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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 →

The best and worst ways to handle layoffs as real estate cuts accelerate

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The housing industry has shed thousands of jobs recently, and more cuts may be in store. But some companies are handling the situation better than others. Continue reading →

The best and worst ways to handle layoffs as real estate cuts accelerate

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The housing industry has shed thousands of jobs recently, and more cuts may be in store. But some companies are handling the situation better than others. Continue reading →

From ‘Better’ to worse: Real estate companies making layoffs so far

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With a few exceptions, the layoffs have so far largely been confined to companies providing mortgages and mortgage-related services like title and closing. Continue reading →