Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

For most real estate agents, working with a reliable lending partner is essential to a smooth and successful transaction. Finding reliable lending partners takes time and some trial and error, but once established is often the lifeblood of LOs. Attorneys, Realtors and clients are a big part of our repeat business.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2021

If you take the temperature of how loan officers are feeling ahead of the holiday season, the scale would likely read “uneasy.” According to Fahad Janvekar, a loan officer at Fairway Independent Mortgage , “there is definitely some concern” about layoffs in the industry. Presented by: Black Knight.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

“Lenders and loan officers right now are just in survival mode,” Hoff said in an interview. About 20 loan officers under her leadership produced $116 million in mortgages over the last 12 months, a drop from $223 million in 2022, according to the mortgage tech platform Modex. trillion or $1.7

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2021

Glenn Sanford’s eXp World Holdings announced Thursday a mortgage joint venture with Glenn Stearns’s Kind Lending , called Success Lending. The company will be headquartered in Santa Ana, California, Stearns said, home of Kind Lending. Presented by: SimpleNexus. The Mobile “Must-Haves” Reshaping Mortgage Technology.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2023

Scott Miller, a former mortgage loan originator at Sprout Mortgage , knew the clock was ticking when the non-qualified mortgage (non-QM) lender abruptly closed doors in July 2022. In turn, thousands of loan originators could soon be looking for a new lender to hang their license. But not every LO will find a new workplace.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

Largely hidden from view and misperceived by some to be on the lower end of the hierarchy of service providers, the position seemingly lacked the luster of the real estate agent or the panache of the loan officer. Is it having a happy client who will be a great reference? Is it closing on time?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

There is also growing demand for non-QM products from a banking sector that is taking note, presenting new opportunities where some banks see the need to sell loans they would traditionally hold as portfolio products. Our client development team spends a lot of time at conference forums and in retail branches educating loan officers.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2021

In short, their AI platform, which is built on aggregated loan data from its network, allows loan officers, processors and underwriters to offload manual, arduous tasks. Clients include Credit Union of Colorado , Texas Lending and JMAC Lending. Presented by: Sutherland. mortgage market.

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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. The closer, the better.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

Roostify, a mortgage technology provider, will integrate the solution to its digital home lending platform. Parvesh Sahi, senior vice president of business and client development at ICE Mortgage Technology, said that lenders will have a true digital experience that provides efficiency, speed, and cost savings. Presented by: Notarize.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2021

Business credit report provider Credit Plus announced last week it has integrated with LendingWise , an LOS-software platform serving commercial lending. The move establishes Credit Plus in the commercial and private money lending spaces. “In Case Study: How One Lender Increased Efficiency and Client Satisfaction.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

With its potential to reach new clients and gain tremendous ROI, social media has become one of the most effective marketing tools for businesses big and small. In this article, we’ll share ideas and tips, including the best way to present new listings and how to engage your followers with valuable educational content.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2020

A few short months after Shant Banosian became Guaranteed Rate ’s first loan officer to originate $1 billion in a year , another Guaranteed Rate loan officer has joined that exclusive club. Presented by: CoreLogic. Cohen, who funded $639 million in 2019, ranked second in the U.S. year-over-year nationally.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2021

As the company celebrates its 10th anniversary, WFG continues to look for new ways to serve its clients, consumers and industry. Presented by: WFG. Earlier this week, Fannie Mae’s former head of single family lending Andrew Bon Salle was named chairman of the board of Home Point Capital.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

The addition of automation made credit optimization more accessible to mortgage loan officers who could simply set a target score and allow our predictive analytics engine to run hundreds of simulations in just seconds to arrive at a detailed plan. We have seen this lead to higher close rates and more referrals.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 4, 2021

With intense demand for homes on the higher end of the pricing spectrum, new updates to the QM rule that went into effect on March 1 and growing investor interest in jumbo mortgages – this is the perfect time for the broker community to support their clients with speed and ease. Presented by: Rocket Pro TPO.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2020

On the heels of going public, Rocket Companies’ broker channel, Quicken Loans Mortgage Services (QLMS), made waves throughout the industry when it announced it would be rebranding to Rocket Pro TPO in an effort to closer align itself with the brand that has become ever-present in the lending space.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2020

HousingWire recently spoke with Susan Falsetti, managing director of Origination Title and Close at ServiceLink, about the state of title in 2020 and how the EXOS technology platform allowed ServiceLink clients to take advantage of virtual closing solutions. This year, our teams have helped our clients keep pace with record volume.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

Rick Hill, vice president of industry technology at the Mortgage Bankers Association , said that lending is a critical component of the nation’s infrastructure, which is one reason it is more susceptible to being attacked. “We Presented by: FundingShield.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2021

1 asset next to our loyal client base. Lending Heights ( 592% growth) President Jason Cecco said his focus was on “empowering our team members to thrive, which leads to the best customer experience.”. Aaron Strawn, senior loan officer at Ruoff Mortgage (294% growth) pointed to his company’s leadership. “We 5000 map.”.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The wholesale mortgage lending division of Rocket Companies has launched a national mortgage broker directory on its website, providing potential leads to mortgage brokers and also poking at its biggest rival, United Wholesale Mortgage , in the process. Presented by: PopStream.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2022

The 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, created in direct response to the financial crisis, requires lenders to check a buyer’s ability to repay (ATR), which protects them from predatory lending practices. It’s not a bad thing for borrowers, lenders, and loan investors. Not a one-size fits all”.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

” Martell’s first big move as CEO was to announce the Vision 2025 plan in July 2022, which included simplifying the organizational structure, focusing on client service, quality, automation and operating leverage. We have a very large contingent of loan officers and branch networks. There could be some ups and downs.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Goldman Sachs ’s analysts wrote in a report to clients on January 6 that, overall, they remain negative on the group of nonbank mortgage originators for this year. Rocket is the largest mortgage originator in the country, but they are there mainly because of the size and substance of their retail direct lending, the call center,” he said.

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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. Presented by: Propertybase. “However, there’s a clause in those 19 pages that says if you lock a loan with UWM…let’s say we lock it at 3.5%

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PennyMac

MARCH 4, 2024

There’s a lot to consider when it comes to choosing the right one — everything from interest rates, loan types and fees to service and experience. Purchasing a home is a big step, and you want a knowledgeable lending partner by your side as you weigh your financing options and navigate the paperwork involved. Mortgage brokers.

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Birmingham Appraisal

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

For the record, I will state that the goal of every appraisal is to estimate the market value of a home, usually for lending purposes. Appraisals can be performed for other reasons besides lending, however, for purposes of our discussion here we’re going to be discussing an appraisal that is done in order to obtain a mortgage loan.

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Appraisal Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

I always made them and never had any complaints from my lender clients. I worked for an assessor’s office in the late 1970s where we were making 2% per month time adjustments upward. 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

OCTOBER 14, 2022

After many years of reading appraisal reports, my response is “One that leaves the reader with few unanswered questions, allows the data to tell the story, keeps appraiser interventions to a minimum and is able to present a case for what a property is worth, as well as what it is not worth.”. Client Rating Grid. What do they want?

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PennyMac

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Community Service — [Your agent can] consider sponsoring local events, such as park fairs or school concerts; volunteer or help organize charity events; or give presentations on topics of expertise at a community college. Hear about your options with a PennyMac Loan Officer today. Finding the Marketing Ideas That Work For You.

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Clear Capital

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

” This has been a very hot and important topic within the lending space for the last year or so, we’ve talked about it on this podcast before Kenon. And so Ribbon offers a suite of tools and technologies for real estate agents to use with their clients, to help them manage and write offers in unique new ways. Jeff Allen.

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