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Newrez sues former employee for soliciting senior executives to join competing lender 

Housing Wire

Top 10 mortgage lender and servicer Newrez sued one of its former executives over multiple allegations, including breach of contract, disclosure of confidential information and unfair competition tied to soliciting several Newrez executives to join a competing lender. 21 in the U.S.

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Longbridge Financial marks two years of national field sales

Housing Wire

I think loan officers are getting used to the rate environment as it is now, versus hanging on to the idea that they’re going to get better and things will pick up.” Parks has overseen other changes in the division, including growth of its third-party associate channel that works alongside Longbridge’s loan officer corps.

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AmeriSave accused of defamation, failure to pay wages in lawsuit

Housing Wire

According to the class-action-seeking lawsuit, filed in California, AmeriSave hired 200 loan officers to focus on the West Coast region in early 2022. It was part of the Atlanta-based mortgage lender’s strategy for developing a retail mortgage sales division. million when considering all 140 potential class members.

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Interfirst, the phoenix of mortgage, lays off hundreds

Housing Wire

Interfirst Mortgage , the retail mortgage business he founded in 2001, had grown to $14.5 Godin made plans to relaunch the business in late 2019 as a tech-forward lender that originated loans across both wholesale and retail channels. In 2012, Dmitry Godin was seemingly on top of the world.

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Guaranteed Rate Affinity sues divisional manager for causing ‘mass departure’

Housing Wire

including six regional managers, an executive assistant and a business development associate, the mortgage lender alleges. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the United States District Court, District of Nevada, includes two counts: breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty/duty of loyalty. billion in business. billion in business.

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‘Find buyers before agents!’ Mortgage industry reacts to the NAR settlement

Housing Wire

Mortgage pros have closely monitored the commission lawsuit developments since a Kansas City, Missouri jury determined that NAR, HomeServices of America , and Keller Williams conspired to inflate or maintain high commission rates through NAR’s so-called Participation Rule.

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How JVM Lending plans to expand without any loan originators

Housing Wire

Most retail lenders are desperately seeking high producing loan originators to make up for the losses that occurred in 2022. California-based retail lender JVM Lending plans to drum up business this year — but by doing the exact opposite. Back in the 2007-2009 meltdown, we had loan officers with us at that time.

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