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Appraisal Buzz
MAY 22, 2024
Tim Whittier has been promoted to president at First Home Mortgage. Whittier first joined First Home Mortgage in 2009. He began his mortgage banking career in 1992 directly out of the University of Maryland. I am honored to step into the role of president at First Home Mortgage,” Whittier says.
Housing Wire
APRIL 15, 2024
In the late 2000s, Ryan Schmidt was a restaurant manager with no real understanding of the reverse mortgage product. It wouldn’t take long for that to change, however, and Schmidt now serves as the vice president of partner engagement at Finance of America Reverse (FAR), the reverse mortgage industry market leader in the U.S.
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Housing Wire
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Amid the expectation of a wave of mergers and acquisitions in 2023, nonbank mortgage lenders American Portfolio Mortgage Corporation and Town Square Mortgage announced on Wednesday that the companies are merging their operations. This week, Guild announced it has acquired Legacy Mortgage.
Housing Wire
MARCH 15, 2023
Silicon Valley Bank resumed mortgage originations on Tuesday via its newly established “bridge bank” — just four days after California state regulators took possession of the financial institution and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) as receivers. SVB’s mortgage origination volume reached $2.4
Housing Wire
JANUARY 19, 2023
When industry veteran Michael Strauss abruptly shut down Long Island-based Sprout Mortgage in early July, there was uproar. million mortgage fraud settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to his name, seems to be back in the mortgage business. Shocked employees didn’t receive their last paychecks.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 17, 2024
2 However, these potential clients will also face challenges — namely market volatility, unpredictable interest rates and limited purchasing power due to increasing debt. They own the home with their name on the title, as with any mortgage, traditional or reverse. Yet staggeringly few are aware of its existence.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 27, 2023
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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