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Sprout Mortgage taps Wells Fargo veteran to lead retail

Housing Wire

Non-QM lender Sprout Mortgage is setting up a distributed retail operation, and it’s picked a veteran of Wells Fargo to lead the new division. Sprout hired former Wells Fargo executive Michael Johnson to expand Sprout’s consumer and retail sales channel, the company said Tuesday.

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Private Investors Seeking Retail Real Estate

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For instance, in 2021 small and private investment firms were responsible for nearly 3/4 of retail asset acquisitions , representing a 30% increase from the prior 10-year historical average. . Why Private Investors Want Commercial Real Estate. Experienced investors could be easier to work with than residential clients in some ways.

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Northpointe Bank to shutter its correspondent lending business

Housing Wire

Northpointe Bank , a regional bank headquartered in Michigan, will walk away from its correspondent lending business to focus on its retail lending, mortgage warehouse financing division and specialty loan servicing business. Northpointe became an approved seller and servicer for Freddie Mac in 2013, Fannie Mae in 2014 and Ginnie Mae in 2016.

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Moon platform launches crypto-backed mortgage product

Housing Wire

million in a seed round, the Miami-based cryptocurrency lending platform announced on Tuesday that it launched a product that allows investors in Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDC to use their assets to secure funding for real estate purchases. “The use case for crypto has to go beyond investment potential. Six months after raising $3.5

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Endpoint launches scalable title features for proptech integration

Housing Wire

First American Financial Corporation ’s digital closing platform firm Endpoint is now offering a suite of integrated title tools specifically designed for proptech companies, investors and tech-forward real estate organizations looking for a scalable digital closing platform. Why proptech intergration is more important than ever. “The

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

Housing Wire

Target buyers for Cliffco include non-traditional buyers seeking investor loans. Roughly 20% of Cliffco’s production comes from the wholesale channel and 80% of origination volume comes from its retail channel – through which it offers GSE, government loans and non-QM products. But the client gets to benefit from that.”

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Former Guaranteed Rate SVP Ravi Patel and team join UMortgage

Housing Wire

. “Winners in this industry want to join our platform because we’re identifying the acute pain points of loan originators of different backgrounds—whether that be a retail shop or their own brokerage—and providing value-based solutions,” UMortgage President and CEO Anthony Casa.