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5 best practices for improving the home equity lending experience

Housing Wire

And that offers an incredible opportunity for banks and non-banks alike to improve their digital channels to better support home equity lending. Home equity line of credit (HELOC) and home equity loan originations increased 50% in 2022 compared to two years earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association ’s Home Equity Lending Study.

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Tane Cabe joins C2 Financial’s reverse mortgage division

Housing Wire

Cabe, who most recently served as president of reverse mortgage lending at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. He also previously served as a reverse mortgage consultant for Security One Lending in the early 2010s. “I His knowledge and experience in the reverse mortgage industry will be invaluable to our clients and loan officers.

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Movement Mortgage names Lyra Waggoner chief information officer

Housing Wire

Michael Brennan, president of Movement, said Waggoner can empower loan officers with the tools they “need to win.”. “I’m excited to translate this vision into transformational action across our technology platform by putting the best tools in the hands of our loan officers,” Waggoner said in a statement. .

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These LOs are TikTok sensations. They call a potential ban “unfortunate”

Housing Wire

It may be counterintuitive, but loan officer Scott Betley, a 32-year-old TikTok sensation , says he isn’t worried about a potential U.S. Betley, who has more than a decade of experience helping first-time and move-up buyers, joined NFM Lending as a loan officer in 2021. ban of the short-form video app.

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Guaranty rolls out GAssist, a new borrower application portal

Housing Wire

The GAssist portal will provide its partners, which include community banks, credit unions, and brokers, with tools that will allow them to better manage borrower expectations, from guided originations to processing tools, according to a press release on the roll-out. The tools are housed within the secure application portal.

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What mortgage lenders need to know about wholesale

Housing Wire

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. In fact, in 2022, over 20,000 loan officers joined the wholesale channel.

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Guild acquires small retail lender Legacy Mortgage

Housing Wire

The lender originated approximately $309 million in mortgages in 2022, according to data from mortgage technology platform Modex. The company has 39 active loan officers across its retail branches, according to Modex data. billion in the fourth quarter of 2022 from $4.4 Terms of that deal were also not disclosed.

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