O’Callaghan honored for his positive impact on affordable housing in Atlanta

Down Payment Resource (DPR) is proud to announce John O’Callaghan, President and CEO of the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc. (ANDP) as the first recipient of the Beverly Faull Affordable Housing Leadership Award.
The award, named in memory of accomplished real estate veteran Beverly Faull, recognizes an individual who has demonstrated leadership in providing more access to homeownership and affordable housing finance solutions.
As a well respected veteran in the MLS and housing industry and one of DPR’s first employees, Faull believed in the company’s mission to provide greater access and awareness to down payment assistance programs. Faull was responsible for building DPR’s MLS business and putting its tools in the hands of more than 300,000 Realtors across a dozen MLSs.

I just think this is so cool. Well done Rob Chrane. I know a lot of you remember Bev. I was lucky enough to know and work with her and still managed to stay on her good side. ????

There’s more about the award here.

MoxiWorks Delivers Alternative to Upstream

Leading real estate technology company, MoxiWorks, announced today that their alternative to Upstream is available to enterprise brokerage customers nationwide. The MoxiCloud open platform provides brokerages with a comprehensive suite of data management services designed to protect and enable the broker to fully control the distribution, licensing and use of the brokerage’s listing, agent, and consumer data.
 
For years, brokerages waited patiently for Upstream to deliver a solution, but their recent announcement of an unresolved technology provider shift has made the future uncertain. “Brokerages need to take control of the data that powers their business, period. Own your data! It’s high time, and brokerages have waited long enough for this to be delayed any longer,” said York Baur, CEO of MoxiWorks. 

Space abhors a vacuum. It’s not clear in the press release if they have a listing input system as part of the “Moxi Cloud”, so I’m a bit unsure as whether their solution captures any data “upstream”. But the timing is epic as UpstreamRE has yet to announce their new vendor, and Alex Lange’s strange LinkedIn postings. With other listing input modules entering the game like Bridge Interactive, and more “in development” like, Remine, its clear this is going to be a crowded field.

HomeServices of America® Expands its Executive Leadership Team

HomeServices’ Executive Chairman Ron Peltier appointed Gino Blefari, current CEO of HSF Affiliates, as CEO of the company. HSF Affiliates is the HomeServices’ subsidiary operating the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and Real Living franchise networks. Peltier and Blefari will lead the growing business of HomeServices of America, formulate and execute strategies consistent with the mission, values and culture of the organization, and drive its continued acquisition strategies

This is huge news in the franchisor/brokerage space. Gino is a force, I remember back when he founded Intero Real Estate. Gotta love the timing on this as Ron Peltier, moves on to become the companies executive chairman, after just ranking #1 on the 2019 Swanepoel Power 200 list of the the most powerful people in real estate. No pressure Gino!