{"id":1640,"date":"2025-09-23T10:56:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T10:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finzexpert.com\/blog\/better-home-finance-soars-after-recommendation-by-jackson-of-opendoor-fame\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T10:56:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T10:56:53","slug":"better-home-finance-soars-after-recommendation-by-jackson-of-opendoor-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finzexpert.com\/blog\/better-home-finance-soars-after-recommendation-by-jackson-of-opendoor-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Home &#038; Finance soars after recommendation by Jackson of Opendoor fame"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"RegularArticle-ArticleBody-5\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-5-2\"><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Eric Jackson, a hedge fund manager who partly contributed to the trading explosion in Opendoor, unveiled his new pick Monday \u2014 <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-2\">Better Home &amp; Finance Holding Co.<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"\/><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> Jackson said his firm holds a position in Better Home but didn&#8217;t disclose its size.<\/p>\n<p>Shares of Better Home soared 46.6% on Monday after Jackson touted the stock on X. At one point during the session, the stock more than doubled in price. The New York-based mortgage lender jumped more than 36% last week. Better Home&#8217;s market capitalization was a little more than $500 million as of Friday&#8217;s close, according to FactSet data.<\/p>\n<p>The EMJ Capital president and founder called Better Home &#8220;the <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-3\">Shopify<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"\/><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> of mortgages&#8221; and said the company is rebuilding a $15 trillion industry from scratch using artificial intelligence. 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