Detroit-headquartered Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT) has announced its acquisition of the Dallas-based mortgage servicing and origination leader Mr. Cooper Group Inc. (NASDAQ: COOP) in an all-stock transaction for $9.4 billion in equity value. According to the...
HUD’s new priorities, Gavin Newsom’s financial benefactors and a pair of high-profile acquisition stories – one genuine, one not. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of March 10-14. Hit: DEI is DOA. Kudos to Housing...
Detroit-headquartered Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT) has announced its acquisition of the Seattle-headquartered brokerage Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN) for $1.75 billion, or $12.50 per Redfin share. “Rocket and Redfin have a unified vision of a better way to buy and sell...
Detroit-headquartered Rocket Mortgage is withdrawing from the Canadian housing market. According to combined media reports, the company initially expanded to Canada in 2020 with a headquarters in Windsor, Ontario. Rocket Mortgage plans to complete its exit from the...
Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT) tapped into yesterday’s Super Bowl LIX broadcast to debut its “Own the Dream” integrated marketing campaign. The Detroit-headquartered company premiered the campaign with a 60-second commercial during the game’s second quarter. Using the...