winter market strategies
Finance expert Sofia Nadjibi offers insights to help agents successfully position their clients during the December and January market slowdown
by Sofia Nadjibi Dec 11
help senior real estate clients
Finance expert Sofia Nadjibi, MBA, shares how real estate professionals can transform the downsizing experience for senior homeowners by blending empathy, strategy and smart financing
by Sofia Nadjibi Nov 13
listings in a locked-in market
New Inman contributor and finance expert Sofia Nadjibi offers strategies for overcoming some of the market’s most challenging barriers to helping clients buy their next home
by Sofia Nadjibi Nov 3
Closed business sign
Cash offer pioneer pivots to a national rollout of its 'Buy Before You Sell' bridge financing program
by Matt Carter Sep 24
With fresh capital, Knock ups the limit on its bridge loans to $1M
Institutional investors snapped up a securitization of Knock bridge loans, paving the way for the company to 'significantly scale' lending operations by nearly $1B over the next 2 years
by Matt Carter Aug 26
Rocket offers preferred mortgage pricing for Redfin-linked deals
With closure of merger, homebuyers get temporary rate buydown or up to $6K in lender credits from Rocket Mortgage when the buyer or seller is represented by a Redfin agent
by Matt Carter Jul 1
Rocket rolls out bridge loan to win more business from homebuyers
New offering lets existing homeowners tap their equity to buy before they sell and make non-contingent offers to better compete with cash buyers in competitive markets
by Matt Carter Jun 24
Calque unveils 'light' version of its 'buy before you sell' offering
Touted as faster and more affordable, Calque's new 'Contingency Buster' product is tailored to homeowners who don't need to tap their equity when buying their next home, executives say
by Matt Carter Aug 27
Calque adds 2 more lenders to growing nationwide partner roster
Austin, Texas-based fintech's flagship product, 'The Trade-In Mortgage,' helps homebuyers make non-contingent offers and removes their current house from debt-to-income calculation
by Matt Carter Aug 9
More lenders partner with Calque to offer 'The Trade-In Mortgage'
EMM Loans, Searchlight Lending join growing list of mortgage lenders who have partnered with Calque to help homeowners tap their equity and make non-contingent offer to buy before they sell
by Matt Carter Jul 10
Knock integrating bridge loans into partners' prequal processes
NFM Lending is the first to take advantage of Knock API integrations, which let loan officers know if homebuyers can tap the equity in their existing home and buy before they sell
by Matt Carter Jun 20
Institutional investors are scooping up Kiavi's 'fix and flip' bridge loans
Kiavi upsizes its 16th securitization to $350M and says oversubscribed offering is company's biggest since November 2021, bringing total issuance since 2019 to $4B
by Matt Carter Feb 26
Anywhere vet Simon Chen is new CEO of bridge loan provider Arrival
San Francisco-based startup lets homeowners tap their equity to obtain bridge loans and submit a 'cash-equivalent offer' on their next home with real estate agents of their choice
by Matt Carter Jul 20
Kiavi says it's still making loans to real estate investors after layoffs
After unloading $218M in unrated residential transaction loans in June, CEO Michael Bourque said markets for such deals 'are certainly tough right now'
by Matt Carter Jul 18
Knock CEO: Sellers will need Power Buyers even more as market shifts
Knock co-founder and CEO Sean Black shares his views on how rising home prices and mortgage rates could affect Power Buyers ahead of Inman Connect Las Vegas
by Matt Carter Jun 22