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Planet Home Lending hires Doug Long to expand its retail branch network 

Housing Wire

Long, who brings more than 20 years of experience in the mortgage industry, will be responsible for building Planet’s retail networks and will also have a focus on product development, the company said. Its strategy has focused on acquisitions in both correspondent and retail channels.

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Regions Bank places $1B bet on home renovation market

Housing Wire

Regions, a retail lender with a footprint of over 1,300 physical offices, has dipped into specialty finance sectors before. Per a study from Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, renovation financing is expected to increase 3.3% in 2021 to $433 billion. The space remains dominated by depository banks.

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Could renovated foreclosure resales help solve the nation’s increasingly complex affordable housing puzzle?

Housing Wire

In 2021, McCormick resold two renovated properties that she originally purchased at foreclosure sale on Auction.com in her hometown of Dayton, Ohio. Most of the renovated foreclosure resales came from local community developers like McCormick who sell a handful of renovated foreclosures a year in communities they care about. “I

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Movement Mortgage names Joe Thompson as regional director

Housing Wire

Prior to joining Movement Mortgage, Thompson served as the senior vice president and regional sales manager at PrimeLending , where he oversaw $1 billion in annual retail volume across the Texas markets of Houston, Austin, San Antonio and Laredo. I align perfectly with Movement’s core conviction of existing to love and value people.”

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Older Americans are ‘splurging’ on home modifications to support aging in place

Housing Wire

Some of the chains reporting increased renovation and modification activity include The Home Depot and Lowe’s , two of the largest home improvement retailers in the U.S. This means that renovations of existing homes are likely to become more necessary as time goes on.

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American Pacific Mortgage names Bill Lowman chairman of the board

Housing Wire

California-based retail lender American Pacific Mortgage (APM) has named vice chairman Bill Lowman as its chairman of the board, succeeding APM founder Kurt Reisig. The lender also brought over 45 former retail branches from Finance of America Companies Inc. FoA) months after it shut down its forward mortgage segment.

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CMG Financial adds Shamrock’s $300M-plus origination team

Housing Wire

In March, the company struck a deal to acquire Homebridge Financial Services ‘s retail division to grow its retail lending business footprint. Its portfolio includes construction to perm, renovation financing, builder programs and home equity line of credits , among others.