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How JVM Lending plans to expand without any loan originators

Housing Wire

California-based retail lender JVM Lending plans to drum up business this year — but by doing the exact opposite. After the 2008 mortgage meltdown, JVM let go of all its loan originators and trained its employees to target the jumbo loan market in the San Francisco Bay area instead.

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Loan officers are dramatically cutting their pay to win clients. It’s often illegal. 

Housing Wire

So he did what a lot of retail loan officers in the industry were doing — Mike would reclassify a self-generated lead as a corporate-generated lead, thus slashing his compensation from 125 basis points down to as low as 50 bps, giving him a low enough rate to win the client and eventually close the deal. The lower comp rate stung.

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Opinion: Here’s the latest data on what Realtors are witnessing in the housing market

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors Research Group has produced the index since 2008, at a time of turmoil in the real estate market. Notably, the market has contracted as fewer buyers can afford to purchase in today’s market with the rise in interest rates and the continual rise in home prices.

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Mortgage lenders, borrowers react to banks closures 

Housing Wire

” The MBA survey shows that the average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($726,200 or less) was 6.71% last week, down from the previous week’s 6.79%. Silicon Valley Bank collapsed last week after it lacked the liquidity to pay for clients’ withdrawals. ”

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Five Common Issues Found in Appraisal Reports

Appraisal Buzz

Post submission of an appraisal report ordered by an AMC for lending purposes, a quality control check of the report will be completed. Once the AMC deems the report satisfactory, it is forwarded to their client, the lender. What would happen on purchase transactions if the Purchase Contract were not provided to the appraiser?

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The Similarities Between 2007 and Today

Appraisal Buzz

In the run-up to the 2008 market crash, appraisers were overworked and took on more than they reasonably could handle. Almost daily, there is some story on social media about being “turned in” to the state by a disgruntled agent, buyer, or seller for appraising a property below the contract price. We analyze and report.

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The appraisal industry’s hidden hand

Housing Wire

He started contracting with home mortgage lenders to appraise the value of the property tied to a loan. “It But DeZarn was an independent contractor business of one, and he lost his clients in 2008 when the housing market imploded. The church never quite paid the bills, and DeZarn needed a flexible second job. It fit well.

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