Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

loan officer Timothy Potempa has departed Dallas-based multichannel lender OneTrust Home Loans to join E Mortgage Capital , bringing his team of about 40 people and more than $300 million in annual production to the company headquartered in California. ” According to Scotsman Guide , Potempa was the No. million. .

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Podcasts are a great resource for mortgage professionals to continue learning, with shows covering industry updates, business advice and the experiences of other pros in the mortgage industry. Mortgage Marketing Radio. Loan Officer Freedom. Mortgage Marketing Expert. Loan Officer Leadership.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Rebecca Anderson, senior vice president of strategic communications and public relations at loanDepot, wrote to HousingWire that the company “enjoys a long history of attracting and developing top-notch talent and “we thank Mosi for her many contributions to loanDepot and wish her the best in the next chapter of her career.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

Nominations for HousingWire’s 2024 Marketing Leaders Leaders award are open now through April 30th, 2024. Savvy marketing leaders like Coleen Bogle, CMO at New Jersey-based mortgage lender The Money Store have become critical to the industry. Click here to nominate someone.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2024

Record-high home prices and elevated interest rates have weighed down mortgage markets. Recent stagnation in refinancing loans, coupled with supply and demand discrepancies in housing, means originators still find themselves in an increasingly competitive landscape despite having expectations of the worst being over.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2022

Last week, Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation announced the hiring of Tane Cabe as its new reverse business development manager with a focus on Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase (H4P) business. of all endorsements in 2021. Harlan Accola. And so, they know the local real estate agents. Dan Hultquist.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

the parent of digital lender Better.com , narrowed its net loss between the third and fourth quarters of 2023 by more than 80%, driven by expense cuts to its platform and marketing efforts. Going forward, Better is focused on driving market share and reaching profitability in the medium term. Better Home & Finance Holding Co. ,

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 3, 2024

“At a time when growing loan volume and market share are top lender concerns, our technology provides a proven solution that has helped many other lenders grow their businesses, even in the toughest markets.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Apart from selling produce that is popular in former Soviet countries, these stores represent a marketing opportunity for Alex Naumovych, a loan officer at Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corporation. I have my business cards everywhere because the more people that see your cards and face, the better,” Naumovych said.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2023

Additionally, each business had a minimum revenue of $190,000 in 2019 and $2 million last year. 5000 list was VA Wholesale Mortgage , which specializes in offering home loans to veterans and active duty military members. We continue investing in tech while it’s not that crazy busy. The companies are U.S.-based,

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2024

Andrews also previously worked in business development, sales and marketing roles at Hometown Lenders , Finance of America , Veristone Capital , Yarrow Bay Mortgage and Merit Financial. In his new position with loanDepot, he will be responsible for driving market share growth in Seattle and the surrounding areas.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

So there’s this assumption that ChatGPT is cute, it’s nice — it’s helpful for a marketing team. However, on our side, what we’ve developed is fundamentally disruptive. When mortgage rates finally drop and the mortgage business turns around, what happens when you need 10 underwriters again? But high value?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

The deal that runs through 2028 includes more than $1 billion for community development lending and services, investments in affordable housing , revitalization and stabilization, and projects that create jobs in LMI areas. The depository is aiming to maintain at least 25% of its branches in LMI areas.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2023

After years of working crazy hours and focusing on growing his business, Ciardelli saw the impact his hard-driving lifestyle was having on his health and close relationships. The result would be a win-win for the business and for customers, he said. He knew he needed to make changes. “I As of Oct.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

A seasoned retail and commercial banking salesman in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the 39-year-old Woodward joined Interfirst Mortgage as a loan officer in October 2020 after a recommendation from an old college friend. But Woodward struggled to originate purchase loans. “I Without that being built, I was starting from scratch.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

Two years later, the division has proven to be a key player in the business at Longbridge. To mark the anniversary of the launch and the posture of the wider industry that has evolved during that time, RMD sat down with Parks to discuss how the business has progressed and what it’s looking to accomplish in the future.

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase (H4P) program saw its share of total HECM endorsements in 2023 rise to its highest level since 2019. They shared ideas about how much H4P is driving active conversations, volume predictions and actual business. A sleeping giant?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Its centralized call center business model, which Rocket relied upon to dominate an unprecedented refi market , isn’t as durable when interest rates are high, there are few refi opportunities and having strong relationships with real estate agents is what brings home the bacon. And Rocket is well aware.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Our beta ambassadors have been instrumental in shaping a program that not only aids communities but also provides new avenues for business growth in challenging markets,” said Messerli, executive director of FirstHome IQ.

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Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2022

These developments have essentially brought refinance originations to a screeching halt. As revenue challenges persist because of compressed margins in traditional agency products, we’re also coming off a period of heavy refinancing where many mortgage companies added significant headcount and costs to their business.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2022

According to Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notices submitted to the Employment Development Department (EDD) on April 28 and May 9, the company plans to cut 207 jobs in two rounds on June 27 and July 8, in letters to the EDD reviewed by HousingWire. Loan servicing followed at 4.1% in the first quarter.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Shannon Hoff, a California-based branch manager at American Pacific Mortgage (APM), finds herself both enthusiastic and cautious as she assesses the prospects of the mortgage market in the coming year. “Lenders and loan officers right now are just in survival mode,” Hoff said in an interview.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As the housing market suffers through a drought of home sales and related mortgage originations in the current high-rate environment, home prices and home equity continue to climb, helping to spark a revival of another sector — home equity lending and investment. It sets up a domino effect [for market activity].”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2024

Top mortgage technology executives say their companies are embracing artificial intelligence (AI) in their operations but still relying on human decision-making to sell loans. “There’s one question every CEO, CTO, CIO, loan officer, processor, underwriter, they all ask the same thing: will AI replace my job?”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2022

HousingWire: Given the recent news about a few non-QM lenders shutting down, some loan officers might be hesitant about working with non-QM. What would you say to those loan officers? We were founded during a time of volatility and our business model has set us up to survive challenging times since.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

A race is a useful analog for the mortgage business, especially as it relates to the refinance business. Lenders in a purchase money market, like the one we’re in now, are running a long-distance race. It’s amazing how many loan officers miss this, don’t return the call quickly, and lose their race before it’s even underway.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The virtual notary services industry has become increasingly popular amid the COVID-19 pandemic as businesses have adopted remote signatures to adhere to social distancing protocols while closing on mortgages and other loans. business advisory firm in real estate, mortgage finance, digital mortgage, banking and capital markets.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Maxwell acquired LenderSelect Mortgage Group from Blue Ridge Bank in May to expand its secondary market trading platform, bringing hundreds of new clients to the company’s other solutions. Meanwhile, Colorado-headquartered Maxwell claims it has facilitated over $275 billion in loan volume to date and serves more than 300 lenders nationwide.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2022

Guaranteed Rate will continue to thrive and win market share by having a laser focus on leveraging our industry-leading purchase platform augmented by the best loan officers in the business,” Guaranteed Rate CEO Victor Ciardelli wrote in an email to brokers that HousingWire reviewed.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 10, 2024

Mortgage Capital Trading (MCT) has introduced Base Rate Generator, a new solution that allows mortgage lenders to directly inform their front-end rate sheet pricing with their back-end capital markets executions. It has helped us to be more exact in our pricing which, as a result, has generated more business for us.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

Jake Droge joins the company as a loan officer, while Carol Olmos has joined the company as an account executive. Sue Haviland has also joined the division as a loan officer, coming off of a roughly three-year stint as Finance of America Reverse (FAR)’s national sales trainer in learning and development.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with New American Funding CEO and Co-founder Rick Arvielo to talk about the acquisition, the company’s strategy for the rest of 2024, and what differentiates NAF in this market. Sarah Wheeler: Market conditions have fueled a lot of M&A activity recently.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

In today’s low-rate environment, wholesale mortgage lending continues to grow, making up more than 20% market share. The brokers were in agreement that recruiting talent and maintaining strong partnerships will be key to not only brand development, but a lasting foundation that will continue post-pandemic. “So

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2023

What the Ernst & Young study showed was that women who are high school and college athletes are also being coached on how to be leaders in the business world. You develop stronger relationships with your teammates and coaches when they know that you are genuine and real. That communication focus extends to business.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2023

Voyles will be responsible for growing the retail division overseeing sales, operations and marketing as well as building on the existing framework, the company said Wednesday. After being sold to frequent bank investor Gaylon Lawrence in January 2019, the business name changed to Guaranty Home Mortgage Corporation.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Mortgage pros have closely monitored the commission lawsuit developments since a Kansas City, Missouri jury determined that NAR, HomeServices of America , and Keller Williams conspired to inflate or maintain high commission rates through NAR’s so-called Participation Rule. You should be finding buyers before real estate agents anyway.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Borrowers, loan officers, and the corresponding processors and underwriters are often working on entirely different systems. The platform is loan origination system-agnostic and is designed to deliver value to both borrowers and lenders–”from the point of thought of buying a house to the point of owning a home.” .

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