HW Media

What HW Media does

HW Media is a media and information services company that operates a multi-brand platform serving decision-makers across the U.S. housing economy. Founded in 2016 in Dallas, Texas, and owned by Riomar Capital, the company has assembled its portfolio through a combination of organic launches and acquisitions: HousingWire (a B2B news media brand covering mortgage lending, real estate, and capital markets, with 700k monthly website visitors), The Gathering (a premier executive event for the housing industry), RealTrends Verified (a performance benchmarking platform for real estate brokerages, teams, and agents), Altos (a real-time housing market data platform), Reverse Mortgage Daily, and most recently The Builder's Daily (a homebuilding newsletter acquired in July 2025). In 2025 the company launched HousingWire Data, its first internally-developed proprietary data product, integrating Altos real-time market intelligence with sold property data for full lifecycle housing market visibility.

HW Media monetizes through four primary revenue streams: (1) subscription and SaaS products serving 18k active subscribers across HousingWire Content, Altos, RealTrends Verified, and HousingWire Data; (2) enterprise client partnerships with 235 clients for marketing, data, and event activation strategies; (3) events and conferences led by The Gathering; and (4) advertising and content licensing against the HousingWire audience. The go-to-market combines sales-led enterprise engagement with product-led growth through proprietary data products integrated into subscriptions. The company employs 60 team members across editorial, sales, technology, engineering, and events functions. Notable customers cited on the company's owned channels include Rocket Mortgage, Bloomberg, Zillow, Yahoo, Compass, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Bank, CoreLogic, ICE, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Auction.com, Realtor.com, and Re/Max. In August 2025, Capital Alignment Partners made a strategic investment in the company, supporting continued growth in housing media, data, and software.

Technically, HW Media's core platform is built around real-time housing market data aggregation and performance benchmarking systems. Altos provides real-time market data at scale; RealTrends Verified delivers accuracy and precision in brokerage and agent performance analytics; and HousingWire Data integrates sold property intelligence with real-time market data for end-to-end lifecycle visibility. No AI/ML capabilities, proprietary models, or AI-focused research are disclosed in available materials. The company operates as HW Media, LLC, a Texas LLC, with no public listing.

Name

HW Media

Legal name

HW Media, LLC

Website

https://hwmedia.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Industry Media & Data

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621), Broadcasting and Content Providers (516)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

News, Politics & Current Affairs Magazines (MPAJAEAO)

Keywords

• Housing market data
• Real estate media
• Mortgage industry news
• Property analytics software
• Housing industry events

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Subscription and SaaS Products: HousingWire Content and SaaS subscriptions provide market intelligence to 18k active subscribers. Altos data capabilities are integrated into HW subscription offerings, creating recurring revenue from data-driven subscription tiers.
2. Enterprise Client Partnerships: 235 enterprise clients partner with HousingWire on marketing, data and event activation strategies, providing B2B revenue through service contracts and strategic engagements.
3. Events and Conferences: The Gathering is the premier event for top housing executives, generating revenue through ticket sales, sponsorships, and premium networking experiences. HousingWire launches events starting 2018.
4. Content and Advertising: HousingWire serves as the most trusted news media source for mortgage lending, real estate and capital markets professionals, generating advertising and content licensing revenue.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

HW Media operates an integrated portfolio of media, data, software, and event businesses serving the U.S. housing economy. Through its flagship HousingWire media brand, the Altos real-time housing market data platform, the RealTrends Verified rankings program, and The Gathering industry conference, the company delivers journalism, market intelligence, performance verification, and executive convening to housing professionals.

Product overview

HW Media operates a multi-brand platform spanning media, data, and software businesses that power decision-makers across the housing economy. The portfolio centers on HousingWire as the flagship media brand delivering original journalism and market analysis for mortgage lending, real estate, and capital markets professionals. Data and analytics products include Altos (real-time real estate market data), RealTrends Verified (performance benchmarking for brokerages and agents), and HousingWire Data (proprietary data with full lifecycle housing market visibility). Events are anchored by The Gathering as the premier executive conference. Content extensions include The Builder's Daily (construction and design sector newsletter) and Reverse Mortgage Daily (integrated into HousingWire after 2021 acquisition). The company serves 235 enterprise clients with marketing, data, and event activation strategies alongside 700k monthly website visitors and 18k active subscribers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HousingWire: The most trusted news media source for mortgage lending, real estate and capital markets professionals.
• The Gathering
• RealTrends Verified
• Altos
• The Builder's Daily

Products and services

• HousingWire Flagship media brand of HW Media delivering original journalism, analysis, and editorial coverage of the U.S. mortgage, real estate, and broader housing economy for industry professionals.
• Altos
• RealTrends Verified
• The Gathering
• The Builder's Daily
• HousingWire Data
• Reverse Mortgage Daily

Quantifiable outcome

• 700k monthly audience members visit HousingWire websites
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves14 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Inman: Long-running trade news, data and events brand serving real estate brokerage, technology and mortgage professionals — directly overlapping HousingWire's audience and editorial coverage across the U.S. housing economy.
• RISMedia: B2B media company publishing news, rankings and content for real estate agents, brokers and MLSs — closest direct competitor to HousingWire's trade journalism and RealTrends Verified-style benchmarking franchise.
• Scotsman Guide: Trade media brand focused on mortgage originators and lenders, with rankings and editorial content — comparable to HousingWire's mortgage-lending journalism and lender audience.
• National Mortgage News: Source Media property covering the mortgage, housing finance and GSE policy beat — competes for the same enterprise readership and advertising dollars as HousingWire's mortgage coverage.
• The Real Deal: Digital news and events brand covering residential and commercial real estate, with a strong executive readership — overlaps with HousingWire's housing-economy journalism and live event strategy.

Broad incumbents

• CoreLogic: Large-scale property data and analytics provider whose real-estate intelligence is a direct comparable to Altos and HousingWire Data, but operates across a much broader data and software portfolio serving mortgage and insurance.
• Zillow Group: Consumer-facing real estate marketplace and data platform whose market intelligence and research arms overlap with Altos and HousingWire Data, though Zillow's core is consumer listings rather than B2B trade media.
• Realtor.com (Move, Inc.): Major U.S. real estate portal with housing market data and research products competing for the same housing professional mindshare that HousingWire and Altos serve.
• ICE Mortgage Technology: Intercontinental Exchange's mortgage technology and data business, a dominant infrastructure provider whose Encompass and data products overlap with HW Media's enterprise data ambitions for lenders.
• Bloomberg: Global financial media and data company already listed as an HW Media customer; competes broadly for housing and mortgage coverage and enterprise marketing dollars.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HousingWire
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@HousingWire
• Facebookfacebook.com/HousingWire
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hwmedia
• Instagraminstagram.com/housingwire/?hl=en

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A4 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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