Saluda Grade leads round; Funding to grow Homeward's proptech financial solutions and platform

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Homeward, a leader in cash-backed real estate financing solutions, today announced $120 million in equity financing and $330 million in asset-backed debt facilities. The new capital will expand Homeward's cash offer and bridge financing solutions, enhance the technology powering its integrated home buying and selling platform, and accelerate growth nationwide across the 48 contiguous states.

More than two million licensed real estate professionals guide buyers and sellers through home transactions every year. In today's market, homes can take longer to sell, making it harder for homeowners to move when they want to and for agents to keep transactions on track. Homeward helps address these challenges with technology-backed financing solutions that remove home-sale contingencies, provide fast access to home equity, and strengthen purchasing power.

"Guidance and expertise from trusted real estate agents will always be at the center of every successful home transaction," said Tim Heyl, founder and CEO of Homeward. "We're agents ourselves, so we built Homeward to help fellow agents solve the real problems their clients face every day. This investment allows us to expand our cash offer and bridge financing solutions, helping agents win more business, deliver a better client experience and close more deals."

Led by Saluda Grade, an alternative investment firm specializing in asset-backed credit, alongside Continental General Insurance Company, Citi Ventures, Magnetar, Harmony Partners, Norwest, Adams Street Partners, LiveOak Ventures, Parker89, Era Ventures, Javelin Venture Partners, and others, the $120 million series D investment builds on Homeward's differentiated approach to seamless buying and selling. The $330 million asset-backed debt facility will be used to fund more home transactions.

"Homeward is working to solve a financing problem that arises at a consequential moment for homeowners and their agents," said Ryan Craft, founder and CEO of Saluda Grade. "We believe Tim and his leadership team have extensive experience in this market and have made commendable progress in proving their operating model. We are pleased to support this exceptional team and are enthusiastic about the opportunity this asset class presents."

Homeward offers a suite of cash offer and bridge financing opportunities:

   -- Buy Before You Sell gives homeowners the convenience to purchase their 
      next home before selling their current one through short-term bridge 
      financing and a guaranteed backup offer that removes the home sale 
      contingency. 
 
   -- Cash Offer provides homeowners with the speed and certainty of a cash 
      sale while allowing them to participate in the upside when the home is 
      later resold. 
 
   -- Buy with Cash enables buyers to make competitive cash-backed offers and 
      then refinance into a traditional mortgage after closing. 

"Every transaction presents a different challenge," said Andrew Franklin, CEO of the Franklin Team at eXp Realty. "We've completed dozens of transactions with Homeward because their cash offer and bridge financing solutions give our agents the flexibility to solve problems, keep deals together and ultimately achieve their goals."

Homeward's technology platform also brings together Homeward Mortgage and Homeward Title services into an integrated experience for agents and their clients. By connecting every stage of the transaction, Homeward helps streamline the home buying and selling process while giving buyers, sellers and agents greater visibility and confidence from offer through closing.

"In this slow moving market, our clients need to know their existing home will sell in time," said Chris Marti, CEO of NuMouve at Keller Williams. "Homeward gives us a guaranteed solution, keeping our deals moving. That's how we win listings and get more referrals."

Since its founding, Homeward has partnered with more than 25,000 agents and facilitated over four billion dollars in residential real estate transactions.

About Homeward

Homeward helps real estate professionals better serve their clients and grow their business through an integrated suite of home buying, financing, mortgage and title solutions. Homeward helps buyers make more competitive offers, removes common transaction barriers and gives buyers and sellers greater certainty throughout the home buying and selling process. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Homeward operates in markets across the United States. Learn more at www.homeward.com.

Important Information:

The foregoing statements reflect the experience of certain Homeward business partners. Individual experiences may vary. No compensation was provided for this testimonial. Statements regarding anticipated growth, expansion plans, product benefits, and future business performance are forward-looking statements based on current expectations and assumptions. Actual results may differ materially due to market conditions, regulatory developments, economic factors, and other risks. Homeward's financing products are subject to eligibility requirements, underwriting criteria, and terms and conditions. References to portfolio investments are provided for illustrative purposes only and should not be assumed to be profitable.

Kelsey Tomascheski, kelsey@motherbear.agency

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