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Fannie Mae to Back New Crypto-Backed Mortgages

Fannie Mae to Back New Crypto-Backed Mortgages

by Phil Hall | Mar 26, 2026 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Better Home & Finance Holding Company (NASDAQ: BETR), and Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) have partnered on the introduction of cryptocurrency-backed mortgages that will be backed by Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA). The new mortgages will be originated and serviced by Better,...
Better Names Former Fannie Mae CEO Hugh Frater as Director

Better Names Former Fannie Mae CEO Hugh Frater as Director

by Phil Hall | Mar 26, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Better Home & Finance Holding Company (NASDAQ: BETR) announced that Hugh Frater, a founding partner and former managing director of BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) and former CEO of Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA), has been appointed to its board of directors. Prior to leading...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: The Wrong Award?

A Phil Hall Op-Ed: The Wrong Award?

by Phil Hall | Jun 17, 2024 | A Phil Hall Op-Ed, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Earlier today, Better Home & Finance Holding Co. (NASDAQ: BETR) put out a press release saying that Vishal Garg, its founder and CEO, was a recipient of a “Best of Finance” award presented by a media company that covers the real estate industry....
Infosys and Better Team on Mortgage as a Service Offering

Infosys and Better Team on Mortgage as a Service Offering

by Phil Hall | Nov 9, 2023 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Infosys (NYSE: INFY) is collaborating with Better Home & Finance Holding Co. (NASDAQ:BETR, BETRW) to launch Mortgage as a Service (MaaS), an integrated end-to-end digital mortgage white-labelled platform. According to the companies, companies that adopt MaaS “can...
Better Shares Sink in Trading Debut

Better Shares Sink in Trading Debut

by Phil Hall | Aug 24, 2023 | News/Current Events, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

At the risk of being flippant, the new public listing for the online mortgage lender Better (NASDAQ:BETR) might be a case of being in the right place at the wrong time. According to a Reuters report, Better’s shares sank this morning during its stock trading debut....

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