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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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Mortgage rates are the highest they’ve been this year. Did loan officers expect this?

Housing Wire

Many investors had expected the Fed to cut benchmark rates as early as March, and loan officers had hoped to see a decline in mortgage rates that tend to move in tandem with long-term yields. Saghafi has clients who recently decided to pull the trigger and move to a bigger house by selling their home that had a 2.375% mortgage rate.

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CrossCountry snatches top loan officer Chris Keelin

Housing Wire

Top-producing loan officer Christopher Keelin has taken his 80+person team over to CrossCountry Mortgage to “take advantage” of the lender’s technology while scaling his business. He ranked 18th on Scotsman Guide ‘s 2023 top LO list. Keelin closed $57 million in volume in the first quarter of 2023.

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Revolution Mortgage snags top loanDepot loan officers

Housing Wire

Providing presentations on whether to opt for a conventional loan, Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan, Fannie Mae ’s HomeReady or Freddie Mac ’s HomePossible loans while winning over contracts in a multiple bid environment are key to creating client stickiness, Lotsoff added.

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How PrimeLending plans to grab market share

Housing Wire

The lender brought on 100 loan officers in June, bringing the total number of LOs to about 800. We’ll reach out to those loan officers in markets where we have existing retail branch locations. Instead, tapping high-volume loan officers in targeted locations has worked for PrimeLending. “We

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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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Former executive sues Guild over $750,000 in unpaid compensation

Housing Wire

“While we do not comment on pending litigation, Guild’s long-standing reputation for doing what’s right is built from our core values of integrity and respect, and we are committed to those values with every employee, client, and partner,” Guild said in a statement. RMS had 70 offices in 14 states, 850 employees, and 250 loan officers.

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