Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Top 10 mortgage lender and servicer Newrez is partnering with Newzip , a tech-enabled real estate platform, to roll out a program aimed to save buyers and sellers on credit costs. The program is only eligible for loans that close through Newrez. They will also be offered closing cost credits of up to 0.5%

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OCTOBER 30, 2023

loanDepot has rolled out a new down payment assistance program for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan borrowers that enables them to put zero money down upfront. In loanDepot’s program, dubbed AccessZERO, the down payment assistance is structured as a 10-year fully amortized repayable second mortgage.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

As RE/MAX has attempted to overcome the challenges posed by housing market conditions, executives said they have reevaluated some of the programs the company offers in an effort to pinpoint which initiatives are worth further investment. Carlson said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

This is according to local reporting by a Houston ABC News affiliate. Primarily allocated to the city following Hurricane Harvey in 2017 through a recovery program administered by the state via federal funds , the city aimed to use the money to purchase three lots on which to construct affordable housing.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Hamrick will serve as the president of affiliate services and Van Eck will serve as president of affiliate strategy. Christie’s also noted that it has hired Nidhal Charfi to head up North American sales and serve as vice president of affiliate expansion. Much like Mike and I, Natalie and Kevin have very complementary skills.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As part of its broader affordable housing initiatives, Wells Fargo will sponsor a homeownership program alongside the Asian Real Estate Association of America. Since then, Wells Fargo announced plans to invest an additional $100 million to advance racial equity through its $210 million special purpose credit program.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Realogy announced Thursday that it has centralized its lead programs under one roof, yet another example of streamlining and reorganization at the brokerage conglomerate over the past year. “These national real estate programs help our network of brokers and agents gain market share, even in a hot market,” she said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The partnership extends Offerpad’s reach by allowing seller requests from areas outside of Offerpad’s current markets to be served by certified agents affiliated with the Anywhere Leads Network , a nationwide network of 500 brokers and more than 100,000 real estate agents. “As Offerpad operates in 14 states.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

It is the first brokerage to join eXp Realty through Boost, eXp’s newly released brokerage incentive program. Launched in June , the Boost program offers a simplified incentive model. Bean Group, which had been affiliated with LeadingRE , is one of the top brokerages in Northern New England. billion.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 6, 2023

The 2023 HW Marketing Leaders award program is now open for nominations! In its third year, HousingWire is recognizing the top marketing executives in real estate and mortgage who are making waves in housing. Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean and Europe.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Rocket Companies on Tuesday launched a loyalty program to attract potential homebuyers into its ecosystem amid one of the most challenging mortgage markets in decades. In the first phase of the program, customers can use points to get discounts on their closing costs when purchase a home through the subsidiary Rocket Mortgage.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2023

With a challenging year ahead, the professional services company affiliated with Rocket Mortgage has decided to restructure the marketing team in the first week of 2023, resulting in about 20 jobs cut, according to former employees. . Remaining employees, particularly mortgage bankers, reportedly faced intense pressure to bring in business.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

An affiliate of Paceline Equity Partners LLC , a private equity manager based in Texas, completed a debt investment in a subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc. I think we have about 70 partners that use our application programming interfaces (APIs) as well.” “We Optimal Blue integrates with all the loan origination systems (LOSs).

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2021

But the head of Mynor & Associates , a Keller Williams affiliate in Bethesda, Maryland, grew frustrated. “We In 2020, the three-year-old Zillow Offers program, where Zillow itself buys a home and then resells it, made up the majority of both company revenue and expenses. But Zillow has changed.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

Courted was notably invited to join the REACH Class of 2022, a technology scale-up program backed by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Human Capital led the round with participation from Lakehouse Ventures , Second Century Ventures and other angel investors.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

In addition to rankings for top performers by sides and volume, the program identifies and recognizes the fastest movers, top independents, top affiliated services models and other categories for benchmarking and recognition.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In recent years, the value proposition of title insurance has come under attack following Fannie Mae’s announcement that it would accept attorney opinion letters in lieu of title insurance, as well as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s title waiver programs , which were eventually scrapped. “If

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Our proprietary program tabulates views and the number of leads per listing and creates a report that agents and brokers can leverage win more online business and close more deals. #1. www.century21.com. com attracts nearly 3 million users each month and generates about 500K leads for our franchisees.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2023

Driving homeownership change requires resolve and education While there are programs designed to create a path to homeownership for low- and moderate-income families, some of these programs haven’t gone far enough. Its intermediary network oversees 53 affiliated community and faith-based housing counseling agencies across the nation.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2023

Rocket Mortgage is throwing a big incentive at spring homebuyers, offering them up to $10,000 in closing cost credits if they work with a real estate agent through its affiliate, Rocket Homes. of their loan amount to put toward closing costs, helping defray upfront costs.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2022

Following last year’s stories of grit and determination, the 2022 Women of Influence program represents a cohort of women who have emerged stronger than before, prepared to make the journey smoother and more accessible for those who will follow. President of Affiliate Business and Chief Operating Officer. Lisa Haynes. Liz Gehringer.

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2021

Here’s a look at just a few of last years extraordinary winners: Nick Bailey , As the chief customer officer at RE/MAX oversees all support services provided by RE/MAX to its network of franchisees and affiliates and acts as president for the global real estate brokerage franchisor. appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2022

FGMC) and its affiliate Maverick II Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late Wednesday. . FGMC said it is in the process of developing an employee incentive and retention program, which requires Court approval. As part of the Chapter 11 process, the company retained a portion of its workforce to manage the business. .

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Financial risk mitigation involves diligence, data analytics, and the expertise of VRM’s licensed real estate professionals , leveraging over 40 years of valuation data through its affiliate, PCV-Murcor. HW: How can REO asset managers keep costs low and improve margins?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

million raise in equity funding with participation from affiliates of Starwood Capital Group and Freedom Mortgage , alongside independent investor and Softbank Group International CEO, Marcelo Claure. Digital mortgage-servicing platformer Valon announced Wednesday a $43.9

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2022

Dubbed the Black Knight “fee cures suite,” the program combines loan information from the lender’s loan origination system with the firm’s Ernst fee data, as well as analytics from the company’s “actionable intelligence platform,” to minimize mandatory 0% and 10% fee cures.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

It is externally managed and advised by an affiliate of Angel Oak Capital Advisors. AOMR’s affiliated mortgage companies are expected to originate more than $7.5 AOMR is a publicly traded REIT that is part of Angel Oak Cos. , a long-term player in the non-QM mortgage market. billion in non-QM loans in 2022, compared to $3.9

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The Anywhere franchise, formerly known as Realogy , includes brokerages, consumer programs, lead generation, relocation, and title settlement services. In his new role, Kueh will lead the company’s product strategy, innovation roadmap and technology investments.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2021

There was no bidding war,” recalled Pellegrini of Pellegrini & DeGeorge Partners , an affiliate of Sotheby’s International Realty. “It 18 press release that cited labor and supply chain constraints and said its home purchase program hit “operational capacity.” Zillow has declined to comment on its decision beyond an Oct.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2023

The company and its subsidiaries, which include eXp Realty, SUCCESS Enterprises, Virbela and other affiliated services, are in solid financial shape, declared its executives. However, eXp World Holdings Chief Executive Officer Glenn Sanford expressed his satisfaction in spite of the declines in revenue, sales and transactions.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2023

Furthermore, Chandler has been involved with Partners in Excellence (PIE), an organization affiliated with the Archdiocese of Baltimore , since her appointment to the Advisory Board by Archbishop Lori in 2017. Currently serving as Vice Chair, she remains passionate about the program after six years of dedicated service.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The complaint alleges the companies claimed to be affiliated with government agencies or that their services were part of government covid assistance programs.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2021

And the deal pledges $50 million from “Supernova affiliates” and “up to $403 million of cash held in the trust account of Supernova.”. One reported reason for Rascoff’s exit was – get ready – that he did not grow enough Zillow’s iBuying program, Zillow Offers. Under Barton, Zillow has since pivoted hard to iBuying.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2021

Gorman has also served as an assistant vice president and executive director at USAA, overseeing processes that focused on continuous transformation improvements within its quality assurance program and the strategic product portfolio. and Canada affiliates claimed $407 billion in 2020 sales volume, a 16% climb from 2019.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2023

The HECM program also offers more flexibility as compared to a HELOC. AP: At Longbridge, we’re committed to partnering with brokers of all experience levels, to help them diversify their businesses with HECMs and bring the benefits of the reverse mortgage program to as many clients as possible.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2024

The outlet is affiliated with the hedge fund Hunterbrook Capita l, which went short on UWM shares following its recommendation. Through its Pro Rankings and LO Partner Points programs, UWM also offers teaser products such as interest rate discounts, ‘1% down’ products, and rate relocks,” according to the lawsuit.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2021

It’s financial leaders like Realogy’s Charlotte Simonelli who inspired HousingWire’s latest award Program, HW Finance Leaders. CS: Everything we do is with the success of our affiliated agents and brokers in mind, which in turn drives value creations. Nominations for the HW Financial Leaders award program close this Friday, January 29.

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