Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2023

Kofi Nartey, a top real estate broker with a client list of celebrities and prominent athletes, has joined The Real Brokerage as a national growth leader. In his new position, he will help build visibility for the brand, attract more agents as well as drive agent’s performance through coaching and development. “I

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2023

Sahi will be involved in all aspects of the corporate strategy, business development, sales and account management, the firm said Thursday. Ellie Mae was acquired by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) in September 2020.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Retail lender Movement Mortgage has invested $200 million to expand its nonprofit Movement Foundation , and to accelerate the development of its growing charter school network. The investment will also aide in the development of adjacent affordable housing and health clinics in Central America, the company said in a statement this week.

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

From 2010 to 2024, the reverse mortgage industry sought to allow remote reverse mortgage counseling in the state of Massachusetts, citing an insufficient number of actual counselors and logistical challenges for senior clients. At that point, Brodeur handed the issue off to his successor in the state’s 32nd Middlesex, Rep. Massachusetts Rep.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2021

EnerBank says it works with 10,000 contractors and develops personalized loan programs for their clients. In 2020 it acquired equipment finance lender Ascentium Capital and a year prior picked up institutional investment firm Highland Associates. . billion in volume in 2020. in 2021 to $433 billion.

Renovations 420

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Simonson Real Estate

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Simonson Appraisals had a unique opportunity to do a deep dive in 2020 to develop an understanding of the impact of multiple factors affecting the Minneapolis apartment market. We provided additional services six months later in October 2020. Note this data is from 3 rd Quarter 2020.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

According to the FBI’s 2022 Internet Crime Report , the problem is only worsening, with an 86% increase in monetary losses in the real estate industry since 2020. billion from victims in 2022 , a 47% increase since 2020. For title professionals, understanding and countering this threat is paramount.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Last year’s impressive list of winners used the challenges of 2020 to propel the housing economy into a digital era and made some industry-changing advancements along the way. The portal received a 2020 Stevie Award for Top FinTech solution. Nominations for the 2021 Tech Trendsetters close on Friday, Sept.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

CoStar acquired Homesnap in late 2020 for $250 million in cash, with $7.8 All named defendants, including Wolcott and Mazur, were “either involved in the development of CoStar Sync or had access to substantial confidential and proprietary information regarding CoStar Sync and its development,” the complaint alleges.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Floyd, who will assume the position in November 2020, brings more than 20 years of experience in the real estate industry to the role. Mortgage Contracting Services , a national provider of residential and commercial property services, hired Jason Myers as vice president of business development. and as president of SKLD Title Services.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2021

billion in assets from clients in 127 countries. Loan originations in dollars increased by more than 25% since the third quarter of 2020, and 44% of loan clients are in Latin America. According to Ledn, if Bitcoin prices drop, the client needs to deposit more collateral or pay down some of the principal.

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Housing Wire

MAY 5, 2021

billion in closed loans in the first quarter of 2020, more than double its originations in Q1 2020. billion, a dramatic increase from the $99 million in profit the first quarter of 2020. billion in the first quarter of 2020. billion through its TPO channel, and its gain-on-sale margin was 1.93%, up from 0.79% in Q1 2020.

Mortgage 421

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Anzoleaga and his eponymous team, the Leo Anzoleaga Group , provide personalized mortgage plans to their clients, according to a statement from the company. In 2020, he created the “Leo’s Circle,” a network for agents to share their business strategies and promote their offerings and teams.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

According to Martell , the mortgage market’s origination volume totaled $4 trillion in both 2020 and 2021, and “unfortunately” the decline in loan production “is not going to be cured by a 50-basis-point reduction” in mortgage rates. One threat, however, remains in cyberattacks.

Mortgage 409

Mortgage Real Estate Agent Real Estate Renovations 409

Lamacchia Realty

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Lamacchia Realty has officially announced the promotion of John Millen to his new role of Director of Business Development! John is also directing a team of Business Development Consultants that focus on recruiting, onboarding, retention and more. . Director of Business Development. Vice President of Business Development.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2021

According to the Detroit-based company, it will be leveraging the same technology, data and client experience used in the mortgage, real estate and personal lending spaces “to help Americans make their home more energy efficient.”. “We have a significant portfolio of clients, roughly 2.5 thus far and counting.

Mortgage 421

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Lamacchia Realty

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

We are thrilled to announce the latest addition to the Lamacchia Realty Business Development team, Katherine Copeland ! Katherine will now take on the role of a Business Development Consultant, transitioning from a Business Development Administrative Assistant. Katherine first started at Lamacchia back in 2020 as a REALTOR®.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

million investment in eOriginal, a multi-year Tech100 winner that developed a ‘simple closing experience for lenders, borrowers and settlement agents.’ With efficiency metrics and client outcomes like these it’s no surprise that the company continued to attract capital and investor interest. In 2016 LLR led a $26.5 No surprise here.

Real Estate 384

Real Estate Brokerage Real Estate Agent Technology 384

Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2022

By focusing on its clients and their processes, WFG helps compress the time required to close a loan and/or transfer real property ownership. WFG develops solutions in direct response to industry concerns solicited through regular engagement with its Executive Roundtable (ERT) of C-suite lending executives. properties.

Real Estate 397

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

HW: Where would you advise clients and colleagues to focus their technology resources as we navigate the second half of 2020 and prepare for 2021? HW: In your business, where are you finding opportunity to meet client needs and grow relationships? HousingWire’s nominations are now open for our 2020 Tech Trendsetters.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 21, 2022

The 2019 and 2020 President’s Club groups recently returned from their annual trip to Aruba! Due to the pandemic, the 2019 trip had been postponed and was combined with the 2020 winner’s trip in January 2022. REALTOR®, 2019 and 2020 President's Club, 2020 President's Club ELITE. "We Paul Cervone?. Adam Pasciscia.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2021

It is no wonder then that, when asked, WFG’s lender clients and their borrowers identified training, collaboration, process efficiency and communication as the four major pain points they want to improve. In 2020, WFG launched an effort to identify and develop solutions for the biggest challenges facing the industry.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2022

The Nima Ghamsari-led fintech is doubling down on its long-term strategy to offer a complete digital origination journey for clients. ” Blend is reducing general and administrative expenses in human resources, finance, and legal, but decided not to cut costs related to engineering and product development.

Mortgage 397

Mortgage Marketing Human Resources Clients 397

Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2021

First American Mortgage Solutions has already been accelerating its client engagements, specifically with partial claims processing, servicing transfers, lien release and assignment activity. First American Mortgage Solutions made some significant acquisitions in 2020.

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Clients Technology Development Investing 321

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

With the residential real estate pendulum swinging from blissful exuberance in the second half of 2020 to extreme consternation for many today, brokers have had to pivot like never before. Retain and develop. Broker/owners have been on quite a ride over the last few years. Spend less money than you make.

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Real Estate Brokerage Advertising Housing Market 410

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The challenges our industry is facing in 2020 have inspired our team to work to refine and speed to market the models, systems and tools top agents need to win today,” Keller Williams President Josh Team said in a statement. “The 30, Keller Williams agents in the U.S. and Canada closed 374,824 transactions, up 16% over Q3 2019.

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Agents Real Estate Brokerage Tools 432

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Georganne Youngclaus, the former marketing director at RealFi, filed a civil lawsuit against a group of top male executives at the lender, alleging that they engaged in “severe and pervasive patterns of mentally and physically abusive conduct” from May 2016 through July 2020. rebranded to RealFi in August 2020.

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Insurance Mortgage Clients Development 382

Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2021

Watson Laws was also named as one of Folio’s Top Women in Media in 2020. Since then, her team has expanded to include 11 account executive, sales strategy and client success professionals. She will also continue to identify product opportunities and develop go-to-market strategies. “I states Watson Laws.

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Law Advertising Clients Business 384

Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2023

Their all-in-one platform allows agents to send out mailers to leads at scale, with personalized copy developed by AI and hand-written notes produced by robots. Since 2020, Addressable has facilitated nearly $2 Billion in home sales across 44 states.

Real Estate Agent 370

Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Clients 370

Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2021

A 2020 study revealed the top reason businesses outsource is cost reduction (70%) and close behind is greater flexibility (40%), but lenders are often reluctant to trust their customer experience and processes to staff they didn’t hire or train. “Our The solutions we develop are client-based – not just a one-size-fits-all solution.”.

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Marketing Clients Training Technology 384

Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2021

Mainspring officials said it was crucial to address hyperlinking following the 2020 American Land Title Association springboard event, which identified hyperlinking as a time-consuming issue. The preliminary and commitment reports are then automatically published and instantly shared with customers and stakeholders.

Real Estate Agent 400

Real Estate Agent Real Estate Clients Development 400

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

“Market dynamics in early 2020, which have caused significant disruption to the origination and servicing markets, accelerated our plan to reenter the market with our new business model in a more robust way with a broader relaunch of the Company,” Mark Freedle, Interfirst’s executive vice president of production, told MReport in July 2020.

Mortgage 370

Mortgage Loan Officers Retail Training 370

Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2021

Many existing Buyside clients have already begun to roll out this new enhancement and have also brought in their mortgage partners into the partnership to drive retention, referrals, and efficient lead generation. In 2020, Buyside clients closed close to $20 Billion in sales through Buyside, averaging over a 3000% ROI.

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Valuation Real Estate Agent Real Estate Clients 394

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2020

HousingWire recently spoke with Susan Falsetti, managing director of Origination Title and Close at ServiceLink, about the state of title in 2020 and how the EXOS technology platform allowed ServiceLink clients to take advantage of virtual closing solutions. This year, our teams have helped our clients keep pace with record volume.

Clients 397

Clients Technology Insurance Loan Officers 397

Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

A seasoned retail and commercial banking salesman in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the 39-year-old Woodward joined Interfirst Mortgage as a loan officer in October 2020 after a recommendation from an old college friend. I hadn’t developed a network for mortgage lending with Realtors,” Woodward said about his work at Interfirst in Indiana.

Mortgage 522

Mortgage Marketing Retail Lending 522

Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

Consumers get a lower rate , lower fees and an exceptional client experience when they work with an independent mortgage broker. As more consumers realize they can have cost savings and elite client service, the more they are going to seek out a local broker in their area. HW: How is broker market share trending?

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Mortgage Retail Lending Loan Officers 370

Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2022

Dave Applegate, a board member since 2020, has been named the company’s chairman. Chief Operating Officer Rob Lux was named co-CEO for operations, technology, business development, client management, human resources, and legal. Tornquist served the company for 35 years and became CEO in 2008.

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Human Resources Legal Finance Insurance 370