Rocket Companies (RKT) Completes Acquisition of Redfin
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Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT), the
"I've used Redfin every day for the last 20 years. It helped me find and fall in love with my first home, completely changing how I thought about real estate," said
The companies also today introduced Rocket Preferred Pricing. Clients who finance their home through Rocket Mortgage and buy a home listed by a Redfin agent or purchase with the help of a Redfin agent will have a one percentage point reduction in their interest rate for the first year of their loan or receive a lender credit at closing, up to
Rocket Preferred Pricing is available to qualified clients buying a home with conventional, FHA or VA loans. Rocket Mortgage and Redfin plan to launch additional products and services for homebuyers, real estate agents and mortgage brokers in the coming months.
Redfin has adopted a refreshed brand identity and look and feel of "Redfin Powered by Rocket" to further unify the homebuying experience.
"The gulf between the American Dream of homeownership and reality has never been wider," said Redfin CEO
Visit Redfin.com to explore exclusive Rocket Preferred Pricing and search for your dream home.
Advisors
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC acted as financial advisor and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP acted as legal counsel to Rocket Companies. Goldman Sachs & Co LLC acted as financial advisor and Fenwick & West LLP acted as legal counsel to Redfin.
Update to Rocket Companies Up-C structure
Rocket Companies also completed the previously announced simplification of its organizational and capital structure.
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The Up-C Collapse simplifies Rocket's organizational structure, enhances equity liquidity, improves its ability to use its common stock as currency in acquisition transactions and creates a clearer corporate profile.
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