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WFG reports its highest volume months ever during Q2 and Q3 of 2020

Housing Wire

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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How InstaMortgage convinced top broker shop to jump to retail

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As part of the merger, Jim Black, the founder of All Cal, will become chief lending officer of InstaMortgage. Black, a licensed mortgage loan officer and broker, will also lead product development, tech partnerships and sales growth. Terms of the deal, which was announced on Tuesday, were not disclosed.

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Presenting HousingWire’s 2021 Class of Rising Stars

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This year’s class of Rising Stars matches the recording-breaking and unparalleled year that the housing industry experienced in 2020. SVP, Agent Engagement & Development. Genworth Mortgage Insurance. Alterra Home Loans. Senior Loan Officer. VP of Product Development. Branch Manager. PrimeLending.

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Opinion: Solutions to restore housing as an economic growth engine

Housing Wire

of GDP in 2020. As a driver of the economy, housing should be bolstered by: Non-bank lending institutions to lend in lower-income areas and to minorities in the same way that CRA provides for banks Reducing government-insured and guaranteed mortgage loan fees. Incentivizing developers is necessary.

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These mortgage lenders have cut jobs in 2022

Housing Wire

By some estimates, origination volume will fall in 2022 to about $2 trillion, about half the volume from the record-breaking years of 2021 and 2020. As of May 27, Iowa Workforce Development lists 49 layoffs at the Wells Fargo campuses in Des Moines and 34 employee reductions in West Des Moine.

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PRMG’s John Ashley on cybersecurity and privacy

Housing Wire

So, we’re not little, but we’re not big, like some of these companies with 500 developers. We have a development team and so we have software developers, system analysts, business analysts, quality assurance testers, and people that manage deployments. We have smaller teams, but they’re very effective.

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Blend reaches unicorn status with $75 million Series F raise

Housing Wire

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech-focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, insurance and real estate. To that end, Blend plans to use the new capital to invest in product development such as speeding up the release of its digital closing solution.

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