Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2024

It may be counterintuitive, but loan officer Scott Betley, a 32-year-old TikTok sensation , says he isn’t worried about a potential U.S. Betley, who has more than a decade of experience helping first-time and move-up buyers, joined NFM Lending as a loan officer in 2021. ban of the short-form video app.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Customer engagement platform Total Expert ‘s customer intelligence and mortgage tech firm Polly ‘s product and pricing engine (PPE) will help California-based lender Mountain West Financial identify lending opportunities from its existing database. billion in generated loan application volume, and $6.7

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Loan discounts — known as pricing exceptions — is when a lender makes exceptions to its established credit standards. fair lending laws has been on regulators’ radar in recent years. The CFPB has been tightening its screws on fair lending practices. Its findings showed that mortgage lenders violated U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

Software development company Blue Sage Solutions has launched a new servicing platform that merges loan origination and servicing functions using API-based technology. Additionally, the platform is accessible to all users, regardless of their current loan origination software.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In the world of mortgage lending, there’s an all-too-common sentiment that echoes through the industry: “My loan origination system (LOS) sucks.” In reality, the LOS is not the problem; the technology is doing exactly what it was designed to do. The LOS is a foundational piece of technology for every lender.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A majority of homeowners must sell their current home before they can qualify for a mortgage on their next home due to federal lending requirements around debt-to-income and down payments. JF: We’ve carefully designed our processes, so our incentives are always aligned with yours.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2023

“I’ve always been passionate about helping loan officers grow their business to serve more families in our communities. ” With over 21 years in finance and mortgage lending roles, Yeager’s experience spans investment banking, residential retail mortgage, and private mortgage lending.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The portal is designed to offer GHMC partners a “unique borrower online application experience” at no additional costs. The company has 48 state licenses, three retail branches and 13 loan officers. Last month, the lender hired Andy Voyles as its executive vice president and director of retail lending.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Technology has made many aspects of day-to-day life more seamless than ever, with instant, easy and personalized consumer experiences; however, lending is still difficult. The Origence Mortgage Platform is an end-to-end lending platform that puts the power of modern technology in lenders’ hands, enabling them to close more loans, faster.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2023

With proactive engagement and intuitive technologies , our customizable subservicing solutions are uniquely designed to eliminate common pain points for homeowners, such as unreliable service, confusing escrow changes, and lack of clear and timely information regarding their mortgage.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2023

As a prominent player in the lending industry, Roostify has skillfully designed a seamless integration between the application process and loan origination systems, delivering a smooth and efficient experience for both applicants and loan officers.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2020

Automation has been applied fairly well to both the front office and back-office sections of the mortgage life cycle, he said, citing tools like point-of-sale and loan officer portals on the front-office as well as the acceleration of digital closing capabilities on the back-office, but there are still opportunities for improvements to the process.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Coming off multiple quarters of financial losses , Rocket has accelerated those efforts in 2023, embarking on a remote local loan officer hiring spree designed to capture purchase market business from real estate agent connections, sources told HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2021

Fred Bolstad, executive vice president of retail lending at U.S. Bolstad will be joined on the panel by Dave Vermillion , founder and CEO of Mortgage Champions , and Lisa Patterson, chief originations officer at Homepoint. He leads both retail sales and operations, a channel that originated over $47 billion in 2020.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2021

While home-buying has been historically seen as difficult, the process is getting a rebrand as loan officers, real estate agents and industry experts answer the questions that Gen Z (and any generation that won’t willingly admit to using the app) have on TikTok’s platform.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2021

Roostify, which powers the digital mortgage platforms of JPMorgan Chase , TD Bank , Guild Mortgage , HSBC Bank USA and more, allows different lending parties to bring in data and information from online sources that then tailors the homebuying process. Many loan officers who may not have in the past sought to engage with customers digitally.

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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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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Mortgage Coach, founded in 2009 and based in California, offers an interactive borrower education platform that lets loan officers guide borrowers through a visual presentation of their loan options. This will enable borrowers to view accurate, side-by-side home loan comparisons, Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang said.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 22, 2022

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the nation’s largest wholesale lender, wants to beat rival lenders by offering competitive pricing to brokers, a move designed to navigate a shrinking mortgage market with compressed margins. UWM dropped rates by 50 to 100 basis points across all loan types, the company said in a release.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2022

Between significantly fewer refinances, rising mortgage rates and housing inventory nearly cut in half since 2020, loan officers (LOs) and brokers face a pivotal time where adaptation is a must for success. With higher-risk loans like non-QM, the need for optimization needs to be underscored from the outset to avoid costly mistakes.

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2023

At her new company, her primary goal will be to optimize the utilization and adoption of Argyle’s products across various sectors, including mortgage, lending, banking, and background checks. Chacón brings with her over a decade of leadership experience in product management and technology to her new role.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Thrive’s chief operations officer Selene Kellam , who designed the lender’s operations workflow, will be the chief executive officer starting in 2023. We are continually seeking opportunities for partnerships to help us lead our industry into the next generation of mortgage lending.”.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2021

The Utah-based software developer offers a private-label digital mortgage platform and mobile app designed to connect lenders with borrowers and real estate agents. The fund raise comes as the company attempts to increase its marketshare within the eClosing and mobile mortgage segments. billion.

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2022

Montell Watson, director of diversity lending at Movement Mortgage, sat down with HousingWire to talk about one of their newest programs, Grab the Key , explaining the history and goals of the program. Grab the Key is now a program at Movement designed to make homeownership a reality for more Black Americans.

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Clear Capital

APRIL 1, 2024

Home equity lending is a hot topic, with homeowners boasting near-record amounts of equity. Mordor Intelligence estimates that as of 2024, the home equity lending market size is estimated at nearly $31 billion, and is expected to grow to $36 billion by 2029. What is home equity lending?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2021

Panelists: Clayton Collins, CEO, HW Media Courtney Graham, Chief Marketing Officer, Princeton Mortgage Paul Akinmade, Chief Strategy Officer, CMG Financial. Panelists: Scott Betley, Loan Officer, NFM Lending Brena Nath, Managing Editor, HousingWire. Building a Personal Brand. Marketing to Reach a Diverse Audience.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2023

According to Sahi, there are three primary components that will help lenders succeed in today’s mortgage environment, and beyond: speed to market, margin management and loan officer experience and education. “If First, the PPE should be architecturally designed to accommodate any lenders’ unique business strategy or use case.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2022

With Fannie Mae and other organizations predicting a tough outlook for 2023’s housing market, loan officers should be looking to get their name out in front of as many potential borrowers as possible in order to secure business. Design your ideal client, the type of borrower you’d love to work with, and go from there. “If

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Potter added: “Government lending would come to a halt. Buyers working with an agent or directly with a listing agent may need to figure out a way to negotiate these costs into the mortgage to reduce their down payments, said David Marden , designated managing broker at Hausmarkt.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As the housing market suffers through a drought of home sales and related mortgage originations in the current high-rate environment, home prices and home equity continue to climb, helping to spark a revival of another sector — home equity lending and investment. billion, according to a review of bond-rating and industry reports.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2021

With so many people involved – including the appraisal desk, loan operations, loan officers, underwriters, the IT/product team, borrowers and appraisal vendors – there’s room for error that could negatively impact the home buying experience. Brian Zitin, Co-Founder and CEO.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

When mortgage lenders are talking about compliance in loan origination or mortgage servicing, the worst case can be pretty bad, so we often see companies investing heavily in the best tools. Mike is an experienced mortgage loan officer. In 2000, Mike’s company used a CRM capable of automating the marketing for its loan officers.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech-focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, insurance and real estate. Virtually every aspect of mortgage lending can be improved through digitization,” Mayopoulos added. Stay tuned for updates.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2021

Successful agents, brokerages and loan officers of the future are going to rely significantly on technology to find, nurture and engage with buyers and sellers while also playing an expanding role as personal advisors. .” Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration. I’m four-for-four with this decision.”

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 7, 2021

In 2015, I designed the Market Machine, a technological tool used by appraisers and other valuation professionals. Josh : The course is taken by staff of lending institutions and appraisal management companies and centers on the need for companies to meet or exceed clients’ and regulators’ minimum training requirements.

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Assurance Financial

APRIL 15, 2024

Prairieville, Louisiana, is a small census-designated place just south of Baton Rouge. Its low population lends itself to a comfortable life within a tight-knit community. Finance a Home in Prairieville At Assurance Financial, we support buyers entering the Prairieville community through a comprehensive list of loan options.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Exponentially increase your loan officers’ origination potential without incurring additional expense? Examiners such as the CFPB and FDIC provide stringent oversight of digital activity, and mistakes can cost you and your loan officers dearly. Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it?

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