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GoodLife’s Chase Kinder on growing his company’s reverse mortgage presence

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Last week, Traditional Mortgage Acceptance Corp. (TMAC), dba GoodLife Home Loans, announced a leadership change when it promoted Chase Kinder to lead its wholesale division. GoodLife is the country’s fourth-largest originator of Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs), according to the most recent industry data from Reverse Market Insight. The company endorsed 1,344 HECM loans during […]

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Opendoor hires Kaz Nejatian as new CEO

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Opendoor Technologies announced Wednesday that it has named Kaz Nejatian, the former chief operating officer of Shopify, as its new CEO. Nejatian will also join Opendoor‘s board of directors as he takes over for Carrie Wheeler, who stepped down last month. The San Francisco-based iBuyer also announced two other personnel moves as co-founders Keith Rabois

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Insellerate hires Meerschaert as director of customer success

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Insellerate, a software and technology company that offers a customer relationship management (CRM) platform for the residential mortgage, debt settlement, insurance and tax industries, announced on Thursday that Christopher Meerschaert has been appointed as its new director of customer service. With more than two decades of experience — including leadership roles at Citi, Growth Works

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David Keener’s vision for Premiere Group at Real Brokerage

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On this week’s episode of the RealTrending podcast, Tracey Velt talks with David Keener, CEO of Premiere Group at The Real Brokerage. In just eight years, Premiere has grown to nearly 300 agents in 27 states and recently joined Real. Keener explains how the group’s member-owned teamerage model drives retention and shared success, as well

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LISC appoints Valerie White to lead national housing strategy

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The Local Initiatives Support Corp. (LISC) has appointed Valerie White to lead its national housing team — expanding her role beyond her current position as senior executive director of LISC New York. White will oversee the organization’s national housing investments — which total $30.4 billion to date — with a focus on expanding access to

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Realtor.com hires Janakiraman Karthikeyan as CTO

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Realtor.com is welcoming a new executive to its C-suite. On Monday, the company announced that it had appointed Janakiraman Karthikeyan as its new chief technology officer. This role will see Karthikeyan lead Realtor.com’s technology strategy as the company looks to achieve its long-term growth goals.  “I’m excited to join Realtor.com at such an important moment,”

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Evergreen Home Loans expands to 11 new states

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To continue its goal of national expansion, Evergreen Home Loans announced on Monday that it has entered 11 new states: Texas, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Wyoming, Nebraska, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Ohio and New Mexico. To support this growth, the Bellevue, Washington-based company has hired and promoted several key leaders to strengthen its regional operations.

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Bill Emerson to retire as president of Rocket Companies

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Bill Emerson is retiring as president of Rocket Companies but will remain as a director, the company disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). “After more than three decades at Rocket, Bill Emerson will step down as president at the end of the year,” a Rocket spokesperson told HousingWire. “Bill is

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Coldwell Banker’s Jason Waugh on data, skills and seizing market opportunity

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On a recent call with HousingWire, Jason Waugh, the president of Coldwell Banker Affiliates, reflected on a milestone at home — his oldest daughter heading off to college. “We’re putting the finishing touches on summer before she leaves,” he says. For Waugh, it was a reminder of transition, which is a theme that also defines

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RE/MAX turns to Vic Lombardo to scale Motto Mortgage, wemlo

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RE/MAX Holdings has appointed Vic Lombardo as its president of mortgage services. Lombardo will succeed Ward Morrison to oversee mortgage brokerage franchise brand Motto Mortgage and third-party processing solution wemlo, the company announced on Monday. Lombardo brings more than two decades of experience to the role. He most recently served as chief operating officer of

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