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Real Estate and Design Trends to Watch in 2024

Empire Appraisal Group

Real Estate and Design Trends to Watch in 2024 Design & Architecture , Design Trends By: Barbara Ballinger Source: [link] From ecosystem conservation to “new” darker neutrals in exterior paint, we look at the trends set to take hold in the industry this year. Land shortages make attached and stacked units smart choices.

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Blend launches housing equity program

Housing Wire

Blend Impact’s first leg, the Equitable Ecosystem Initiative, was soft-launched last year and gave free access of its platform — in multiple languages — to Minority Depository Institutions (MDI) and community development financial institutions. Blend went public on July 16 and closed its first day of trading at $20.90 on July 27.

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SimpleNexus secures $108 million in Series B funding round

Housing Wire

The Utah-based software developer offers a private-label digital mortgage platform and mobile app designed to connect lenders with borrowers and real estate agents. In fact, prior to founding SimpleNexus in 2011, CEO Matt Hansen worked on the Simplifile development architecture team for nearly five years.

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Amy Wallick Sworn in by Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® as 2024 President

Lamacchia Realty

Perhaps it’s the stunning beaches, swaying palm trees, Read More » The post Amy Wallick Sworn in by Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® as 2024 President appeared first on Lamacchia Realty.

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Blend reaches unicorn status with $75 million Series F raise

Housing Wire

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech-focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, insurance and real estate. Fintech-focused Canapi Ventures led the investment, which brings Blend’s total venture raised to $365 million since its 2012 inception.

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More than ever, lender profitability requires maintaining pace with innovation

Housing Wire

The blue bar is compensation cost since 2012. Note that the compensation cost starts at a low of 64% of total origination cost in 2012 to 69% in 2021. Interestingly, technology spend as a portion of total origination cost was about 2% in 2012, and its about 2% in 2021. Identifying the specific 30% is hard.

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Savvy real estate agents look beyond ChatGPT

Housing Wire

The history of AI and where it is going The Turing Test was developed by Alan Turing in 1950. It re-emerged in the AI scene in October 2012. A functioning neural network was viewed as the pathway to develop AI capable of learning anything a human could, and perhaps becoming more intelligent than humans. What is next?