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Interfirst, the phoenix of mortgage, lays off hundreds

Housing Wire

By July 2013, things were going so well that Godin and his wife purchased a lakefront mansion in Winnetka, Illinois, for nearly $13 million , a record for the posh Chicago suburb. The lender originated $10 billion in mortgages in 2013, $5 billion in 2014, $3 billion in 2015 and just $2 billion in 2016 before shutting down altogether in 2017.

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MBA economists: The overcapacity that still needs to be cut

Housing Wire

After two record-setting years of mortgage origination volume, the mortgage industry is contracting, sharply. The first category is real estate credit, which covers most establishments focused on lending with real estate as collateral. It is also unclear in the BLS data how mortgage loan servicing personnel are categorized.

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Appraisal Risk, Reviews, and Revisions

Appraisal Today

While that number may seem high to some, in the context of lending and property complexities, that is a 54% improvement in performance cited earlier in this article (from 35% 10 years ago). Excerpts: Completed in 2013, the 50,738-square-foot compound has six bedrooms, 8.5 The average contract interest rate for 5/1 ARMs increased to 5.56