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Kiavi Recognized as a Top Innovative Technology Company by HousingWire

For the sixth consecutive year, Kiavi is recognized for its unique technology platform that provides real estate investors with reliable, timely capital to scale their businesses Kiavi, a leading provider of financing to real estate investors, was selected as a HousingWire Tech100 Real Estate winner for the sixth consecutive year. Kiavi is the only non-QM financing partner to real estate investors to be named a 2023 award winner, which recognizes the most innovative technology

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New HouseCanary Report Indicates Early Signs of Housing Market Activity Growth Halted Due to Latest Round of Rate Hikes

Early Signs of a Rebound Retreated in February on the Heels of Additional Rate Hikes Prices have Continued Downward Thanks to Persistent Tight Supply, Slowing Market Activity and Steadily Increasing Interest Rates Net New Listings and Contract Volume Experienced 10th Consecutive Month of Year-Over-Year Declines, With Decreases of 43.6% and 17.0%, Respectively HouseCanary, Inc. (“HouseCanary”), a national brokerage known for its real estate valuation accuracy, released its latest Market Pulse report, covering

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Nearly 9 in 10 first-time sellers think they could have gotten a higher price by making different choices

Rookie mistakes: Zillow survey reveals four common recent first-time seller regrets  An overwhelming share of Americans who sold a home for the first time in the past two years wish they had done something differently (84%). A new Zillow® survey conducted online by The Harris Poll finds that even in a sellers’ market, many recent first-time sellers have regrets about the pricing, timing, or marketing of their home.  Rookie mistakes

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Mortgage Delinquency Improvement Across the Board in January, Uptick in Foreclosure Starts

Black Knight, Inc. reports the following “first look” at January 2023 month-end mortgage performance statistics derived from its newly enhanced and greatly expanded McDash loan-level data set representing more than 60% of active mortgages nationwide. Loan-level detail on more than 200M active and historical mortgages has already made McDash the industry’s leading repository of servicer-contributed performance data. The vast population of active mortgages in the data set, now coupled with Black Knight’s eMBS agency securities

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Radian Appoints Sumita Pandit as Chief Growth Officer

Radian Group Inc. announced that Sumita Pandit has been appointed Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer effective March 6, 2023. Reporting to Radian’s Chief Executive Officer Rick Thornberry, she will join the company’s executive leadership team and lead activities associated with developing and implementing the company’s long-term strategic growth plans. “I am delighted to have Sumita join our team and I look forward to working with her to

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Market Recovery Hampered by High Housing Costs, Low Supply in January

Pending home sales improved slightly, but an ongoing affordability crisis and lack of homes for sale kept many house hunters on the sidelines Pending home sales rose 0.5% from a month earlier in January on a seasonally-adjusted basis, according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. That compares with December’s revised month-over-month increase of 1.4%, which was the first gain in 14 months. Pending sales fell from

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