Inman Recognizes Unison CEO with 2025 Best of Finance Award

SAN FRANCISCO, July 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Unison Mortgage Corporation, a Unison company, today announced that Inman recognized Unison CEO and Chairman Thomas Sponholtz for the second consecutive year as one of real estate's best and brightest in the mortgage and finance space.

The Inman Best of Finance Award honors those pushing the envelope and reshaping the homebuying space. Sponholtz's pioneering contributions to reshaping how homeowners can leverage their home equity for financial flexibility and growth contributed to his winning the award.

Awarded by the respected editorial team at Inman, this distinction highlights individuals and entities revolutionizing the proptech industry by offering transformative solutions.

"I'm honored to be recognized by Inman alongside so many innovators in the industry," said Sponholtz. "This award reflects the growing momentum behind equity sharing as a more sustainable path to homeownership and financial flexibility. We're proud to be reshaping how people think about and use home equity."

The full list of 2025 Inman Best of Finance Award winners can be found here.

About Unison Equity Sharing Home Loan:
The Equity Sharing Home Loan is a second mortgage that allows borrowers to access their home equity with low monthly payments. In exchange, Unison receives a portion of the home's future appreciation. The loan features lower monthly payments by splitting interest into ongoing (paid monthly) and deferred (compounded) portions. The total cost includes deferred interest and depends on home appreciation, and is repaid at the term's end. Check your eligibility and get a free, no-obligation estimate at www.unison.com/homeloan.

About Unison:
Based in San Francisco and Omaha, Unison is pioneering a smarter, better way to own your home. Until now, the only way to harvest hard-earned equity was by selling your home, or taking on enormous additional debt. Through Unison equity sharing agreements and equity sharing home loans, we help homeowners access their equity in a new and innovative way with low or no monthly payments. We are an investment management company with over $1.8 billion in assets under management, and we furnish investors with the opportunity to access the returns associated with home price appreciation, minus the overhead of home ownership. Our equity sharing agreements have empowered 12,000 households to pursue financial wellness, and we're proud to continue to enhance home affordability, reduce debt, and deliver a less risky way for homeowners, investors, and society to think about that important asset - the home. For additional information, visit www.unison.com and www.unisonim.com.

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