Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

Rocket Mortgage launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool on Tuesday that allows its client experience teams to analyze sentiment, record behavior patterns, transcribe conversations and create tailored experiences during customer interactions. Rocket estimates that Synopses will save the servicing team nearly 40,000 hours annually.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

Salt Lake City-based agent and team leader Dustin Brohm announced Monday that he and his teamerage , the Massive Agent Team , are leaving eXp Realty to join Real. Brohm and his team have been with eXp since 2018. When The New York Times is writing about it , it is not good,” Brohm said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

New York-based multichannel lender US Mortgage Corporation is expanding its efforts in the reverse mortgage space, illustrating its focus on growth. US Mortgage recently surpassed 30 years in business. It’s no secret what the statistics say about the population growth and the aging population changes that we’re seeing.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2024

“We think there’s a really big opportunity for [the concept of] home equity being used to help fund retirements to [become] a mainstream concept. It already is in other countries, so that’s our reason for being.” Those avenues weren’t really available for us in the forward industry.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

I’m sharing a transformative announcement with you today, one that marks a new era for RealTrends and propels forward the vision of bringing transparency to what it means to be a top-performing real estate brokerage, team or agent. Your brand stands for something you are proud of and passionate about. This isn’t pay to play.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Additionally, no analysts asked questions about the changes the firm made to its C-suite. These are well-deserved positive changes that I believe will help us navigate the road ahead and realize our full potential,” Carlson said. Carlson said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2024

Glen Messina “We are very excited about rebranding to Onity as it demonstrates our extensive transformation into a balanced and diversified mortgage company and the confidence we have in our business, our capabilities and our team,” Glen Messina, the chair, president and CEO of Ocwen, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

With this capital infusion, the company aims to accelerate its product development, grow its team and pursue market penetration with real estate brokerages, MLS associations and other proptech companies nationwide. “We RealReports is a real estate platform that gathers property data , ranging from climate risk to valuation, in one place.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Dan Stewart, founder and CEO of Happy Grasshopper , to talk about the company’s tech strategy in creating content that resonates with consumers. Today we’re nurturing about 37 million contacts on behalf of our members. And this content is not typically about real estate.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

Zebulon Lowe: Keith, thank you for speaking with us. I think one is, when you’re talking about managing liquidity in a period when interest rates go up as fast as they did, we weren’t hedging our pipeline. We took our rates up simply because that’s what we had to do. I said, “This is where we have to be.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

“With a deep knowledge of our company and our culture, Mark is well-suited to lead us through our next growth phase,” said Gary Keller, co-founder and executive chairman of KW in a statement. In 2002, he joined the firm’s executive team, serving as president, before a nine-year stint as CEO from 2005 to 2014.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Two of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Nevada Properties ’ top teams, The Mullin Group and The Blankfeld Group, have merged to create The Mullin Blankfeld Group. It enables us to level up skills and support, ensuring our associates and clients are prepared for the future.” 3 rank in Nevada by that measure.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Jason Bressler , CTO at United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) to talk about how the lender is developing a smart, innovative IT team by giving them a safety net to fail. JB: Even with volume down, we’re so committed to technology that my team continues to grow.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

With the acquisition of Academy, Guild will be onboarding nearly 200 branches and 1,000 new employees, about 600 of which are loan officers. Schmidt said that during M&A transactions, Guild generally hires the sales teams and their operational support staff. Guild Mortgage ’s acquisition of Academy Mortgage Corp.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Paul Hurst , chief innovation officer at First American , to talk about the challenge of attracting and retaining tech talent and how to know if a project has a big enough vision. Sarah Wheeler: How do you think about buy versus build? As a company, “people first” is our mantra.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

HousingWire reached out to Shifman to hear more about how she stays on top of the latest tech capabilities and how she maintains curiosity in her role at Fannie Mae. Stacey Shifman: As new tech capabilities emerge, we initially don’t know how they are going to impact or improve how we do our jobs today.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

“Despite this backdrop, we continued to grow our market share,” Schmidt said. Today, more than ever, we are confident in our model and the platform that we have established. About 93% of its closed volume in Q4 came from purchase business, higher than the industry average of 81% for the same period, according to Guild.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

About 25 people from loanDepot ’s top producing team have joined boutique lender Revolution Mortgage to reunite with their former team lead. About 80% are expected to make their way over to Revolution, Chevalier said. It will be acquiring talent that joins us to grab market share that comes from other companies.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2023

Despite the rebalancing market, our presence continues to grow north of the border.” We believe the enduring global appeal of the RE/MAX brand and the impact of our recruiting campaigns are the primary drivers of our success.” On a positive note, the pace of our U.S. Agent count outside of the U.S. million to $83.5

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Adam Carmel , founder and CEO at Polly , to talk about the ways technology should be delivering ROI for lenders. And for about two decades, the industry has been using the same kind of technology. SW: Let’s talk about margins. What is the disconnect there?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Tom Cronkright, co-founder and executive chairman of CertifID and CEO of Sun Title , to talk about battling the latest frauds and scams as bad actors leverage a new arsenal of tech tools to wreak havoc on buyers and sellers of real estate. So, let’s pull this string one layer deeper.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke with David Bernard, senior managing director of Specialized Mortgage Services at Western Alliance Bank , Member FDIC, about warehouse lending and how the warehouse sector and mortgage finance have progressed and continue to evolve. HW: How has mortgage finance changed in the last few years?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

According to Srivatsaa, this means that trainings and resources brought in by one team leader or broker are available to all agents at the firm. In January, Real launched its Private Label and Pro Teams business avenues. Agents can then use points they accumulate from their card transactions to reduce their brokerage transaction fees.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

I think we have about 70 partners that use our application programming interfaces (APIs) as well.” “We The Paceline team focuses on private equity, corporate debt and real asset investment opportunities across the country. The firm says it has more than $1 billion of commitments currently under management.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2021

As Chief Operating Officer at Waterstone Mortgage , Rich Tucker is no stranger to the challenges of last year as he led his team through a record-shattering few months. HousingWire: At Waterstone, what roles do the operations teams play in achieving the company’s mission?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

“What I love about this industry is that you never quite know what opportunities are just around the corner. ” HousingWire reached out to Price to learn more about her career trajectory and what upcoming projects she’s most excited about. .” HousingWire: When you think about operational excellence?

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Housing Wire

JULY 5, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with American Pacific Mortgage President Ned Payant about how to build a culture that attracts and retains mortgage talent. At APM, it starts with our strategic plan. Embedded in those goals are strategies and intentions, specifically around our people. Growth was a high priority for us.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In 2008, Broadley switched to risk, leading teams in QC and fraud. In a statement, Broadley said she learned about the impact and security provided by a risk program. In her role at Quicken Loans, Broadley worked across the various stages of origination, from underwriting to closing.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

HousingWire spoke with Parvesh Sahi, chief revenue officer of Polly , about the importance of having the right PPE and strategic pillars that facilitate LO success. Polly’s engine actually interoperates with a servicing book in a way that is completely unique to us. We are not making our software backward compatible.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2023

The HousingWire award spotlight series highlights the individuals who have been recognized through our Editors’ Choice Awards. We reached out to Panos to learn more about how she and her team are adjusting their strategies based on the current housing market and what projects she’s looking forward to in 2023.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The HousingWire award spotlight series highlights the individuals and organizations that have been recognized through our Editors’ Choice Awards. Explaining the ‘why’ behind our brand guidelines is important to ensure that the brand continues to grow and strengthen v.s. Click here to nominate someone from your organization today.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2021

Like every department within housing, marketing teams across the country were forced to re-strategize and tailor their programs to accommodate the changing climate of 2020. We reached out to DeCiantis to learn more about how UWM managed to pivot its marketing strategies in 2020 and what her team is looking forward to most in 2021.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

To start out, our comp plan was based on the production and the [unpaid principal balances (UPBs)]. Getting refocused [helped] our activity level get back up to where it needed to be,” she said. “I What that does is it helps us align with the loan officer and the different channels they want to focus on,” she said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

“It’s now entirely possible for us to qualify buyers for their dream home by the time they leave the open house. Production volume in the first half of this year was down about 47% from the same period in 2022. Agents submitting an offer at 8:30pm? The lender originated $10.6 As of June 2023, Guaranteed Rate had a 2.5%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

Layoffs and job reductions had a personal impact and took a toll on thousands of people within our industry. In short, most of us had to manage with less in one way or another. Another powerful lesson has been to use constraints to create prioritization focus. I can sit here and cry about it or I can go make another one.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Beret Kechian, loanDepot ’s top producer and branch manager, is joining a slew of mortgage loan originators who are cautiously optimistic about the mortgage landscape in 2023. I really think they had about three months last year where it was a buyers market in the fourth quarter. Connie Kim : Tell us about your main market.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

The firm announced on Wednesday that it was eliminating about 24% of its workforce, or over 250 jobs, as it restructures departments and consolidates teams amid a tough housing market. So, we did that in a way that really makes sense for our business.” The firm had about 1,400 employees at the end of 2021. “We

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