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Why non-QM lending is not going away

Housing Wire

HousingWire recently spoke with John Jeanmonod, Regional Vice President of Sales at Angel Oak, about non-QM lending and the outlook for the second half of 2022. HousingWire: Given the recent news about a few non-QM lenders shutting down, some loan officers might be hesitant about working with non-QM.

Lending 382
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AmeriFirst Financial gets back into forward mortgage origination

Housing Wire

The lender maintained their servicing portfolio, servicing about $1 billion of Fannie Mae , Freddie Mac and Ginne Mae loans. AmeriFirst will keep physical branches in 20 states, but under a new corporate model, no branch managers will make an override on the production of the loan officers they manage.

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Refi Sugar High: How to balance your lending diet

Housing Wire

You’ve probably staffed up on loan officers equipped to handle this influx, and you may be shunning riskier, less immediately gratifying business. You’ve brought on processors, underwriters and loan officers to accommodate the rise in refi volume, and perhaps that includes some wild incentive plans based on how much they can handle.

Lending 427
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What’s in store for non-QM in 2024?

Housing Wire

Non-QM borrowers such as those who are self-employed and real estate investors are generally less rate sensitive. In fact, a growing focus is the real estate investor population. We also continue to keep our eye on any disruption in the warehouse lending space and see as an area of potential focus headed into 2024.

Investors 443
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Guaranteed Rate’s Larry Steinway makes the jump to Revolution Mortgage

Housing Wire

Larry Steinway, former senior vice president of lending and branch manager at Illinois-based Guaranteed Rate , has taken on a new challenge to expand the Ohio-based Revolution Mortgage footprint in the Chicagoland market. It’s a different approach to lending.

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Non-QM lenders hunt for LOs as consumer-direct model falters

Housing Wire

Non-QM lenders Angel Oak Mortgage , Acra Lending and Newfi alone currently have at least 130 openings on jobs listings sites. Kidwell said his company is looking for loan processors to identify fraud in non-QM loans, in addition to loan officers. “The riches are in the niches.”

Lending 397
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Rocket goes local: Testing the waters or shifting its strategy? 

Housing Wire

Coming off multiple quarters of financial losses , Rocket has accelerated those efforts in 2023, embarking on a remote local loan officer hiring spree designed to capture purchase market business from real estate agent connections, sources told HousingWire.