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Lone Peak Lending joins Panorama Mortgage Group

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Nonbank lender Panorama Mortgage Group has added Texas-based Lone Peak Lending to its growing stable of brands. Lone Peak is the fourth lender to join Panorama this year, following the additions of Utah-based Rely Home Loans , Texas-based Prosperity Mortgage and Oregon-based Vision Mortgage Group.

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Country Club Mortgage to lay off employees, including CEO, and shutter offices

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Country Club Mortgage , a home lender based in California , has decided to lay off over 100 employees due to “facility closures,” documents sent to state regulators show. More than 50 mortgage loan officers were let go. This letter serves to give you an amended 60-day notice of permanent layoffs and facility closures effective Feb.

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Texana Bank to trim workforce in California

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Pink slips will arrive for 58 employees working in the mortgage business at Texana Bank in California, according to a Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification (WARN) sent to the state’s Employment Development Department. Employees on the technology, marketing and human resources teams are on the list. As the U.S.

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These mortgage lenders have cut jobs in 2022

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It’s a tough time for mortgage lenders. A rapid rise in mortgage rates and a big drop in origination volume has led to thousands of industry job losses over the last six months. Nonbank lenders such as Pennymac , Mr. Cooper , loanDepot , Guaranteed Rate , Fairway Independent Mortgage , Interfirst Mortgage Co.,

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Guaranteed Rate’s Owning continues layoffs

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a direct-to-consumer mortgage lender acquired by Guaranteed Rate in February 2021 , is planning a workforce reduction amid higher mortgage rates and lower refinance volumes. The layoffs affect mainly mortgage consultants, specialists, and assistants, but it targets underwriting and closing professionals.

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Announcing the 2022 Women of Influence

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ICE Mortgage Technology. Draper and Kramer Mortgage. Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corporation. RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corporation. Chief Lending Officer. Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group. Branch Manager and SVP of Mortgage Lending.

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How Blend plans to survive a shrinking mortgage market 

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Nima Ghamsari, CEO and founder of mortgage fintech Blend Labs. Publicly traded mortgage tech company Blend Labs isn’t changing its strategy to survive a shrinking mortgage market, even though a drop in originations is sapping its revenue stream and forcing it to trim its workforce. ” In 2021, Blend processed more than 1.8

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