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Motto sues UMortgage for ‘tortious interference’ in franchise contract

Housing Wire

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. According to a lawsuit filed in March in a U.S

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How EPM plans to win in the TPO channel after exiting retail

Housing Wire

The pivot also coincided with its former chief retail officer Stephen Carpitella requesting the opportunity to start his own wholesale mortgage business. Many of EPM’s retail loan officers transitioned to Informed Mortgage , a lender Carpitella launched in August. We will be ready for it.” ”

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EPM doubles down on wholesale channel, reduces retail footprint

Housing Wire

This has resulted in the company closing branches and laying off loan officers on the retail side. Regarding EPM’s strategy in the wholesale space, Kevin DeLory, chief lending officer, said it is not chasing borrowers with specific credit scores or being aggressive in pricing. “Wholesale is growing.

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The next refi boom’s double-edged sword: EPOs

Housing Wire

“Lenders and loan officers right now are just in survival mode,” Hoff said in an interview. About 20 loan officers under her leadership produced $116 million in mortgages over the last 12 months, a drop from $223 million in 2022, according to the mortgage tech platform Modex. . When will the market turn?

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Mortgage lenders facing a dark, cold winter

Housing Wire

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.” We could be down to 60,000 to 70,000 originators by 2025.”

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Will new products stop the bleeding for mortgage lenders? 

Housing Wire

During the second-quarter earnings season, executives from publicly traded mortgage lenders detailed their forays into jumbo loans, non-qualified mortgages, reverse mortgages, home equity products and even personal loans. ” Just a little less vanilla. . ” Just a little less vanilla.

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Mat Ishbia talks the ‘loser mentality,’ the controversial ‘ultimatum’ and the years ahead

Housing Wire

Meanwhile, 2025 and 2026 will be off the charts. And 2024, 2025 and 2026, they’ll be the three best mortgage years in history because everybody that’s doing 6.5% And 2025 and 2026 will be off the charts. Nunes: I spoke to a loan officer who is sending almost all of his loans, 98% to be exact, to UWM.

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