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Rocket Mortgage breaks into the solar industry

Housing Wire

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.”. PACE programs are also not regulated as heavily as other financial services, including mortgage lending.

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How to reach the growing segment of Hispanic American homebuyers in 2023

Housing Wire

By 2030, this growing sector will represent an estimated 56% of all new homeowners. Even with the introduction of more digital tools to provide home buyers with a technology-enabled user experience, Spanish-speaking borrowers often encounter obstacles to homeownership during the lending process. Across the U.S.,

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Opinion: More can be done to shorten the average time to close

Housing Wire

It doesn’t lend itself to a 24-hour cycle. One would be hard-pressed to find many title agencies that aren’t using some level of technology in that regard. The good news is that this trend towards a general adoption of technology seems to be accelerating. Real estate will look different in 2030, perhaps even in 2024.

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Opinion: More should be done to shorten the average time to close

Housing Wire

It doesn’t lend itself to a 24-hour cycle. One would be hard-pressed to find many title agencies that aren’t using some level of technology in that regard. The good news is that this trend towards a general adoption of technology seems to be accelerating. Real estate will look different in 2030, perhaps even in 2024.

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Why Jay Farner is “puzzled” by Rocket’s disappointing stock price

Housing Wire

You can understand Jay Farner’s frustration: Rocket Companies just had the most productive quarter in the history of residential mortgage lending. Rocket continues to win in the marketplace with a combination of technology & customer service , benefiting from industry leading retention rates (now ~4.5x billion in profits.

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