Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Mortgage rates this week saw the biggest one-week decline in a year and potential homebuyers waiting for rates to drop responded, said Josh Mettle, division president and co-creator of NEO Home Loans. “I I think we were up right around 15% increase in the number of initial mortgage applications.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Shannon Hoff, a California-based branch manager at American Pacific Mortgage (APM), finds herself both enthusiastic and cautious as she assesses the prospects of the mortgage market in the coming year. “Lenders and loan officers right now are just in survival mode,” Hoff said in an interview.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Equity Prime Mortgage (EPM) has completely shifted to the TPO business after seeing growth opportunities in the wholesale channel, a distribution channel that’s been growing in recent years. Many of EPM’s retail loan officers transitioned to Informed Mortgage , a lender Carpitella launched in August.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

Like its peers, the wholesale lender’s origination volume has plunged over the past year due to a dearth of refinancings and a sluggish purchase market. Among 11 publicly traded nonbank mortgage lenders, the loss represented the third-worst financial performance in the second quarter, according to a HousingWire analysis.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In fact, loanDepot recently showed the market that it’s considering acquisitions by appointing industry veteran Dan Hanson as executive director of enterprise partnerships and acquisitions. Amid a shrinking market, Vision 2025 was extended into 2026 and beyond, Martell said. By the way, some of that is book [losses].

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Housing Wire

JUNE 13, 2023

Atlanta-based Equity Prime Mortgage (EPM) has decided to focus its investments on the wholesale channel amid the most challenging mortgage market in decades. This has resulted in the company closing branches and laying off loan officers on the retail side. It’s a shift that is happening in the market.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2023

The dour housing market over the past 18 months has thrust struggling independent mortgage lenders (IMBs) into what seems like a pot of water that is coming slowly to a boil. As the heat rises, so too does the number of lenders seeking to exit the market. If the market stays as it is, there’s a lot more shakeout coming.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 13, 2023

Add Guild Mortgage to the list of lenders offering down payment assistance programs in order to court more buyers at a time when mortgage rates remain elevated. To qualify for the 1% down payment advantage program, buyers must have a minimum credit score of 620 and a 95 to 97% loan-to-value first mortgage.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2023

Mat Ishbia is optimistic about the mortgage market. The Pontiac, Michigan-based United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) CEO believes that 2022 and 2023 are equally challenging years, but the market will improve in 2024. Meanwhile, 2025 and 2026 will be off the charts. And 2025 and 2026 will be off the charts.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2023

The biggest nonbank mortgage lenders in America saw improved performance in both origination and servicing segments in the second quarter, capitalizing on the continued mortgage pullback from banks. As we’ve reported, that trend looks sticky, which could help change the fortunes of top independent mortgage banks sooner than expected.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2024

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with George Brady, loanDepot’s chief information officer, to discuss the company’s evolving tech strategy and how he thinks long-term about tech in a rapidly changing environment. What drew you into the mortgage industry? SW: Is 14 years a long time when it comes to mortgage tech?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2022

In Spokane, Washington, a mortgage loan officer at a regional bank has seen five borrowers qualify for a mortgage for one amount, only to have that number slashed a few months later. They were approved in December,” he said. Now they’ve gone from $450,000 down to $325,000.”. But the increases are already in progress.

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