2023 Loan Officers Real Estate Agent Sellers 
Housing Wire
JANUARY 12, 2024
Guaranteed Rate has introduced a new feature that allows sellers working with a G-Rate loan officer to pay a fee that locks in a permanently discounted mortgage rate for a buyer. But with RateReduce Sell, sellers will be able secure a lower rate by buying down points permanently.
Housing Wire
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Top 10 mortgage lender and servicer Newrez is partnering with Newzip , a tech-enabled real estate platform, to roll out a program aimed to save buyers and sellers on credit costs. Dubbed Newrez Home Rewards, buyers will be matched with a real estate agent who works with Newzip and provided booking services.
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Housing Wire
APRIL 12, 2023
Industry players are largely pessimistic about the economic climate and expect interest rates to trend up in the near term future, according to the HousingWire Q2 2023 LenderPulse survey. None of the surveyed mortgage professionals said staff cuts caused decreased ability to close loans and lack of training were the challenges they faced.
Housing Wire
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
What helped Erica Davis, a loan originator at Guild Mortgage , in the current high-rate environment is a seller-funded temporary 2-1 rate buydown. In a high-rate environment, lenders call the temporary rate buydown a win-win strategy for both sellers and buyers when used appropriately. in the second year.
Housing Wire
DECEMBER 27, 2022
And, the market looks likely to remain frozen well into 2023, experts told HousingWire. Thanks to the Federal Reserve’s benchmark rate being near zero for two full years and generating record-low mortgage rates, a tiny minority of homeowners now have an incentive to refinance at all in 2023. Or will soon.
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. of loans in October, according to the MBA. For the week ending Feb.
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. It was another brutal year, pushing loan originators to work longer hours, close loans faster while diversifying their mortgage product offerings.
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