Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Steinway is the sole loan officer in his branch and is supported by the rest of his five team members, who primarily focus on marketing its realtor relationships. Closing just shy of $100 million of production in 2022, he’s aiming for a higher loan origination volume in 2023. It’s the local relationships.

Mortgage 370

Mortgage Loan Officers Lending Retail 370

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

As rates increase and housing prices correct in 2023, sellers will want to take advantage of improving their chances to do business with an excited buyer who can obtain a lower than market rate with seller participation,” Jeff Miller, vice president of Pacific Northwest at Churchill Mortgage , said. Lenders seize opportunity for lost volume.

Buyers 473

Buyers Marketing Sellers Loan Officers 473

Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

The company recently launched a mortgage brokerage firm that offers a plug-and-play program for real estate agents to become mortgage loan officers, a practice called dual licensing. of the loan amount, with a $5,000 cap, which adds to the typical buyer-side agent commission of up to 3%.

Real Estate Agent 464

Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Real Estate Agents 464

Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2023

He was cautiously optimistic for a better 2023. The combination of an economic uncertainty, high mortgage rates and persisting affordability challenges will further reduce purchase demand, which keeps Monson and thousands of loan officers up at night. It’s almost like there was a false start,” Monson said.

Loan Officers 384

Loan Officers Inventory Real Estate Agent Buyers 384

Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

A seasoned retail and commercial banking salesman in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the 39-year-old Woodward joined Interfirst Mortgage as a loan officer in October 2020 after a recommendation from an old college friend. “I had not done first mortgage lending before, but I was familiar with the basics of real estate lending.

Mortgage 522

Mortgage Marketing Retail Lending 522

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Forecasting another purchase market in 2023, Nguyen started using his proprietary software for something new – to pursue relationships with realtors. “I I never had to work with realtors, but now I spend a lot of time working with realtors – supporting them and partnering with them,” Nguyen said in an interview with HousingWire.

Business 74

Business Retail Realtors Loan Officers 74

Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2023

His goal is to bring his sales numbers up to $450 to $500 million, with origination coming from different states, and potentially capitalizing on a little refinance boom in the latter part of 2023. When loan officers don’t have refinance business, half of their businesses are gone. Kim: What are your sales goals for 2023?

Inventory 391

Inventory Marketing Business Buyers 391

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

It’s clear that 2023 will be a very different year for the title industry than what we’ve experienced in the recent past. A REALTOR who no longer has to wait for the mail to receive her commission. A real estate agent or loan officer who can get an updated status on a pending file without having to play phone tag.

Business 395

Business Technology Human Resources HOA 395

Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2023

The lender runs its business based on a “no-loan-officer” model in which all of its 45 employees are licensed and delegated to a specific role in closing a loan. Back in the 2007-2009 meltdown, we had loan officers with us at that time.

Lending 397

Lending Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Retail 397

Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2023

Most of the publicly traded IMBs cut costs in the first half of 2023, and several pledged to keep sharpening their knives. billion in mortgage loans in the second quarter of 2023 “despite a historic decline in industry-wide origination volume during 2023,” according to CEO Mat Ishbia. UWM originated $31.8

Retail 369

Retail Real Estate Agent Business Mortgage 369

Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2023

Existing home sales in particular have been paltry in 2023, largely due to low levels of inventory. Single-family inventory for the week ending April 28 jumped to 422,270, up from 414,010 the week prior, offering real estate agents and mortgage loan officers hope that the ice is melting.

Real Estate Agent 384

Real Estate Agent Inventory Loan Officers Mortgage 384

Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2022

Most people paid those loans for 30 years, on time. Back then, the real estate agent found a home and the purchaser went to their bank and got a loan. This is a customer of an agent, and a customer of a bank, conducting a financial transaction and contractual purchase transaction. How do we clean the fields?

Mortgage 432

Mortgage Real Estate Agent Business Loan Officers 432

Appraisal Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

Ignoring market conditions adjustments makes us look incompetent to buyers, sellers, lenders, Realtors, and the general public. over the course of 2024, declining from the 2023 average of 6.9%. The small rate declines expected will aid affordability to a minor degree after the surge in housing costs for buyers in 2022–2023.

Appraisal 68

Appraisal Contracts Mortgage Marketing 68