Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The savvy real estate agents and loan officers see this not a crisis but a golden opportunity. This is a call to arms for real estate agents and loan officers ready to seize the day. For loan officers: Script : “Market changes bring new opportunities.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2023

On Friday afternoon, my real estate agent called with good news. The agent wished me well and said that she would appreciate a review on her website. I had sought out the agent because she had the best track record in the area, worked with a lot of investors on the buy side, and had a history of closing quickly.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The relationship between a loan officer and a real estate agent is one of the most important pieces of the puzzle, as the two must combine forces to help borrowers achieve their goal of buying a home. The mortgage process involves many moving pieces and relationships with a variety of stakeholders.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The Adwerx Enterprise Platform is the only digital advertising solution designed specifically for mortgage brokerages and their loan officers. Reach home buyers before real estate agents with individualized, compliant ads for loan officers, built automatically. Product Fast Facts: #1.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Facing a challenging housing market can be daunting for agents and loan officers alike. I’ve seen every market shift imaginable as an agent, team leader and executive in the brokerage , mortgage and proptech space. However, successful agents and loan officers navigate fear at an unusually fast pace.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2023

“Sometimes 10-20 basis points is all an LO needs to win over a real estate agent or get creative on a borrower’s loan,” the company said in a statement. . Brokers can use the points for conventional, government and non-agency loans up to $1 million. . ” .

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Meanwhile, in addition to diversifying their portfolios, brokerage firm owners are keeping their cost structure under control to be profitable in a shrinking market. The lender, based in South Dakota, offers conventional, FHA and VA loan products, as well as bridge loans. “It’s hard for brokers to win deals now.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2022

22, according to the news release.The move allows Redfin agents in 91 markets to begin referring customers to one of 400 local Bay Equity loan officers as of Monday. Loan officers will continue “originating refinance and purchase loans for customers working with Redfin agents as well as customers working with other brokerages.”.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

For most real estate agents, working with a reliable lending partner is essential to a smooth and successful transaction. That partnership is everything,” Amy Breach, a Seattle-based Keller Williams agent, told HousingWire in late 2022. The lender and LO can make or break the transaction.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2021

SentriLock , the home lockbox company wholly owned by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), announced Tuesday that they created a computer and smart phone platform to help real estate agents juggle their home showing appointments. Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2023

NAF is looking for a 50/50 joint venture between the California-headquartered lender for virtually any size real estate brokerage, a larger agent team, a new home builder and a wholly-owned mortgage business. With various services plus capital in place, a joint venture ramps up faster than a traditional mortgage company.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

Tech-fueled retail mortgage lender InstaMortgage has merged with mortgage broker shop All Cal Financial , a rare example of a top-performing brokerage switching channels. As part of the merger, Jim Black, the founder of All Cal, will become chief lending officer of InstaMortgage. That means that they get more product options.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2021

25 and March 1, 628 said they would move due to natural disasters, extreme temperatures, and rising sea levels in their area, according to real estate brokerage Redfin, which conducted the survey. ” Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration. Out of 2,000 people surveyed between Feb.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2021

After years of aggregating behavioral data from homebuyers and homesellers at the largest real estate brokerages in the country, Buyside is proud to announce the launch of their expansion into core & ancillary services by focusing on the homeowner.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2021

Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. The seven-year-old Offerpad – founded by the company’s present CEO Brian Bair – describes itself as a lean operation looking to accelerate growth.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2022

Lenders and mortgage tech companies have been cutting costs in the down market , but some firms have hired new executives who they hope will provide better strategies to navigate the shrinking loan origination market. The post Lenders, tech firms hire executives to navigate down market appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2021

His West Coast brokerage shop sent tens of millions of dollars in loans to the wholesale mortgage giant in recent years. Rocket is training real estate agents to originate loans, and Fairway is trying to poach loan officers, he claims. The rest of this content is for HW+ members.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2021

The Utah-based software developer offers a private-label digital mortgage platform and mobile app designed to connect lenders with borrowers and real estate agents. The fund raise comes as the company attempts to increase its marketshare within the eClosing and mobile mortgage segments.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

How 2020 exposed a greater need for collaboration between real estate agents and LOs. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. home last year at $7 million more than its Zestimated price.).

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PennyMac

JULY 20, 2021

Whether you are buying or selling a home, your real estate agent will be your partner through one of the most significant transactions of your life. Finding the right agent should involve careful planning and research, but many of us just don’t know where to start. How long have you been working as a real estate agent?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

More people are realizing that not only is the wholesale channel the best place for a consumer to get a loan, but it’s also the best place for a loan officer to work and the best lending partner for a real estate agent. In fact, in 2022, over 20,000 loan officers joined the wholesale channel.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

The company claims that they close loans 13 days faster and enable their loan officers to close around 15% more loans per month. Through its point-of-sale platform, lenders can synchronize documents, send a notification to borrowers and real estate agents, and manage disclosures.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

Pontiac, Michigan-based lender United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) Wednesday launched a new platform for independent mortgage brokers to access purchase leads, past clients and real estate agents — a move to entice and retain loan officers in a shrinking mortgage market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

According to the 2023 RealTrends rankings , the team had 1,588 licensed agents who generated an average of $2.65 In all, BCP agents notched $4.2 63 among the 500 best brokerages by volume. “We GLG is also part of a larger Keller Williams Realty franchise group of residential real estate brokerages located in Georgia.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2022

Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. According to local Brixstone Real Estate agent Mandy Nichols, it is for a good reason. Bluffton, South Carolina. Gillette, Wyoming. Lexington, Kentucky.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

This isn’t a new story in mortgage lending or real estate brokerage. Vishal Garg and his dolphins (google it) aim to “radically overhaul the analog mortgage process, which still involves commissioned loan officers, 2,000 pages of paperwork and manual intervention at every step.”. And, why not?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2021

” Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. . “The pandemic has catalyzed purchases by millennial first-time buyers, many of whom can now work from anywhere.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Erica Davis, Guild Mortgage loan originator and home buyer. Rocket Mortgage has also launched a lender-funded 1-0 rate buydown, dubbed the “inflation buster” program, as well as a seller- or real estate agent-funded 1-0 rate buydown from its wholesale arm Rocket Pro TPO.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

The company recently launched a mortgage brokerage firm that offers a plug-and-play program for real estate agents to become mortgage loan officers, a practice called dual licensing. of the loan amount, with a $5,000 cap, which adds to the typical buyer-side agent commission of up to 3%.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

“Over the years, we’ve been more focused on organic growth, one loan officer at a time,” said Mike Brennan, who became Movement’s president in January 2021. billion in annual mortgage loan volume to its platform. . The company has 1,810 loan officers and 482 branches, Modex data shows. .

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Dan Gilbert started Quicken Loans as a small brokerage in the Detroit area 35 years ago and grew it into the nation’s largest mortgage lender. Consumer-facing influencers like real estate agents and financial advisors will be able to submit a client’s information on our Rocket Pro Referral platform to begin the application.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2021

Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

According to the CFPB, hundreds of loan officers at BofA failed to ask mortgage applicants demographic questions and falsely reported that they had chosen not to respond.” Lee Davenport, PhD, is a real estate coach/trainer and blogger who trains real estate agents and brokerages on how to work smarter with technology.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2021

Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. Additionally, homes listed for sale midweek sell for an average of 1.6 days faster than homes listed on the weekend.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2023

The lack of housing inventory – a major pain point for real estate agents and loan officers – is an issue that Mark Cohen, principal owner of Cohen Financial Group , also sees in the upper end of the Southern California market. I’m doing a lot of HELOCs.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2021

Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. .” Fairway, which did about $3.5 “It’s not true.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2021

There are many more moving pieces and loan originators spend a great deal of time communicating with clients and their real estate agents. They can share up to three loan options with clients on one screen to present the best options. Purchase originations demand more of brokers’ resources than a refinance.

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