From lawsuits to mergers and acquisitions at a scale never seen before in real estate and everything in between, 2025 was full of twists, turns and surprises for the housing industry. HousingWire is rewinding and breaking down the biggest storylines in the real estate industry from this past year. While the talk around mergers and […]
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Hendersonville, North Carolina-based REMAX Results in continuing to expand its footprint in the Southeast. On Wednesday, the Lee Linhart-helmed firm announced the acquisition of Florida-based REMAX Unlimited. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Through this acquisition, REMAX Results gains two offices and 49 agents. REMAX Unlimited was founded in 2003 by Brenda
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Earlier this month, title and real estate services company Stewart Information Services Corp., owned by SISCO Holdings, agreed to acquire the mortgage services of property preservation provider Mortgage Contracting Services (MCS) for $330 million. The transaction, which expands Stewart’s suite of services in the property preservation arena, supports default servicing while providing MCS with additional capital to invest in other
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Title and real estate services company Stewart Information Services Corp., owned by SISCO Holdings, has entered into an agreement to acquire the mortgage services of property preservation provider Mortgage Contracting Services (MCS) for $330 million. The transaction, announced Friday, expands Stewart’s suite of services in the property preservation arena, which supports default servicing, while providing
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Two Maryland-based retail mortgage lenders struck an M&A deal this week as NFM Lending has agreed to acquire Homespire Mortgage, the companies confirmed on Friday. The financial terms were not disclosed. With the acquisition, Linthicum-based NFM will expand its presence along the East Coast, while Homespire will gain access to new growth opportunities amid a
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Coldwell Banker Yost — a longtime real estate firm serving southern West Virginia — has been acquired by Nathan Hendrick and will operate under the new name Coldwell Banker Hendrick Real Estate. The acquired company has operated in West Virginia for more than 25 years and was previously owned by Steve Yost, who will remain
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Software group PartnerOne announced on Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement with Accenture to acquire Mortgage Cadence, a provider of cloud-based digital lending solutions. PartnerOne said in its press release that it focuses on acquiring firms for the long term and investing to strengthen their operations and performance. “This agreement represents a powerful
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Although Howard Hanna Real Estate Services has conducted many acquisitions over the past few years, none of them made the real estate industry stand up and take notice as much as its acquisition of Elegran Real Estate earlier this month. And that’s because Howard Hanna’s acquisition of Elegran marked the over 70-year-old firm’s entrance into
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Covius, a financial services firm that offers insights and technology to the housing industry, says it’s poised for growth through its acquisition of Title365 from Blend Labs. Company executives believe the move will strengthen their foothold in the booming home equity market. The deal, announced in June, is pending regulatory approval, which is expected to
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Navigating change and technological transformation took center stage this week at the Mortgage Bankers Association‘s annual convention in Las Vegas, where industry leaders discussed consolidation, artificial intelligence and how to keep pace with shifts across the mortgage landscape. Bill Emerson, president of Rocket Companies and moderator of the session, opened the discussion by noting that
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