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

Housing Wire

Mat Ishbia is optimistic about the mortgage market. The Pontiac, Michigan-based United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) CEO believes that 2022 and 2023 are equally challenging years, but the market will improve in 2024. Meanwhile, 2025 and 2026 will be off the charts. Mat Ishbia: In the 2022 and 2023 markets, rates went up a lot.

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Frank Martell talks loanDepot’s restructuring, path to profitability and M&As 

Housing Wire

In fact, loanDepot recently showed the market that it’s considering acquisitions by appointing industry veteran Dan Hanson as executive director of enterprise partnerships and acquisitions. Amid a shrinking market, Vision 2025 was extended into 2026 and beyond, Martell said. How will loanDepot recover this market share?

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6% mortgage rates are back (for select borrowers)

Housing Wire

A top-tier borrower with a 780 FICO score and a 25-30% down payment for a single-family vanilla 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was quoted 6.875% on Thursday, said Larry Steinway, senior vice president of mortgage lending and branch manager of Revolution Mortgage. “We We are definitely seeing an uptick in demand.

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DataDigest: Goldilocks and the big IMBs

Housing Wire

That alone suggests better days ahead for IMBs, even if rates don’t fall into the 6s for a few more months, the secondary market remains a mess, and seasonality results in low volume in the first quarter of 2024. This should contribute to the biggest IMB lenders gobbling up additional market share, even if no single lender is at 10%.

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