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What is SoFi acquiring with Wyndham Capital Mortgage?

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SoFi Technologies announced Monday that it had acquired fellow digital lender Wyndham Capital Mortgage in an all-cash transaction. Its scalable digital technology platform appears to be what SoFi – whose mortgage business has also been shrinking – coveted most. In doing so, SoFi will rely less on third-party partners and processes.

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Interfirst Mortgage raises $175 million

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has raised $175 million to accelerate growth and fund new technologies , just 16 months after relaunching its operations. Interfirst was founded in 2001 as a retail originator but expanded to the wholesale channel in 2008 and the correspondent channel in 2011. Chicago-based mortgage originator Interfirst Mortgage Co.

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Interfirst to lay off 140 employees

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The company’s job cuts include human resources, technology, talent acquisition, and executive assistant positions. Presented by: Acra Lending. Interfirst is a mortgage business founded in 2001 by Dmitry Godin that has been harmed before by market downturns.

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Interfirst Mortgage to lay off nearly 50 LOs

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To run the hub, the company hired Casey Nunn, a former Rocket Mortgage and Homepoint executive, as the vice president of wholesale lending. Interfirst was founded in 2001 as a retail originator and then expanded to the wholesale channel and the correspondent channel in 2008 and 2011, respectively.

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Cherry Creek Mortgage names new chief revenue officer

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Hogle has more than 20 years of experience, including about 15 years with Supreme Lending. Hogle began his mortgage career in 2001 at New Century Mortgage , where he became a branch manager. According to Rick Seehausen, CEO of Cherry Creek, Hogle prides himself on successfully unifying sales and operational teams.

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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 ). LLR is not a newcomer to mortgage technology or the overall fintech market. This isn’t a new story in mortgage lending or real estate brokerage.

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Nonbank lender job cuts could shorten the market downturn

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Over the last year, it has also sold off large chunks of the business – including sub-servicing with ServiceMac and delegated correspondent to Planet Home Lending – which accounts for several thousand workers transitioning to new firms. It was last year that the company raised $175 million , led by StoicLane, to fund new technologies.

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