HousingWireHousingWire Better Home & Finance Holding Co. on Wednesday reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2024. The earnings release touted growth compared to 2023 and detailed the company’s plans of “diversifying Better’s offering, and leveraging Tinman to power local loan officers” through a new…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Mortgage applications decreased 6.2% from last week, which marked the first decrease in several weeks. That’s according to the latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending March 14, 2025. The Market Composite Index, which measures mortgage loan application volume, decreased…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Chad Smith, president and COO of Better Mortgage, to talk about leadership, technology, and how they have pivoted their business strategy to meet the needs of this market. Smith joined Better in May 2024 after serving in senior leadership roles at…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Although the phrase “DEI” has become like a political leper, which many do not want to touch in this political climate, diversity, equity, and inclusion in home and land ownership have remarkably been a 163-year staple. How so? “You have dysentery” The time setting of the Oregon Trail game…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire I had just landed in Mexico when my phone started blowing up. A client needed to see a house— and of course they needed to see it immediately. Another agent was asking for an open house on the condo for the 3rd weekend in a row. A title company…
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