Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with John Jeanmonod, Regional Vice President of Sales at Angel Oak, about non-QM lending and the outlook for the second half of 2022. HousingWire: Given the recent news about a few non-QM lenders shutting down, some loan officers might be hesitant about working with non-QM.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The mortgage industry headed into 2022 after a strong showing in back-to-back years. 2022 still holds great opportunity for the industry but it also signals a pivot point. The company meticulously logged client feedback regarding challenges in the loan process and worked to eliminate pain points as well. 6 wholesale lender.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2023

Most retail lenders are desperately seeking high producing loan originators to make up for the losses that occurred in 2022. 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.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Coming off multiple quarters of financial losses , Rocket has accelerated those efforts in 2023, embarking on a remote local loan officer hiring spree designed to capture purchase market business from real estate agent connections, sources told HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2022

In addition, Redfin expects to incur a non-cash impairment charge of $2 million to $3 million on mortgage-specific, internally developed software. Founded in 2007, Corte Madera-based Bay Equity originated a volume at $8.5 billion in 2021, nearly ten times the size of Redfin’s existing portfolio.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

will lay off 77 employees in its Charlotte, North Carolina office come January 2022, a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice filed by the company reveals. Among those getting a pink slip are 49 loan officers, 10 national account managers, seven retail sales managers and seven transaction coordinators.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The Federal Reserve (Fed) actions that resulted in millions of borrowers receiving mortgage rates below 4% gave way to Fed actions that… triggered mortgage rates to rise above 7% in the fall of 2022. of the balance of a loan being assumed would be fair to both the borrower and the servicer.” Tozer suggested “a fee of 1.3%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

During the second-quarter earnings season, executives from publicly traded mortgage lenders detailed their forays into jumbo loans, non-qualified mortgages, reverse mortgages, home equity products and even personal loans. According to Black Knight , at the end of the second quarter 2022, the average U.S. and Sprout Mortgage.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

“This is a watershed moment for many different reasons as now these [HEAs] can start to become more of a mainstream asset class that a significant number of investors will want to participate in. Unlike banks and credit unions, nonbanks can’t hold these [home equity] loans on their balance sheets. …

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2022

We recently spoke to Bao Huynh, Director of Business Development at LoanScorecard, about these changes and the challenges of originating non-QM loans. Overall, I think the consensus we’re hearing from clients is that the overall non-QM market is going to continue to grow in 2022. And investor guidelines are continually evolving.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2023

We also sought input from industry experts, lenders and loan officers. 1 when it came to jumbo originations in 2022, with $28.7 Pontiac, Michigan-based United Wholesale Mortgage was the only nonbank on the list, in the ninth position with $7 billion in volume in 2022. billion in 2022. Who’s at the top?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

News just broke that private equity investor LLR Partners announced strategic investments in two mortgage technology companies — Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang ( click here for article ). With efficiency metrics and client outcomes like these it’s no surprise that the company continued to attract capital and investor interest.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2022

Like many loan officers, Dicker was working nights and weekends, banging out refinancings and purchase mortgages at record-low rates for clients. Even if mortgage rates are hovering in the 6% range, homes are still going to sell, loan officers said. The last two years have been good to Christian Dicker.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

And one of our strategic plans for our growth is we’re really bolstering up our retail division in 2022.”. The goal of that push is to expand Excelerate’s overall origination volume from around $3 billion annually now to $6 billion or more in 2022, with the bulk of those originations in the non-QM space.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2021

It also means we have to get back to the basics of building relationships with our clients and being their loan adviser for life instead of treating them as transactional customers. Loan officers and brokers need to reconnect with past clients and show their value. That value lies primarily in our knowledge and expertise.

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Assurance Financial

MARCH 2, 2022

Katherine Campbell, Chief Digital Officer at Assurance Financial who won the 2020 Housing Wire Tech Trendsetter award, shares her greatest success story in mortgage process digitization to date ahead of her session at PEX Live: Digital Mortgage Process 2022. They want to handle the entry of their personal data.

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Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 4, 2024

Whether you are a first-time homebuyer or a seasoned investor, choosing the right mortgage broker can significantly impact your overall home-buying experience. A knowledgeable mortgage broker is always up to date on the latest developments, ensuring that your mortgage transaction proceeds smoothly and without legal hiccups.

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Appraisal Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

The small rate declines expected will aid affordability to a minor degree after the surge in housing costs for buyers in 2022–2023. They are risky for the lender and its investors. Marketing to private money lenders Remember the old mortgage broker days of visiting an office and chatting with loan officers?

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Appraisal Today

MAY 12, 2023

Fannie Mae will end up creating more instability for the trillions in the bond market – investors will have to process millions of valuations with the physical attributes of the home collected by unlicensed, uninsured, and unprepared individuals getting paid $10-$25 per inspection. The refinance share of mortgage activity increased to 28.0

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