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Rocket Companies Acquires Mr. Cooper for $9.4 Billion

Rocket Companies Acquires Mr. Cooper for $9.4 Billion

by Phil Hall | Mar 31, 2025 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

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...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of March 10-14

Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of March 10-14

by Phil Hall | Mar 14, 2025 | Hits and Misses, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

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...
Rocket Companies Acquires Redfin for $1.75 Billion

Rocket Companies Acquires Redfin for $1.75 Billion

by Phil Hall | Mar 10, 2025 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

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...
Rocket Mortgage to Exit the Canadian Market

Rocket Mortgage to Exit the Canadian Market

by Phil Hall | Mar 7, 2025 | International Real Estate News, Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

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 Launches ‘Own the Dream’ Marketing Campaign During Super Bowl Broadcast

Rocket Companies Launches ‘Own the Dream’ Marketing Campaign During Super Bowl Broadcast

by Phil Hall | Feb 10, 2025 | Market Snapshot, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

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...
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