Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2021

The product expansion is in response to servicers who “exhausted all efforts” to keep people in their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic and economic collapse of 2020, according to WFG Default Title Services Senior Vice President Dean Kirchen.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

Consolidation in the mortgage industry is likely in 2022, analysts and lending executives said. A seasoned retail and commercial banking salesman in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the 39-year-old Woodward joined Interfirst Mortgage as a loan officer in October 2020 after a recommendation from an old college friend. trillion in 2020 and then $4.4

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2021

Like every department within housing, marketing teams across the country were forced to re-strategize and tailor their programs to accommodate the changing climate of 2020. The HW Marketing Leaders make up the best and brightest minds in marketing within mortgage lending, servicing and real estate.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2021

1 city in population growth for the last eight years and it was the hottest job market in 2019 and 2020, according to the Wall Street Journal. Rapidly accelerating home prices come with a variety of challenges for lenders and real estate agents, including one of the biggest pain points right now — the appraisal gap.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

million investment in eOriginal, a multi-year Tech100 winner that developed a ‘simple closing experience for lenders, borrowers and settlement agents.’ With efficiency metrics and client outcomes like these it’s no surprise that the company continued to attract capital and investor interest. In 2016 LLR led a $26.5 Jobs are important.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

According to the DOJ, when a seller makes an offer of compensation to the buyer broker, the buyer broker does not need to compete on their compensation price in order to attract clients. Originally filed in 2020 in U.S. All of the brokerage defendants except for HomeServices of America have settlement agreements related to the suit.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

When the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to zero on March 15, 2020 and set off an extraordinary real estate boom, Rocket Mortgage was ready. billion in profit in 2020 and $6.1 billion in profit in 2020 and $6.1 Its parent Rocket Companies rode the wave to a stunning $9.4 billion in 2021. billion in 2021.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Becca Summers does not typically include Wells Fargo on the lender recommendation list she gives to clients. However, when mortgage rates started rising in the spring, Summers encouraged her clients to take advantage of the bank’s mortgage rate lock product. Looking back, Summers is glad she encouraged her buyers to swap lenders.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2022

It relies on the small lenders’ production, such as community banks and independent mortgage banks that typically have a salesforce focused on working closely with local borrowers and real estate agents over the long haul. Bank Home Mortgage and Planet Home Lending. Its strategy has impacted correspondent lending.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

trillion in mortgages were originated in 2020 and 2021, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported. How do you help real estate agents? We help listing agents generate significantly more buyers for their home sales. We help agents get a marketing edge by including their mortgage with the home sale.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2021

At the end of the first quarter, Fathom — a real estate and technology services platform — had approximately 2,400 real estate agents in Texas, including around 1,700 in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Other Fathom brands include Dagley Insurance , Encompass Lending , intelliAgent , and Real Results.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 17, 2021

Between 2002-2005 in many markets, the real estate market was scorching, much like it is today. Although 2020-21 is not the same as the run-up before the housing crash, there are some similarities with what appraiser’s face that bears addressing and reiterating. Appraisers’ jobs are not to facilitate mortgage lending.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

With the market shift, LOs whose businesses were mainly driven by refinances in 2020 and 2021, must quickly shift gears and figure out ways to bring in purchase leads. LOs interviewed by HousingWire say that they have actively ramped up their attempts to connect with prospective borrowers and real estate agents.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I am in the camp with many that believe the market will continue to feel price pressure, at least until inventory levels begin to return to normal (2019 or early 2020 levels, at least). I can see why loan officers, real estate agents, or buyers might push back on appraisers’ conclusions.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2021

billion in the wholesale channel in 2020 (compared to about $62 billion in retail), lost roughly 5% of its broker clients to UWM, according to company executives. Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration. . “We’re up over 100 inquiries since March 4.” “It’s not true.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2020

With 2020 finally coming to a close, several companies wrapped up this unprecedented year for housing with some brand-new mortgage tech for 2021. Blend has digitized lending for more than 150 companies before, including Wells Fargo and U.S The tech solution giving community lenders an advantage. Presented by: Maxwell. billion.

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Lamacchia Realty

APRIL 8, 2024

Her reason for becoming a real estate agent is to continue her desire to work with people and have clients be as happy with their lifestyle as she is providing it to them. Her desire to help her clients earned Shauna the title of Rising Star in the September 2021 issue of the South Shore Real Producers Magazine !

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

” Better is partnering with other businesses to offer services such as homeowner’s insurance and to provide access to a network of real estate agents, rather than offering these products and services directly to borrowers. The change resulted in Better’s exit from its real estate business.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Behind him, the recent financial crisis still cast a cautionary shadow over new business development, but ahead he saw opportunities for a client-centric, tech-focused family of companies in the title insurance and real estate settlement services industry. Now, at WFG’s 10-year anniversary, this vision holds even more relevance.

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Eppraisal

APRIL 20, 2021

According to a homebuyinginstitute.com article, in February of 2021, there were fewer home for sale than in February 2020. According to an article on Realtor.com, there were 52% less homes on the market in March of 2021 than in March of 2020. A mortgage company will not lend more money than the house appraises for.

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McKissock

AUGUST 7, 2022

First, real estate foreclosures still only reach about 57% of where they were in 2020. Build Your Real Estate Business with McKissock. As the local real estate expert, you want to show your clients that you understand the local market they need to make the best possible investment.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

We’ve all heard the news: over 60,000 real estate agents left the profession in the first half of 2023. Whether you’re newly licensed or an experienced agent who had a productive year — if you’re looking for a change, it’s likely you’ve started receiving emails, letters, and phone calls from all kinds of real estate firms.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

“Another loan closing today is for a real estate agent who is an investor and has done many mortgages in the past. Mike did not hesitate: “I did more pricing exceptions for the real estate agent,” he said in an interview on the day of the loan closings. She’s well educated. It’s not without risk.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2021

The first, Partner API, is used to unify title companies, real estate agents, lenders, and homebuyers throughout a single real estate and mortgage transaction. How hybrid title and valuations help increase lending efficiency. It’s the second proptech offering created by Qualia.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2023

Its in-house servicing is helping extend the client life cycle, something that bigger players have used to great effect with refis. Of course, the risk in winning purchase business in a volatile, high-rate environment is that other lenders could snag your client as soon as rates drop just months later.

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PennyMac

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Many real estate agents (who are paid in commissions) also have fewer clients and successes in the winter, so they’re often willing to negotiate closing costs and fees as well. Real estate agents also have fewer clients in the fall, so you’re likely to get more out of your agent during the fall as well.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

With interest rates hitting all-time lows, lenders doubled their origination volume to more than $4 trillion in both 2020 and 2021, hired more staff and ramped up investment in technology to close loans faster. Of the $387.2 billion came from its origination technology, according to their earnings reports.

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Appraisal Today

JUNE 10, 2022

Recall the five forces of friction: practices, standards, education, regulation, and client expectation. Not much work probably compared with 2020-2022. The Inevitable Cyclicality of Mortgage Lending. Communicating with non-lender clients: Very, very different than lenders. How to get referrals from real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Hale recently launched MAP, his new consultancy business, to help mortgage bankers, mortgage brokers, banks, homebuilders and real estate agents improve their mortgage-related businesses. HousingWire: What has been the most useful tech tool for you? HousingWire: What are 2-3 trends that you are closely following?

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Appraisal Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on all cash sales, bad bank, FHFA/Fannie, speaking at real estate agent meetings, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. ==. Speaking at real estate sales meetings is an easy way to market your appraisal business. Control your fees.

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McKissock

MARCH 15, 2022

Clients continue to require more market analysis be included in appraisals. For example, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic during April and May, 2020, ShowingTime Showing Index® reported that the number of withdrawn (delisted) homes increased over 25% from the prior year, 2019.

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Appraisal Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

I always made them and never had any complaints from my lender clients. NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on 2024 forecasts for mortgage rates and originations, Private Money lending, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. But far higher expenses than pre-2020 norms will remain.

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Appraisal Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

FNMA indicates that their 2022 lending volume is down 47% from 2021 and is expected to drop by another 50% in 2023. Many thanks to Ryan Lundquist’s 2020 blog post for the very appropriate image above! My comments: Written for real estate agents but relevant for appraisers as we report on the market.

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Appraisal Today

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

If the appraisal is for lending purposes, be sure to find out if it is “lendable” before spending much time on it. Examples of data sources include, but are not limited to, a multiple listing service, deed records, tax records, real estate agents, builders, appraisers, appraiser’s files, and other third-party sources and vendors.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2021

during the second quarter of 2020 to 3.3% Despite the downturn in volume in recent months, LoanDepot said a strong investment in marketing and brand awareness increased the company’s market share from 2.3% in the second quarter of 2021. Overall, net income for the mortgage lender decreased all the way down to $26.3

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Clear Capital

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

They are a digital lending platform. So there’s this real estate agent, right? And they describe themself as a developer of the mobile-first home ownership platform. They are not a point of sale, they will tell you that they’re not a point of sale. But that’s mobile first. There’s less lead-in.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Quicken Loans Mortgage Services is proud to partner with a diverse set of brokers, which broadens the pool of potential clients they serve together. While there is some overlap with state agency data, FHA mortgage lending has become increasingly reliant on DPA as well. Now is the time to double down on diversity and inclusion efforts.

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