Housing Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Prior to NEO Home Loans, Mettle served as senior vice president, director of physician lending at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation. He also is an author, podcast host and professional mortgage and life coach, helping the industry better understand how Physician Home Loans work.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

What we’re trying to do at ICE is break down the various transactions where a borrower and a lender might interface and figure out how we can deliver a set of technology tools and solutions so that the borrower can get their loan — for purchase or refinance — as fast as possible with the least amount of cost.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2021

This week’s HW+ member spotlight features Reina Ramos, senior vice president, mortgage market leader at City National Bank of Florida. She joined CNBF after more than a decade with Seacoast Bank , where she served as senior vice president, residential lending production manager. Not to mention, their rents are increasing too.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2022

In an effort to counter margin compression and satisfy a new generation of homebuyers, lenders are looking to offer loan options that better fit the average borrower. HousingWire recently spoke with John Keratsis, President and CEO of Deephaven Mortgage, about the potential benefits of non-QM lending in today’s tight housing market.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2022

Purchase-focused lenders that didn’t balloon in size to capture refinancing business during the boom, in particular, are looking to hire loan officers. Several large mortgage brokerages see the market-wide volatility as a recruiting tool. We look at the market as the glass is half full.”.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2022

However, the tight labor market and interest rates will continue to negatively impact affordability for the foreseeable future. At the end of the day, this is the hand the housing market has dealt. MD: I always find a “back-to-basics” approach useful in times of rapidly changing market dynamics, or when starting something new.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

In eOriginal’s 2020 Tech100 nomination, the company boasted about the efficiency their ClosingCenter product brought to mortgage lending clients; Fairway achieved 80% faster mortgage acceptance by secondary market investors and also realized a 90% reduction in interest expenses to warehouse lenders for mortgages closed using ClosingCenter.

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PennyMac

DECEMBER 29, 2020

You’ll also find the tools and answers to common questions to help determine the best choice for you. In other words, they need to know your home is worth an amount equal to (or more than) the amount of money they are lending you. Ready to refinance now? Check out our many refinancing options here!

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Assurance Financial

JUNE 15, 2023

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are two government-sponsored entities (GSEs) that play a significant role in the United States housing market by providing liquidity to the mortgage market. Fannie Mae is regulated by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and is one of two GSEs, the other being Freddie Mac.

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Appraisal Today

OCTOBER 14, 2022

While that number may seem high to some, in the context of lending and property complexities, that is a 54% improvement in performance cited earlier in this article (from 35% 10 years ago). I can see why loan officers, real estate agents, or buyers might push back on appraisers’ conclusions. Is there room for more improvement?

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