Proptech CEOs and investors fully expect a huge year for the sector due to the pandemic’s “watershed” effect on digitization, according to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.

Like the fintechs SoFi and LendingClub, DLP Real Estate Capital is acquiring a community bank largely to lower the cost of funding loans.

After its three acquisitions since last August, the Philadelphia area-based credit data firm predicts more industry consolidation is on the way.

The acquisition, which has a $500 million enterprise value, will extend the technology vendor’s capabilities beyond the point of sale into the stubbornly manual electronic closing process.

The abrupt move paves the way for the $6 billion cash deal with Stone Point and Insight Partners to move forward unimpeded.

Since CoStar made its revised offer in February, its stock price dropped nearly $177 per share.

The merger with Capitol Investment V values the title insurer at $3 billion.

The acquisition of the mortgage fintech aligns with growing customer expectations surrounding a fully digital homebuying experience.

Acquiring AmeriHome would provide the fee revenue the Phoenix company seeks to compensate for low interest rates and tepid commercial loan demand. The deal also would allow it to reinvest billions of dollars of excess liquidity.

The Arizona company will pay $1 billion for the parent of AmeriHome Mortgage, which manages a $99 billion mortgage servicing portfolio.