Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2023

Industry players are largely pessimistic about the economic climate and expect interest rates to trend up in the near term future, according to the HousingWire Q2 2023 LenderPulse survey. None of the surveyed mortgage professionals said staff cuts caused decreased ability to close loans and lack of training were the challenges they faced.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Its centralized call center business model, which Rocket relied upon to dominate an unprecedented refi market , isn’t as durable when interest rates are high, there are few refi opportunities and having strong relationships with real estate agents is what brings home the bacon. And Rocket is well aware.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2023

“Sometimes 10-20 basis points is all an LO needs to win over a real estate agent or get creative on a borrower’s loan,” the company said in a statement. . Brokers can use the points for conventional, government and non-agency loans up to $1 million. .

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

My customer is the real estate agent. Loan officers — myself included — need to strengthen their mindset. My team, we work hand in hand with real estate agents, showing them how to compete and win in a multiple offer situation. For 2023, we feel that we are going to end the year very strong.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2023

The latest numbers have many in the industry starting the year on a hopeful note, with the possibility that we’ll see mortgage rates returning to the 5% range in 2023. The 5% market’s a healthy market,” said Anna Ruotolo, branch manager and senior loan officer at Synergy One Lending. “A A 5% market will be good. Make a plan.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Mortgage lenders are offering discounts on loan pricing to capture borrowers. Mike, a North Carolina-based loan officer, had two loans closing in mid-January. The contrast between the deals was striking. “I have a loan closing today for first-time homebuyers who didn’t really press me on pricing,” he said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2023

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. Back in the 2007-2009 meltdown, we had loan officers with us at that time.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

Because of an apparent error made by staff at ICE Mortgage Technology ‘s Surefire customer relationship management (CRM) platform, more than 600,000 emails and texts were sent without permission to real estate agents, business partners and past clients of loan officers around the country.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

“It’s going to be competitive — thin margins, little business and LOs getting out of the industry,” Dave Krichmar, banker at Legend Lending Corporation, said of the mortgage industry in 2023. LOs are aligning their strategies to target the purchase market, as rates are not expected to drop in a meaningful way in 2023.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Also, BBYS products make homeowners competitive bidders because they can submit non-contingent offers that can compete with cash offers, which made up one-third of winning offers in Q4 2023. It also arms the borrower’s real estate agent with a more powerful offer to win their client’s next property.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The 2023 market is unlike those we’ve seen in previous years. In a market like this, every lead, loan and basis point matters more than ever for LOs. Dave Savage , chief innovation officer for Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang , described today’s market as a new era in the mortgage business — the advice era.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

In 2023, we saw a lot of changes and movement among some of the most influential players in social media. In the mortgage industry, we saw a significant number of loan officers and real estate agents join the platform to share educational home-buying tips targeted toward a younger audience and first-time homebuyers.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

When rates start to trend down, the company expects to add more loan officers, call center staff and operation staff. Read on to learn more about New American Funding’s business model of outside distributed retail, their in-house tech stack rebuild, its expansions plans and prospects in 2023. Is NAF done rightsizing?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Some of these professionals spoke to HousingWire during AIME Fuse 2023, an Association of Independent Mortgage Experts conference held Oct. The lender, based in South Dakota, offers conventional, FHA and VA loan products, as well as bridge loans. 4-7, in Las Vegas. “It’s hard for brokers to win deals now.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2022

And, the market looks likely to remain frozen well into 2023, experts told HousingWire. Thanks to the Federal Reserve’s benchmark rate being near zero for two full years and generating record-low mortgage rates, a tiny minority of homeowners now have an incentive to refinance at all in 2023. Or will soon.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Mortgage Technology reported an adjusted operating income of $131 million in the third quarter of 2023, up from Q3 2022’s $126 million — despite the headwinds the mortgage industry is facing. We don’t have a business of selling leads to real estate brokers and the like.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

To a certain degree, we have to just keep doing what we’re already doing: 1) keep educating lenders, brokers, real estate agents and borrowers about non-QM mortgages; 2) continue to build out both wholesale and correspondent distribution channels; and 3) implement ongoing enhancements to our non-QM customer experience.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The streamlined process and certainty One-Time Close New Construction loans offer is unmatched and will set brokers up to be the hero with builders, real estate agents and contractors, and get their borrowers in their dream home,” Mat Ishbia , president and CEO of UWM, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

Rocket Pro TPO affirmed that it will continue to provide credit reports at no cost for brokers when closing loans through Rocket recognizing that credit report fees are going to get more expensive this year. That price is higher than it was in 2023.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Steinway is the sole loan officer in his branch and is supported by the rest of his five team members, who primarily focus on marketing its realtor relationships. Closing just shy of $100 million of production in 2022, he’s aiming for a higher loan origination volume in 2023. It’s the local relationships.

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Appraisal Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

NAR Appraiser Survey July, 2023 In July 2023, NAR Research conducted a survey of all 9,800 appraiser members and 50,000 randomly-selected residential-focused non-appraiser members. The survey results had a comparison of 2022 and 2023, which was very interesting. Updates to AIR and these FAQs were published in August 2023.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As reverse mortgage industry professionals continue to look ahead into 2024 after enduring a challenging year for business in 2023, the prevailing attitude is optimistic. To understand how loanDepot’s business has started the year, RMD sat down with Moriello to hear about what she’s seeing and what the company’s loan officers are telling her.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

As rates increase and housing prices correct in 2023, sellers will want to take advantage of improving their chances to do business with an excited buyer who can obtain a lower than market rate with seller participation,” Jeff Miller, vice president of Pacific Northwest at Churchill Mortgage , said. Lenders seize opportunity for lost volume.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2023

Most of the publicly traded IMBs cut costs in the first half of 2023, and several pledged to keep sharpening their knives. billion in mortgage loans in the second quarter of 2023 “despite a historic decline in industry-wide origination volume during 2023,” according to CEO Mat Ishbia. UWM originated $31.8

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2023

Existing home sales in particular have been paltry in 2023, largely due to low levels of inventory. Single-family inventory for the week ending April 28 jumped to 422,270, up from 414,010 the week prior, offering real estate agents and mortgage loan officers hope that the ice is melting.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2022

Most people paid those loans for 30 years, on time. Back then, the real estate agent found a home and the purchaser went to their bank and got a loan. This is a customer of an agent, and a customer of a bank, conducting a financial transaction and contractual purchase transaction. How do we clean the fields?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

The deal isn’t expected to close until 2023 as executives must persuade regulators the acquisition doesn’t hinder competition. We believe this is fairly differentiated (from other companies’ products) and really focused on the collaboration between the loan officer, the processor and the consumer.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Carnegie Mortgage Partners will offer mortgage products to clients of Keller Williams Bergen County Partners , a Keller Williams franchise with 15 offices spread across Ridgewood, Woodcliff Lake, Tenafly, Fort Lee and Rutherford. According to the 2023 RealTrends rankings , the team had 1,588 licensed agents who generated an average of $2.65

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Forecasting another purchase market in 2023, Nguyen started using his proprietary software for something new – to pursue relationships with realtors. “I Read on for Nguyen’s new business strategies for 2023, how he plans to scale his business and prospects for the housing market. Connie Kim: Thuan, you hit a record $2.47

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

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. “I had not done first mortgage lending before, but I was familiar with the basics of real estate lending.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2023

His goal is to bring his sales numbers up to $450 to $500 million, with origination coming from different states, and potentially capitalizing on a little refinance boom in the latter part of 2023. When loan officers don’t have refinance business, half of their businesses are gone. Kim: What are your sales goals for 2023?

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 23, 2023

This is when you will meet a loan officer from various mortgage companies. Each mortgage lender will scrutinize your financial background and use this info to determine whether to loan you money and what size monthly payment you can afford. Step 4: Find a real estate agent.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

It’s clear that 2023 will be a very different year for the title industry than what we’ve experienced in the recent past. A real estate agent or loan officer who can get an updated status on a pending file without having to play phone tag.

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 13, 2023

I have written about it before in these email newsletters. == New in the August 2023 issue of Appraisal Today Annual E&O/Liability Issue E&O Insurance Update 2023 – Claims, Disclaimers, Discrimination, etc 2023 E&O Insurance – Where to get, what to look for in a policy, etc. Click here for more info!

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Appraisal Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

over the course of 2024, declining from the 2023 average of 6.9%. The small rate declines expected will aid affordability to a minor degree after the surge in housing costs for buyers in 2022–2023. Marketing to private money lenders Remember the old mortgage broker days of visiting an office and chatting with loan officers?

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