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

Housing Wire

Mortgage rates had climbed close to the 7% range and he was determined to remain competitive on pricing with rival loan officers in North Carolina. After Mike paid his loan officer assistant, he was clearing just 40 bps. The lower comp rate stung. Still, it was better than nothing.

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Movement sues Summit, former veteran sales executives for poaching

Housing Wire

The transition of three veteran sales executives from South Carolina-based lender Movement Mortgage to its California competitor Summit Funding led to a legal battle over poaching. Increasing the tone of the legal battle, Pennington filed a counterclaim against Movement requesting about $9.8 Shelton declined to comment.

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EPM files a counterclaim against Jesse Iwuji Motorsports

Housing Wire

Darren Heitner, JIM’s attorney and founder at Heitner Legal , P.L.L.C, Perez, who founded EPM in 2008, said he admired Jesse Iwuji’s personal story, according to the lawsuit. The company has 13 branches with 50 active loan officers, the data shows. It’s mostly known for wholesale lending.

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Nonbank lender job cuts could shorten the market downturn

Housing Wire

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. Since relaunching operations, Interfirst also hired teachers and first responders to be loan officers.

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MBA economists: The overcapacity that still needs to be cut

Housing Wire

According to MBA’s Quarterly Performance Report (QPR), net production income has averaged 54 basis points since 2008. The first category is real estate credit, which covers most establishments focused on lending with real estate as collateral. It is also unclear in the BLS data how mortgage loan servicing personnel are categorized.

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What Does an Appraisal Management Company (AMC) Do?

AmeriMac

However, they were not widely used until after the mortgage crisis in 2007 and 2008. In 2009, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, government housing lending institutions, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the New York Attorney General got together to create the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC).

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Understanding the Role of an Appraisal Management Company

AmeriMac

The concept of AMCs was developed in the 1970s but didn’t gain widespread use until after the financial crisis in 2007-2008. The Appraisal Process Explained The appraisal process is a crucial step in determining the value of a property for various purposes, including mortgage lending.