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Blackstone mourns loss of executive killed in New York City shooting
Wesley LePatner, a Blackstone executive, was killed in the July 28 mass shooting in New York City, the firm confirmed
Halcyon integrates with Finastra on income verification solutions
The integration gives financial institutions a faster and secure way to retrieve and manage tax transcript data for income verification.
LoanLogics finds persistent 11.5% error rate in US mortgage files
LoanLogics’ analysis found ‘zero material improvement in loan file quality after a decade of industry investment and supposed innovation’
Drew Church joins Rate as SVP and regional sales manager
Church, who is based in Charlotte, joins Chicago-headquartered Rate from Integrity Home Mortgage Corp., where he served as regional sales manager from June 2024 to March 2025.
Rocket’s Varun Krishna thinks Redfin deal can expand opportunities for broker network
In an exclusive interview with HousingWire, Rocket CEO Varun Krishna said that having a hand in the entire real estate funnel gives Rocket’s broker network “a bigger piece of the pie.”
UWM’s Jason Bressler explores Sphere LOS integration
In this episode of the PowerHouse podcast, Diego Sanchez interviews UWM CTO Jason Bressler about the lender’s integration with Sphere LOS.
NAR again looks to have Michigan antitrust suit dismissed
The defendants in the Hardy suit filed a motion to dismiss the first amended complaint filed by three Michigan real estate professionals.
NAR names Jarrod Grasso to new industry relations post
Grasso has a long history of leadership within Realtor associations, most recently serving as the CEO of New Jersey Realtors.
Alexander brothers denied bail on federal sex trafficking charges
Tal and Oren Alexander are staying in jail. Along with Oren’s twin brother Alon, the two former luxury real estate brokers were denied bond Wednesday on the federal sex trafficking case against them.
