Premier Mortgage Resources, LLC, has announced the launch of premier home start, a new down payment assistance program designed to make homeownership more accessible for buyers across the nation. This initiative offers flexible assistance options that help homebuyers secure financing without the burden of significant upfront costs.
National affordable housing innovator Arrive Home has been named a Top 25 finalist for the 2025 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability. The Ivory Prize is an award recognizing solutions to housing affordability. It is designed to award innovators for their efforts and provide material support to advance their work. The Ivory Prize is one of the longest-standing and most prestigious awards of its kind in the United States, culminating in $300,000 of grants to winners in three categories: Construction & Design, Finance, and Policy & Regulatory Reform.
EDGE Home Finance, a mortgage lender serving borrowers nationwide, has partnered with Calque to provide ‘buy-before-you-sell’ loan programs, including the trade-in mortgage and contingency buster programs. These programs allow homeowners to leverage their existing home equity, making it easier to purchase a new home before selling their current one. By partnering with Calque, EDGE can provide homebuyers with a cost-effective solution that allows them to utilize their home equity in today’s real estate market.
A&D Mortgage, a provider of mortgage solutions for brokers, has announced the expansion of its temporary rate buydown program to now include a 1-0 buydown option for both conventional and non-QM loans. This new option complements A&D Mortgage’s existing 3-2-1 and 2-1 buy-down programs, offering even greater flexibility for borrowers seeking temporary payment relief.
Unison Mortgage Corp., a Unison company, today announced the launch of its equity sharing home loan in New Jersey, which provides homeowners with cash today while offering half the monthly payment compared to alternate home financing options.
The loan allows homeowners to convert part of their home equity into cash with low monthly payments.
Flatiron Realty Capital, LLC, announced the successful closing of $1 billion in total credit facilities. These facilities are designed to fuel the growth and financing of luxury single-family homes across the United States, providing capital for brokers, mortgage loan originators and home builders.
Newsweekhas announced that Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. is being recognized as one of America’s greatest workplaces for women. The award is the result of an independent study conducted by Newsweek and market data research firm Plant-A Insights. The study gathered insights from over 142,000 women employees across the U.S., resulting in more than 848,000 company reviews. The award shows how Fairway’s equitable training, robust mentorship and wellbeing initiatives help break the glass ceiling for women.
RiskExec, Inc., a SaaS-based compliance reporting and analysis platform, today announced the successful integration of its HMDA software module with Encompass by ICE Mortgage Technology using the latest Encompass Partner Connect API framework from Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) for mortgage technology. This modern framework enables industry participants to integrate with ICE solutions and provide their services to loan originators and servicers through secure API-enabled technology.
Habitat for Humanity International’s community development financial institution, Habitat Capital, announced today a new partnership to establish an $82.5 million property acquisition fund to boost affordable housing production throughout the U.S., by an estimated 1,000 homes — a projected 5% increase over Habitat’s most recent baseline production of 3,482 housing units.
Starwood Strategic Partners, an investment platform managed by Starwood Capital Group which invests in commercial real estate, has announced the completion of an investment in VANA Partners, a real estate investment platform focused on the extended-stay hotel segment. Through this collaboration, Starwood Capital, a global private equity real estate firm, will invest in VANA and provide strategic advice to the company’s leadership through board representation and infrastructure support.
Union Home Mortgage, an independent mortgage banking company, announced the acquisition of Nations Reliable Lending, also known as NRL Mortgage. Based in Houston, the acquisition of NRL will strengthen Union Home Mortgage’s existing reach across their 48-state business footprint, particularly in Texas and Southwest Ohio.
TRAiNED, Inc., a technology firm at the forefront of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in mortgage processing, has announced the launch of its investment opportunity on StartEngine. This initiative seeks to transform the traditional mortgage manufacturing process, making it faster, more cost-effective and less cumbersome for lenders and borrowers alike.
