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Better Mortgage
Company blog · better.com/contenteconomicsbusiness
Better Mortgage is the company blog at better.com, writing about economics and business. Since 2015, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “Simple, Online Mortgage – Better Mortgage”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (9) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters mostly mention Better.com in hiring threads or cite its pages on mortgages, cash offers and home prices as sources. No comment judges the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 9 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Better Mortgage Corporation is a direct lender dedicated to providing a fast, transparent digital mortgage experience backed by superior customer support.
Most-linked posts?
- /content/how-much-home-prices-have-risen-since-19502 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-01-05
- Simple, Online Mortgage – Better Mortgage2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-07-06
What Hacker News says?
Better.com | NYC, LA, Oakland, Charlotte and remote| Full stack, front end, and variety of biz roles | https://better.com/about-us/careers Helping average americans get the best rate on a mortgage. Grew 600% last year with profitable unit economics. Doing 2K+ mortgages/mo. Dev team of 60 sits mostly in NYC.
Comment linking /about-us/careers
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring right now?”Submitted RSU units and mortgages in the 21st century as a story · 2 points
HN discussionBetter, NYC, FULL TIME; VISA; ONSITE https://better.com/ Seeking Full-Stack Engineers At Better, we’re working to replace the traditional mortgage lending process with a faster, fairer, and all around better experience for consumers. We believe that it’s time for the real estate industry to catch up with the rest of the digital world, so we’re taking the traditional mortgage bank, turning it inside out, and replacin…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2015)”Submitted Simple, Online Mortgage – Better Mortgage as a story · 1 points
HN discussionBetter.com | Software Engineers; Product Managers; DevOps; Data Scientists | New York City (NYC) | ONSITE | Full-time https://better.com We're looking for: - Software Engineers ( Senior, Junior, Frontend, Backend, Full stack, infrastructure, QA ) - Product managers - Data Scientists We’re one of the fastest growing homeownership companies in America. Why? Because we’re building a better way to get home and our custo…
Comment linking /about-us/careers?utm_source=hn
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2019)”Submitted Commissions for Loan Officers Is Bulls*it as a story · 1 points
HN discussionRegarding all cash offers, have you looked at all cash options that are available through lenders like accept, inc [0] or better.com [1]? I’m in the market for a place now and recently lost to an all cash bidder. Turns out they were using [0]. I was already pre-approved through a conventional lender, but all-cash seems to be the new norm. [0] http://www.accept.inc/ [1] https://better.com/content/better-cash-offer-faq
Comment linking /content/better-cash-offer-faq
on “Investors bought a record share of U.S. homes in 2021”Better.com | Software Engineers; Product Managers; DevOps; Data Scientists | New York City (NYC) | ONSITE | Full-time https://better.com We're looking for: - Software Engineers ( Senior, Junior, Frontend, Backend, Full stack, infrastructure, QA ) - Product managers - Data Scientists We’re one of the fastest growing homeownership companies in America. Why? Because we’re building a better way to buy a home and our cus…
Comment linking /about-us/careers?utm_source=hn
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2019)”So the divorced guy who loses the house and can't get an apartment due to his ex wrecking his credit goes straight to the camps. Come out the closet and your parents kick you out, camps. 2 weeks late on your rent, camps. Maybe the moment you get fired your boss should just tell the State to pick you up. Housing prices have gone up 50% in the last decade. https://better.com/content/how-much-home-prices-have-risen-s..…
Comment linking /content/how-much-home-prices-have-risen-since-1950
on “Yemeni Coffee Shops in Texas”We are disrupting the housing market! https://better.com/ We don't charge any mortgage broker commission (eww, it's gross) we'll give you transparency into the mortgage process so you can configure loans to your hearts content to optimize for what you want on your own terms. We also have a fleet of real estate Agents that can help you find your new home and currently we'll cut 1% of the purchase price off of your ev…
Comment linking /realestate
on “Ask HN: Buying house – any disruptors I can use?”Median income of household was $3300 table A https://www.census.gov/library/publications/1952/demo/p60-00... Median house $7300 https://better.com/content/how-much-home-prices-have-risen-s... Today ratio is 5.1 https://housingalmanac.com/affordability
Comment linking /content/how-much-home-prices-have-risen-since-1950
on “Most tech revolutions made work worse for employees”It's not your imagination. Anyone who owned a house before the 2000s and held it simply won the lottery. 1950 Median home value (inflation-adjusted to 2020 dollars): $79,063 1960 Median home price (inflation-adjusted to 2020 dollars): $104,166 1970 Median home price (inflation-adjusted to 2020 dollars): $112,941 1980 Median home price (inflation-adjusted to 2020 dollars): $147,879 1990 Median home price (inflation-a…
Comment linking /content/how-much-home-prices-have-risen-since-1950/
on “More Young Adults Are Living Paycheck to Paycheck in the US”