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Knock reverses course on loan officer pay cut

Housing Wire

It is an eventful week within the Slack channels of Knock , and an anxiety-filled one for the company’s about 50 loan officers. Knock loan officers draw a median salary of about $75,000 a year, according to these company sources. But on Thursday morning, Knock reversed course. It began 2021 in 14 markets and is now in 70.

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How Reverse for Purchase can help baby boomer borrowers

Housing Wire

Most real estate agents, builders and potential customers have no idea that this financing option exists to purchase homes,” he said. Few loan officers make the purchase product a main part of their business. Real estate agents, loan officers and builders can attract customers they have never captured before.

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Rocket goes local: Testing the waters or shifting its strategy? 

Housing Wire

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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AmeriFirst Financial gets back into forward mortgage origination

Housing Wire

AmeriFirst will keep physical branches in 20 states, but under a new corporate model, no branch managers will make an override on the production of the loan officers they manage. Another priority for AmeriFirst Financial is for loan officers to target potential homebuyers before they hit the market.

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LendingPulse Q2 2023 survey: Mortgage pros share their biggest concerns, market outlook

Housing Wire

Other challenges selected by mortgage professionals were relationships with real estate agents at 8.4%; competitiveness of rate sheet and underwriting problems at 5.8%; lender stability at 3.9%; competitiveness of product offerings at 1.9%. a loan officer in Washington noted.

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Reverse purchase financing: The financing option no one is talking about

Housing Wire

We in the industry are very hopeful that this will be an eye-opener, especially for real estate agents and builders to start recommending this product to clients more regularly.” Last year, the company expanded its Reverse for Purchase Roadshow series to help spread the word about the opportunity at hand.

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How boutique lender Revolution Mortgage plans its expansion

Housing Wire

Margin compression, higher mortgage rates, and a purchase-focused market are dictating more sales process control among loan officers and fewer layers of bureaucracy in retail lenders. The lender has broker products, including non-QMs and jumbo loans, he added. The lender originated a volume of $1.8 It’s the local relationships.

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