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Rocket to Purchase Redfin for $1.75B

Appraisal Buzz

Rocket will match homebuyers with the best real estate agents and the best loan officers across the combined companies. Drive purchase mortgage growth: The transaction will generate significant revenue synergies across search, real estate brokerage, mortgage origination, title and servicing.

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Rocket is acquiring Redfin’s huge flow of purchase leads. Can the mortgage giant convert them?

Housing Wire

When these clients are then connected with the best agents and the best loan officers, it creates a virtuous cycle. Now, by joining forces with Rockets 3,000 loan officers and expansive mortgage broker network, were building a highly efficient funnel that matches motivated buyers with top professionals.

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First Financial Bank to invest $700M by 2028 in affordable mortgages

Housing Wire

Another $700 million is expected to be invested in mortgage lending, with a focus on rural areas, the development of community mortgage loan officers, small-dollar mortgages and home improvement loans, among other products for LMI borrowers.

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The Post-COVID shift: What Amazon and Zillow can’t do

Housing Wire

Most loan officers lose 70% of their past customers because they don’t have the process or tools to manage the relationship forward. By 2027, the mortgage industry is going to look completely different. There’s never been more at stake for a loan officer or a real estate agent than there is today.