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Guild acquires small retail lender Legacy Mortgage

Housing Wire

Acquisitive lender Guild Mortgage on Tuesday announced the acquisition of Legacy Mortgage , increasing its footprint in the Southwest. Legacy, headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was founded in 2002 and purchased by its CEO Jack Thompson in 2006. Guild acquired Inlanta Mortgage , expanding its presence in the Midwest.

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Celebrity Home Loans exits correspondent channel

Housing Wire

Mortgage lender Celebrity Home Loans shut down its correspondent channel and laid off employees on Tuesday. Amid a market downturn, the company has decided to focus on the retail lending business. “As Celebrity is “honoring all the locks in the pipeline, so no clients are disrupted,” Robnett wrote.

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Freedom Mortgage Wholesale Division offers brokers a comprehensive purchase and refinance product suite

Housing Wire

During this period of significant opportunity for purchase transactions and refinances, brokers and wholesale correspondents (non-delegated) need to align to wholesale lenders that provide deep industry expertise, comprehensive products and efficient operational support to support their clients’ strategies. 1 VA, FHA and GNMA lender.”.

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The housing industry will soon be up in ARMs

Housing Wire

If there’s a bet to be made on the future of the non-agency lending space, it’s that the adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) will become far more popular this year as purchase mortgages increasingly dominate a housing market pivoting to an up-rate environment. ARMs came up at almost every meeting, so it’s very relevant.”.

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Credit Plus integrates with LendingWise

Housing Wire

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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Lamacchia Realty Announces Top Producing REALTORS® for March 2024

Lamacchia Realty

Her reason for becoming a real estate agent is to continue her desire to work with people and have clients be as happy with their lifestyle as she is providing it to them. Her desire to help her clients earned Shauna the title of Rising Star in the September 2021 issue of the South Shore Real Producers Magazine !

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Too many appraisers?

Appraisal Today

Recall the five forces of friction: practices, standards, education, regulation, and client expectation. The Inevitable Cyclicality of Mortgage Lending. NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on declining mortgage loans, real estate market, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. ==.