Real estate agents attending Inman Connect Las Vegas got tips on partnering with lenders and alternative financing providers to land more clients and overcome obstacles
Smaller lenders have local knowledge and relationships that, coupled with the right technology, could give them a leg up in a purchase-mortgage driven market
Entrepreneur Katie Finnegan is tasked with 'simplifying the consumer experience without removing the personal relationship with an agent'
As more real estate brokerages provide mortgage, title and closing services, it's not only consumers who are faced with a choice, but also agents
'If you try to act like a friend, and all you want to do is sell homes, that's sleazy,' Gary Gold told an in-person audience at Inman Connect Las Vegas
Affluent millennials and Gen Xers looking to buy second and third homes in distant markets are an opportunity for global luxury brokerages
The nation's second-largest title insurer has invested in 16 venture-funded companies valued at $669M after gains on Offerpad, Orchard, Sundae and Pacaso
10-year Treasury yields, a barometer for mortgage rates, fall as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says there's no rush to raise interest rates
Austin-based lender says its technology enables homebuyers to make all-cash offers and close a mortgage in 18 days on average
With Fed tapering coming as soon as November, market forces are already pushing mortgage rates higher
Truework joins Blend, Equifax Mortgage Solutions and Finicity as third-party vendors currently authorized by Fannie Mae as income and employment validation report suppliers
Digital title and settlement services provider is seeking to fill approximately 80 job openings in departments including engineering, finance and sales
Roostify Document Intelligence Service builds on strategic partnership with Google Cloud
Average interest rates and other stats are pulled from the ICE Mortgage Technology platform, which processes about half of all US mortgages applications
MyHome Funder Dashboard smooths the process of balancing files for disbursement
LBA Ware founder Lori Brewer will join SimpleNexus as EVP and general manager
Fannie Mae economists now expect that when the final numbers are in, sales of new and existing homes will grow by 4.7%, to 6.8M
The Fed could begin tapering as soon as November, adding momentum to market forces that have been pushing mortgage rates up in recent weeks
After nearly doubling the company's payroll to 1,000 employees, Keller Williams' lending arm has laid off 150 new recruits — close to one-third of its recent hires
Rocket Mortgage and United Wholesale Mortgage — the nation's top 2 lenders — and at least 6 others are raising conforming loan limit to $625K ahead of FHFA announcement