Housing Wire
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
According to Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF) estimates, CMG was the 16th-largest mortgage lender in the country in the first nine months of 2023, with a $16 billion volume, an increase of 17.5% 21, the company had 1,826 loan officers and 401 active branches, per the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS). year over year.
Housing Wire
DECEMBER 30, 2022
“It’s going to be competitive — thin margins, little business and LOs getting out of the industry,” Dave Krichmar, banker at Legend Lending Corporation, said of the mortgage industry in 2023. Instead, they’ll be seeking to renovate their homes.”. Adjusting to a “new normal”. He hit a record $2.47
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Housing Wire
JULY 3, 2023
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
Housing Wire
JANUARY 6, 2023
Nearly every loan originator is fixated on going after the purchase mortgage market in 2023 following a brutal 2022 — a year in which even some of the top producers saw their origination volume drop to 20%. That is also the case for Chris Gallo, senior loan officer at NJ Lenders Corp. After dropping from $1.2
Housing Wire
JUNE 1, 2023
Founded in 1993 by Bill and Michael Giambrone, Platinum has 22 branches and 79 active loan officers, according to the mortgage tech platform Modex. Planet, which originates loans through the correspondent and retail channels, plans to grow organically and via mergers and acquisitions. The lender originated $6.5
Housing Wire
OCTOBER 6, 2023
Mortgage lenders are betting on down-payment assistance programs, buy-down options and renovation products to provide brokers opportunities to win in a market with mortgage rates nearing 8%, a lack of inventory and high home prices. 4-7, in Las Vegas. “There is too much distraction in the market; there are some negative folks out there.
Housing Wire
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Mortgage rates in the 6% range have frozen the housing market, forcing loan officers to find business outside their wheelhouses. Business is at a “dead stop,” said a retail loan officer in Michigan. That’s going to be a new market for me Lonnie Glessner, loan officer at Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corp.
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