Better Home & Finance Announces Update on Consent Solicitation

Better Home & Finance Holding Company (NASDAQ: BETR) (“Better” or the “Company”) today shared an update on the consent solicitation initiated by Vishal Garg and the other participants in the solicitation. The Special Committee (the “Special Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company has withdrawn its challenge to the preliminary report of the independent inspector of elections regarding the consent solicitation initiated by Mr. Garg. The Special Committee determined that this decision is in the best interests of the Company and all of its stockholders, in consideration of the costs and uncertainty of a prolonged contest.

The Special Committee wishes the very best to the hard-working employees of Better and hopes the Company will thrive.

About Better

Better Home & Finance Holding Company (NASDAQ: BETR) is the first AI-native mortgage and home equity finance platform, and first fintech to fund more than $110 billion in loan volume. Better has leveraged its industry-leading AI platform, Tinman®, to achieve its singular mission of making homeownership cheaper, faster, and easier for all Americans. Tinman® allows customers to see their rate options in seconds, get pre-approved in minutes, lock in rates, and close their loan in as little as three weeks. In addition, Betsy™, the first AI loan agent built exclusively for the mortgage industry, revolutionizes the homebuying journey by answering questions, delivering approvals, comparing products, processing rate locks, and moving their loan application along to closing 24/7/365. Better’s mortgage offerings include GSE-conforming mortgage loans, FHA and VA loans, and jumbo mortgage and home equity loans. Better serves customers in all 50 US states and the United Kingdom.

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Forward-looking Statements

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements in this press release that are not historical facts should be considered forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements and expectations regarding the results of the inspector of elections report. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “potential,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “could,” “would,” “project,” “plan,” “target,” or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual future events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements in this communication. These risks and uncertainties include those risks discussed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 and the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2026 and June 30, 2026, as any such factors may be updated from time to time in the Company’s other filings with the SEC. New risks and uncertainties arise from time to time, and it is impossible for Better to predict these events or how they may affect us. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Better undertakes no obligation, except as required by law, to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, changes in expectations, future events or otherwise.

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