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Loan officers are dramatically cutting their pay to win clients. It’s often illegal. 

Housing Wire

Mortgage rates had climbed close to the 7% range and he was determined to remain competitive on pricing with rival loan officers in North Carolina. After Mike paid his loan officer assistant, he was clearing just 40 bps. The lower comp rate stung. Still, it was better than nothing.

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First Community Mortgage selects Blue Sage platform to scale business

Housing Wire

Tennessee-based multichannel mortgage lender First Community Mortgage announced on Wednesday that it has selected the Blue Sage Solutions digital lending platform and its LION Consumer POS to help scale its growth efforts across the 48 states it operates in. In FCM’s case, this also includes interim servicing.

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Revolution Mortgage snags top loanDepot loan officers

Housing Wire

Jorden Brok and Brett Lotsoff are producing area managers and SVPs of mortgage lending at Revolution Mortgage and are tasked with expanding the company’s footprint in the greater Chicago area. Rapidly expanding Revolution In a rising rate environment, many lenders have downsized or have gone out of business.

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Knock reverses course on loan officer pay cut

Housing Wire

It is an eventful week within the Slack channels of Knock , and an anxiety-filled one for the company’s about 50 loan officers. Knock loan officers draw a median salary of about $75,000 a year, according to these company sources. But on Thursday morning, Knock reversed course. It began 2021 in 14 markets and is now in 70.

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In quest to grow reverse business, US Mortgage Corporation hires Krajewski

Housing Wire

The company recently hired reverse mortgage industry veteran Ken Krajewski to serve as its managing director and head of reverse mortgage lending. US Mortgage recently surpassed 30 years in business. He said the company attracted him because of its goals to expand more broadly into reverse mortgages.

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Banks report tighter lending standards for mortgages, HELOCs in Q3

Housing Wire

Banks have tightened lending standards for most categories of residential real estate (RRE) loans and home equity lines of credit (HELOC) over the third quarter of 2023. Households and businesses find it more difficult and costly to borrow, which tends to limit demand for goods and services.

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“Last night, my Uber driver was a loan officer.”

Housing Wire

Garth Graham, senior partner and manager of merger and acquisition activities for the Stratmor Group , said many of the layoffs in the IMB industry so far have involved employees working in support positions, with loan officer jobs being the last to be jettisoned. Charting the loan officer exit.