Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Thanks to unprecedented market conditions , shifting demographics and historically low interest rates, Rocket posted closing origination volume of $89 billion, up 122% year-over-year, and rate lock volume at nearly $95 billion, an increase of 101% from the third quarter of 2019.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

These are the tech leaders who are driving innovation and modernization for their mortgage and real estate clients. 2021 Tech Trendsetters 2020 Tech Trendsetters 2019 Tech Trendsetters. The post Nominations for the 2022 HousingWire Tech Trendsetters award close tomorrow!

Modernization 418

Modernization Real Estate Clients Mortgage 418

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2020

As the company celebrates its 10th anniversary, WFG continues to look for new ways to serve its clients, consumers and industry. Like other lenders, UWM has posted record profits amid a low-rate environment that has driven a huge volume of refinancings through its broker clients. Presented by: WFG. The company originated $54.2

Clients 468

Clients Mortgage Investors Finance 468

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

“This collaboration reflects our dedication to equipping NAR members with innovative solutions that cater to the evolving needs of their clients, ensuring a smooth experience for sellers and buyers alike,” said Rhonny Barragan, NAR vice president of strategic alliances in an announcement of the deal.

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Home Improvement Realtors Real Estate Agent Inspection 435

Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2023

He then worked as Cenlar’s chief risk officer from 2015 to 2019 before taking on an advisory role at the company in 2019. Cenlar was built on collaboration, expertise, client and homeowner care, and the ability to transform itself during each part of its journey, and I am confident in Cenlar’s long-term success,” Daras said.

Clients 418

Clients Insurance Mortgage Finance 418

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

According to the report, 31% of Realtors said they feel unsafe during an open house or showings, and 27% said they feel unsafe when meeting a new client for the first time at a scheduled location or property. In 2019, it was 49% of female Realtors and 45% of male Realtors. Those fears are not unfounded.

Open Houses 545

Open Houses Realtors Real Estate Agent Real Estate 545

Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

Polly’s “client-centricity” attracted him to the business, he noted. Parvesh Sahi , former senior vice president of business and client development for ICE Mortgage Technology, joined the company as chief revenue officer (CRO) in 2023. “Mortgage capital market operations are ripe for innovation.

Technology 447

Technology Mortgage Loan Officers Clients 447

Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

When asked about divorce as a potential vehicle for reverse mortgage business in 2019, Christina Harmes Hika — now of Amerifund Home Loans — described how it could be useful in dividing up different assets. “I The reverse mortgage industry has taken notice, seeing seniors engaging in divorce as a potential path for business.

Business 493

Business Mortgage Clients Finance 493

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

For the third year in a row, the Tech Trendsetters award program recognizes the people who drive innovation for their mortgage and real estate clients. Honorees include product and technology leaders from across the industry who have played an integral role in bringing innovative solutions to market for housing industry clients.

Technology 369

Technology Clients Real Estate Mortgage 369

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

We share a core value in that we are not afraid to roll up our sleeves to help our clients win. Other notable acquisitions in recent years included reverse mortgage-focused AMC Landmark Network in 2018 and AMC Janus Valuation & Compliance in 2019. Combining forces is going to be a win-win for all stakeholders.”

Valuation 435

Valuation Technology Clients Modernization 435

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The landmark antitrust lawsuit settlement agreed to by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) in March has put the practices of real estate agents in the spotlight for both regulators and clients alike. The researchers used MLS data in Charlotte , Minneapolis and Houston between January 2000 and December 2019.

Agents 488

Agents Real Estate Agent Real Estate Sellers 488

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2023

On Friday, it notified clients that it had taken its email system offline and that recipients should be wary of any emails that come through from FirstAm.com. The systems outage has derailed closings across the country over the holidays for homebuyers and sellers using the company’s title services in more than 2,000 locations.

Sellers 508

Sellers Insurance Valuation Technology 508

Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

The dispute between the companies started in 2019 when Black Knight accused PennyMac of copying its mortgage servicing platform, MSP, to create its Servicing Systems Environment (SSE) technology. Since we launched the system in 2019, it has performed extremely well, meaningfully enhancing capabilities while helping to drive down costs.

Legal 447

Legal Contracts Technology Development 447

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

At the end of August 2019, there were 5,472 homes for sale in King County, according to the Northwest Multiple Listing Service. Northwest MLS numbers show that throughout 2018 and 2019 the number of homes available for purchase on a given day hovered around 18,000. By the end of August 2019, active listings dipped to 16,697.

Inventory 482

Inventory Real Estate Real Estate Agent Agents 482

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

“We believe that being a public company will also allow us to help our mortgage broker clients continue to build and grow their businesses, generating value for all of our stakeholders.” The company is on track to underwrite nearly $200 billion in mortgages this year, up from about $108 billion in 2019.

Mortgage 542

Mortgage Lending Business Inventory 542

Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2021

According to the company’s S-1, its servicing book rose to $74 billion from $48 billion in 2019, with 307,000 mortgages being serviced. during the same period in 2019, according to the disclosures. Homepoint’s MSR multiple checked in at 2.6x in the first nine months of 2020, down from 3.2x

Retail 534

Retail Lending Valuation Mortgage 534

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

“Our partnership will enable clients to seamlessly analyze their market position and support effective margin decisions without leaving their pricing engine. Since its launch in 2019, the California fintech company has raised about $57 million in three rounds of funding.

Technology 424

Technology Insurance Mortgage Lending 424

Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2024

Financial planners are an important referral source for reverse mortgage professionals, and Finance of America (FOA) vice president of retirement strategies Steve Resch has been at the head of the company’s conversations with planners to help them understand how much utility a reverse mortgage could have for improving a client’s retirement.

Mortgage 459

Mortgage Clients Tools Finance 459

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2020

I have a refinance client in California and they own a geodesic dome home,” said Glessner, a senior loan officer at Draper & Kramer Mortgage in Englewood, Colorado. In the fourth quarter of 2019, the rate checked in at 78%. But with origination volume expected to exceed $3.4

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Loan Officers Mortgage Finance Business 516

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2020

In his new role, Myers will oversee new client acquisition, emerging market expansion, new product growth with existing clients and sales strategy. Stewart first joined Gateway in 2019 when the company merged with Farmers Exchange to form Gateway First Bank.

Lending 397

Lending Clients Real Estate Development 397

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

“For [mortgage servicers and lenders], demands for technology responsiveness and capabilities are at an all-time high,” said Jane Mason , Clarifire founder and CEO of and a 2019 HousingWire Tech Trendsetter. “As HW: In your business, where are you finding the opportunity to meet client needs and grow relationships?

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Technology Modernization Clients Business 411

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Last year was largely a good one for the nation’s homebuilders, which were able to offer rate buydowns to attract more clients while maintaining double-digit profit margins. In 2011, only 13% of homebuilders worried about the cost of labor, versus 87% in 2019. An estimated 668,000 new homes were sold in 2023, 4.2%

Construction 468

Construction Housing Market Buyers Sellers 468

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

A 50-year-old former unlicensed mortgage broker from Long Island, New York, pleaded guilty Wednesday to defrauding clients and wholesale lenders out of $4.7 million in mortgage refinancing proceeds that were supposed to pay off existing client mortgages. According to the U.S. ” All told, Kaufman stole more than $4.7

Mortgage 397

Mortgage Clients Brokerage Government 397

Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2021

According to the Detroit-based company, it will be leveraging the same technology, data and client experience used in the mortgage, real estate and personal lending spaces “to help Americans make their home more energy efficient.”. “We have a significant portfolio of clients, roughly 2.5

Mortgage 448

Mortgage Clients Lending Technology 448

Housing Wire

JUNE 18, 2024

RE/MAX has held onto this spot since the publication of the 2020 iteration of The Thousand, which was based off sales data from 2019. RE/Max overtook Keller Williams, which took the title in 2019. ”RE/MAX RE/MAX agents consistently set high standards and exceed them, delivering exceptional results for their clients.

Agents 448

Agents Real Estate Sellers Clients 448

Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

According to data from Altos Research as of March 15, the 90-day average number of single-family active listings in the Naples-Marco Island metro area was 2,362, up from 1,605 one year earlier but down from the 3,760 listings recorded in late March 2019 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. In comparison, the average U.S.

Insurance 448

Insurance Inventory Marketing Real Estate 448

Housing Wire

JULY 9, 2021

The support and resources Sun Capital is capable of providing to companies like ours will enable LoanLogics to continue to ensure quality performance for our clients, enhance our operations and best serve the rapidly modernizing mortgage technology market,” Neville said. It also reported a 40% increase in revenue from 2019 to 2020.

Mortgage 418

Mortgage Technology Modernization Clients 418

Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Originally filed in March 2019, the Moehrl lawsuit alleges that real estate industry participants including HomeServices, the National Association of Realtors (NAR), Anywhere , RE/MAX and Keller Williams conspired to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions.

Real Estate Agent 458

Real Estate Agent Realtors Real Estate Sellers 458

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Parker joined LoanLogics as the SVP of product management in 2019 and later became the EVP of product. Parker was named a HousingWire Vanguard Award winner in 2019. He was named CEO in 2019. Neville joined the company’s board of directors in 2017 as a mortgage industry veteran and was appointed president and COO in 2018.

Technology 396

Technology Mortgage Lending Business 396

Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2024

That was down from 49,473 active single-family listings in June 2019, and only slightly better than the all-time low of 9,570 active single-family listings set in late April 2022, according to data from Altos Research. But agents say there are still opportunities to win listings and help clients get into the home they want.

Housing Market 448

Housing Market Agents Marketing Inventory 448

Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2022

“Our Warehouse Administration Services address these challenges with a turnkey approach that shifts the responsibility of setting up, managing, and scaling a warehouse facility from the client to our team of experts,” Beshara said in the news release. What are the building blocks of digital lending?

Lending 397

Lending Technology Clients Finance 397

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Rocket managed to produce a gain-on-sale margin of 4.41% in the fourth quarter, which was up 100 basis points from the fourth quarter in 2019 but a decline of 11 basis points from the third quarter. Notably, Rocket Companies disclosed that its platform generated 153 million unique visitors in 2020, a 61% increase from 2019.

Mortgage 459

Mortgage Real Estate Agent Technology Real Estate 459

Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Reizen, his wife Julie, and their four children moved to Sandpoint in 2019 and started selling homes with local brokerage Realm Partners. PureWest agents and clients will have access to global luxury connections through the Christie’s International Real Estate network.

Real Estate 448

Real Estate Brokerage Agents Technology 448

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2020

. “This will enhance our ability to focus on executing our long-term strategy and delivering even better products and services to our clients and partners.”. In 2019, Thoma Bravo acquired Ellie Mae for $3.7 Here’s what NAMB does for brokers. NAMB has been advocating for mortgage brokers for almost 50 years. Presented by: NAMB.

Real Estate 511

Real Estate Property Management Modernization Investing 511

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Anywhere will prohibit company owned brokerages and their affiliated agents from using any technology (or manual methods) to sort listings by offers of compensation, unless requested by the client. Anywhere will eliminate any minimum client commission requirements that company owned brokerages may have.

Buyers 459

Buyers Brokerage Agents Sellers 459

Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

Polly, a software-as-service mortgage-technology firm that operates a loan-trading platform , has raised $37 million through a new funding round, its third since launching in 2019 — bringing the total raised from investors to $57 million. Polly’s press statement announcing the capital infusion also notes that the company is expanding rapidly.

Modernization 370

Modernization Mortgage Lending Investors 370

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Take a look through the list of some of last year’s impressive honorees: HomeLight’s technology has helps hundreds of thousands of clients connect with top real estate agents and the company had 40 million transactions connecting to 1.2 from 2016 – 2019 as they entered 2020. million agents as of last year.

Real Estate Agent 418

Real Estate Agent Real Estate Retail Technology 418