From cash offer to collaboration: Offerpad empowers agents and sellers

Offerpad built the Agent Partnership Program to strengthen collaboration with agents and reward shared success. Agents who bring a seller’s home to Offerpad before it’s listed can earn 3 percent after a successful close. Continue reading

Why Flyhomes is quitting the real estate brokerage business

The cash offer pioneer is pivoting to a national rollout of its “Buy Before You Sell” bridge financing program. Continue reading

Evergreen Home Loans hiring to serve 29 additional states

After setting up shop in 11 new states, lender’s “strategic expansion into carefully identified markets nationwide” will include 18 additional states before next year’s spring homebuying season. Continue reading

Opendoor CEO Carrie Wheeler resigns under pressure from investors, co-founder

After months of investor criticism, Carrie Wheeler has resigned as Opendoor CEO. A search for a new CEO is now underway as Shrisha Radhakrishna takes the reins in the interim. Continue reading

Offerpad sees declining revenue, but trims losses during Q2

Offerpad’s revenue declined 36 percent year-over-year to $160.3 million in Q2. However, it’s net losses declined 21 percent to $10.9 million. Continue reading

Opendoor ‘flipping the script’ by sending seller leads to agents

After pilot tests in 11 markets, iBuyer expands its Key Connections program that puts partner real estate agents in touch with “high intent” sellers who want to explore their options. Continue reading

Evergreen Home Loans pursuing national expansion strategy

Bellevue, Washington-based Evergreen hires Wells Fargo and Bank of America veteran Andrew Leff as head of national business development as it continues to expand beyond its roots as a regional independent mortgage bank. Continue reading

Cash offer pioneer Evergreen Home Loans expands to Southeast

Partnerships with real estate agents and builders laid the groundwork for the foray into Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee led by former Guild Mortgage exec John Porath. Continue reading

Calque unveils ‘light’ version of its ‘buy before you sell’ offering

Touted as faster and more affordable, Calque’s new “Contingency Buster” product is tailored to homeowners who don’t need to tap their equity when buying their next home, executives say. Continue reading

Zavvie’s power buyer suite for mortgage lenders is catching on

More than 7,500 loan officers in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., have access to cash offers that can be approved in as little as an hour, with NEO Home Loans and American Financial Network among the biggest partners. Continue reading