Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke to Tom Kriby, vice president of client development and partnerships at Westwood Insurance Agency, about how working with an insurance agency can simplify the closing process for their customers, even in times of interest rate uncertainty. Take insurance, for example.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2021

Regions Bank is looking to make a big dent in the home improvement lending space , striking a deal to acquire EnerBank USA for $960 million in cash. billion as of March 31, 2021 and is one of America’s largest specialized home improvement lenders. billion in home improvement projects.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Late fees and commissions on optional insurance can also increase revenue. This allows the marketing of various other offerings such as credit cards, car loans or depository accounts to clients with whom the lender already has a relationship. These benefits add up to a decisive competitive advantage for these institutions.

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Realtor

AUGUST 1, 2018

We found an FHA-approved lender, and in no time, we were on our way to buying our first home with a government-backed loan. But in the middle of this process, someone asked us how much our mortgage insurance would be. “Mortgage insurance?” You’re on the hook for mortgage insurance for the life of the loan.

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Realtor

AUGUST 1, 2018

We found an FHA-approved lender, and in no time, we were on our way to buying our first home with a government-backed loan. But in the middle of this process, someone asked us how much our mortgage insurance would be. “Mortgage insurance?” You’re on the hook for mortgage insurance for the life of the loan.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Once we know how much the home costs to replace, we can extract a percentage of how much the home improvement has depreciated. Let’s say that in this example, the home that sold for $500,000 has a replacement cost of $425,000. If that is the case, the home’s improvements have depreciated approx.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

The company’s executives in August said they expect that the home improvement product, launched in May 2021 , will break even financially later this summer, becoming a “very effective customer acquisition channel at essentially zero cost,” according to Graham Fleming, president and interim CEO.

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