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United Real Estate expands Midwest footprint through Kansas City merger

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In a company statement, United Real Estate President Rick Haase expressed excitement about bringing SunWest operating principal and partner Jerry Braklow and his team into the fold. Platinum arrived on scene in 2005 and is now one of the largest independent residential brokerages in the Midwest.

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Rocktop, LiquidFi make progress in quest for ’seamless’ digital mortgage exchange

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Fintech firms Rocktop Technologies and LiquidFi on Thursday announced a milestone in their business partnership that was formed earlier this year. At the same time, LiquidFi — an asset tokenization platform for mortgage investors — has used its patented technology to create digital assets on more than $7.7 billion in UPB.

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The FICS advantage: Leveraging automation for smarter mortgage servicing in 2025

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Digital technologies help lenders reduce errors, cut costs, and shorten processing times. They also manage Principal and Interest (P&I) and Taxes and Insurance (T&I) advances and recoveries. If this doesnt highlight why digital servicing solutions are important, perhaps nothing will.

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Opinion: Why aren’t more commercial brokerages seeking affiliated arrangements?

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Let’s face it: joint ventures (JVs) and affiliated business arrangements (ABAs) are all the rage in the residential real estate space right now. So why aren’t more commercial real estate (CRE) entities – investors , principals, banks, law firms or developers – seeking the same? And why not? CREs need not go it alone.

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Swiss bank UBS closes deal to sell U.S. servicer

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billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB). Salt Lake City-based SPS has been servicing residential mortgages since 1989 and residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) transactions since 2000, according to Fitch Ratings. In the U.S., Credit Suisse owns Select Portfolio Servicing (SPS). 36 in the IMF ranking.

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Kiavi closes on $350M securitization 

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Kiavi , one of the nation’s largest private lenders for residential real estate investors , closed a $350 million unrated securitization of residential transition loans (RTLs), the company announced on Monday. The loans bundled in the securitization were mostly investment property loans used for fix-and-flip transactions.

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HUD issues $3.8 million in funding opportunities to research ways to boost inventory

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million, which will go toward organizations aiming to boost housing inventory and availability through methods including off-site construction and office-to-residential conversions. “As We need to think creatively, from innovative construction methods to office-to-residential conversions.