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Susan Daimler leaves Zillow, Jun Choo named COO

Housing Wire

Daimler joined Zillow through its acquisition of Buyfolio in 2012. He has been a key driver of our numerous technology investments to digitize the industry. The leadership changes at Zillow are continuing. On Thursday the firm announced that Zillow Group President Susan Daimler is stepping down.

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No. 1 originator Shant Banosian named president of Rate

Housing Wire

I get to work, in my opinion, at the company that’s got the best platform out there, that I’ve been fortunate to be along for the ride since going back to 2012, so I feel like I’m getting the keys to like a high performance vehicle already. SB: Our technology is amazing. What differentiates Rate’s tech?

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ConsumerDirect Mortgage rebrands as Real Genius, introduces new tech platform

Housing Wire

ConsumerDirect Mortgage rebranded itself to Real Genius and announced the launch of a modern mortgage application platform to simplify a borrower’s experience. Thornton founded Real Genius in 2012 as ConsumerDirect Mortgage, and the company was acquired by FirstBank in 2013. Learn here! Presented by: Maxwell.

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14 real estate trends Gen Z buyers are looking for

Housing Wire

Gen Z — born between 1997 and 2012 — is making waves in the market with their approach to homebuying. Smart home technology is not optional Gen Z marks the first generation of true digital natives. This group was raised on technology and expects their homes to be outfitted accordingly.

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Exploring Opportunities in Manufactured Housing

Appraisal Buzz

Over the last several years, these homes have become even more modernized. For potential buyers in the Gen Z and millennials age groups—born between 1981 and 2012—these newly built, visually appealing homes provide another option to become a homeowner at a price they may be able to better afford.

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Opinion: What the ICE-Black Knight merger means

Housing Wire

Technology and the trust model Real estate is too vital to our economy to be so financially concentrated and functionally outdated. Technology hasn’t been the barrier since 1998 when Equifax, and later other firms, developed systems to secure complex, multi-party transactions over the Internet.

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FHFA’s RFI on appraisals is a critical inflection point

Housing Wire

Modernization will either take root and flourish throughout every branch of the mortgage industry, or our industry could miss a critical window to introduce meaningful reforms. Leveraging mobile technology, there is also no reason why real estate professionals today cannot perform the basic duties of onsite data collection.

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