HomeLight aims to provide the top agents in the United States with innovative services in real estate that allow them to provide exceptional service for their customers. HomeLight is tackling friction points at each stage of the real estate transaction, using technology that empowers real estate agents to deliver optimal
Let’s be honest, the housing and mortgage industries are not diverse. As women it is important that we strive and even fight for positions or leadership, and use those positions to guide others. Female leadership is becoming more widespread. Women are constantly shaping the future of housing while supporting individual
Property taxes at a municipal and county level haven’t seen much innovation during our lifetime. How can such an analog process be integrated with the rapidly evolving technology in areas such as originations, eClosings and cloud-based platforms? LERETA is solving that challenge by leveraging new technology to manage complex, difficult-to-mine
In September of this year, the Trump administration released two housing finance reform plans, one from the U.S. Department of the Treasury addressing the government-sponsored enterprise conservatorship and another focused on the Federal Housing Administration and Ginnie Mae programs under the authority of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Perhaps the defining trend in residential property management over the past ten years has been the rise of smart home technology. Offering services ranging from playing music to unlocking your door and setting the temperature, these new technologies have made life more convenient and accessible for millions of Americans. And
The year 2020 is now upon us, and as we say goodbye to 2019, we welcome a new decade and all the twists and turns it will bring for the housing industry. Despite forecasts that mortgage lenders would struggle in 2019, an unexpected turn in interest rates, which were expected
Les Acree manages all aspects of Freedom Mortgage’s correspondent and wholesale lending operation, which is among the largest in the mortgage industry. A career-long mortgage professional, he began with Irwin Mortgage in Indianapolis, Indiana and joined Freedom Mortgage in September of 2006 when Freedom Mortgage acquired the mortgage assets and
When Rick Bechtel joined TD Bank in October 2017, the bank’s residential lending business was the 88th largest provider of mortgage loans in the country. Within two years, Bechtel was able to help raise TD through the ranks to where it now sits – No. 49 by size. In getting
Mark Hanson’s leadership was essential to the successful 2019 launch of the Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, the most significant change to the $4 trillion To-Be-Announced market in a generation. As Freddie Mac senior vice president of securitization, Hanson helped conceive the UMBS, which combines aspects of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae
Just in time for the holidays, Openly launched on Tuesday, equipped with $7.6 million from its seed round of funding. The tech-enabled home insurance provider likely has Gradient Ventures on its list of things to be thankful for, as Google’s AI-focused venture fund led the funding round. According to Openly,
Just over a year ago, mortgage rates nearly hit 5%, levels that hadn’t been seen since the early part of this decade. But as we get ready to move into a new decade, mortgage rates are more than a full percentage point lower than that, comfortably back in the 3-4%
Mark Bloom, global chief technology officer at Aegon N.V., has been elected to Freddie Mac’s board of directors, the company announced recently. Bloom brings a wealth of experience to the role as he also serves as a member of the management board at Aegon, a multinational life insurance, pensions and
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