Like many mortgage professionals, Vipul Hapani can see the wave of industry consolidation forming on the horizon and knows it is only a matter of time before it reaches his shores. As the broker-owner of Waxhaw, North Carolina-based Vema Mortgage—the third-largest brokerage originator in the U.S. in

A pair of ultra-modest, little-noticed funding opportunities from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development may signal a new strategy taking shape in Washington. The Builder’s Daily has learned that HUD recently opened applications for two new demonstration programs totaling $13 million t

Christie’s International Real Estate Southern California has expanded its presence in the Silicon Beach and South Bay luxury markets with the addition of luxury real estate adviser Kris Zacuto as director of luxury estates. Zacuto brings more than a decade of experience in luxury real estate and mor

Marissa Ghesquiere has been appointed as regional president for the East Coast and Central regions at Sotheby’s International Realty Inc. It’s a newly created role for the firm in which Ghesquiere will oversee brokerage operations across several key markets while continuing to lead the firm’s East S