At Rocket Pro’s 2026 Ignite event, the leadership team announced a three-year partnership with Compass International Holdings that adds up to 80 basis points in purchase pricing for borrowers who work with a Compass buyer's agent, and launched a new broker-focused loan origination system, Jupiter.
Chief Revenue Officer Austin Niemiec described the event as the start of a broader initiative. “Today, Ignite was not an event; it was a kickoff,” he said. “Although we launched a lot of value to the broker community, we're just getting started.”
The announcements come amid leadership changes at Rocket Pro, including Niemiec’s return to lead the division following the departure of Dan Sogorka, who had served as general manager since September 2024. Longtime executive Mike Fawaz also announced he will leave the company after 15 years.
Stacked Credits: Rocket and Compass Align on Purchase
The agreement is part of a broader three-year strategic alliance between Rocket Companies and Compass. The partnership includes preferred pricing for Compass clients, such as a 1 percentage-point interest rate reduction for the first year of a loan or a lender credit of up to $6,000 to offset upfront costs or initial payments.
“It's a landmark partnership, one of the biggest in the history of home ownership, in my opinion,” Niemiec said. “It's Rocket, and one of the largest lenders in the country, partnering with the largest real estate company, Compass, coming together to help Americans win when it comes to home ownership.”
Under a new program called Pro Purchase Power, Rocket partners who work with a Compass buyer's agent will receive a 40-basis-point credit stacked on top of Rocket Pro's existing 40-basis-point purchase credit — a combined 80-basis-point pricing incentive on eligible transactions.
Niemiec said the initiative is intended to strengthen collaboration between local loan officers and real estate agents.
“When you think about purchase, it's one in the trenches in local communities. It's local real estate agents working with local loan officers to help that local consumer find a house. And this just connects those local professionals in a big way under this partnership.”
Jupiter: A Broker-Branded LOS
Rocket Pro also announced a partnership with Lendesk to introduce Jupiter, a mortgage loan origination system designed for independent brokers. The platform allows brokers to operate under their own branding and can be used whether loans are submitted to Rocket or to other lenders.
“What I love about brokers is they're all so unique, and all have their own brand and tech stack,” Niemiec said. “Jupiter is an amazing option for brokers.”
“We want to be wherever brokers are, whether it's on Jupiter or their own LOS,” he said. The system is designed to integrate with brokers’ existing workflows. Jupiter enables brokers to initiate or share digital applications, automate documentation requests, facilitate credit pulls, generate disclosures, support electronic signatures and assemble loan packages. If a broker submits a loan to Rocket, processing remains within the same interface.
“When they're ready to send it to Rocket, they never have to leave the Jupiter system, period. Our conditions and how we process the loan just can be done right through Jupiter.”
If brokers send loans to other lenders through Jupiter, Rocket does not access that data. Jupiter is SOC 2 Type 2 audited.
“If a broker wants to use Jupiter to send the loan to other lenders, that's their choice, and yes, we don't see any of that data," Niemiec explained. “We want to make sure it's crystal clear that brokers know that their data and their clients are their data and their clients — and it stays with them.”
Ongoing Rollout
Rocket also highlighted continued investment in ProNavigate, its broker technology platform, including new “Connectors” that integrate with systems such as Salesforce and Canva.
“We wanted to cut through the noise and deliver real, meaningful AI tools that are built for loan officers, that are proven, that are vetted, and that's ProNavigate,” Niemiec said. “These are tools that are vetted, that we spent many years building, that brokers love, that will help with conversion, recapture, and even going out and getting new business.”
Overall, the platform is designed to reduce administrative work and allow brokers to focus on production. “You saw a lot of the technology today that takes a lot of the redundancy off their plate and allows humans to do what they do best, and computers to do what computers do best," he said.
But Niemiec said his "favorite" part of the event was announcing Rocket Pro's new commitment. The company plans to reveal a new broker-focused initiative on the first Tuesday of each month, beginning in April and continuing through 2026.
"When we say we're doubling down," he said, "we couldn't be more serious.”
