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Cornerstone Home Lending to become a bank

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Approval by bank regulators will allow Cornerstone to “significantly expand” product and service offerings to hundreds of thousands of customers and referral sources nationwide. Continue reading →

Realtor.com’s Move takes a stake in lender matching service Own Up

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The partnership was announced along with a $25 million funding round led by Brand Foundry Ventures, with participation by Move and existing investors Link Ventures and Listen Ventures. Continue reading →

3 years after big Newsday exposé, penalties come for brokerages

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Keller Williams Greater Nassau, Keller Williams Realty Elite, and Laffey Real Estate will pay $115,000 as part of a settlement, the New York State Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday. Continue reading →

What marketing feels out of date but still (surprisingly) works? Pulse

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As we jump into Marketing and Branding Month, we want to know: What marketing may feel out of date but still works like a charm? Continue reading →

Another home insurer pulls out of Florida as crisis intensifies

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United Property Casualty and Insurance Co. announced plans last week to withdraw its home insurance business from Florida, the latest withdrawal of a large-scale home insurer from the state. Continue reading →

New Keller Williams franchise scoops up 2 dozen Compass agents

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Keller Williams Jackson Hole launched this month in Wyoming and has drawn most of its agents from a brokerage that Compass acquired last year, creating “one big team.” Continue reading →

The deadline to take Better.com public has been extended again

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Better still searches for options to remain a private company as the deadline to become a publicly traded company was pushed to March 8, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Continue reading →

‘The appraisal process is an absolute joke’: The Real Word

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On this week’s TRW: Find out what Byron Lazine and Nicole White have to say about the future of appraisals, incentive-based recruiting and this week’s Left, Middle, Right. Continue reading →

Compass lets go of Chief Technology Officer Joseph Sirosh

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Sirosh spent more than four years at the brokerage. He most recently was in the news for selling hundreds of thousands of Compass shares. Continue reading →