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Revolutionized financing: How Zillow empowers home shoppers with innovative tools

Housing Wire

Zillow Home Loans — the platform’s affiliate mortgage lender — pushes the future of financing. Providing personalized financing guidance to homebuyers By providing access to transparent information, Zillow offers buyers personalized solutions tailored to their unique situation. Click Here

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Finance leader Kevin Thompson on driving financial excellence in real estate

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Nominations for HousingWires 2025 Finance Leaders Award are open now through January 31, 2025. Nominations are still open for the 2025 Finance Leaders award. As we gear up for the 2025 Finance Leader awards, his forward-thinking perspective offers a glimpse into the evolving role of finance leaders in real estate.

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Home equity access: How Finance of America bolsters the market with home equity products

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In an exclusive executive conversation, HousingWire sat down with Jonathan Scarpati, senior vice president of Wholesale Production at Finance of America , to explore home equity products, opportunities for mortgage professionals to leverage them, and more. HousingWire: How did you get into Finance of America and the industry?

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Wrightwell secures new financing, pledges housing investment of up to $300M

Housing Wire

Real estate investment and operating platform Wrightwell has secured a new financing round while forging a partnership with Bain Capital and Saluda Grade. housing and financing operating companies.” The deal will yield as much as $300 million in new investments into single-family rental (SFR) and built-to-rent (BTR) properties.

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Opendoor hires C-suite leaders in finance, technology roles

Housing Wire

Freiha joins Opendoor after a three-year stint at Alphabet, where he started as Google ’s vice president of finance and oversaw commerce and payments before moving to capital allocations and planning. Prior to that, he worked in similar roles with eBay.

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One mortgage lender abandons the Florida condo market

Housing Wire

Some owners of older condo units have had to list at prices far below what they bought the units for because special assessments are so high (and are difficult to finance). This could result in the local community banks and credit unions providing the financing, likely with maximum loan-to-value ratios of 80% or less.”

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Survey shows veterans are more likely than civilians to buy homes in the next year

Housing Wire

That’s according to a recent index released by Veterans United Home Loans to measure the financial health and optimism of veterans, active-duty service members and civilians in terms of home purchase timelines and motivating factors, personal finance and their outlook for the U.S. It also shows up in their personal finances.

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