Citywide Home Mortgage, an affiliate of top-10 U.S. mortgage lender Rate, has promoted Robert Coomer to chief growth officer, tasking the veteran executive with accelerating the lender’s national expansion and branch partnership model. Coomer joined Citywide in April 2024 as executive vice president and director of sales strategy and growth, according to a company press…
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The American Land Title Association (ALTA) has renewed TrustLink as an ALTA Elite Provider for 2026, extending the company’s status in a program that highlights vendors serving title and settlement firms’ operational and compliance needs, according to an ALTA announcement. ALTA’s Elite Provider program recognizes service providers that, in the association’s view, meet specific criteria…
Baby Boomers’ decades long control of U.S. housing wealth is not just locking out younger buyers, it’s forcing significant changes to a real estate agent’s job description. Top-producing agents told HousingWire the industry continues to pivot toward multi-generational advisory work. Academic research has confirmed why; agents who cannot navigate trusts, estate planning and family gifting…
The U.S. homebuilding industry remains more fragmented than outsiders believe, even after years of consolidation. Lennar continues to be one of the biggest builders in the country, but size alone isn’t the main factor anymore; the next advantage comes from blending operational efficiency with customer segmentation. That is why KB Home appears to be a…