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FoA plans to sell retail division to Guaranteed Rate, close wholesale channel: sources

Housing Wire

Amid the most challenging mortgage market in decades, multichannel lender Finance of America (FoA) plans to sell its retail mortgage division and shut down its forward wholesale channel, multiple sources told HousingWire. . FoA originated $6 billion through the retail mortgage channel from January to June, down 50.7%

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After forward retail deal with G-Rate collapses, FoA announces wholesale exit 

Housing Wire

Guaranteed Rate this week walked away from negotiations to acquire Finance of America ’s forward mortgage retail channel, which may result in FoA closing the division, sources with direct knowledge of the negotiations told HousingWire. FoA originated $6 billion through the retail mortgage channel from January to June, down 50.7%

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Regions Bank places $1B bet on home renovation market

Housing Wire

Regions Bank is looking to make a big dent in the home improvement lending space , striking a deal to acquire EnerBank USA for $960 million in cash. billion as of March 31, 2021 and is one of America’s largest specialized home improvement lenders. billion in home improvement projects.

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The housing boom juices Home Depot’s bottom line

Housing Wire

Millions of Americans transitioned to remote work in 2020, reconfiguring homes to be makeshift classrooms and offices. One of the big beneficiaries of the new live/work/play setup has been home goods retailer Home Depot. So what were all these homeowners working on? respectively.

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Finance of America to acquire Parkside’s wholesale biz

Housing Wire

Parkside, founded in 2004 in San Francisco and led by CEO Matt Ostrander, also operates correspondent and retail channels. The acquisition of Parkside’s wholesale business comes roughly one month after Finance of America’s acquisition of Renovate America’s Benji business , an expansion into the home improvement lending space.

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Finance of America asks investors to look beyond traditional mortgage

Housing Wire

Cook said margins are declining because the company is originating more through the wholesale channel than the retail division. This quarter, our mortgage segment posted a loss, which can be primarily attributed to our nascent home improvement business.”. It also has a home improvement business.

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Some lenders won’t survive the purchase mortgage market of 2022

Housing Wire

A seasoned retail and commercial banking salesman in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the 39-year-old Woodward joined Interfirst Mortgage as a loan officer in October 2020 after a recommendation from an old college friend. The retail lender originated $56.6 The lender’s focus has been in tripling down on its network of top retail LOs.

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