Black Knight stock falls after FTC lawsuit report
Black Knight’s stock plunged more than 3.5% Monday after a Politico report said that the Federal Trade Commission would file a lawsuit to stop the transaction with Intercontinental Exchange. ICE Mortgage Technology’s leadership will be changing on March 1. Timothy…
Real’s Tamir Polog shares his lessons learned in scaling rapidly
Today’s RealTrending features Tamir Polog, CEO of The Real Brokerage. Poleg founded The Real Brokerage in 2014. It went public in 2020. The brokerage now has 9,000 agents and is growing quickly. Poleg stated that they added 1,000 agents in…
Strategy is the key to growing mortgage lenders as other lenders fold.
Today’s mortgage lenders are simply trying to keep the lights on current market. However, there are notable exceptions. Companies like Guild Mortgage, Union Home Mortgage and American Pacific Mortgage have emerged as powerful players who have been growing their businesses…
Opinion: Court DOJ’s decision is one of many pro-consumer moments
It is important on many levels that the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent decision that it cannot renegotiate an agreement it reached with the National Association of Realtors was significant. It clearly states that when you enter into a…
VA reverses some funding fees to levels pre-2020
The funding fees for some of the loans that it guarantees will be reduced by the Department of Veterans Affairs. They will return to pre-2020 levels. This will make it easier for veterans to obtain a VA loan. Depending on…
Anywhere loses $453M Q4, and sets its sights on cost efficiency by 2023
Anywhere, a real estate conglomerate, is not unfamiliar with dealing with volatile housing market conditions. Although the company survived the 2008 Great Recession, executives hope that it will be able weather the shift in housing market conditions between 2022 and…
Agents, let’s look at those 2023 goals
Resistance is like a Jedi mind trick. Although it’s not there, it feels like it. It becomes more powerful the more you think about it. New goals will likely fall apart before February ends. According to Strava, a social network…
Opinion: Top-line growth at any cost may be a poor strategy
Redfin, RE/MAX, and Zillow have all reported their fourth quarter results and full-year 2022 results. Surprise was the fact that both Redfin and Zillow saw their top-line revenues decline in the full year 2022, while RE/MAX saw an increase in…
These CEOs will provide insights at Gathering of Eagles 2023.
Gathering of Eagles will be held in Austin, Texas, June 18-21, 2023. This strategy-packed agenda features some of the most successful leaders in the real estate industry. Gathering of Eagles will host these four CEOs and many other leaders to…