Housing Wire
MAY 25, 2023
Few loan officers make the purchase product a main part of their business. Additionally, because HECM /Reverse for Purchase did not exist until late 2008, many don’t fully understand the value propositions the product poses. “We Real estate agents, loan officers and builders can attract customers they have never captured before.
Housing Wire
JUNE 5, 2023
Mortgage brokers emerged as key players in the industry in the 1980s because they offered access to multiple lenders and loan products. Up until the financial crisis in 2008, mortgage brokers held nearly 50% market share. Now, they are sitting at 22% and climbing, because they offer the most loan options to borrowers.
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Housing Wire
OCTOBER 28, 2022
The new division executives include Gus Lobo who joined the company since its inception in 2002 and now leads 200 employees, including 136 MLOs across 37 branch locations and also focus on recruitment and training. Wendell Couch joined in 2008 and closed over $1 billion in loan production in 2021.
Housing Wire
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
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.
Housing Wire
APRIL 19, 2022
The raison d’etre is the same whether you work as a mortgage loan officer at a depository bank or an independent mortgage bank – originate a purchase mortgage or refinancing for a client. Federal regulations mandate that nonbank LOs take training prior to being certified. Regulations to oversee them all.
Housing Wire
AUGUST 7, 2020
Because as loan officers, they believe that there’s nothing better than a broker channel, and to them this is most important for their consumers,” said Kortas. “We Nichols pointed out that after the 2008 financial crisis, wholesale lending began using technology that helped match pace with the processes of retail lenders.
Housing Wire
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
It affected at least 50% of the staff, positions in operations and loan officers, according to multiple former employees. The layoffs impacted both the retail and wholesale channel and their positions following a training period of overseas staff, according to multiple sources. billion in the last 12 months.
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