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Movement Mortgage acquires brokerage Superior Rate

Housing Wire

With the deal, Movement adds the brokerage’s more than $400 million in annual sales volume and 48 employees, including loans officers, support staff and executive members, to serve homebuyers and real estate agents in the Greater Boston Area. . The company was first established in the New England region in Rhode Island.

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With 20% market share, independent mortgage brokers are competing directly with retail lenders

Housing Wire

In today’s low-rate environment, wholesale mortgage lending continues to grow, making up more than 20% market share. The brokers were in agreement that recruiting talent and maintaining strong partnerships will be key to not only brand development, but a lasting foundation that will continue post-pandemic. “So

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Movement Mortgage to acquire top indie retail firm Mortgage Network

Housing Wire

“We want to grow,” Casey Crawford , a former pro football player who founded distributed retail nonbank Movement in 2008, said in a statement to HousingWire. Movement says it employs more than 1,500 loan officers nationwide and has over 550 branches.

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How JVM Lending plans to expand without any loan originators

Housing Wire

The lender runs its business based on a “no-loan-officer” model in which all of its 45 employees are licensed and delegated to a specific role in closing a loan. Back in the 2007-2009 meltdown, we had loan officers with us at that time.

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Winners and losers of this volatile housing market

Housing Wire

Like many loan officers, Dicker was working nights and weekends, banging out refinancings and purchase mortgages at record-low rates for clients. But any market that pushes some businesses to the brink of insolvency also will create opportunities for others. The last two years have been good to Christian Dicker. The culling.

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3 ways to help borrowers navigate choices as ‘exotic’ loans make a comeback

Housing Wire

Educate borrowers early and often Exotic lending products went mainstream in the early 2000s, leading, in part, to the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent regulatory overhaul. In the run-up to 2008, many lenders emphasized low introductory mortgage rates and weren’t required to disclose the final terms until closing day.

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What mortgage lenders need to know about wholesale

Housing Wire

Mortgage brokers emerged as key players in the industry in the 1980s because they offered access to multiple lenders and loan products. Up until the financial crisis in 2008, mortgage brokers held nearly 50% market share. Now, they are sitting at 22% and climbing, because they offer the most loan options to borrowers.

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