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Dovenmuehle Mortgage to lay off several hundred in Illinois

Housing Wire

. “This action is a partial reduction in the company’s workforce at the site above; the company intends to continue operations at this site; this action is expected to be permanent,” Lisa Herrmann, assistant vice president of human resources at Dovenmuehle, wrote in the document sent on Dec.

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Fix-and-flip lender Kiavi lays off 7% of employees

Housing Wire

Non-QM lender Kiavi , which specializes in fix-and-flip and investor loans, has laid off 39 employees, sources told HousingWire on Thursday. Because we are in the hard money space, we don’t have a lot of investors willing to buy our assets because of the rate hikes, is what our CEO told us.”.

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As FGMC shuts down, lender partners question fate of loans in pipeline

Housing Wire

Roughly a year ago, the Austin-based fintech began to sell its loans to First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation (FGMC), a lender and investor that specializes in non-qualified mortgage loans and is controlled by behemoth investment management firm Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO). . We’ll probably sell to another investor.

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Top-producing Draper and Kramer LOs spurn NAF

Housing Wire

Compensation According to a letter the DKMC human resources department sent in late January to sales staff that declined to join NAF, originators will receive compensation for any products funded within 30 days. Early payoff (EPO) fees serve as a means for investors to recoup a portion of their initially projected returns.

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loanDepot narrows losses in Q2 as margins improve

Housing Wire

A few months later, the company said four top executives would depart , including CFO Patrick Flanagan , Chief Accounting Officer Nicole Carrillo, Chief Human Resources Officer Kevin Tackaberry and LDI Digital President Zeenat Sidi. Total revenues increased to $271.8 million in the second quarter, up from $207.9 million in Q1 2023.

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How Blend plans to survive a shrinking mortgage market 

Housing Wire

For investors, a warning: it means that profitability will take some time to achieve. ” Blend is reducing general and administrative expenses in human resources, finance, and legal, but decided not to cut costs related to engineering and product development. on April 20.

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Women lead industry through the haze of pandemic

Housing Wire

As senior vice president for enterprise operations and a member of Freddie Mac’s senior operating committee, it was her responsibility to figure out how to ensure uninterrupted work with investors, lenders, multifamily property owners and homeowners if business as usual was thrown off track.

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