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As losses mount, Blend looks beyond mortgage for future growth

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The San Francisco-based cloud banking software provider has trimmed the company’s payroll by 1,100 employees and cut annual expenses by $72 million. Continue reading →

Blend cuts nearly 30% of workforce in blistering 4th round of layoffs

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Blend also announced the resignations of President Timothy Mayopoulos, Head of Finance Marc Greenberg and Head of Legal Crystal Summer amid a round of cuts impacting about 340 workers. Continue reading →

The biggest mortgage, lending and housing finance stories of 2022

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The industry dodged a meltdown, but skyrocketing mortgage rates fueled a rush to “right size” and helped crown a new leader in mortgage lending. Continue reading →

Real estate in 2022: When the #@!$ finally hit the fan

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Soaring mortgage rates, slagging sales, thousands and thousands of layoffs: The past 12 months have offered a jarring reminder that what goes up must come down. Continue reading →

Venture capital giants like Pylon’s embeddable mortgage offering

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An $8.5 million seed funding round was led by Conversion Capital, with participation from Fifth Wall, Peter Thiel, QED Investors, Montage Ventures and Village Global. Continue reading →

Billions in losses, a brutal market and more from Q3 earnings season

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A slowing market is taking a toll on big real estate companies, though not every firm is suffering equally. A look back on the past three dramatic weeks of third-quarter wins, losses and draws. Continue reading →

Blend announces more layoffs as cumulative losses surpass $1B

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The mortgage tech and title provider posted a $132.7 million net loss in the third quarter of 2022, with revenue falling 38 percent from a year ago to $55.3 million, according to an earnings call Thursday. Continue reading →

PNC Bank partners with Blend to digitize mortgage applications

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“Strategic partnership” is a win for mortgage tech and title insurance provider Blend, which has cut its workforce by about 25 percent this year and racked up an accumulated $995 million deficit. Continue reading →

Qualia’s new API could help companies scale digital title ops

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Qualia API users can automatically place and track title orders and access order, accounting and contact data to build custom notifications and performance dashboards. Continue reading →