Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2021

The 2021 Women of Influence winners represent 100 of the most influential women in leadership in the housing economy. More than just breaking records in the housing finance space, the HousingWire 2021 Women of Influence are shattering glass ceilings and leaving a legacy for years to come. Freedom Mortgage. Mortgage Connect.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2022

Movement Mortgage will pay $75,000 to resolve allegations of racial discrimination, in violation of the Fair Housing Act, identified by undercover testers from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. The agreement resolves a complaint the NCRC filed in October 2021 with the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are a few key priorities related to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and its Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program. Of that total, $220 billion is estimated for standard forward mortgages and $17.9 Within the congressional justifications for the U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The average mortgage rate for a 30-year fixed loan remained unchanged last week from the week prior at 2.73%, according to Freddie Mac ’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey. With mortgage rates hovering below 3% for over six months now, Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist, said this may be a sign of an economy still struggling.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2021

Last year’s record-low mortgage rates dipped as low as 2.65% on 30-year fixed-rate loans and ignited an origination boom that had lenders scrambling to manage the high demand. MBA’s spring 2021 market forecast predicts a record-breaking year, with purchase origination reaching $1.57 All employees receive information security training.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Wisconsin-based mortgage lender Waterstone Mortgage Corporation appointed Chik Quintans its new director of digital marketing, the company announced Thursday. Quintans’ professional career spans more than two decades in mortgage lending. In 2021, he was a mortgage banker at USA Mortgage.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

Mortgage assumption is a niche option that gained momentum in 2023. An assumable mortgage enables a qualified buyer to take over a seller’s mortgage terms, including the existing balance and interest rate. trillion in mortgages were originated in 2020 and 2021, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2022

Keller Mortgage , part of the kwx holding company, laid off operations positions in a conference call on Monday May 23, according to more than a dozen employees. “We remain committed to assisting our impacted employees and to growing our mortgage offerings over the long term.” There is no cost for the company to keep them.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke with Desmond Smith , chief growth officer at United Wholesale Mortgage , about the role that wholesale lending plays in the mortgage ecosystem and common myths and misconceptions about becoming an independent mortgage broker. Desmond Smith: There are two ways to get a mortgage — wholesale or retail.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2020

It’s worth looking inside the numbers though as we head toward year-end and think about 2021 strategies. 2021 is expected to show refinance volume being cut nearly in half by just over $800bb, almost 50% of 2020. Despite this contraction, 2021 is forecasted to be a larger overall year than 2019 by approximately $195bb.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2022

The national mortgage delinquency rate rose in June after hitting consecutive record lows in each of the previous three months. million properties were in early-stage delinquencies, defined as borrowers who missed a single mortgage payment, which is a 5% increase from May. A total of 1.51 A total of 1.51 Presented by: Selene Finance.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2022

Add Guild Mortgage to the list of lenders with profitability propelled by the servicing portfolio in the first quarter — a trend that will continue in the coming months, as pressure on origination margins will remain, executives believe. million in net revenues in the period, compared to a negative $17 million in Q4 2021 and $35.7

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In his 20 years in mortgage banking, no year has compared to 2023 in terms of difficulty, said Ben Cohen, Guaranteed Rate ’s managing director and a top-producing loan officer. This is a lot different than 2008 where you needed a credit score and a heartbeat to get a mortgage. An additional 21% closed 1.5

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2023

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) found that mortgage lenders violated the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and its implementing rule, Regulation B, in a variety of ways, according to the most recent release of its Supervisory Highlights report.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

Rapidly expanding Cleveland, Ohio-based CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM) has struck a deal to acquire the smaller retail mortgage lender AmCap Home Loans and bolster its operations in Texas. In November, the source added that CCM originated about 340 units and $112 million in mortgage volume in the state. billion in loans in 2023.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

About 25 people from loanDepot ’s top producing team have joined boutique lender Revolution Mortgage to reunite with their former team lead. After Chevalier left for Revolution Mortgage in December, loanDepot gave the team an ultimatum to either work for another loanDepot team or leave, a former loanDepot employee told HousingWire. “We

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Brian Covey, a high-profile vice president at loanDepot, is leaving the company after five years to join Revolution Mortgage , another direct-to-consumer retail mortgage lender which was founded in 2018. He also provided training to loan originators. billion in 2021. “…we

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Mortgage technology firm Xactus named Michael Crockett as its chief operating officer. The executive has more than 25 years of mortgage industry experience in helping lenders mitigate risk. Previously, he was EVP of product development at Credit Plus before Xactus acquired the company in September 2021.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Interfirst Mortgage , the retail mortgage business he founded in 2001, had grown to $14.5 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. In 2012, Dmitry Godin was seemingly on top of the world.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke to Jonathan Scarpati, Senior Vice President of Wholesale Lending at Finance of America Reverse, about tapping into the reverse mortgage market in light of the changing market. . It’s also essential for originators to understand that reverse mortgages are not loans of last resort.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2022

It’s a tough time for mortgage lenders. A rapid rise in mortgage rates and a big drop in origination volume has led to thousands of industry job losses over the last six months. By some estimates, origination volume will fall in 2022 to about $2 trillion, about half the volume from the record-breaking years of 2021 and 2020.

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Housing Wire

MAY 5, 2021

Rocket Mortgage originated more than $100 billion in mortgages for yet another quarter, but profit margins are trending down. And the country’s largest mortgage lender expects a good-sized slowdown in the second quarter of 2021. The post Rocket Mortgage prepares for a slowdown appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2022

Eric Hill, an Atlanta real estate agent representing a nationwide homebuilder, had a plan to help more than 100 homebuyers get mortgages. In the end, some $850,000 in claims had to be paid on defaulted government-backed mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). The problem: They did not qualify for the loans.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

But there’s another threat that Homepoint executives must worry about – United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the top dog in wholesale, has embarked on a strategy of heavy price cutting, forcing Homepoint and others to limbo to compete for business. Mortgage executives project that number to remain steady or even tick up in the third quarter.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Mortgage lenders have imposed new rounds of layoffs in the fourth quarter, reflecting a dreadful landscape for originators. . This week, the latest Freddie Mac weekly survey data showed that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage increased to 7.08%, up 13 basis points compared to last week. Rates averaged 2.98% this time last year. “As

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

community bank, was accused of illegally avoiding providing mortgage services to majority Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Rhode Island. In this case, the alleged redlining occurred from 2016 through at least 2021, when the bank failed to open a branch in majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Chicago-based Interfirst Mortgage Co. To run the hub, the company hired Casey Nunn, a former Rocket Mortgage and Homepoint executive, as the vice president of wholesale lending. In returning from its three-year hiatus, Interfirst said it had reinvented itself as a tech-forward mortgage lender.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Mortgage lenders are offering discounts on loan pricing to capture borrowers. Another loan closing today is for a real estate agent who is an investor and has done many mortgages in the past. I feel she’s going to know what the national average (for a 30-year fixed mortgage rate) is at around 6.8%. She’s well educated.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

What does the top-producing lending officer (LO) in the country have to say to other mortgage lenders? More critical than training on skills is training on having a strong mindset,” said Matt Weaver. for purchase mortgage origination, and he is taking the stage at HW Annual. Mindset is everything. Weaver is the No.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

While a mortgage business’ battle against margin compression is seemingly endless, that fight is less noticeable in times of surging revenue. The decline in mortgage volume, along with increasing rates and uncertainty about the months ahead, have amounted to a scramble for revenue and a continual push to reduce expenses.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Dave Sheeler, president of residential servicing and correspondent lending at Freedom Mortgage. Brena Nath: First off, congrats on being named a 2021 Insider. The post How can the mortgage industry recruit people earlier in their careers? To read the other two Q&As in the magazine, go here. Become a member today.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2021

As Chief Operating Officer at First Guaranty Mortgage Corp , Sarah Gonzalez has modernized the FGMC brand, recruited top talent and implemented operational efficiencies that significantly reduce the cost per loan across all production channels. SG: Investing in our Mortgage Mavericks is a top priority for FGMC.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

CubiCasa , a Finland-based proptech company, partnered with OneKey MLS – a major mortgage licensing system (MLS) serving the New York Metropolitan area – to provide user-friendly floor plan creation tools. Cubicasa was acquired by appraisal management company Clear Capital in 2021.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2024

When loanDepot announced that it was the victim of a cybersecurity incident in early January, it became the fourth publicly traded mortgage or title firm to absorb an attack in as many months. The recent spate of high-profile cybersecurity incidents kicked off with a data breach at nonbank mortgage lender and servicer Mr. Cooper.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Mortgage insurer Radian Group Inc. The company employed 1,800 people at the end of 2021. Radian has joined the many mortgage and real estate companies who have laid off employees to cope with a volatile market due to the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes, among other factors. announced it will lay off 166 employees, effective Dec.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Rocket Mortgage , once the largest mortgage originator in the country, capitalized on the all-time low mortgage rates during the pandemic years, racking up record profits through an enormous amount of refinances. Worse, Rocket lost its origination crown to its chief antagonist, United Wholesale Mortgage. trillion in 2022.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2022

The most recent layoff came on Tuesday when the California-based lender eliminated several hundred positions, including loan officers, mortgage underwriters, processors and training specialists, multiple former employees said. billion in mortgages in 2021. from the first six months of 2021. “In

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