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Planet Home Lending hires John Adams as renovation leader

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Planet Home Lending on Thursday announced the appointment of John Adams as retail renovation leader as the company seeks to enhance its home renovation expertise and unlock more housing opportunities for borrowers. Adams will focus on training and supporting Planet’s distributed retail loan originators and educating real estate agents nationwide. He will also educate veterans […]

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Interlinc Mortgage adds Gary Royal as Southeast sales manager

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Interlinc Mortgage announced Wednesday that Gary Royal has joined the company as its Southeast regional sales manager. Royal has nearly 40 years of mortgage industry experience and “brings a proven track record of leadership, growth, and team development across multiple markets,” Interlinc said in a press release. Royal, who is based in Georgia, will lead

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Tech Trendsetters share best advice for housing industry leaders

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As the housing industry continues to evolve at the speed of technology, staying ahead requires more than just keeping up with the latest tools — it takes vision, adaptability and a focus on real impact. To celebrate the 2025 Tech Trendsetters awards, we asked past honorees to share their best advice for leaders entering the

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CalHFA announces Tony Sertich as new executive director

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that Tony Sertich is the new executive director of the California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA). Sertich most recently served as the assistant deputy director for the division of state financial assistance at the California Department of Housing and Community Development. He’s also served at CalHFA before as its financing

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Groundfloor Lending expands leadership team

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Groundfloor Lending on Wednesday announced the expansion of its leadership team as its new business unit continues to scale. The recent appointments of Patrick Donoghue as vice president and general manager, Kendall Bazan as vice president of revenue, and Andrew Hurd as vice president of risk mark the next chapter for Groundfloor Lending as it

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GoodLife’s Chase Kinder on growing his company’s reverse mortgage presence

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Last week, Traditional Mortgage Acceptance Corp. (TMAC), dba GoodLife Home Loans, announced a leadership change when it promoted Chase Kinder to lead its wholesale division. GoodLife is the country’s fourth-largest originator of Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs), according to the most recent industry data from Reverse Market Insight. The company endorsed 1,344 HECM loans during

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Opendoor hires Kaz Nejatian as new CEO

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Opendoor Technologies announced Wednesday that it has named Kaz Nejatian, the former chief operating officer of Shopify, as its new CEO. Nejatian will also join Opendoor‘s board of directors as he takes over for Carrie Wheeler, who stepped down last month. The San Francisco-based iBuyer also announced two other personnel moves as co-founders Keith Rabois

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Insellerate hires Meerschaert as director of customer success

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Insellerate, a software and technology company that offers a customer relationship management (CRM) platform for the residential mortgage, debt settlement, insurance and tax industries, announced on Thursday that Christopher Meerschaert has been appointed as its new director of customer service. With more than two decades of experience — including leadership roles at Citi, Growth Works

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David Keener’s vision for Premiere Group at Real Brokerage

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On this week’s episode of the RealTrending podcast, Tracey Velt talks with David Keener, CEO of Premiere Group at The Real Brokerage. In just eight years, Premiere has grown to nearly 300 agents in 27 states and recently joined Real. Keener explains how the group’s member-owned teamerage model drives retention and shared success, as well

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LISC appoints Valerie White to lead national housing strategy

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The Local Initiatives Support Corp. (LISC) has appointed Valerie White to lead its national housing team — expanding her role beyond her current position as senior executive director of LISC New York. White will oversee the organization’s national housing investments — which total $30.4 billion to date — with a focus on expanding access to

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