• Tidalwave announces new hires to lead mortgage technology sales,Neil Pierson

    Tidalwave announces new hires to lead mortgage technology sales

    Tidalwave, a mortgage technology startup that’s integrated with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, announced Monday that it has hired a pair of industry veterans to bolster its sales team.John Stephenson has joined Tidalwave as its head of national sales, while Frank Pastirchak is the company’s new account

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  • Rocket lays off 2% of workforce after closing Redfin acquisition,Flávia Furlan Nunes

    Rocket lays off 2% of workforce after closing Redfin acquisition

    Detroit-based Rocket Companies confirmed a company-wide layoff on Friday, just weeks after completing its $1.75 billion all-stock acquisition of real estate brokerage Redfin. The cuts affected roughly 2% of the firm’s workforce.“Following the Redfin acquisition, we carefully reviewed our combined st

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  • Two Idaho brokerages, agents named in RICO suit,Brooklee Han

    Two Idaho brokerages, agents named in RICO suit

    Real estate agents at two Bonner County, Idaho-based brokerages are facing charges of breaching fiduciary duty and engaging in a racketeering scheme with developers to sell defective homes. The suit was filed on Friday in U.S. District Court in Boise by plaintiffs David and Linda Wittwer, The Wittwe

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