Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

Home-equity lending overall found its wings in 2023 as a number of independent mortgage banks ramped up product lines over the course of the year — despite a bump in the road in the third quarter when mortgage rates surged past 7%. Market indicators so far appear tentatively promising.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2023

Mortgage lender Revolution Mortgage has partnered with Tavant, an AI-powered digital lending company, to integrate Tavant’s Touchless Lending product suite into Revolution Mortgage’s platform. The technology is designed to automate and streamline the underwriting and application processes, per the statement.

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

The former reverse mortgage team from Norcom Mortgage in Avon, Connecticut — which elected not to move to CMG Financial following its acquisition of Norcom last month — has selected Texas-based Supreme Lending as its new home, with John Luddy serving as SVP of reverse lending. And if they’re interested, that’s great.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

CUSO Home Lending rolled out Dark Matter Technologies ’ Empower loan origination system (LOS) for its credit union owners. We actually do well in any kind of market,” Gagliano said in an interview in September. So it’s really the same story, just different markets,” Gagliano said.

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Housing Wire

JULY 5, 2023

From listening to executives at the biggest companies in real estate and mortgage to dedicated panels on growing women in leadership and how to build competitive marketing strategies , you can find inspiration on stage in Austin, Texas. Catch inspirational leaders on stage, discussing the business tactics you need to win the current market.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

Carrington Mortgage Services (CMS) hired Steven Winokur to serve as vice president of marketing for third-party originations (TPO), the company announced Tuesday. It is licensed to lend in 48 states. Headquartered in California, the company services loans in all 50 states and Puerto Rico.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2023

California-based retail lender JVM Lending plans to drum up business this year — but by doing the exact opposite. After the 2008 mortgage meltdown, JVM let go of all its loan originators and trained its employees to target the jumbo loan market in the San Francisco Bay area instead. I thought it was sparse.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2021

Acra Lending, one of the largest independent non-QM specialty finance lenders, has added to its suite of mortgage loan programs with the launch of its Jumbo Prime mortgage solution. To find out more about this program and Acra’s suite of mortgage lending options for mortgage professionals, visit the company’s new website at acralending.com.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 24, 2021

Andrew “Andy” Spicer recently joined non-agency lender Deephaven as vice president of client development, correspondent. Most recently, he directed midwest sales with Caliber Home Loans/Correspondent Lending, and he has held similar positions with MetLife, Bank of America and Washington Mutual Savings Bank.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 7, 2024

Steven Winokur has joined Carrington Mortgage Services as vice president, marketing, third-party origination. Previously, he was with non-QM lender Angel Oak Lending, where he served as chief marketing officer. Winokur has established a reputation as a non-QM virtuoso.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2022

Stearns Lending will lay off 348 workers following the decision by Guaranteed Rate earlier this month to discontinue operations of its third-party wholesale channel. Founded in 2000, Guaranteed Rate sought to boost retail loan originations, scale its JV platform, and develop new multichannel capabilities by acquiring Stearns.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2021

In a statement confirming the deal Tuesday afternoon, Guaranteed Rate said the acquisition of Stearns would enable a boost in retail loan originations and further scale its JV platform, while also developing “new multichannel capabilities.” The post Guaranteed Rate to acquire Stearns Lending appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2023

To address the challenges and inefficiencies in the traditional lending process, Tavant has developed the Touchless Lending platform, which leverages advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, data analytics and cloud computing.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Tuesday resolved uncertainty around special purpose credit programs, 45 years after Congress allowed lenders to tailor products to groups that have historically been excluded from homeownership. The post HUD ends silence on targeted lending programs appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2021

Over the last several years, non-bank mortgage originators have established a much larger market share. This gives non-bank lenders and servicers significantly greater access to more consumers and provides an opportunity for student lending to make an impact.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Last week’s announcement from the Department of Housing and Urban Development cleared the way for lenders to adopt targeted lending programs, but so far, they are treading carefully. Special purpose credit programs allow lenders to target loan products to benefit protected classes without running afoul of fair lending law.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Mortgage Contracting Services , a national provider of residential and commercial property services, hired Jason Myers as vice president of business development. In his new role, Myers will oversee new client acquisition, emerging market expansion, new product growth with existing clients and sales strategy.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2023

Wholesale lending is great for helping serve underserved borrowers. The wholesale channel has the ability to offer borrowers a variety of choices, with access to many different bank and lending programs. As a CDFI (Community Development Financial Institution) — a designation given by the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2021

Seventy million dollars in seed funding is a colossal investment for an unproven tech startup, even one that promises to fully disrupt a relatively low-margin, traditional industry like mortgage lending. The startup says it has also partnered with top local real estate agents who know their way around the markets they serve.

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Housing Wire

JULY 5, 2023

In its third year, HousingWire’s Marketing Leaders award is recognizing the marketers in housing who represent the brains and creativity behind the growth and success of their organizations. This year’s list includes a diverse group of marketing minds who come from many different aspects of housing.

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Inman

MARCH 15, 2023

Builder confidence rose 2 points in the latest National Association of Home Builders' Housing Market Index, but economists fear lending challenges in the wake of bank failures this month.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The non-QM mortgage market, which encompasses most home loans not backed by a government-sponsored guarantee, is expected to reach the $25 billion mark this year in private-label securitization volume. . With non-QM, the scenarios are just everywhere, and it requires an expertise and a skill set that takes years to learn.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with John Jeanmonod, Regional Vice President of Sales at Angel Oak, about non-QM lending and the outlook for the second half of 2022. There is not a credit issue in the market right now that is causing volatility – non-QM loans are good performing loans issued to credit-worthy borrowers.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2021

What happens when borrowers can’t or won’t walk into a lending branch? HousingWire recently sat down with Insellerate CEO Josh Friend to discuss that very question and what strategies retail lenders should look to adopt from direct-to-consumer lending. That’s where this hybrid digital lending model has emerged.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2022

A customized loan application developed for Angel Oak Home Loans will support both agency mortgage and non-QM lending “for borrowers of diverse financial backgrounds,” said Shane Westra, chief product officer at Simple Nexus. How should the current market impact lenders’ tech adoption?

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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. It sets up a domino effect [for market activity].”

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2022

Connecting with clients and consumers has never been an easy task, and today’s market has been no exception. Tasked with an endless list of functions, this year’s 2022 Marketing Leaders did it all despite market turmoil. VP, Marketing & Growth. Vice President, Marketing & Communications. SVP, Marketing.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

F2 Finance wants to scoop up a share of a “fragmented” fix-and-flip market as a lack of housing inventory sharply limits transactions. America’s fix-and-flip short-term property market is estimated to be worth as much as $68 billion a year, according to F2 Finance. LendInvest has more than $4.7 billion (£3.7

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

billion in the next five years for lending and investments to low- and moderate-income (LMI) clients and census tracts, with 30% of the total tied to mortgage lending. First Financial Bank’s plan also includes investments in small-business lending and donations to organizations that create and preserve affordable housing.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2022

Lenders and mortgage tech companies have been cutting costs in the down market , but some firms have hired new executives who they hope will provide better strategies to navigate the shrinking loan origination market. for Planet Home Lending, will focus on increasing market share by adding branches and loan originators.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Yet borrowers have had limited agency in the lending process to date. FormFree, the ATP fintech led by HousingWire Tech Trendsetter Brent Chandler , is launching a blockchain-based exchange for consumers to take control of the lending process. The smart contract presents the borrower’s lending request to the exchange.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2021

Competition for home buyers is tougher than ever right now, as tightened housing stock supply continues to plague the housing market. Acra Lending is doing what it can to help free up inventory. In addition to low inventory, the massive competition in the market has led to an increase in home prices. 3-month bank statement.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2023

Columbus, Ohio-based Go Mortgage has announced the appointment of Jessica Manna as its chief marketing officer. In her new role, Manna will be responsible for overseeing all marketing initiatives and strategies to promote Go Mortgage’s brand further and drive business growth.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Home Lending Pal (HLP) has an anonymous marketplace that uses conversational intelligence, machine learning and blockchain to help first-time homebuyers through the home research and lending process. It’s no secret the housing market is hot right now. Bryan Young, CEO & Co-Founder.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Amid a declining housing market and volatile economy, mortgage and banking marketers may find themselves in a difficult position. . A housing market crash, as well as economic depression, remain real possibilities for 2023. Declining market conditions in the mortgage and banking verticals may leave marketers feeling stumped.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2022

I have been part of the mortgage banking industry since 1983 — 39 years to date through different housing markets. In many ways it was similar to today, with one exception: When I started, I hadn’t been spoiled by a housing market like the one in 2020 and 2021. The housing market won’t be like this forever.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

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