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Home equity investment firm Splitero loses main investor, $750M in committed capital

Housing Wire

Michael Gifford and David Zvaiflerā€˜s home equity investment company, Splitero , lost its main investor, Redwood Trust , HousingWire has learned. 16, Gifford said that Redwood stopped buying home equity investment (HEI) contracts prior to the launch of Aspire. During a phone interview with HousingWire on Oct.

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Why investors believe CoStar holds a big advantage post-NAR settlement

Housing Wire

The opposite trajectories of their stock prices seem to reflect investor appetites for their different business models. Last December, Zillow netted 105 million unique visitors, according to Comscore data cited in Zillow’s investor materials. Zillow For years, Zillow has dominated online home listings.

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Home equity products light up a dark housing market

Housing Wire

The home equity products involved include home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), closed-end second mortgages (CESs) and shared-equity contracts. This is a watershed moment for many different reasons as now these [HEAs] can start to become more of a mainstream asset class that a significant number of investors will want to participate in.

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Finance of America reports record third quarter as it gears up for IPO

Housing Wire

Blackstone Group -controlled Finance of America posted record margins and originations in the third quarter , ahead of its public offering via a blank check company in 2021. After the merger, Finance of America is slated to receive a $250 million investment from institutional investors. billion valuation.

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What Is a Land Contract In Ohio? Full Guide [2021 Update]

The Robert Weiler Company

Are you familiar with a land contract in Ohio, as well as the state-specific requirements? What is a land contract in Ohio, really? Essentially, a land contract is an alternative financing option if youā€™re investing in: Farmland or raw land. So, what is a land contract agreement, and how does it work?

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Hot home-equity market fueling securitization deals

Housing Wire

All investors in the transaction were first-time participants in securitizations backed entirely by home-equity agreements [HEAs].ā€. Unlockā€™s HEA contracts typically feature 10-year maturities and involve a 3% origination fee based on Unlockā€™s original investment, which is not a loan.

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Home-equity investment pioneer Unison taps the secondary market

Housing Wire

San Francisco-based fintech company Unison recently completed a $443 million private-label offering backed by an emerging class of home-equity assets in which investors and the homeowners share in both the upside and downside of a propertyā€™s value over time. We [the shared home-equity industry] are not a multi-trillion market.

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