Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2021

What happens when borrowers can’t or won’t walk into a lending branch? HousingWire recently sat down with Insellerate CEO Josh Friend to discuss that very question and what strategies retail lenders should look to adopt from direct-to-consumer lending. Retail lenders originate loans through their in-person retail branches.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Virginia-based mortgage bank Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC has acquired the assets of Arizona-based JFQ Lending, LLC to explore the direct-to-consumer channel. Prosperity has been looking to add a direct-to-consumer business line for some time,” Justin Messer , president and CEO of Prosperity, said in a statement. “By

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

People who invest in technology often ask the question: is this a “nice to have,” or a “need to have?” Few have the resources to invest in technologies they don’t need. What’s the worst that can happen if we don’t invest in this technology?”. Mike is an experienced mortgage loan officer. Not anymore.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

HousingWire recently sat down with Steve Meirink, executive vice president and general manager, Compliance Solutions, Wolters Kluwer’s Governance, Risk and Compliance Division, to discuss the impact of digital technology on mortgage and the future of digital lending in an era of accelerated innovation and digital transformation.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2022

The nonbank mortgage lender is expanding its consumer direct lending business while some competitors are laying off employees with the expectation that the channel cools down with higher mortgage rates. PennyMac is growing fast with its consumer direct lending business. The company produced $11.1

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

Second, nearly 20,000 loan officers moved into the wholesale channel in 2023. This coupled with the eye-opening reality that the technology , efficiency and service available with wholesale lenders is superior to what many have access to in retail has made the broker model more attractive to both new and seasoned loan officers.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

We are living in fast-changing times, and lenders that don’t embrace those changes will not compete well for business in a post-COVID-19 world. In fact, the changes we’ve seen since the advent of the global pandemic are significant enough to serve as a catalyst that will drive all lending digital. Peering into the future of lending.

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Housing Wire

MAY 12, 2022

Worsening market conditions are only going to accelerate an already hyper-competitive mortgage lending industry that is still learning to adapt to post-pandemic homebuying behaviors. Technology has been the focal point of that evolution more out of necessity than some consensus that homebuyers don’t want to interact with their lenders at all.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

After striking two M&A deals late last year, digital multichannel lender Lower plans to acquire at least one other business in 2024. In November 2023, Lower announced the acquisition of Colorado-based Universal Lending Home Loans , which became a separate division.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

I sat down with Tim Bowler, president of ICE Mortgage Technology, a business unit of ICE, to talk about the company’s mortgage automation strategy — and what keeps him up at night. SW: ICE Mortgage Technology is known for its focus on automation. Sarah Wheeler: ICE’s acquisition of Black Knight just closed today.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Looking for a quick and easy way to stay up-to-date on mortgage lending news, trends and technology? 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. Loan Officer Freedom.

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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. It’s amazing how many loan officers miss this, don’t return the call quickly, and lose their race before it’s even underway. In our business, that’s the refinance transaction.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Braheem, former co-founder of Loan Toolbox — an online resource for training, tools, support and coaching — launched The Loan Atlas, a mortgage coaching platform, earlier this year with mortgage executives and top loan officers joining as faculty members.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Cliffco Mortgage Bankers is among the rare independent mortgage banks doing more business than last year. To get there, Cliffco, which has been in business since 1987, is going after the non-qualified mortgage ( non-QM ) market and investing in tech to get in front of buyers and non-agent referral partners.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

As a premier provider of innovative, high-performance software, data and analytics for mortgage and home equity lending and servicing, Black Knight is transforming the housing finance industry. Business Lines, Services and Products. Black Knight is a proven mortgage industry leader in servicing technology. Originations.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The home lending industry has a massive opportunity to digitalize to create efficiencies and to deliver a simpler end-to-end user experience hat would benefit both borrowers and servicers. Digitalization in the home lending industry does not always require companies to entirely invent new technology solutions.

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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. Trius Lending Partners (no.678), We continue investing in tech while it’s not that crazy busy.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke with Desmond Smith , chief growth officer at United Wholesale Mortgage , about the role that wholesale lending plays in the mortgage ecosystem and common myths and misconceptions about becoming an independent mortgage broker. In fact, in 2022, over 20,000 loan officers joined the wholesale channel.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The lender originated approximately $309 million in mortgages in 2022, according to data from mortgage technology platform Modex. The company has 39 active loan officers across its retail branches, according to Modex data. The acquisition is Guild’s second pickup in the last three months.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2021

If you take the temperature of how loan officers are feeling ahead of the holiday season, the scale would likely read “uneasy.” According to Fahad Janvekar, a loan officer at Fairway Independent Mortgage , “there is definitely some concern” about layoffs in the industry.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Setting your sights on the future is important for any business owner, agent or loan officer looking to find success in the ever-changing housing market. 3rd will feature Rick Webster , Lender Price , Amy Moses, Escrow Tab , Sara Holtz, ICE Mortgage Technology and Cory Jo Vasquez, Realty ONE Group.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2023

on Monday announced that Frontwave Credit Union will now implement Empower, Black Knight’s cloud-based loan origination system, and its integrated solutions, for the expansion of its mortgage lending operations. It will also cut down on recurring hosting costs by reducing technology-based work. Black Knight, Inc.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2020

Lenders need to be able to grow their business in a way that is not linear and is not tied to the market cycles – leveraging automation technology can help. The company’s solutions involve applications of a few different types of automation technology. Indecomm’s Automation Continuum.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Lenders that adopt artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) into the mortgage lending landscape want to see operational efficiency, Fannie Mae ’s mortgage lender sentiment survey showed. A total of 242 senior executives from 219 lending institutions completed the survey between Aug.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

The Detroit-based lender’s unmatched combination of name recognition, digital infrastructure and consumer technology enabled it to originate more than $670 billion in mortgages in 2020 and 2021, smashing records in the process. Its parent Rocket Companies rode the wave to a stunning $9.4 billion in profit in 2020 and $6.1 billion in 2021.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Technology has made many aspects of day-to-day life more seamless than ever, with instant, easy and personalized consumer experiences; however, lending is still difficult. In return, borrowers have a lending experience that is streamlined and more personalized.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

TH: Angel Oak has always prided itself on being a technology- and service-focused lender. We are continuing that focus by working to streamline the origination process for loan officers through technology and process improvement. Get in the non-QM game and win more business to help grow now and in the future.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

We’ve got the need-to-know details below so you can make your HW Annual schedule unique to your business needs. These three will uncover the truth about margin compression and provide attendees with what they really need to know to grow their business. The Future of Lending is here Today. Margin Compression- truth or trendy?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2023

A Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filed with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development shows the job cuts will affect mortgage loan officers, final “docs” associates, desktop support professionals and business solutions architects, among others. “As mortgage lender by volume last year.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2023

I asked the good folks at mortgage data technology firm InGenius to run the numbers. Broadly speaking, the broker space tends to be more relationship focused, which lends itself better to a purchase environment. Let’s look at InGenius’s data on the number of loan officers and corresponding production levels.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2023

mortgage lender, acquired Sirva’s shares at Premia Relocation Mortgage and now has full ownership of the business, the companies announced on Friday. “The increased investment in technology and additional resources GRI brings will enhance and strengthen an already established foundation.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2023

Cornerstone Servicing , a division of recently formed Cornerstone Capital Bank , has launched a subservicing business, the company announced Monday. Cornerstone Servicing ’s client portal provides complete, real-time portfolio analytics and loan-level data to enable smart portfolio management. billion in assets.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Innovative technology is imperative to the mortgage industry with more and more applicants taking advantage of online options offered by lenders,” GHMC president and CEO Chip Adkins said in a prepared statement. The company has 48 state licenses, three retail branches and 13 loan officers.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2022

Pink slips will arrive for California employees at six offices in Thousand Oaks, Pasadena, Roseville, Westlake Village, Agoura Hills, and Moorpark. The latest round of WARN notices will impact 59 loan officers in the Thousand Oaks, Pasadena, and Roseville offices. Loan servicing followed at 4.1%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

We recognize that loan officers have a choice, and when they choose to join a company on their own, it just seems to work better. RA: One thing that most don’t realize about NAF is that we consider ourselves a legacy family business. We are a family business, and a lot of our family works here.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2023

Lenders point to cost-cutting as their top business priority amid the mortgage industry facing a number of challenges – including high home prices , tight inventory of homes available for sale and interest rate hikes. Surveyed lending executives had a pessimistic outlook toward the economy. About 73% of the respondents believe the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2023

” Insellerate’s services work across all lending channels: retail , wholesale , TPO , consumer direct, recruiting and reverse. It also offers a native mobile application, which gives more flexibility to loan officers.

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