Real Estate Industry Overview & Trends
The Denver-based mortgage tech provider is open to more deals after acquiring LenderSelect and Revvin and becoming a one-stop shop for more local lenders during a cyclical market downturn
Dan Hanson, the former head of loanDepot's retail division, will develop 'new revenue-generating opportunities' as the lender's new executive director of enterprise partnerships and acquisitions
To satisfy antitrust regulators, ICE divests itself of Black Knight's loan origination and mortgage pricing business, but gets access to mortgage loan servicers and MLSs in $11.9B merger
In theory, all government-backed FHA, VA and USDA loans are assumable, and with mortgage rates at levels not seen in two decades, interest in this little-used option has been growing
The Bean Group is the first team to join eXp Realty via the brokerage's new Boost program, which provides financial incentives to independent recruits, according to an announcement Tuesday
Home values are now 11.4% lower in Austin, Texas, than they were in Aug. 2022, Zillow said. Nationally, prices were up slightly from July to August, and there was a small inventory uptick
The third round of layoffs in the last 12 months takes effect Nov. 7 and affects employees in 21 states, including Divvy's chief legal officer, vice president of compliance and head of design
At least 7 former employees posted on LinkedIn Thursday to say they had been laid off from the rent-to-own company
A July letter from Polsinelli, the outside counsel tapped to investigate misconduct at NAR's behest, found evidence of 'creepy' and 'disrespectful' behavior long before the Brevard lawsuit
The Luxembourg-based real estate and mortgage services provider, which has slashed nearly 400 positions this year, raised $20.5M in a February offering that it used to pay down debt
Fallout from the bankruptcy of reinsurer Vesttoo Ltd. ripples through the insurance industry, with Texas regulators keeping tabs on Homeowners of America Insurance Co.
Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac outline relief for victims, including forbearance allowing loan servicers to suspend collection of mortgage payments for up to 12 months
To win approval from regulators to merge with Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Black Knight plans to sell 2 businesses to subsidiaries of software giant Constellation Software next month
Three months after a Texas judge sent former Keller Williams CEO John Davis' $300M fraud suit against the franchisor to arbitration, Davis is back with new racketeering claims
Opinion
The arcane volunteer structure at the National Association of Realtors prevents proactive decision-making and erodes individual accountability, Brad Inman writes
The acquisition of the Aurora, Illinois-based, family-owned lender marks San Diego-based Guild Mortgage's fourth expansion since December, according to an announcement on Monday
One day into Tracy Kasper's term as president of the National Association of Realtors, some agents have raised doubts about her ability to set the 115-year-old organization on the right path