Rocket Companies

Closing the gap: How Rocket Close has streamlined its platform experience

Mortgage, Origination, Rocket Companies, Sponsored / Ricky Vasquez

Rocket Close and Rocket Pro have taken a major step forward by integrating the two platforms into a single, more efficient platform, designed to simplify the closing process and enhance the broker experience. Under the leadership of Matt Brown — Rocket’s Executive Vice President, Sales and Revenue Strategy, with a background in tech, finance, and […]

Closing the gap: How Rocket Close has streamlined its platform experience Read More »

How to navigate a successful brokerage acquisition

Brokerage, Compass, HWmember, Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate, RealTrends, Redfin, Rocket Companies, Steve Murray, The Gathering, The Gathering 2025 / Ricky Vasquez

In the wake of the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement, RealTrends Consulting co-founder Steve Murray predicted a new wave of industry consolidation. “Almost any time in history the U.S. federal government gets involved in this kind of litigation against a whole industry and imposes draconian changes to that industry, it causes

How to navigate a successful brokerage acquisition Read More »

Rocket Pro announces partnership with Vetted VA

HWmember, Mortgage, Partnerships, Rocket Companies, Rocket Mortgage, The Gathering, The Gathering 2025, VA Loan, Veterans / Ricky Vasquez

Rocket Pro is partnering with Vetted VA, which provides education to veterans and training to loan officers to give veterans better access to home loan benefits. The partnership, announced on Tuesday at The Gathering by HousingWire, will involve the training of Rocket staff and LOs by Vetted VA so the lender can better serve the

Rocket Pro announces partnership with Vetted VA Read More »

‘It was love at first sight!’ Inside Rocket’s pursuit of Redfin, Mr. Cooper

HWmember, Mergers and Acquisitions, Mortgage, Mr. Cooper, Real Estate, Redfin, Rocket Companies, Rocket Mortgage, The Gathering, The Gathering 2025 / Ricky Vasquez

Glenn Kelman’s wife was starting to get worried. The Redfin founder and CEO’s behavior was unusual lately. He was staying up late into the night exchanging texts with someone. But there was no other woman. Kelman was group texting Varun Krishna, the CEO of Rocket Companies, and Jay Bray, the CEO of Mr. Cooper. They

‘It was love at first sight!’ Inside Rocket’s pursuit of Redfin, Mr. Cooper Read More »

Judge dismisses insider trading suit against Rocket’s Dan Gilbert

Dan Gilbert, HWmember, Jay Farner, Lawsuit, Legal & General Home Finance, LendingLife, Mortgage, Origination, Rocket Companies, Rocket Mortgage / Ricky Vasquez

Rocket Companies scored a win in a derivative lawsuit alleging insider trading by its primary stakeholder, Rocket Holdings, Inc. (RHI), an entity owned by founder and chairman Dan Gilbert, and its board of directors. The lawsuit stemmed from two complaints, one filed by the Doris Shenwick Trust in November 2021 and another by investor Christopher

Judge dismisses insider trading suit against Rocket’s Dan Gilbert Read More »

Rocket has regionalized consumer direct channel

HWmember, LendingLife, Mortgage, Mr. Cooper, Origination, Redfin, Rocket Companies, Rocket Mortgage / Ricky Vasquez

Rocket Companies, traditionally known for its call center model, is diversifying its channel strategy amid its deals to acquire Redfin and Mr. Cooper, according to Chief Operating Officer Heather Lovier. “When we think about how we’re diversifying, obviously, Rocket is very consumer-direct — we have our direct-to-consumer channel. But we’re also diversifying in the field

Rocket has regionalized consumer direct channel Read More »

Redfin stockholder files suit over disclosures in Rocket deal

Glenn Kelman, Goldman Sachs, HWmember, Lawsuit, Legal, Mergers and Acquisitions, Mortgage, Real Estate, Redfin, Rocket Companies / Ricky Vasquez

While much of the housing industry views Rocket Companies’ proposed acquisition of Redfin as a foregone conclusion at this point, at least one common stock holder is saying not so fast. On Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle, plaintiff Jason Morano filed a lawsuit accusing the two companies of breaching their contracts, engaging in

Redfin stockholder files suit over disclosures in Rocket deal Read More »

Closing the gap: How Rocket Close has streamlined its platform experience

How to navigate a successful brokerage acquisition

Rocket Pro announces partnership with Vetted VA

‘It was love at first sight!’ Inside Rocket’s pursuit of Redfin, Mr. Cooper

Judge dismisses insider trading suit against Rocket’s Dan Gilbert

Rocket has regionalized consumer direct channel

Redfin stockholder files suit over disclosures in Rocket deal

Equal Housing Opportunity

Contact Us

SSL Certificate

Resources

Connect With Us