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Housing Wire
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Mortgage rates had climbed close to the 7% range and he was determined to remain competitive on pricing with rival loan officers in North Carolina. After Mike paid his loan officer assistant, he was clearing just 40 bps. The lower comp rate stung. Still, it was better than nothing.
Housing Wire
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Top-25 retail lender Movement Mortgage struck a deal to acquire Massachusetts-based retail firm Mortgage Network , multiple sources told HousingWire. . The transaction, confirmed by the companies, is a step to boost Movement’s presence on the East Coast amid shrinking loan origination volumes.
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Housing Wire
MAY 8, 2024
The layoffs include mortgage professionals such as processors, underwriters and loan officers. Several departments were affected, including legal, secondary market and quality control. From January to March, the lender produced $10 billion in loans, up 13.5% quarter over quarter and 44.9% above year-ago levels.
Housing Wire
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
The transition of three veteran sales executives from South Carolina-based lender Movement Mortgage to its California competitor Summit Funding led to a legal battle over poaching. Increasing the tone of the legal battle, Pennington filed a counterclaim against Movement requesting about $9.8 million in unpaid compensation.
Housing Wire
JUNE 6, 2023
Rocket Mortgage is looking to hire local loan officers at a time when mortgage rates are high and the industry remains heavily reliant on the purchase market. Rather, Rocket is simply focused on the purchase market now, just like most other lenders in this market. “I
Housing Wire
MARCH 28, 2024
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. Investigators at the U.S.
Housing Wire
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
The current market downturn for mortgage lenders may be shorter than the previous cycles, mainly due to the recent rounds of workforce layoffs imposed by nonbanks. Nonbanks have more than 60% market share of mortgage industry production — and they are more likely than banks to move quickly to reduce capacity.
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