Opendoor will begin embedding live cash offers in RealScout
Ownli takes aim at commissions with an agent-optional model
CEO Kaz Nejatian confirms mortgage beta as Opendoor pushes toward a fully integrated, end-to-end homebuying ecosystem
Infinityy wants buyers to turn to listings, not Google, with their questions. And the company believes it can turn early curiosity into faster, more qualified conversations
Inman tech writer Nick Pipitone put Zillow's new Google NotebookLM to the test to answer the questions 'Who's it for?' and 'What does it mean for your business?'
Investor scrutiny has grown lately as the iBuyer bets AI tools can improve margins in a shaky housing market
Popular with 1st-time homebuyers, FHA loans have higher delinquency rates, and borrowers are more likely to end up underwater or in foreclosure when home prices fall
The $26,250 increase in Fannie and Freddie’s baseline single-family conforming loan limit is the smallest since 2020, but pushes the ceiling in high-cost markets to $1.25M
The cash offer platform hired former WarnerMedia executive Chris Carpenter as COO, but expects 'heightened seasonality' through the winter months
Once Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are ready to start accepting VantageScore 4.0, the algorithm will go head-to-head with the less inclusive FICO Classic score for conforming loans
UWM and Pennymac are pricing jumbo loans of up to $819K as if they were conforming, ahead of an official announcement by Fannie and Freddie's federal regulator in November
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
The Rayse platform launched last fall as a way to provide buyers and sellers with more transparency about the time and work agents put into transactions
Opendoor, which posted a $392M 2024 net loss and faced delisting from the Nasdaq Stock Market, has seen shares surge 283% in the last month
According to NAR, foreign buyers account for $42 billion in total U.S. home sales, or 2.0 percent of the total $2.1 trillion market
After pilot tests in 11 markets, iBuyer expands its Key Connections program that puts partner real estate agents in touch with high-intent sellers who want to explore their options
