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Veteran sales executives part ways with Movement

Housing Wire

Schoolfield and Shelton joined Movement in 2012, were promoted as divisional leaders in February 2021, and landed at Summit in July. HousingWire reported that the Sacramento-based lender instituted a round of layoffs in late November 2022, affecting 72 employees , per a document filed with the state’s Employment Development Department.

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Wolters Kluwer appoints Vikram Savkar as EVP and GM

Housing Wire

Meirink said Savkar’s appointment is indicative of the company’s commitment to developing and promoting talent from within. Savkar has been a part of Wolters Kluwer since 2012, when he joined as vice president and general manager of the Legal & Regulatory division.

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Blend is now worth $4.6B. Now what?

Housing Wire

The IPO gives the cloud-based software company the ammunition to grow market share , develop new products and dive deeper into various sectors within fintech, including consumer banking and auto. Over the last two years, Blend has acquired its own mortgage insurance firm and title insurance firm (the latter in a $422 million deal).

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Mr. Cooper settles $90M lawsuit over illegal foreclosures

Housing Wire

2012 and Jan. ” Bray further said Mr. Cooper has worked on developing a culture of “customer advocacy,” which he said had driven customer complaints to record low. Specifically, the CFPB alleged that between Jan. Mr. Cooper services over 3 million mortgages in the U.S.,

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Opinion: What the ICE-Black Knight merger means

Housing Wire

Real estate still relies on a “system” unable to integrate production across the silos of media, brokerage, lending, insurance and trading. Technology hasn’t been the barrier since 1998 when Equifax, and later other firms, developed systems to secure complex, multi-party transactions over the Internet.

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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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Kim Beaulieu Promoted to Director of Human Resources

Lamacchia Realty

Kim has singlehandedly developed and overseen the Human Resources department at Lamacchia Realty since its inception. Kim has been with Lamacchia Realty since 2012 and has held a variety of roles, from Administrative Assistant, Office Manager and Staff Training Manager.