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

Housing Wire

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. Job cuts include the leadership – the president and CEO, the finance manager and the credit risk officer. More than 50 mortgage loan officers were let go.

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United Bank to consolidate its mortgage subsidiaries

Housing Wire

United Bank will consolidate its mortgage subsidiaries into one unified mortgage business amid the housing industry struggles with elevated interest rates. United Bank has been delivering mortgage services through three channels, including two mortgage subsidiaries — Crescent Mortgage Co. Crescent originated $155.7

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G-Rate sued for gender discrimination, sexual harassment, unpaid comp

Housing Wire

A former loan officer at Guaranteed Rate (G-Rate) has sued the lender and two managers for allegedly discriminating against her on the basis of gender, failing to compensate her equally to male coworkers with similar performance and subjecting her to sexual harassment.

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DOL accuses PrimeLending of violating whistleblower provisions

Housing Wire

Department of Labor announced on Wednesday that they found that PrimeLending , a Texas-based retail mortgage bank, violated whistleblower provisions in a case involving two employees who raised consumer fraud concerns. The main strategy was to tap high-volume loan officers in targeted locations. mortgage lender in 2023.

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Lone Peak Lending joins Panorama Mortgage Group

Housing Wire

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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Top-producing Draper and Kramer LOs spurn NAF

Housing Wire

Most of last year’s top-producing loan officers at Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corp. This is reflected in data collected by the mortgage tech platform Modex and the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS). billion in mortgages in 2023. A spokesperson at NAF did not respond to a request for comments.

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Texana Bank to trim workforce in California

Housing Wire

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. The layoffs include loan officers, underwriters, processors, post-closing and secondary market staff.