Housing Wire
MARCH 5, 2024
“ Recovery year ” was the theme heading into 2024 as mortgage professionals hoped for some reprieve in a frozen housing market characterized by high interest rates, low inventory levels and sluggish sales. What I tell all loan officers, no matter who I talk to, is that there’s no foreclosure crisis coming on the horizon,” Saghafi said.
Housing Wire
JUNE 5, 2023
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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Housing Wire
APRIL 20, 2023
Denver-based brokerage franchise Motto Mortgage , owned by RE/MAX , has accused broker shop UMortgage of “tortious interference” in its contract with a former franchisee called TRB Solutions, whose controlling member was Breon Price, the top-producing loan officer. He was set to hold the role until 2024, the lawsuit says.
Housing Wire
AUGUST 24, 2023
“In order to achieve a soft landing, economic growth will have to slow to a rate that is below trend for some time in order for the unemployment rate to rise sufficiently to cause wage growth to slow consistent with a 2% inflation target over the long term, but not so slow that the economy falls into a contraction,” the ESR group said.
Housing Wire
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Jeff Walton, CEO and co-founder of mortgage data analytics company InGenius, which provides loan-officer data to IMBs for recruiting purposes, said it’s going to be a “tough time through winter.” ” He added that the hope is we see some improvement in the spring or summer, “but it’s anyone’s guess.”
Housing Wire
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Sitzer/Burnett is scheduled to head to trial in mid-October and Moehrl is expected to head to court in the first half of 2024 with Nosalek most likely following shortly thereafter. One of the top loan officers in the nation has set up webinars that he does four times a week and he is building up his own pipeline.”
Housing Wire
OCTOBER 5, 2023
The home equity products involved include home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), closed-end second mortgages (CESs) and shared-equity contracts. The recent Saluda Grade-sponsored rated offering represents the sixth securitization deal since 2021 backed fully by shared-equity contracts — valued in total at some $1.3
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