News: Dark Matter acquires House Numbers’ agentic AI platform for home lending, names Jeff Levinsohn chief AI officer
Mortgage and Finance News: (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) Dark Matter Technologies (Dark Matter), an innovative leader in home lending technology, today announced it has acquired the AI agent platform and related intellectual property of House Numbers, a venture-backed agentic AI company that builds AI agents for home lending workflows. Alongside the technology, Dark Matter has brought on the team that built it, led by House Numbers co-founder and CEO Jeff Levinsohn, who joins Dark Matter as chief AI officer.
News: Dark Matter acquires House Numbers’ agentic AI platform for home lending, names Jeff Levinsohn chief AI officer
Mortgage and Finance News: (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) Dark Matter Technologies (Dark Matter), an innovative leader in home lending technology, today announced it has acquired the AI agent platform and related intellectual property of House Numbers, a venture-backed agentic AI company that builds AI agents for home lending workflows. Alongside the technology, Dark Matter has brought on the team that built it, led by House Numbers co-founder and CEO Jeff Levinsohn, who joins Dark Matter as chief AI officer.
News: Advisory List Examines Who Is Buying Accounting Firms and What It Means for Owners
Mortgage and Finance News: (ENCINITAS, Calif.) Advisory List has published "Who's Buying Accounting Firms, and What It Means for Yours," a reported article examining how private equity-backed buyers, other accounting firms and individual CPAs are reshaping the market for accounting practices, and what those differences mean for owners considering a sale, merger or continued independence.
News: Advisory List Examines Who Is Buying Accounting Firms and What It Means for Owners
Mortgage and Finance News: (ENCINITAS, Calif.) Advisory List has published "Who's Buying Accounting Firms, and What It Means for Yours," a reported article examining how private equity-backed buyers, other accounting firms and individual CPAs are reshaping the market for accounting practices, and what those differences mean for owners considering a sale, merger or continued independence.
News: Franklin Madison Acquires Bindable, Digital Distribution Platform and P&C Agency
Mortgage and Finance News: (BRENTWOOD, Tenn.) Franklin Madison, a portfolio company of Mill Point Capital LLC, is pleased to announce its acquisition of Bindable, a leading digital property and casualty insurance agency and technology-enabled distribution platform based in Boston, Massachusetts.
News: Franklin Madison Acquires Bindable, Digital Distribution Platform and P&C Agency
Mortgage and Finance News: (BRENTWOOD, Tenn.) Franklin Madison, a portfolio company of Mill Point Capital LLC, is pleased to announce its acquisition of Bindable, a leading digital property and casualty insurance agency and technology-enabled distribution platform based in Boston, Massachusetts.
News: Franklin Madison Acquires Bindable, Digital Distribution Platform and P&C Agency
Mortgage and Finance News: (BRENTWOOD, Tenn.) Franklin Madison, a portfolio company of Mill Point Capital LLC, is pleased to announce its acquisition of Bindable, a leading digital property and casualty insurance agency and technology-enabled distribution platform based in Boston, Massachusetts.
News: Optimal Blue acquires Usherpa to provide originators with tools to win more business by connecting eligibility, pricing and borrower engagement
Mortgage and Finance News: (PLANO, Texas) Optimal Blue today announced it has acquired Usherpa, a marketing automation and borrower relationship engagement platform purpose-built for mortgage professionals. The acquisition expands Optimal Blue's ability to help lenders win more business by bringing borrower engagement capabilities closer to the product, pricing and eligibility solutions that over 200,000 originators use to identify and convert loan opportunities.
News: Capital Automotive Group Announces Acquisition of Larry Cloninger Dealerships, Continuing a Legacy Built Over Generations
Mortgage and Finance News: (RALEIGH, N.C.) Capital Automotive Group today announced the acquisition of six Larry Cloninger dealerships and an independent collision center in North and South Carolina, marking a significant expansion for the family-owned automotive group and, more importantly, the continuation of a legacy built on relationships, community, and more than four decades of friendship between the Cloninger and Michael families.
News: Advisory List Publishes Exit Preparation Guidance for Business Owners Considering a Sale
Mortgage and Finance News: (SAN DIEGO, Calif.) Advisory List, a directory and professional community for the small and middle-market M&A ecosystem, has published new guidance for business owners considering a future sale, highlighting issues transaction professionals say should be addressed years before a company goes to market.
News: Class Valuation expands valuation capabilities with acquisition of Allstate Appraisal
Mortgage and Finance News: (TROY, Mich.) Class Valuation, a leading real estate appraisal management company (AMC), announced today that it has acquired Allstate Appraisal, one of the nation's longest continuously operating valuation firms. Founded in 1959 in Chicago Heights, Illinois, Allstate Appraisal brings more than six decades of experience delivering credible, compliant and timely valuation and review services to lending institutions, mortgage insurance companies, government entities, law firms and other organizations nationwide.
News: Breakthrough At-Home Vision Testing Platform Reinvents the Eye Exam with MIT Science and Telehealth
Mortgage and Finance News: (LOS ANGELES, Calif.) Seventeen-year-old Mergers and Acquisitions firm ProNova Partners has announced it has been retained to develop major strategic partnership and acquisition relationships for a breakthrough at-home vision-testing technology built on optical science exclusively licensed from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
News: Book Printer DiggyPOD’s Parent Company Acquires Long Overdue Books, Creating a Full-Service Home for Independent Authors
Mortgage and Finance News: (TECUMSEH, Mich.) The parent company of DiggyPOD, Everbrook Holdings, announced the acquisition of Long Overdue Books, a Chicago-area publishing company known for guiding authors from first draft to finished book. The deal closed on May 15, 2026, and brings Long Overdue Books into the Everbrook family alongside DiggyPOD. DiggyPOD is a Tecumseh, Michigan-based book printer that became Everbrook's first portfolio company in June 2025.
News: The Hercules Portfolio of Andromeda Software Inc., an Operating Group of Constellation Software Inc. (TSX: CSU), Acquires Peocit Software Solutions...
Mortgage and Finance News: (HUNT VALLEY, Md. and PUNE, India) The Hercules Portfolio of Andromeda Software Inc. ("Andromeda"), an operating group of Constellation Software Inc. (TSX: CSU), announced that it has acquired Peocit Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd. ("Peocit"). Founded in 2002, Peocit is a provider of core banking and lending software solutions and services with multi-lingual functionality, serving more than 4,000 cooperative societies, non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and other financial institutions across India.
News: HostPapa Completes Acquisition of Tailor Made Servers
Mortgage and Finance News: (DALLAS, Texas and BURLINGTON, Ontario) HostPapa, Inc., a leading global web hosting and cloud service provider, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Tailor Made Servers ("TMS"), a Dallas, Texas-based dedicated server hosting provider that has been serving businesses and resellers since 2003.
News: Class Valuation expands New York presence with acquisition of Lauritano Appraisal Services
Mortgage and Finance News: (TROY, Mich.) Class Valuation, a leading real estate appraisal management company (AMC), announced today that it has acquired Lauritano Appraisal Services (LAS), a highly respected New York-based residential appraisal firm with more than 30 years of experience delivering high-quality valuation services.
News: By Light To Acquire Digitas Technologies
Mortgage and Finance News: (MCLEAN, Va.) By Light Professional IT Services LLC (By Light), a leading provider of Modeling & Simulation and Cyber products and solutions and a portfolio company of Sagewind Capital LLC (Sagewind), today announced that it has acquired Dignitas Technologies (Dignitas), a leading provider of Modeling, Simulation, & Training (MS&T) products and solutions. Financial terms of the transaction were not announced.
News: ACES Quality Management Acquires Basecap Analytics, Expanding Enterprise Data Quality Capabilities
Mortgage and Finance News: (DENVER, Colo.) ACES Quality Management® (ACES), the leading provider of enterprise quality management and control software for the financial services industry, today announced its acquisition of Basecap Analytics, an established enterprise data quality platform trusted by leading financial institutions. The acquisition enhances ACES' ability to deliver end-to-end quality management by expanding its platform to include enterprise-wide data quality automation.
News: Rice Park Acquires Rosegate Mortgage, Enhancing End-to-End Mortgage Capabilities and MSR Investment Platform
Mortgage and Finance News: (CHARLOTTE, N.C. and PLYMOUTH, Minn.) Rice Park Capital Management LP ("Rice Park"), a Minneapolis-based private investment firm specializing in mortgage servicing rights (MSRs), announced today that it has acquired Rosegate Mortgage, LLC ("Rosegate Mortgage"), NMLS #2020757, a retail and consumer-direct mortgage lender headquartered in Charlotte, NC.
News: Matrix Advises TBC Corporation on the Sale of Midas International to Mavis Tire
Mortgage and Finance News: (RICHMOND, Va.) Matrix Capital Markets Group, Inc. has advised TBC Corporation on the sale of Midas International, LLC, a franchisor of automotive repair and maintenance services, to Mavis Tire Express Services Corp., a leading provider of automotive repair and maintenance services and one of the largest independent tire and service providers in North America.
News: Class Valuation expands private lending capabilities with acquisition of Appraisal Nation
Mortgage and Finance News: (TROY, Mich.) Class Valuation, a leading national real estate appraisal management company (AMC), today announced the strategic acquisition of Appraisal Nation, a Cary, North Carolina-based AMC specializing in comprehensive valuation solutions for the private lending market.
News: MMI Strengthens Mortgage Tech Leadership in Q1 2025 with MonitorBase Acquisition and Major Platform Enhancements
Mortgage and Finance News: (SALT LAKE CITY, Utah) Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI), the industry's leading mortgage and real estate data solutions provider, announces major Q1 2025 platform enhancements alongside its strategic acquisition of borrower monitoring and predictive analytics leader, MonitorBase. These initiatives solidify MMI's position as The Ultimate Lead-to-Loan Growth Platform(tm), providing mortgage professionals with unparalleled data intelligence, automation, and borrower engagement tools.
News: Treadstone 71 Capital Asset Sale Announced
Mortgage and Finance News: (FORT MYERS, Fla.) Treadstone 71, known for two decades of high-level intelligence, counterintelligence, and cognitive warfare training, opens its complete asset portfolio for purchase. Corporate and government clients have long relied on the brand's unique skill-building curricula, research materials, and consulting expertise.
News: MMI Announces Strategic Acquisition of MonitorBase, a Borrower Monitoring and Predictive Analytics Platform
Mortgage and Finance News: (SALT LAKE CITY, Utah) Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI), a leader in data intelligence and market insight tools for the mortgage and real estate industries, has acquired MonitorBase, a borrower monitoring and predictive analytics platform. This acquisition, following MMI's recent addition of Bonzo, a CRM and conversation platform, unites data intelligence, borrower monitoring, and automated engagement into a seamless, end-to-end system for mortgage professionals.
News: Matrix Advises on the Sale of PMI Lubricants to Wallis Lubricants, LLC
Mortgage and Finance News: (RICHMOND, Va.) Matrix Capital Markets Group, Inc. announces the successful sale of PMI Lubricants ("PMI" or the "Company"), a portfolio company of Dunne Manning, to Wallis Lubricants, LLC. PMI is a leading Mid-Atlantic provider of lubricants, diesel exhaust fluid, and ancillary products to retail, commercial, and industrial customers throughout Virginia and parts of Tennessee, West Virginia, and North Carolina.
News: Matrix Advises on the Sale of Clearfield MMG, LLC to VLS Environmental Solutions, LLC
Mortgage and Finance News: (RICHMOND, Va.) Matrix Capital Markets Group, Inc. is pleased to announce the sale of Clearfield MMG, LLC, a Virginia-based company renowned for its expertise in innovative, specialized treatment and waste disposal solutions, to VLS Environmental Solutions, LLC, a leader in sustainable waste management and environmental solutions and a portfolio company of I Squared Capital.
News: Matrix Advises on the Sale of Atlantic States Lubricants Corp. to Moove
Mortgage and Finance News: (RICHMOND, Va.) Matrix Capital Markets Group, Inc. announces the successful sale of certain assets of Atlantic States Lubricants Corp. ("ASL") to Moove, formerly known as PetroChoice. Atlantic States Lubricants, based in Farmingdale, New York, is an authorized distributor of Mobil-branded lubricants and related products.
News: Matrix Advises Jolley Stores and S.B. Collins on its Sale to Stewart’s Shops
Mortgage and Finance News: (RICHMOND, Va., and BALTIMORE, Md.) Matrix Capital Markets Group, Inc. announces that it has advised Jolley Associates, LLC and S.B. Collins, Inc. (collectively, "SBC") on the sale of its convenience retail, wholesale dealer, and residential heating oil (d/b/a as Clarence Brown) businesses to Stewart's Shops Corp.
News: Matrix Advises on the Sale of Dana Safety Supply, Inc. to AEA Investors
Mortgage and Finance News: (RICHMOND, Va.) Matrix Capital Markets Group, Inc., a leading independent investment bank, is pleased to announce the sale of Dana Safety Supply, Inc. (DSS) to AEA Investors. Prior to the sale, DSS was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Scott McRae Automotive Group, LLLP (SMAG).
News: Dark Matter Technologies brings the NOVA LOS under its banner to serve a broader range of mortgage lenders
Mortgage and Finance News: (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) Dark Matter Technologies (Dark Matter®), an innovative leader in mortgage technology, today announced the addition of the NOVA loan origination system (LOS) to its product lineup. Bringing the NOVA LOS under its banner alongside the Empower® LOS enables Dark Matter to offer two distinct LOS solutions and cater to a more diverse range of lender business models.