Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

These leaders play a pivotal role in shaping the industry’s narrative, driving business growth and enhancing customer engagement. brands, including brokerage, mortgage, title, insurance and technology. Whitney Curry , has propelled Pacaso to become the pioneer of co-ownership of luxury real estate.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

This includes financials, organizational documents, agent productivity reports, operating metrics, vendor contracts, lease agreements, employment agreements, insurance documents, and more. From a data lens, transactions can be broken out into three different stages: Valuation , Due Diligence , and Contract.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

RealReports is a real estate platform that gathers property data — including permits, climate risk, rental rates, flood insurance costs, internet providers and speeds, crime statistics, solar potential, liens, zoning details, remodel potential and valuation — in one place.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Wells Fargo’s MSR valuation was flat from the second quarter, with a carrying value of 52 bps. billion to insure against any losses on its active loans. The post How did Wells Fargo and Bank of America’s mortgage businesses perform in the third quarter? Gloomier times could still be ahead. appeared first on HousingWire.

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Appraisal Hub

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As a subject expert in property valuation and appraisal services in Toronto, I want to guide you through the importance of professional real estate appraisal and how it can benefit you. Fair Property Taxes and Insurance: Accurate appraisals ensure you’re not overpaying on taxes and insurance. Firms like Appraisal Hub Inc.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2023

At the top of the list of housing issues the Bureau will aim to address is a rule related to automated valuation models (AVMs). CFPB] released an outline of proposals and alternatives under consideration for the SBREFA panel, made up of representatives of small businesses that might be affected by the rulemaking,” the item said. ”The

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2023

Seelig joins the organization after serving as a senior executive at business advisory firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), where he served as a partner from 1997 to 2022. It approved six firms to handle a new valuation initiative that cuts traditional appraisers out of the process.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Less than one month after launching operations , the private holding group StoicLane – the backers of Interfirst Mortgage – has acquired control of the appraisal management company Lender’s Valuation Services (LVS). ” How do remote valuation solutions benefit appraisers? Presented by: Incenter.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

More than a week after it shut down systems to combat a cybersecurity incident , title insurance giant First American Financial says it has restored some key systems and “contained the threat.” The Company is in the process of restoring access to its systems and resuming normal business operations.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2021

eMerge, a company that offers alternative valuation solutions, including broker price opinions (BPOs), will allow Accurate Group to increase its broker network and leverage property inspection technology, the company said. This is the second acquisition for Accurate this year. This is the second acquisition for Accurate this year.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2023

As an industry leader, maintaining relationships with mortgage and title professionals could take your business to the next level, and mortgage professional David Lykken wants to help you achieve those goals. He relies on the core principles of communication, consulting and coaching to drive his business forward.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Name Job Title Company Name Aaron VanTrojen CEO Geneva Financial Home Loans Abbie Tidmore Senior Managing Director and Chief Revenue Officer Pennymac Adam Kessler CEO Academy Mortgage Baron Silverstein President Newrez Ben Madick Co-Founder and CEO Matic Insurance Bernadette Kogler Co-Founder and CEO RiskSpan Bill Rogers Founder and CEO Homeowners (..)

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2022

The government watchdog in February also announced a potential clamp down on the use of automated valuation models by lenders and appraisers. The CFPB said it is concerned automated valuation models may reflect bias in design and function.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2022

Dodd takes over a business that defines itself as “providing information intelligence to identify and manage growth opportunities, improve business performance, and manage risk” in “real estate, mortgage finance, insurance, the capital markets, or public sector.”.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

While normal business operations have resumed at First American, the firm believes the cybersecurity incident will have a material impact on its fourth quarter 2023 financial results. These intentional acts of cybercrime create financial losses within impacted firms but also threaten the enterprise valuations of listed public firms.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Home services tech startup Porch.com made its debut on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange Thursday morning at a valuation of $523 million. After fees and the paying down of debt, Porch now has about $200 million in capital that can be used to grow the business. They’ll also focus on the home insurance industry.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2021

Shares closed trading at $20.90, giving Blend a valuation of around $4.6 Over the last two years, Blend has acquired its own mortgage insurance firm and title insurance firm (the latter in a $422 million deal). “So if you’re getting a mortgage, you need homeowners insurance and title insurance.

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2022

The Chandler, Arizona-based business reported $41 million in net income for the first three months of 2022 on $1.4 Offerpad was started by its current CEO Brian Bair in 2015, and it went public through a special-purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, in September, with a valuation of $2.7 billion in revenue.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Orchard , which operates a home-buying and selling platform, announced it has raised $100 million in Series D funding at over a $1 billion valuation. We’re proud to have built a business that gives the consumer unparallelled convenience, certainty, and control when buying a home.“ Next year, it plans to expand to the West Coast.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

North American Title Company has named Richard Yankowski as its managing director of Florida’s business. Before that Yankowski was president and CEO of Executive Title Insurance Services. Valuation technology company Valligent Technologies has named Walter Allen as its executive vice president of digital transformation.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech-focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, insurance and real estate. Stay tuned for updates. At the time, Rocket Companies had said it was actually registering a total of 172.5 million shares, including 22.5

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2022

The partnership with Palantir, co-founded by Peter Thiel, appears to be an attempt to resuscitate a company that not long ago was hailed as being at the vanguard of innovation in the digital lending space, but more recently has been exposed by a lack of reliable purchase business and a series of self-inflicted scandals.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2021

It’s already been a busy year of acquisitions in the title space. Title-giant Stewart Title recently acquired Arizona-based Thomas Title & Escrow , to go along with earlier 2021-snags Cloudvirga , NotaryCam , Pro Tek Valuation Intelligence , Prima Title LLC, and United States Appraisals.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2021

billion valuation. The digital lending software provider has even been breaking into adjacent businesses of late. Doma , a title insurance firm , and digital lender SoFi are also both hoping to go public this year at valuations of $3 billion and about $9 billion, respectively. That January round gave Blend a $3.3

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

While a mortgage business’ battle against margin compression is seemingly endless, that fight is less noticeable in times of surging revenue. For most businesses, the focus on cutting costs has centered around a few main areas. But they also provide an incredible opportunity to improve the way the industry does business going forward.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2022

Most title business owners dream of the day they can sell the firm they’ve built for the maximum multiple. Although it might be their dream to sell, title business owners cashing in on the decades of blood, sweat and tears they spent building their businesses often face challenges. Making a plan.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

It’s a topic she’s well-suited to speak on — at CoreLogic, Hepp is responsible for analyzing, interpreting and forecasting economic trends in real estate, mortgage and insurance. Prior to joining CoreLogic in 2020, Hepp was chief economist and vice president of business intelligence for Pacific Union International , Inc.,

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

Real estate still relies on a “system” unable to integrate production across the silos of media, brokerage, lending, insurance and trading. Lenders should expect to redesign workflows and business rules to determine if a loan is “Fit 4 Sale.” Many industries began to deploy electronic supply chains in the 1980’s.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Always include your contact information and a call to action, such as an offer for a free home valuation. In this complimentary meeting, we’ll go through your property, and I’ll give you my expert recommendations on repairs to make, renovations that’ll provide the best return, and, of course, a current market valuation of your property.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Name Job Title Company Name Agnes Standowicz Senior Vice President and Head of Underwriting United Wholesale Mortgage Alayna Gardner Director of Sales and Marketing LodeStar Software Solutions Ali Haralson President Auction.com Amanda Tucker Chief Risk and Compliance Officer Atlantic Bay Mortgage Company Amy Gromowski Executive of Science and Analytics (..)

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In today’s competitive real estate market, an increasing number of real estate investors are turning to private money lenders to help them close deals faster, enhance property valuations, and increase their returns. Private money lenders can be located inside and outside the real estate business. Escrow officers and title agents.

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2021

Mortgage software platform Blend Labs set terms for its initial public offering Tuesday including its goal to raise up to $360 million for a targeted valuation of nearly $4 billion. According to the California-based software company, Blend is offering 20 million shares in the IPO priced between $16 and $18 each.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2021

Despite intensive efforts by the industry to move to more customer-centric business approaches, including mandates by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) requiring lenders to ensure consumer protection, industry efforts to serve the customer often wind up on the back burner.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2022

Stewart is one of the largest global title insurance companies and underwriters in the industry. Over the past 18 months, the company has invested $1 billion on more than twenty companies that span the full breadth of its business. But the company is not satisfied just looking back at its long history.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Though he wouldn’t comment on recent r eports that he is raising $100 million in capital at a $4 billion valuation , Better.com CEO Vishal Garg had no qualms on Thursday in outlining his vision for an eventual public debut. “So, I’m proud to say that Better’s customers are funding our growth.”

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

However, over the past year, my business has been changing rapidly as I shift away from lending work to non-lender work as my primary business. If you are new and never used Facebook, go ahead and create a Facebook profile and a Facebook page for your business. You may be wondering where in the world I’ve been.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech-focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, insurance and real estate. Blend announced Wednesday it has raised a $75 million Series F round at a valuation of nearly $1.7 Stay tuned for updates.

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