Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

residential mortgage industry” for its mortgage business outperforming in Q3 even as the industry experienced a nearly 20% decline in origination volumes. We don’t have a business of selling leads to real estate brokers and the like. ICE attributed “an analog to digital conversion occurring in the U.S.

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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. And so, they know the local real estate agents. of all endorsements in 2021. Harlan Accola.

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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. While they’re busy worrying, you should be busy working. This is your moment.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

Though its overall mortgage strategy has apparently not changed, Rocket Mortgage is undoubtedly ramping up its initiative to hire local loan officers to win purchase business. Kostegian’s comments offer insight into the scope of Rocket’s remote local loan officer program. The Detroit-based lender generated $22.3

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Loan Officers Mortgage Real Estate Agent Real Estate 364

Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

Investor interest, product offerings When asked about investor interest, Krajewski said that partners are eager about the prospect of more companies entering the reverse mortgage business — especially firms that are well known to them. Too often, forward loan officers are just focused on their real estate agent partners.

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Mortgage Loan Officers Investors Business 345

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Evocalize’s technology makes it simple for corporate teams and technology platforms to unlock the power of sophisticated digital marketing for loan officers, brokers and real estate agents. Easily executed programs that create business for loan officers, brokers and real estate agents. #3.

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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

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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Loan Officers Retail Real Estate Agent Real Estate 367

Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 18, 2021

SimpleNexus , a homeownership platform developer for loan officers, borrowers, real estate agents and settlement agents, has acquired Georgia-based software firm LBA Ware. The post SimpleNexus Adds Business Intelligence Tools with LBA Ware Acquisition appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2023

“The 5% market’s a healthy market,” said Anna Ruotolo, branch manager and senior loan officer at Synergy One Lending. “A These hopes for a declining rate have many loan officers feeling optimistic about 2023’s business prospects after experiencing lower volumes last year. A 5% market will be good. Make a plan.

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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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Loan Officers Agents Retail Technology 393

Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2023

Rocket Mortgage is looking to hire local loan officers at a time when mortgage rates are high and the industry remains heavily reliant on the purchase market. According to Rocket’s job post, the loan officer position is remote and requires a minimum of three years of experience in mortgage loan origination.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 22, 2023

It ceased that business in December 2022 after rising mortgage rates wreaked havoc on the housing industry. Bowlby noted that AmeriFirst never closed business. The lender maintained their servicing portfolio, servicing about $1 billion of Fannie Mae , Freddie Mac and Ginne Mae loans. relaunched its forward mortgage originations.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

These housing professionals have been gaming out the potential impact on buyers’ agents – a significant source of referrals. Loan officers and mortgage executives expect home sellers and homebuyers to negotiate more aggressively on commission paid to buyer agents, potentially bringing costs down.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2023

Most real estate agents, builders and potential customers have no idea that this financing option exists to purchase homes,” he said. Few loan officers make the purchase product a main part of their business. There is an incredible opportunity for growth,” he said. Why is this market underserved?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The second stage was pioneered by real estate agents that saw how hard the consumer experience was first-hand, so they created the PowerBuyer model to address those issues with less cost relative to iBuyers. It also arms the borrower’s real estate agent with a more powerful offer to win their client’s next property.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2023

Roberts and thousands of other loan officers across the country continue to be hampered by a serious inventory shortage , which results in heavy competition for fewer deals. Niche loans consist of about 5% of Parkinson’s business. “It’s It could open up the door for more business,” he said.

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The Appraiser Coach

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

We frustrate buyers, sellers, loan officers and, sometimes, real estate agents. Appraisers have been accused of being “speed bumps” in the lending process. In some ways, I can understand their. Read More.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Ohio-headquartered Commitment Mortgage aims to leverage more than 600 Indiana real estate agents at Carpenter’s. The goal is to help home buyers search for homes and then capitalize on loan offerings, the lender said in a release. According to the NMLS , Commitment Mortgage has four sponsored MLOs.

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Lending Realtors Real Estate Agent Mortgage 351

Housing Wire

JUNE 16, 2023

SimpleNexus , a homeownership platform developer for loan officers, borrowers, real estate agents, and settlement agents, announced this week a new integration with Empower, the loan origination system (LOS) from Black Knight.

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Loan Officers Real Estate Agent Technology Real Estate 355

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Regardless, it’s clear that title businesses will need to compete for their share of that available volume, in large part, by differentiating themselves from the competition. In doing so, these title businesses will very likely be building unique differentiators for themselves , not just for the short term. Processes, or chokepoints?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The California-based lender started to market late last year a non-qualified mortgage (non-QM) option to the “underserved population of entrepreneurs in the cannabis business.” The lender, based in South Dakota, offers conventional, FHA and VA loan products, as well as bridge loans.

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Mortgage Real Estate Agent Renovations Finance 473

Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

The NAMB is affiliated with 12 state associations and represents the interests of more than 993,000 licensed and registered mortgage originators, as well as 68,000 licensed mortgage broker and mortgage lender businesses, according to its website. Roomvu is backed by REACH, the venture capital arm of the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

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Marketing Real Estate Agent Tools Realtors 354

Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

Very few are reaping the benefits, but they keep on coming Reverse purchase financing can help older homebuyers improve their financial flexibility when purchasing a new home and help real estate professionals expand their business within the fast-growing segment of the market.

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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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Marketing Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Advertising 397

Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

While that may be accurate, as digital platforms continue to evolve at an exceptional rate, it has become nearly impossible for businesses to thrive without a social presence. Some people still think of social media platforms as places where your grandma’s dance moves go viral and your dog has more followers than you.

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Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Advertising Mortgage 428

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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Mortgage Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Agents 370

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. Attorneys, Realtors and clients are a big part of our repeat business.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Margin compression, higher mortgage rates, and a purchase-focused market are dictating more sales process control among loan officers and fewer layers of bureaucracy in retail lenders. The lender has broker products, including non-QMs and jumbo loans, he added. The lender originated a volume of $1.8 It’s the local relationships.

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Mortgage Retail Real Estate Agent Loan Officers 410

Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2023

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued orders against Freedom Mortgage Corporation and Realty Connect USA Long Island for illegal kickbacks on Thursday, the first enforcement action associated with the 1974 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act in six years.

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McKissock

APRIL 20, 2021

Becoming a real estate agent requires a giant leap of faith and an investment of time and money. That’s why some agents may choose to test the waters with a part-time real estate position while hanging onto a steady income from another job. Work with a coach to map out your business.

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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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Loan Officers Architecture Real Estate Agent Clients 329

Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2023

Other challenges selected by mortgage professionals were relationships with real estate agents at 8.4%; competitiveness of rate sheet and underwriting problems at 5.8%; lender stability at 3.9%; competitiveness of product offerings at 1.9%. a loan officer in Washington noted.

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Mortgage Marketing Loan Officers Real Estate Agent 349

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Paul Anastos, CEO, Chief Innovation Officer Gateless, Guaranteed Rate. Paul Anastos has been on the forefront of innovation within the housing industry for over a decade, specializing in developing technology solutions and transforming businesses into industry powerhouses.

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Loan Officers Real Estate Agent Technology Development 286

Appraisal Buzz

JULY 25, 2022

Until recently, the mortgage industry has been satisfied to leave the work of empowering new buyers to their real estate agents, so that loan officers (LOs) could spend time focusing on the flood of refinance business that led to a $4 trillion mortgage market in 2021.

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Buyers Real Estate Agent Marketing Loan Officers 195

Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2023

MMI’s flagship product, MMI, provides comprehensive real estate and mortgage production data to its enterprise customers, who can use the data to identify partner networks that best support their business objectives. MMI currently serves over 350 enterprise customers, including 20 of the top 25 lenders in the country.

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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. It’s also good business.

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