Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2024

“A national secondary market for construction financing could allow lenders, like state housing finance agencies and banks, to provide the investment capital needed to get multifamily housing projects built and keys in families’ hands.” This could make the overall cost to entry — which is already low — more digestible.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Rogers met with HousingWire to discuss his new role and cover a variety of topics, including artificial intelligence (AI), climate risk and land development. Broadly, for every $1 invested in making a home more resilient, it’s equivalent to about $6 if that that disaster did occur and you need to rebuild the home.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2024

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Scott Smith, interim CEO at Optimal Blue , to talk about the right tech investments to make now and how the company plans on keeping its customers for life. We have a pretty strong investment being part of Constellation Software now. Sarah Wheeler: What differentiates your tech? 1 provider.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Council of Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks) lauded this week’s release of a report from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which highlighted the banks’ growth in support of affordable housing and community development efforts in 2023. It also indicated that the banks gave $134.6

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

Residential sale-leaseback platform EasyKnock has acquired the assets of home equity investment firm HomePace , the company exclusively told HousingWire on Monday. Cianciolo will serve as head of business development, Graf as senior vice president of operations and Joerg as chief investment officer.

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2024

Today more than ever, real estate investors and developers need reliable lending partners who are agile and can provide certainty of execution to solve their complex financing needs,” Miller said in a statement. The firm is also a major investor in Hometap , one of the larger players in the home equity investment space.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The Home Depot Foundation — the philanthropic arm of the home improvement retail conglomerate — announced that it is investing $10 million for the purpose of enabling older military veterans to age in place in their homes. The new commitment furthers the foundation’s stated goal of reaching $750 million in investment activity.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In this executive conversation, Steven Katz, Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Residential Financing at Arbor Realty Trust, shares his thoughts on the burgeoning build-to-rent (BTR) market. Many tenants living in BTR communities may also own a BTR investment property while renting a BTR property themselves.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2024

Those areas that I’m now developing I grew up in. I remember what it’s like to have slumlords,” said Jermaine Morgan, a Columbus, Georgia-based local community developer who purchases distressed property at auction. “I For most Auction.com buyers, their motivations for investing in real estate are twofold. Of nearly 850,000 U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Real estate investment management firm Pretium Partners has raised nearly $1 billion for a new fund dedicated to acquiring built-to-rent (BTR) homes, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The company led by former Goldman Sachs partner Don Mullen also said in a statement that it has now invested a total of more than $2.5

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks) saw significant growth in support of affordable housing and community development in 2023, according to a report released Thursday by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). FHFA Director Sandra Thompson lauded the development in a statement accompanying the report.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

With its newest influx of capital, EasyKnock aims to advance the development of its platform by honing its suite of products. We’re proud to have Northwestern Mutual on board, as this round will enable us to turbocharge our product development and expand the ways we support our customers in the very near future.”

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Discover how to invest in the proper chances to develop your real estate portfolio and learn how to leverage your existing abilities to tap into alternative cash streams. First Lien Capital’s CEO and Chief Investment Officer, Bill Bymel, gave the keynote speech.

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2024

By investing in affordable and accessible housing, we’re investing in the future of these communities and ensuring more families can thrive.” “All Arizonans deserve access to affordable housing. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The largest recipients of the funding include the Navajo Nation ($132.9

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

For Universal Studios employees, the owners of the park are seeking to construct a 1,000-unit mixed-use development slated to open in 2026 that would promise a short commute to the Universal Orlando Resort, which is also aiming to open a full-scale third theme park called “Epic Universe” next year.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

New York City -headquartered investment firm Pretium Partners announced Wednesday that it has hired two new managing directors as its seeks to bolster its real estate debt strategy. He had a particular focus on residential developers and homebuilders. The firm hired Brendan Bosman, a former senior managing director and head of U.S.

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AUGUST 29, 2024

government-sponsored banks that provide liquidity to financial institutions to support housing finance and community investment—brought recommendations on how they can help improve the housing supply. billion to affordable housing and community development. Instead, the FHLBanks—11 U.S. taxpayers from risk.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The GSEs should “increase certain loan purchases” in Duty to Serve markets; develop new and accessible loan products and programs; and evaluate new business partnership opportunities. Better loan products to serve “high-needs rural regions” should also be developed.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Thursday detailed a series of actions and initiatives it has undertaken to bolster climate resiliency while supporting green housing initiatives that stem from Inflation Reduction Act funding and recently announced plans to combat the effects of extreme heat.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2024

Understanding the forces creating the market is indispensable for lenders, real estate professionals, developers, and investors. HW: Can you elaborate on the current supply and demand imbalance in the multifamily sector and its challenges for investors and developers?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Monday announced the disbursement of $72.6 million in new funding under the Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) program, adding up to $2 million to 38 individual community recipients to bolster housing development , expansion and preservation.

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JUNE 27, 2024

Still , Vice Chair, Pulte Financial Services Sheri Thompson , EVP, Head of Affordable Housing, Walker & Dunlop Eileen Tu , VP, Mortgage Policy and Credit Development, Rocket Mortgage John Wiechmann , President/CEO, Midwest Housing Equity Group Inc.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Action plan: Invest in referral platforms that deliver pre-qualified, high-intent referrals. Step 4: Develop a recruitment and retention strategy Attracting and retaining top talent is critical to scaling your team. Offer training, mentorship, and career development plans to support long-term success.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

When creating retirement plans, people often consider their investments and other financial assets when determining the future course to take, but they rarely consider what is often their most valuable asset: their home. He has also advocated for the industry to develop firmer ties with financial planners as referral partners. “I

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Veev said at the time that the funding would be used to scale its operations, accelerate its research and development, and expand construction into new markets. Investors featured leading Israeli institutional investors, such as Migdal Insurance , Psagot Investment House , More Investment House , and Shavit Capital.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

Point originated all of the home equity investments (HEIs) involved in the securitization and will continue to service the assets. The past few months have seen incredible momentum developing in the HEI asset class,” Eddie Lim, co-founder and CEO of Point, said in a statement. “The were co-managers on the transaction.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

FHA will move forward with its proposal that permits contributions by the property seller, real estate agent, builder, or developer to HECM for Purchase borrowers’ closing costs,” the update said. Any kind of extra help that our borrowers could obtain to lower their investment would be a welcome change.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2023

A recent report by MetLife Investment Management estimates that there are about 14 million SFR homes nationally, including the BFR sector. and partner New Haven Capital in November announced a $1 billion joint venture to buy and develop SFR properties. In addition, JP Morgan Chase & Co. Knowing where to build.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

In an email to partners on Tuesday, ICE said that it will be closing down the Encompass SDK (Software Development Kit) on the same day it sunsets the program’s Technology Partner Network, Total Quality Loan Services, PSDK and ePass.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The latest investment — led by New York investment firm WestCap and Silicon Valley venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz — brings the total amount of capital raised by Valon to $230 million since its launch in 2019. Valon intends to use the fresh capital to boost product development and expand its reach to new markets.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Shortly after EasyKnock acquired home equity investment platform Balance Homes , the company appointed former Balance Homes co-founders Judd Schoenholtz and Aaron LaRue as chief revenue officer and chief technology officer, respectively. LaRue, meanwhile, will focus on the expansion of EasyKnock’s technology platform.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

He previously served as co-founder and chief operating officer of Reverse Mortgage Investment Trust and Reverse Mortgage Funding (RMF). Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-approved Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) loan counselors. Sivori has nearly 30 years of experience in the forward and reverse mortgage spaces.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

CoStar Group intends to support and invest in research and development opportunities to further develop Matterport’s spatial technology , including the application of AI and machine learning to extract information from the 3D spatial data library as well as using generative artificial intelligence to imagine and reimagine physical spaces.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2024

California-based fix-and-flip lender Anchor Loans launched a third-party originator (TPO) channel to serve mortgage brokers, banks, private and non-qualified mortgage (non-QM) lenders and other referral partners whose clients are home builders, developers and investors. Anchor Loans was acquired by investment firm Pretium in November 2021.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Investment banking company Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. said the development could raise concerns around the reciprocal exchange timeline, which Porch previously said it expected to complete later this year. “We according to Porch.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Name Job Title Company Name Aarne Huttunen Chief Product Officer CubiCasa Abhinav Asthana Head of Product Business and Growth Tavant Alissa Harper Chief Sales Officer Inside Real Estate Amit Arora Vice President of Investments Opendoor Arvind Mohan CEO Kiavi Brian McCarthy Director of Product Management Maxwell Brian Donnellan President and CEO Bright (..)

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Yet, despite significant investments in new technologies, the cost to originate loans has dramatically increased. Companies still grapple with cyclical hiring and firing, and the anticipated return on investment (ROI) from technology implementations still needs to be discovered. This step prevents the entrenchment of flawed processes.

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