disclosed. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

fell in 2024, continuing a downward trend as real estate investors grapple with tight profit margins. Home Flipping Report, investors flipped 297,885 single-family homes and condominiums last year. The home-flipping industry saw investors shy away even more in 2024 amid the extended period of languishing profits. a year earlier.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The Midwest and Northeast regions seem to be the new hot spots for real estate investors. 1 spot among the best destinations for real estate investors this year. This trend signified a strong market for investors with little to no turnover among tenants. Dayton, Ohio, holds the No.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2024

Swiss bank UBS Group AG has decided to sell Credit Suisse ’s mortgage servicing company, Select Portfolio Servicing (SPS), to a group of investors led by Sixth Street , HousingWire has learned. Investment firm Davidson Kempner Capital Management is a co-investor.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

Tomo Mortgage on Tuesday announced the closure of $20 million in Series B funding that was led by three existing investors and a new participant. The funding round was led by prior investors Ribbit Capital , DST Global and NFX along with new investor Progressive Insurance.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2024

Kiavi , a San Francisco-based lender for residential real estate investors , announced on Tuesday the closing of a $400 million rated securitization of residential transition loans (RTLs) in an “oversubscribed” transaction. billion in 2024 alone.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Optimal Blue on Monday announced three major product releases — the expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant suite, the introduction of Scenario Optimizer, and the free availability of Investor Pricing Insight to investor clients. ” The announcements were made at MBA Annual in Denver. .”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

It also includes capital from existing investors that include angel investor Andrew Dodge, Related Companiess Christopher Schmidt, and SERHANT. Finally, RLYT Health leverages a partnership with United Healthcare affiliate HealthcareMarkets to provide health benefits. Ventures, SERHANT.s education division.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Mortgage technology startup Novaprime is making its public debut with the launch of an AI-powered loan platform that it claims allows lenders to sell loans to investors in just days, instead of weeks, all with a high degree of accuracy. Novaprime is starting with post-close quality control functions and working backwards. That adds up.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

has launched a new 1031 exchange service, allowing real estate investors to defer capital gains taxes when selling and reinvesting in like-kind properties. A 1031 exchange allows investors to reinvest proceeds from the sale of an investment property into another similar property without immediately incurring capital gains taxes.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Fix-and-flip investors took a hit in the third quarter of 2024 as flipped properties accounted for a smaller share of U.S. Short-term real estate investors saw a 28.7% Investor profits ramped down during the same time frame and now stand at roughly half of the mid-50% market peak in 2016. The Q3 2024 U.S. That represented 7.2%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

LL Funds also served as one of Poplar’s investors since the company’s debut in 2014, according to Evernest. Poplar Homes is a leading property manager focused on individual investors and multifamily property owners.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2025

If a broker is working with an investor that happens to dabble in non-QM, then they’re not going to get all the best practices we’ve aggregated over the last 12 years. Tom Davis: When you’re working with a professional and you want expertise, you’re going to want to work with someone who is the expert in your market.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

In February 2024, the company closed a $28 million Series D funding round from new and existing investors, including Gaingels , Moderne Ventures , QED Investors and Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff. Jared Kessler founded the fintech in 2016 and has since raised money from several venture capital firms. In 2018, the company raised $3.5

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2025

That would not be for the out-of-town investor, said Richards, who purchased the properties via Auction.com s new SmartSale program. The company sometimes takes ownership of properties when investors default on their loans We had 15 single-family (homes) in Montgomery, Alabama I dont imagine how the hell I would have sold (them) on my own.

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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

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

My mom and stepdad went into pre-foreclosure,” said Sandoval, a real estate agent and investor who specializes in working in low-income, often Latino neighborhoods in Southern California. “I anely Sandoval’s calling to be a pre-foreclosure peacemaker started when she was in high school. “My Sometimes the seller wants one month rent back.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

As recently as a year ago, the New York-based firm closed a $28 million Series D funding round from new and existing investors, including Gaingels, Moderne Ventures, QED Investors and Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff. The platform shut down its operations in early December 2024. In 2018, the company raised $3.5

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Sources told HousingWire that out-of-town investors were among the most interested buyers. In the Asheville metropolitan area — located in the Western North Carolina region that was hammered the most by Hurricane Helene — new home listings sat at 120 on Sept. 20, then bottomed out at 14 on Oct.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2025

SitusAMC a top-of-the-line provider of investment advice, talent solutions, and digital tools offers a rare opportunity for lenders and investors. SitusAMCs solutions help lenders and investors handle originations, secondary markets transactions, MSR and portfolio management, and valuations without compromising marketplace agility.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The firm has taken heat in recent months from its investors, who felt that the company’s finances were being mismanaged due to its continued losses in quarterly earnings. Its value has dropped from roughly $900 million to $130 million since 2021, according to the Times.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Redfin attributes the decline in cash purchases to a smaller share of real estate investors in the marketplace. Real estate investors stormed the housing market in 2021 once pandemic-driven concerns dissipated. According to a Realtor.com report, investor home purchases ramped up by 52.9%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

Servicers can automate critical tasks, such as investor reporting and compliance, to streamline workflows and position in-house servicers to win with speed. By adopting advanced mortgage servicing software, lenders can meet investor and regulatory demands while strengthening borrower relationships through faster, more accurate service.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Key non-QM products for 2025 Before 2025 continues, lenders should arm themselves with the right tools for tackling the market: Investor loans Investing is the vehicle to success for homeowners in the market. million, so its primed and ready to meet the needs of most property investors. How are real estate investors responding?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2025

Ruimy noted that the BPL sector accounts for a significant portion of residential mortgage originations, with large investors increasingly turning to BPL lenders like Dunmor. Would you say that the majority of these are smaller investors? This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Investors include Kleiner Perkins , Blackstone Group , G oodwater Capital and Dawn Capital , among others. The portal giant has also partnered with Howard Hanna on AI tools for agents. Zumper is a multifamily rental portal launched in 2012. According to Crunchbase, it received its seventh round of funding at the beginning of 2022.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Founded by Karl Jacob and Allan Carroll in 2017, LoanSnap raised $100 million in seed funding from investors such as Richard Branson’s Virgin Group ; former NFL star Joe Montana’s Liquid 2 Ventures ; and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

“We have an investor who won’t do any deals in Florida or near major bodies of water.” Provident, run by the Pica family, is known in the industry for its conservative approach and sports a better-than-average delinquency rate in its servicing portfolio, so it’s perhaps not a huge surprise it would exit such a choppy space.

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