Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

News just broke that private equity investor LLR Partners announced strategic investments in two mortgage technology companies — Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang ( click here for article ). With efficiency metrics and client outcomes like these it’s no surprise that the company continued to attract capital and investor interest.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 16, 2022

The Federal Reserve ’s 75 basis point interest rate hike – its largest since 1994 – proves the central bank is laser-focused on slowing inflation, but loan officers and housing economists don’t expect mortgage rates to come down until consumer prices fall. There’s still demand for homes, loan officers told HousingWire. “I

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

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. and Sprout Mortgage.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2021

In today’s market, mortgage originators are forced to intertwine different software and technology to support the lending process from start to finish. Because of this, originators are having to mimic technology companies instead of focusing on buying and selling, underwriting credit risk and servicing loans.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2022

One example of this is Lev , a company that facilitates commercial real estate lending, starting with small- and medium-sized transactions. We’re identifying and investing in new mortgage technology companies and capitalizing on the recent interest of entrepreneurs and venture investors in commercial real estate.

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Miller Samuel

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The brokerage industry tends to be very linear in its perception of the market, so many believe when the market is rising, it will rise forever. Miller said that real estate investors should stop trying to perfectly time the market (both with rate and supply vs. demand). And, in-turn, when the market falls, it will fall forever.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2022

Like many loan officers, Dicker was working nights and weekends, banging out refinancings and purchase mortgages at record-low rates for clients. Less business for lenders and real estate brokerages, in return, is hurting title companies, tech vendors, appraisers and mortgage insurance firms.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

For the homebuilders he is representing, Hale said acquiring a mortgage-lending operation is a smart way to take advantage of “low-hanging fruit,” among other drivers for such an acquisition. The plug-and-play and brokerage routes. loan officers] in pods.’”. They’re like, ‘Screw the company.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The truth is there are more and more tech elements out there that help real estate investors, be it potential homebuyers, cash-only buyers or iBuyers. HW: How can real estate agents and loan officers collaborate to foster strong relationships with clients despite rising rates? At our heart, Percy.ai In 2021, Percy.ai

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2022

Ishbia is confident his firm can benefit from this trend by cutting prices for brokers and bringing more retail loan officers to its wholesale channel, whose market share currently stands at around 20%. I’m not really focused on the margins for this quarter,” Ishbia told investors in UWM’s second-quarter earnings call. “It’s

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2023

Until mid-2022, 65% of Busch’s pipeline were jumbos , conventional loans that exceed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ‘s purchase standards , as set by the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The FHFA’s conforming loan limit was a baseline of $647,200 in 2022, and $726,200 in 2023.)

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PennyMac

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Whether you are using a brand-new agent or an experienced brokerage owner to sell your home, here are five diverse strategies to include in your marketing plan. A niche could be a geographic area or clientele (such as first-time buyers, relocation specialists, or investors). Hear about your options with a PennyMac Loan Officer today.

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Clear Capital

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

” This has been a very hot and important topic within the lending space for the last year or so, we’ve talked about it on this podcast before Kenon. And you should not be competing against 25 different investors. My professional background is out of finance and lending. There’s 500,000 loan officers.

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