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A freshly minted tech startup based in Palo Alto, California, and Seattle believes it has a solution for homeowners looking for insurance. Finaya is adding a marketplace for assessing and comparing home insurance offerings. The company will deliver a network of insurance providers for homeowners looking to insure a new…
Continue reading →Reverse mortgage industry veteran George Morales has been appointed as the new chairperson of the dedicated reverse mortgage development workgroup (DWG) inside the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization. MISMO is a subsidiary of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), which signaled its intent for more reverse mortgage involvement late last year….
Continue reading →Century 21 is welcoming new affiliates on both coasts On Tuesday, the company announced it was welcoming Staten Island, New York-based Herman & Co. Real Estate to the brand. The firm is now doing business as Century 21 Standard Real Estate. The brokerage was founded in 2004 by broker-owner Herman…
Continue reading →If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times: older Americans overwhelmingly support aging in place in their own homes, with some recent survey data indicating at or over 90% of seniors supporting retirement living in their own homes. But sometimes the cost of renovations can exceed the…
Continue reading →Sales of both new homes and existing ones have declined, and it’s affecting how long homes stay on the market. A new report from Redfin shows that 64.7% of listed homes in June stayed on the market for more than 30 days, which is up from 59.6% a year ago….
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