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Retail losses lead February decline in reverse mortgage volume

Housing Wire

Reverse mortgage volume dropped in February compared to the month prior, and new data compiled by Reverse Market Insight (RMI) shows that the primary culprit for the month was retail reverse mortgage originations. The retail channel volume decrease of 15.7% effectively “masked” a gain of 3.9%

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Retail reverse mortgage production took a hit in January

Housing Wire

While reverse mortgage volume in 2024 got off to a rocky start, new data that breaks out retail Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements versus wholesale production showed that it was the former that took the bigger hit in the first month of the year, based on new data compiled by Reverse Market Insight (RMI). on a per-unit basis.

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Guild acquires small retail lender Legacy Mortgage

Housing Wire

The company has 39 active loan officers across its retail branches, according to Modex data. Clients will also benefit from access to new digital and customer relationship tools that improve every step in the lending experience, including servicing, a Guild strength for decades,” Thompson said in prepared remarks.

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WFG acquires West Coast retail title operations from Doma

Housing Wire

announced on Tuesday the completion of an agreement for WFG to acquire certain branches of Doma’s West Coast local retail title operations. The deal includes multiple retail title locations and operations centers in the Northern and Central California regions. Williston Financial Group (WFG) and Doma Holdings, Inc.

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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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Prioritizing client experience will be key for brokers in 2023

Housing Wire

Independent mortgage brokers are beginning to have the products and tech tools needed to compete with banks and large retail lenders, and customers are reaping the benefits of this growing channel. Smith : The glaring trend is the broker channel has been growing rapidly, and the retail sector is shrinking. DS : Mindset is everything.

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

Housing Wire

So he did what a lot of retail loan officers in the industry were doing — Mike would reclassify a self-generated lead as a corporate-generated lead, thus slashing his compensation from 125 basis points down to as low as 50 bps, giving him a low enough rate to win the client and eventually close the deal.