Tomo Mortgage secures $20M in Series B funding round

Tomo Mortgage, an AI-powered digital mortgage lender, has secured $20 million in a Series B funding round, bringing its total investment to $130 million, company executives announced Tuesday. Continue reading

US home lending giant Rocket Mortgage bidding Canada adieu

Canadian mortgage strategist blames the country’s securitization market, which allows the country’s six biggest banks to sell mortgages to investors but is closed to smaller lenders. Continue reading

Foyer is a better way to FHSA: Tech Review

Inman’s tech expert Craig Rowe reviews Foyer, an app built around FHSAs — First Time Homebuyer Savings Accounts. The interest-bearing account type is designed for exactly what it sounds like, and in 12 states, it offers tax advantages. Continue reading

Rocket’s $649M Q4 profit puts the company in the black for 2024

In a difficult year for real estate, Rocket Mortgage grew closed loan volume by 29 percent, to $101.2 billion, and higher profit margins on those loans helped boost net revenue by 34 percent, to $5.1 billion. Continue reading

Rocket is deploying scalable AI across an entire fintech platform

Ahead of his Connect NYC appearance, CEO Varun Krishna details the mortgage giant’s ambitious goals to grow its purchase loan business in 2025 by building closer ties to real estate agents and mortgage brokers. Continue reading

LoanSnap’s business dried up. Now regulators are after its licenses

Connecticut has entered into a consent decree revoking the fintech mortgage lender’s license, and LoanSnap has been put on notice by California regulators that they intend to do the same. Continue reading

Rocket hires Venmo, PayPal vet to lead product engineering teams

Papanii Okai will help the mortgage giant harness artificial intelligence and build out fintech platform connecting its real estate, lending and personal finance subsidiaries. Continue reading

Rental investment app Doorvest acquires competitor Getaway

Both companies help investors find, lease-up and simplify the acquisition of rental property. There are differences in each company’s approach, but its focus on financing attracted Doorvest to Getaway. Continue reading

Investing from afar made simple with Waltz: Tech Review

Waltz provides a digital on-ramp for foreign real estate investors to buy property in the United States. It helps them establish a banking presence, an LLC, gain an EIN, transfer currencies and safely wire funds. Continue reading

Argyle sees path to profitability with $30M Series C raise

Integrations helped the income and employment data provider grow its mortgage customer base and attract backing from Rockefeller Asset Management’s Fintech Innovation Fund. Continue reading