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loanDepot adds Andrews, Wilkish to its sales leadership ranks

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Andrews also previously worked in business development, sales and marketing roles at Hometown Lenders , Finance of America , Veristone Capital , Yarrow Bay Mortgage and Merit Financial. In his new position with loanDepot, he will be responsible for driving market share growth in Seattle and the surrounding areas. “In

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Homebot home education portal acquires mobile app firm Quo Finance 

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Homebot , a home education portal that keeps people connected to their loan officers and real estate agents, acquired Quo Finance , a mobile app for first-time homebuyers. million in seed funding, led by SignalFire in December 2021 to develop the mobile app. Quo raised $7.2

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Patriot Bank to pay $1.9M to settle DOJ’s redlining accusations

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The DOJ alleged that from 2015 through at least 2020, Patriot avoided providing mortgage services to majority- Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Memphis, Tennessee and discouraged people seeking credit in those communities from obtaining home loans. Tennessee-based community bank Patriot Bank agreed to pay $1.9

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Fintech Maxwell acquires digital lending platform Revvin 

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That is Maxwell’s second acquisition since its inception in 2015. Saportas said Revvin developed a configurable workflow management powered by modular components – the propetch offers a no code/low code digital mortgage platform to lenders. “As The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

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ICE integrates Maxwell and Roostify to eClose solution

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Parvesh Sahi, senior vice president of business and client development at ICE Mortgage Technology, said that lenders will have a true digital experience that provides efficiency, speed, and cost savings. “We The company claims that they close loans 13 days faster and enable their loan officers to close around 15% more loans per month.

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Better.com to acquire UK-based digital mortgage brokerage

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Founded in 2015, Trussle has raised £26.7m The digital-only lender, whose loan officers don’t make commissions, capitalized on an incredible boom in refinancings. Since 2015, Trussle claims to have sourced over £2.7 since early 2020, with plans to usurp the traditional mortgage brokerages that dominate the U.K.’s

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Interfirst, the phoenix of mortgage, lays off hundreds

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The lender originated $10 billion in mortgages in 2013, $5 billion in 2014, $3 billion in 2015 and just $2 billion in 2016 before shutting down altogether in 2017. Godin made plans to relaunch the business in late 2019 as a tech-forward lender that originated loans across both wholesale and retail channels. “And

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