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Guaranty Home Mortgage hires EVP to expand retail channel

Housing Wire

After being sold to frequent bank investor Gaylon Lawrence in January 2019, the business name changed to Guaranty Home Mortgage Corporation. His career also includes senior management roles at First Community Mortgage , Elite Mortgage Services and Ace Mortgage Funding since 2001. After posting production volume of $148.76

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Interfirst Mortgage raises $175 million

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Funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management , MFA Financia l, various family offices, and other strategic investors invested through a StoicLane’s special purpose vehicle, StoicLane said. Interfirst was founded in 2001 as a retail originator but expanded to the wholesale channel in 2008 and the correspondent channel in 2011.

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Guaranteed Rate’s Larry Steinway makes the jump to Revolution Mortgage

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He then transitioned to PHH Home Loans in 2001 for an in-house lending stint, a role he stayed in for about nine years. 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.

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Interfirst Mortgage to lay off nearly 50 LOs

Housing Wire

will lay off 77 employees in its Charlotte, North Carolina office come January 2022, a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice filed by the company reveals. Among those getting a pink slip are 49 loan officers, 10 national account managers, seven retail sales managers and seven transaction coordinators.

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Nonbank lender job cuts could shorten the market downturn

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While it is true that many nonbanks entered this downturn with a large war chest of cash and capital, this is more than offset by the impact of warehouse and investor covenants, which are causing lenders to move expeditiously to cut costs,” Jim Cameron, Stratmor Group ’s senior partner, wrote in a report published this week. “In

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A look behind this year’s Tech100 winners

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News just broke that private equity investor LLR Partners announced strategic investments in two mortgage technology companies — Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang ( click here for article ). With efficiency metrics and client outcomes like these it’s no surprise that the company continued to attract capital and investor interest.

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Where are mortgage rates headed?

Housing Wire

Mortgage lenders and loan officers said they are navigating the challenging landscape by going “back to the basics,” which means offering 30-year fixed loans to borrowers with the expectation that they will be able to refinance down the road. “We would have to go back to 2001 to find mortgage rates above 7.0%.

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