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Homebot home education portal acquires mobile app firm Quo FinanceĀ 

Housing Wire

Homebot , a home education portal that keeps people connected to their loan officers and real estate agents, acquired Quo Finance , a mobile app for first-time homebuyers. million in seed funding, led by SignalFire in December 2021 to develop the mobile app. Quo raised $7.2

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Online lender slapped for allegedly deploying unlicensed LOs

Housing Wire

From at least August 29, 2022 to December 2, 2022, individuals who were not licensed as loan officers (LOs) in Connecticut acted as LOs by taking residential mortgage loan applications , soliciting Connecticut borrowers for mortgages and offering or negotiating terms of mortgages, according to the order issued earlier this month.

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Homebridge to lay off employees following deal with CMG

Housing Wire

A Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filed with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development shows the job cuts will affect mortgage loan officers, final ā€œdocsā€ associates, desktop support professionals and business solutions architects, among others. ā€œAs mortgage lender by volume last year.

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Movement Mortgage to acquire top indie retail firm Mortgage Network

Housing Wire

Houlihan Lokey served as financial advisor and Pierce Atwood served as legal advisor to Mortgage Network. Troutman Pepper was Movementā€™s legal advisor in the M&A transaction. ā€œWe Movement says it employs more than 1,500 loan officers nationwide and has over 550 branches.

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FHFA: GSE servicers must keep fair lending data

Housing Wire

In a move the Federal Housing Finance Agency said will bolster sustainability and equity, servicers for federally backed loans will obtain and maintain fair lending data. The data will stay with the loan throughout the mortgage term, regardless of whether the servicing rights change hands. Presented by: Selene Finance.

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ā€˜Find buyers before agents!ā€™ 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 NARā€™s so-called Participation Rule. Assisting homebuyers and their agents adds more to an LOā€™s plate.

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How the buyer commission lawsuits could upend the relationship between agents and LOs

Housing Wire

ā€œThe buyers want the listing brokers to pay their buyer representative so they can have the most money invested in their down payment and get the best loan terms and rates possible,ā€ Katie Johnson , NARā€™s chief legal officer, said.

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