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The Money Store hires Coleen Bogle as chief marketing officer

Housing Wire

Most of last year’s top-producing loan officers at DKMC are not transitioning to NAF, HousingWire reported. Before DKMC, Bogle spent three years at Superior Mortgage, and transitioned for another three years at Guaranteed Rate after the company acquired Superior in February 2012.

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Former academy resumes role as Funding Longevity Task Force

Housing Wire

Return to a ‘task force’ The original task force was co-founded in 2012 by Giordano and Security One Lending ’s Torrey Larsen. But as we’ve said from the very beginning, it takes loan officers sitting [face-to-face with advisers] to really get the message across.” We’ve got all the ammunition.

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The housing industry will soon be up in ARMs

Housing Wire

If there’s a bet to be made on the future of the non-agency lending space, it’s that the adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) will become far more popular this year as purchase mortgages increasingly dominate a housing market pivoting to an up-rate environment. There’s a lot of different reasons why someone falls outside the agency loans.

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Interfirst to lay off 140 employees

Housing Wire

issued pink slips to over 350 non-commissioned loan officers, a workforce reduction that former workers claimed to represent more than half of Interfirst’s entire staff. Presented by: Acra Lending. In 2012, the historically low interest rates led to a boom in refinances, and the lender grew to $14.5

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ICE integrates Maxwell and Roostify to eClose solution

Housing Wire

Roostify, a mortgage technology provider, will integrate the solution to its digital home lending platform. The company claims that they close loans 13 days faster and enable their loan officers to close around 15% more loans per month. Are digital closings really worth it?

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SimpleNexus secures $108 million in Series B funding round

Housing Wire

The platform allows loan officers to become “mobile originators,” using their smartphones to view applications, pull credit reports and oversee all aspects of the loan process while connecting in real-time to their LOS. billion.

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CrossCountry strikes a deal to acquire LendUs

Housing Wire

It has about 350 loan officers and roughly 100 retail branches. . First Choice brought to CrossCountry retailer Costco ’s mortgage program, which connects the big box retail giant’s members with a select list of lenders and offers a discount on the lending fees. It provides purchases, refinances, and home equity products.

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