2015Founded by the Trulia team
Sean Black, Jamie Glenn and Karan Sakhuja start Knockaway, Inc. to fix the hardest part of moving: buying and selling at the same time.
About us
Buy before you sell. That’s the whole idea.
Knock is a caring group of people who came together from across the industry with the belief there had to be a better way to serve people in the journey between homes. Our bridge loan gives everyone in the process more convenience, certainty, and competitiveness.
A+ BBB rating
6× Inc. Best Workplaces
- 2015
- Founded
- $1B+
- Bridge loans originated
- 100k
- Agent & lender partners
- 32
- States
What we do
Buy before you sell. Built for everyone at the table.
The Knock Bridge Loan lets homebuyers use the equity in their current home to make a non-contingent offer on the next one. Agents, lenders and builders get a deal that closes.
Homebuyers
Buy your next home before you sell your current one. Make a non-contingent offer and skip the double move.
For homebuyers →Agents
Win more listings and write stronger offers. Get certified and bring the bridge loan to your clients.
For agents →Lenders
Keep the purchase loan and add a bridge solution your borrowers can qualify for. We work alongside you, not around you.
For lenders →Builders
Turn contingent buyers into firm contracts. Help buyers close on the new build without waiting on their current home to sell.
For builders →Backed by
Investors who know housing.
Firms that build for the long term in real estate and lending.
Backed by a venture firm that has financed category-defining companies for two decades, the investment arm of the largest trade association in real estate, and a lending partner that funds the bridge loan itself.
Our story
Eleven years of making the move between homes less painful.
2015
2016First market: Atlanta
The first employees are hired and the first product, Listing Guarantee, goes live to Atlanta home sellers.
2017$32.5M Series A
Led by RRE Ventures with Corazon Capital, Redpoint, Greycroft, Correlation Ventures, Great Oaks and FJ Labs. At the fall offsite in Santa Cruz, the team pitches an idea called Home Trade-In.
2018Home Trade-In is born
Knock lets homeowners buy their next home before selling the old one, expands to Charlotte, Raleigh and Dallas-Fort Worth, and passes 200 five-star customer reviews.
2019$400M Series B and debt
Led by Foundry Group. Knock opens Phoenix, its first western market, and the team passes 100 people across 17 states.
2020The Knock Home Swap
Trade-In is rebuilt with integrated financing so buyers can make a non-contingent offer and move on their own timeline.
2021Coast to coast
From 6 markets to 70 in eighteen months, Chicago becoming the fiftieth and Baltimore the seventieth.
2022Rebuilt around the bridge loan
Knock raises $220 million in debt and equity and refocuses the company on one product: a bridge loan that works through the buyer’s own agent and lender.
2023The Home Swap becomes the Knock Bridge Loan
Any lender’s buyer can now use Knock to buy before they sell. The home-prep allowance rises to $35,000.
2024Open to every lender
Knock opens its platform to outside lenders. NFM Lending is first to put the bridge loan estimate inside its loan officers’ workflow, and Knock adds $125 million in new revolving credit.
2025First bridge loan securitization
Knock closes its first securitization of bridge loans, a $100 million deal that opens institutional capital to the product.
2026Over $1 billion originated
Cumulative bridge loan originations pass one billion dollars.
Today
A better bridge for everyone
The Knock Bridge Loan, offered through over 100,000 agent and lender partners in 32 states. A+ BBB rating.
Next
New markets coming soon
We’re bringing the Knock Bridge Loan to more states.
Leadership
Meet the team
Leaders from real estate, mortgage and consumer technology, building for the people in the middle of a move.
Sean Black Chief Executive Officer Co-founder · Trulia, Corcoran
Jamie Glenn Chief Operating Officer Co-founder · Trulia, Yahoo! Real Estate
Stephen Wegner Chief of Staff McKinsey & Company
Shelley Smith Vice President, Sales Sever Group
Kelly Rasmussen Vice President, Product Porch Group
David Maddox Vice President, Finance EY
Jen Strain Head of Lending Silverton Mortgage
Terra Soloski Vice President, People Robert Half
Stacey Arenson Head of Marketing
Founders
Started by people who had already fixed home search once
Sean Black, Jamie Glenn and Karan Sakhuja were part of the founding team at Trulia. They started Knock in 2015 because the transaction, not the search, was still the broken part of moving.
Knockstars
The people behind the bridge loan.
I love hearing how the Knock Bridge Loan made it possible for them to make the move, whether that’s because they have small children, pets or an elderly parent, or they needed to move stuff out to sell for the highest and best.
One of the most rewarding aspects of my role is the opportunity to connect directly with consumers, helping them understand why Knock is an exceptional option for simplifying and elevating their home selling and buying experience.
The most rewarding part of my job is empowering my partners to provide solutions most of their clients did not know existed. By providing that edge, my partners stand out and grow their bottom line.
Because I came from the lending space, I feel for loan officers. I like nothing better than helping loan officers help their clients, finding a solution that solves a problem for their client. I like seeing the loan officer be a hero.
Customer stories
Just Knock.
Careers
Join the team
We’re a remote-first team across the US rethinking how people buy and sell homes. If you like hard problems and real ownership, come build with us.
Partnerships
Partner with us
Lenders, agents, and builders work with Knock to help their clients buy before they sell. Let’s talk about what we could build together.