Fathom agents briefed on Bed Bath & Beyond acquisition plan
Fathom SEC filing shows an agent email pitching a 3 pillar everything home ecosystem tied to Bed Bath and Beyond, pending closing.
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UWM, Two Harbors CEOs clash in emails ahead of CCM deal vote
Executives at United Wholesale Mortgage and Two Harbors Investment Corp. raised the heat in an email exchange during their latest round of deal negotiations.
Beazer refinancing raises Dream Finders deal cost by $53 million
For weeks, a central question surrounding Dream Finders Homes‘ pursuit of Beazer Homes has been unambiguous: Will Dream Finders’ offer for the company and its public relations campaign be enough to convince Beazer shareholders that a sale should occur? A just-completed debt refinancing by Beazer Homes likely raises the cost of any acquisition of Beazer. […]
When a bankrupt retailer buys a brokerage: What the Bed Bath & Beyond and Fathom deal signals
The Bed Bath & Beyond-Fathom Holdings deal is part of a sustained push to own the entire homeownership journey.
Mortgage and real estate battle for the top of the funnel
With interest rates in a higher-for-longer environment, mortgage and real estate companies have realized that long-term survival requires market share growth via M&A.
Mortgage Forward to acquire First Federal Bank’s TPO division
Mortgage Forward will acquire First Federal Bank’s TPO unit, including QRL Financial, with closing expected in Q3 2026.
Berkshire Taylor Morrison deal puts vertical integration in focus
Berkshire Hathaway’s planned acquisition of Taylor Morrison has opened the door for us to explore a set of uber-themed questions: about homebuilders’ present and future valuations, leadership and scale, and to the question that public homebuilder boards may now be asking: whether to build toward greater scale or join it. A related question may be […]
Who can buy a top-20 builder now? Berkshire resets board calculus
Berkshire Hathaway‘s planned acquisition of No. 6-ranked homebuilder Taylor Morrison begs big follow-on questions. These mostly spring from who this particular buyer is and the moment they have chosen. One way or another, these follow-up questions may prompt homebuilding leaders to revisit a core imperative many believed they had solved eons ago. For decades, the […]
New York AG probes Compass-Anywhere acquisition
New York AG Letitia James is seeking information on Compass’s $1.6 billion Anywhere deal amid antitrust and market share concerns.
Why Taylor Morrison’s integration playbook matters in builder M&A
Flashback Shortly after Sheryl Palmer became chief executive officer of Taylor Morrison in 2007, I met with her in Scottsdale, Arizona, to discuss a challenge that would have intimidated many experienced homebuilding leaders. The company she had inherited was not merely navigating the early stages of what would become the worst housing downturn in modern […]