Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2021

The development is intriguing for a few reasons. But, ironically, the emerging NAR-Zillow proxy battle comes three months after Zillow announced it is an NAR-member real estate brokerage. SentriLock spent the last 18 months writing code and otherwise developing the new appointment handler, said company CEO Scott Fisher.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2022

The real estate company entered into an agreement to acquire mortgage lender Bay Equity Home Loans for $135 million, two-thirds in cash and one-third in stocks, Redfin said in a press release and public filing. “For years, Redfin has talked about becoming a one-stop shop for brokerage, mortgage, iBuying and title services.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

“This is about more than growing our market share – we’re bringing on phenomenal loan officers and leaders from one of the strongest independent retail mortgage lenders,” added Movement’s president Mike Brennan. . Movement says it employs more than 1,500 loan officers nationwide and has over 550 branches.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2023

Top-producing loan officer Dave Medina and his team at the Temecula, California-based branch have left ​​ Fairway Independent Mortgage to join Movement Mortgage. The company has used the cash to acquire new businesses, such as the indie retail lender Mortgage Network and the brokerage Superior Rate Mortgage of New England.

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Retail Mortgage Loan Officers Brokerage 381

Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2022

HomeSmart is a growing real estate brokerage that may go public, but the company faces questions about its business model and the compensation of founder and CEO Matt Widdows. HomeSmart, like Compass , Keller Williams , eXp and other brokerages, states it has unique technology to modernize real estate.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2023

Read on for Kirby’s take on opportunities in wholesale lending, the challenges he faces with starting a new mortgage brokerage shop and how he plans to scale his business. I developed a ton of great relationships over that time there. So opening up a brokerage was kind of always on my mind.

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Mortgage Retail Loan Officers Brokerage 375

Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2021

The Utah-based software developer offers a private-label digital mortgage platform and mobile app designed to connect lenders with borrowers and real estate agents. Most recently, the private-equity firm invested in Real , a technology-powered real estate brokerage in 2020, and perhaps most notably, e-recording provider Simplifile in 2013.

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Architecture Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Real Estate 392

Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

However, there is an opportunity in the closing process for better integration between platforms to improve communication and sharing of documents between the brokerage, lender and closing company, each of which has its own process and technology, to relieve some of that stress.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Though plenty of loan originators and brokerage executives are stuffing their pockets with cash, his approach is rare – he personally develops his own software and sells it to other brokerages. . He now has 12 offices, and he plans to open 10 additional offices by the end of 2021.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

More people are realizing that not only is the wholesale channel the best place for a consumer to get a loan, but it’s also the best place for a loan officer to work and the best lending partner for a real estate agent. In fact, in 2022, over 20,000 loan officers joined the wholesale channel.

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Mortgage Retail Lending Loan Officers 363

Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

Parvesh Sahi, senior vice president of business and client development at ICE Mortgage Technology, said that lenders will have a true digital experience that provides efficiency, speed, and cost savings. “We The company claims that they close loans 13 days faster and enable their loan officers to close around 15% more loans per month.

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Technology Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Lending 350

Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2021

After years of aggregating behavioral data from homebuyers and homesellers at the largest real estate brokerages in the country, Buyside is proud to announce the launch of their expansion into core & ancillary services by focusing on the homeowner.

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Valuation Real Estate Agent Real Estate Clients 314

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.’ This isn’t a new story in mortgage lending or real estate brokerage. They will build indomitable technology teams that develop products and integrate solutions.

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Real Estate Brokerage Real Estate Agent Technology 351

Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2022

Lenders and mortgage tech companies have been cutting costs in the down market , but some firms have hired new executives who they hope will provide better strategies to navigate the shrinking loan origination market. Goldman will be responsible for Floify’s sales development strategies. Dan Goldman, vice president of sales at Floify.

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Marketing Real Estate Agent Lending Real Estate 389

Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

The brokers were in agreement that recruiting talent and maintaining strong partnerships will be key to not only brand development, but a lasting foundation that will continue post-pandemic. “So So really, it’s a team effort, the reason we got to where we’re at is because of the team involved behind it.

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Retail Mortgage Loan Officers Marketing 370

Housing Wire

JULY 15, 2022

This week’s HW+ member spotlight features Brian Gubernick, chief real estate officer at Homeward. He has more than 15 years of industry experience, holding multiple positions in the industry including being an investor, team owner/leader, brokerage operating partner, coach and trainer and corporate executive.

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Real Estate Realtors Brokerage Business 380

Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2021

Adding gas to the fire, Google acknowledged that they would not develop alternate identifiers to track individuals browsing the web or use them in their products. The more you leverage your own data the better off your agents or loan officers will be because they’ll be able to identify, target and create better customer experiences.

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Real Estate Mortgage Loan Officers Advertising 404

Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2021

Successful agents, brokerages and loan officers of the future are going to rely significantly on technology to find, nurture and engage with buyers and home sellers while also playing an expanding role as personal advisors. .” Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration.

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Housing Market Marketing Real Estate Technology 545

Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2022

Before founding Reggora, Brian Zitin and Will Denslow, co-founders, launched a successful real estate brokerage. Kevin Flynn leads product innovation and development for Reggora and works with a team of people focused on user feedback to ensure the best possible product is delivered to customers. Kevin Flynn, Vice President, Product.

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Modernization Appraisal Appraisal Process Valuation 340

Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

During the second-quarter earnings season, executives from publicly traded mortgage lenders detailed their forays into jumbo loans, non-qualified mortgages, reverse mortgages, home equity products and even personal loans. ” Just a little less vanilla. Homepoint has decided to pause on entering the non-QM fray.

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Mortgage Loan Officers Finance Investors 392

Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2022

Hurst: While I understand the concept of putting everything under one roof – brokerage, mortgage, title and settlement – to create the “Amazon of Real Estate,” I do think this overlooks the reality that a real estate transaction is far more complicated than ordering groceries, household items or toiletries.

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Mortgage Real Estate Investing Technology 356

Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

The company recently launched a mortgage brokerage firm that offers a plug-and-play program for real estate agents to become mortgage loan officers, a practice called dual licensing. of the loan amount, with a $5,000 cap, which adds to the typical buyer-side agent commission of up to 3%.

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Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Real Estate Agents 435

Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2022

Purchase-focused lenders that didn’t balloon in size to capture refinancing business during the boom, in particular, are looking to hire loan officers. And mortgage brokerages, which don’t have the burden of high overhead, are heavily recruiting retail LOs whose pipelines have thinned in recent months.

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Mortgage Brokerage Retail Business 441

Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2022

Like many loan officers, Dicker was working nights and weekends, banging out refinancings and purchase mortgages at record-low rates for clients. Less business for lenders and real estate brokerages, in return, is hurting title companies, tech vendors, appraisers and mortgage insurance firms.

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Housing Market Marketing Brokerage Real Estate 424

PennyMac

JULY 20, 2021

Understanding unique issues like the schools, historic district designations, development plans, and even traffic patterns is essential. She has opened multiple brokerages in Miami and New York City, and has learned that sharing an honest connection is an essential part of working with a Realtor®. Don’t have an agent?

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Housing Wire

JULY 9, 2021

Homebuyers and sellers contend with a variety of entities — banks, insurance companies, mortgage servicers, appraisal companies, title providers, agents, brokerages, and even real estate marketers— and the process can be labyrinthine to even those who have gone through it before. Technology plays a big role. In real estate, data is king.

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Real Estate Business Valuation Technology 442

PennyMac

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Whether you are using a brand-new agent or an experienced brokerage owner to sell your home, here are five diverse strategies to include in your marketing plan. Hear about your options with a PennyMac Loan Officer today. 1) Use Videos and Virtual Tours.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

“One of those models could be that you, as lenders, license your loan officers as real estate agents and offer the buying agent service for less than a 3% fixed fee point. Others of you will say that is a great retention opportunity for my loan officers and the market will figure all this out,” Broeksmit added.

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Clear Capital

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

And then that triggered a whole series of developments for us. There’s 500,000 loan officers. And then finally what ended up happening is that we were able — through the generosity of some people who worked with my father — to buy our first home, in cash. They contributed to buy the home in cash for us.

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