Home sale-leasebacks are surging, but are they good for homeowners?

Sale-leasebacks can feel like a lifeline to homeowners struggling to make mortgage payments, but consumer advocacy groups are concerned over the low sales prices investors are offering. Continue reading

The 3 biggest alternative financing methods disrupting real estate

In a Connect Now session, Clelia Peters shared what agents need to know about the major players in transaction facilitation, mortgage alternatives and home equity access. Continue reading

A sea change is coming to home financing

A slew of newer companies are trying to reinvent how home purchases are financed. That doesn’t mean the 30-year mortgage is disappearing, but it does hint at more choices for consumers of the future. Continue reading

How the coronavirus pandemic is changing home financing

Vishal Garg and Adena Hefets discussed how the pandemic is impacting financing for homebuyers during a panel titled “Advances in Ways to Buy a Home.” Continue reading

What is iFunding? Here’s how it works

This emerging consumer financing category is addressing the financial realities of today’s prospective homebuyers. Continue reading

WATCH: Why tech might be the only solution to the affordability crisis

“Innovation has to come from startups,” Divvy Homes CEO Adena Hefets told an Inman Connect New York panel. Continue reading

5 apps that will help agents avoid becoming obsolete

Drew Uher, CEO of agent matching company HomeLight, suggest five must-have “apps” agents should offer consumers in their “app store.” Continue reading

WATCH: Consumers want simplicity, not speed

During an ICNY panel, leaders from several startups revealed that consumers have little interest in closing on a home in 24 hours; instead, they want a frictionless transaction. Continue reading