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Top LO Tim Potempa joins E Mortgage Capital

Housing Wire

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. Right now, we have 200 different investors.” million. .

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This growing IMB aims to capture leads through its proprietary tech, not agent referrals

Housing Wire

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. Non-QM ripe for the taking Faced with a lack of inventory across the country, lenders have been exploring ways to create new buyers.

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Demand for home loans climbs despite surging mortgage rates 

Housing Wire

However, a surge in demand for government loans and adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) played a role in last week’s increase. In addition, loan officers said that investors took advantage of a slower market. retail residential mortgage applications. from the week prior. ” Who is jumping into the market?

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AmeriFirst Financial gets back into forward mortgage origination

Housing Wire

On June 1, Arizona-headquartered retail lender AmeriFirst Financial Inc. In its originations business, AmeriFirst kept its business purpose lending (BPL), providing four products, including debt-service coverage ratio (DSCR) loans, bridge financing, investor construction loans and residential transition loans (RTLs).

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How LOs are dealing with a mortgage rate lockdown

Housing Wire

Mortgage rates in the 6% range have frozen the housing market, forcing loan officers to find business outside their wheelhouses. Business is at a “dead stop,” said a retail loan officer in Michigan. That’s going to be a new market for me Lonnie Glessner, loan officer at Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corp.

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Surging mortgage rates prompt borrowers to leave no stone unturned

Housing Wire

Mortgage rates have surged firmly above the 7% mark, making alternatives such as temporary rate buydowns and down payment assistance programs more popular, according to loan officers. Boise-based loan officer Blake Bianchi, founder and CEO at Future Mortgage , said he noticed an increase in clients choosing 2-1 temporary rate buydown.

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Some lenders won’t survive the purchase mortgage market of 2022

Housing Wire

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. The retail lender originated $56.6 billion of unutilized loan funding capacity as of Dec. 31, 2021.

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