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September 2015 industry partnerships and developments

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Who joined forces in the real estate industry in September to help agents up their game, and who’s rolling out new products? Here’s our rundown, in chronological order.

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August 21

Compass opened a branch of its brokerage in Miami.

September 1

Relola, an agent-focused real estate search platform, formed a strategic partnership with San Francisco brokerage Climb Real Estate.

September 3

Blackstone, a private equity-funded investment bank, acquired a significant equity stake in The PMI Group, which provides mortgage insurance.

Inland Real Estate Brokerage & Auctions has rebranded as Inland Real Estate Advisors.

September 8

Traders Realty Group and Re/Max Unlimited in Peoria, Illinois, have joined forces to become Re/Max Traders Unlimited.

September 9

Finicity Corporation, a financial technology services company, acquired all the assets of Aurora Financial Systems, a payment processor and program manager.

ClosingCorp, which provides residential real estate closing cost data and technology, announced that its Loan Estimate Module is now available via Empower, Black Knight Financial Services‘ loan origination system.

The Greater El Paso Association of Realtors MLS announced that it will be providing Showing Suite to all its members.

September 10

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Chicago acquired the assets of Chicago Apartment Finders.

September 14

Adwerx was selected as a Keller Williams preferred vendor.

September 15

Esther Muller and Faith Hope Consolo are teaming up to offer business-building sessions through the Academy for Coaching and Training.

September 16

LRES, a national appraisal management company, announced a strategic partnership with OSC, a lender-placed insurance, tracking and compliance services provider.

First International Title has purchased First Western Title and expanded its operations into Texas.

Altisource Portfolio Solutions announced new brand positioning, Your One Source.

September 17

The RADCO Companies merged its real estate technology platform with Mirus Group.

September 21

The MLS REcolorado has been added to the Homes.com MLS Partnership Program.

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realty Texas opened a new office in Tarrant County, Fort Worth.

Center Street Lending announced expansion into Virgina, Maryland and Washington.

Juwai.com, a Chinese-language property portal, announced strategic partnerships with Long & Foster and New York State MLS.

September 22

Coldwell Banker Real Estate has partnered with Tom Ferry – Your Coach to deliver a coaching program to Coldwell Banker agents.

September 25

Realtors Property Resource has executed a data content license agreement with The Northern New England Real Estate Network (NNEREN).

September 29

Sullivan Real Estate in Rhode Island has joined Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates and will be operating as Sullivan Sotheby’s International Realty.

HomeUnion, an online real estate investment management firm, announced that Raleigh-Durham in North Carolina has been added to its list of active investment markets.

September 30

Metro Credit Union in Massachusetts has selected Ellie Mae’s Encompass mortgage management solution as its mortgage sales platform.

RentPush and Yardi Voyager have integrated, streamlining data between the two systems.

Florida Realtors added broker transaction management features to its Form Simplicity platform.

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