Quicken to allow VRBO short-term rental income for mortgage qualification

Quicken Loans and vacation rental company Vrbo are partnering to allow prospective buyers to use rental income on primary or secondary homes to qualify for a mortgage.  Continue reading

Borrowers are turning to digital lenders — and abandoning banks

Americans are increasingly forgoing traditional banks when taking out home loans, pushing mortgage revenue down for big name lenders but offering a boon to unconventional, tech-enabled companies. Continue reading

Zillow gets into the leads referral business

The new pilot program, which launches in Florida under Premier Broker, will allow brokerages to generate leads with no upfront costs. Continue reading

In-House Realty rebrands as Rocket Homes, launches portal to rival Zillow

In-House Realty, a sister company to lending giant Quicken Loans is rebranding as “Rocket Homes,” and launching a new consumer-facing home search site in its first step to creating an end-to-end homebuying platform. Continue reading