Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The firm announced Wednesday that it has acquired Denver-based digital mortgage automation and point-of-sales software company Floify. Floify projects $15 million of revenue in 2022 and is projected to bring in $2 million in revenue to Porch for the balance of 2021 post-close, Porch told investors. The acquisition cost Porch about $76.5

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

Consolidation in the mortgage industry is likely in 2022, analysts and lending executives said. Justin Woodward has experienced the best and the worst of the mortgage industry in only 18 months. “I had not done first mortgage lending before, but I was familiar with the basics of real estate lending.

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Mortgage Marketing Retail Lending 519

Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

Tech-fueled retail mortgage lender InstaMortgage has merged with mortgage broker shop All Cal Financial , a rare example of a top-performing brokerage switching channels. As part of the merger, Jim Black, the founder of All Cal, will become chief lending officer of InstaMortgage. That means that they get more product options.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Movement Mortgage CEO Casey Crawford and President Mike Brennan. Movement Mortgage’s deal to acquire top indie retail lender Mortgage Network marks a shift in the South Carolina-based company’s strategy. The shrinking mortgage market is the primary reason why. Mike Brennan, president of movement mortgage.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2021

And even with fast-rising home prices and an uptick in mortgage rates , 30% of those surveyed said they wouldn’t move to an area with natural disasters or rising sea levels even if home prices were affordable. ” Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration. . “I had one client in St.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2021

And despite fierce bidding wars, competition from institutional investors and sore wrists from writing dozens of heartfelt letters to home sellers, even buyers are growing in courage these days. Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration. points to 81.7.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

We have already seen evidence that mortgage servicing is forever changed and purchase money lending will suffer, at least in the short term. Low interest rates have kept refinance loan volumes robust, but no one knows for how long. It’s time for lenders to finally prepare themselves for mortgage lending in a fully digital world.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

In January I received a text message from Dave Savage, CEO of Mortgage Coach. News just broke that private equity investor LLR Partners announced strategic investments in two mortgage technology companies — Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang ( click here for article ). Tech100 Mortgage Winners. We must innovate.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2021

However, as Ishbia had just announced that UWM would no longer partner with mortgage brokers who also work with Rocket Mortgage or Fairway , the discussion became a broader conversation about the lenders’ overall strategy to grow broker share. “Our investors understand our history of growing in all markets.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

As we’re implementing technology, we always try to think of things that are going to improve the experience for all stakeholders: homeowners, real estate agents, investors, rating agencies, appraisers, loan officers, mortgage brokers. Everybody is affected by the appraisal process.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2022

We caught up with Hurst to talk about his new role and why the firm is looking to invest in commercial real estate tech startups and mortgage tech firms. Since we now have good coverage across those segments, our more recent investments have primarily focused in two areas – mortgage technology and commercial real estate.

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Mortgage Real Estate Investing Technology 366

Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2021

Prior to SimpleNexus, Schreiner Gates served as the EVP of sales and marketing at digital mortgage technology provider Ellie Mae (now ICE Mortgage Technology ). In the interview, he spoke of creating an “end-to-end” mortgage experience, a common refrain in the housing fintech space.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

His corner of the Atlanta mortgage market – high-value home loans that wouldn’t be bought by the GSEs – was booming. Liquidity had dried up and bond investors were running for the hills. At that point, Dodson was actively working on a jumbo loan for friends of his from church. So you stop.”. Everyone bowed out.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

“It’s going to be competitive — thin margins, little business and LOs getting out of the industry,” Dave Krichmar, banker at Legend Lending Corporation, said of the mortgage industry in 2023. In turn, LOs will be fighting for a piece of the mortgage pie with less rate-sensitive mortgage products, just as they did in 2022.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In his 20 years in mortgage banking, no year has compared to 2023 in terms of difficulty, said Ben Cohen, Guaranteed Rate ’s managing director and a top-producing loan officer. This is a lot different than 2008 where you needed a credit score and a heartbeat to get a mortgage. An additional 21% closed 1.5

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2022

Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. Starter homes are virtually non-existent, and there are a lot of investors purchasing homes at the lower price points,” Davis said. Conway, Arkansas.

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Housing Market Marketing Agents Real Estate 370

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Mortgage lenders are offering discounts on loan pricing to capture borrowers. Mike, a North Carolina-based loan officer, had two loans closing in mid-January. The contrast between the deals was striking. “I have a loan closing today for first-time homebuyers who didn’t really press me on pricing,” he said.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

With a deadly combination of low housing inventory, reduction in refis and surging mortgage rates, consolidation in mortgage tech is expected. Businesses and entire industries tanked during the pandemic, but it created an ideal environment for mortgage tech companies, some of which rode the wave to banner years and historic growth.

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Mortgage Technology Loan Officers Investing 375

Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2023

The lender runs its business based on a “no-loan-officer” model in which all of its 45 employees are licensed and delegated to a specific role in closing a loan. Back in the 2007-2009 meltdown, we had loan officers with us at that time. I thought it was sparse.

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Lending Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Retail 391

Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2022

Mortgage lenders and real estate investment firms this month entered tight housing markets in the Midwest and the Northwest to better reach prospective homebuyers, despite a challenging mortgage market. The expansion comes amid a surge in mortgage rates and declining loan origination volume.

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Mortgage Construction Lending Real Estate 382

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2022

With mortgage rates on the rise, mortgage professionals have been dealing with their fair share of challenges this year. Williams IV : Mortgage market volatility should not be having a huge impact on quality deal flow if your tech stack is tried and true. Our team brings decades of real estate and technology industry expertise.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2023

.” The Fed reiterated that it would continue to reduce its holdings of Treasury securities, agency debt and agency-backed mortgage-backed securities. ” Ahead of the Fed meeting, mortgage applications picked up this week as rates dropped slightly.

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PennyMac

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Many potential homebuyers and investors overlook bank-owned properties, but for buyers who take the time to understand the REO process, these homes can be a significant opportunity. In order to become an REO property, it must go through these general steps: Loan Default. Step 9: Finalize Your Loan. Foreclosure.

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PennyMac

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Here's why he thinks video marketing is essential for all real estate sales. Using videos is the fastest way a real estate agent can stand above their competitors. Here's the deal — real estate relies heavily on visuals and humans are [visually curious] by nature.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2022

Agency loan originations are down significantly this year due to higher interest rates. Fannie Mae recently lowered its projected single-family mortgage origination volume for 2022 from $3 trillion to $2.8 Many brokers and loan officers are familiar with a business model in which leads come in and they pursue them.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with John Keratsis, president and CEO of Deephaven Mortgage, about what lenders should be doing to capitalize on the boom in non-QM lending and why our preconceived notions about non-QM could be all wrong. Residential mortgage credit provides diversification benefits to institutional investors.

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Lending Investors Real Estate Agent Loan Officers 355

Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2022

In 2021, United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) CEO Mat Ishbia set a three-year goal to make UWM the No. Ishbia, who started running his father’s mortgage firm in 2013 and has since grown it into the country’s No. 2 lender, isn’t satisfied with second place, behind Rocket Mortgage. “I 1 lender in the country.

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Investing Loan Officers Retail Mortgage 404

PennyMac

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Putting down 20% of the total home cost isn’t required to obtain a home loan; most mortgage options have much lower minimum down payment requirements. Let’s take a look at the most common types of loans and programs, and examine each of their specific minimum down payment amounts. Mortgage Type. Mortgage Type.

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Appraisal Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on 2024 forecasts for mortgage rates and originations, Private Money lending, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. Acre lot Built in 2000 and recently renovated, the main estate and guesthouses offer a total of 7,455 square feet of living space.

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Clear Capital

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

So there’s this real estate agent — are you with me? And so Ribbon offers a suite of tools and technologies for real estate agents to use with their clients, to help them manage and write offers in unique new ways. Sellers always prefer a cash offer over a mortgage-backed offer.

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