Rocket Cos. has closed its acquisition of Mr. Cooper, just six months after the transaction was first announced, with a near $5 billion increase in valuation. The transition has already begun; Mr. Cooper and all servicing functions are being rebranded under the Rocket umbrella. Right now, the company is being branded as Mr. Cooper powered […]
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Rocket Pro has rolled out a broker portal for borrowers to find local originators. The Detroit-based mortgage giant’s brokernearme.com allows consumers to search for brokers near their address and access profiles which include social media accounts. The site today includes thousands of broker profiles, and they aren’t “ranked” on the site, Rocket Cos. CEO Varun
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The US Federal Trade Commission sued to block a partnership to make Zillow Group Inc. the exclusive provider of information on apartment rentals offered by Rocket Companies Inc.’s Redfin. In a complaint filed in Virginia federal court, the FTC said the partnership would reduce the number of websites offering apartment listings, leaving consumers with fewer places to
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Rocket Pro on Tuesday unveiled a slate of broker-focused initiatives affirming its commitment to the broker channel. The announcements, made at Rocket Pro Experience (RPX) held in Detroit, involve a set of 10 partner promises, a new manifesto video and several technology rollouts. The company unveiled 10 partner promises outlining its public commitment to brokers.
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Rocket Pro on Tuesday unveiled a slate of broker-focused initiatives affirming its commitment to the broker channel. The announcements, made at Rocket Pro Experience (RPX) held in Detroit, involve a set of 10 partner promises, a new manifesto video and several technology rollouts. The company unveiled 10 partner promises outlining its public commitment to brokers.
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The majority of Rocket holders with senior debt that’s part of the tender offer and exchange related to the Mr. Cooper acquisition approved it, and the expiration was extended Tuesday. This suggests the pending deal, which recently received a key conditional approval from the regulator of large government-related mortgage investors, will move toward closing. Rocket
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) said Tuesday it has allowed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to approve Rocket Companies’ planned acquisition of Mr. Cooper Group, noting the combined company should not exceed a 20% counterparty risk limit set for the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). Detroit-based Rocket announced in March that it would acquire Mr. Cooper
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A Michigan judge ruled on Friday that Rocket Mortgage’s noncompete provisions are void and unenforceable, dealing a blow to the lender in its long-running legal battle with Swift Home Loans, its founder Andi Numan and several former employees. The decision, issued by Judge Brian R. Sullivan of the Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan, cites the
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Bill Emerson is retiring as president of Rocket Companies but will remain as a director, the company disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). “After more than three decades at Rocket, Bill Emerson will step down as president at the end of the year,” a Rocket spokesperson told HousingWire. “Bill is
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Welcome back to Tech Pulse — HousingWire‘s weekly series rounding up the latest in technology news, including tools, integrations and trends that impact mortgage and real estate. Read on for a rundown of speakers who shared expert insight at this past week’s HousingWire AI Summit in Dallas. Talk ranged from use of “digital twins” among eXp Realty executives to artificial
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