Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2024

It may be counterintuitive, but loan officer Scott Betley, a 32-year-old TikTok sensation , says he isn’t worried about a potential U.S. Betley, who has more than a decade of experience helping first-time and move-up buyers, joined NFM Lending as a loan officer in 2021. ban of the short-form video app.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Michael Brennan, president of Movement, said Waggoner can empower loan officers with the tools they “need to win.”. “She has a proven track record of leading sales-centric technology teams and delivering with speed to market,” he added. The key to growing in a challenging mortgage market. Presented by: Polly.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

As a premier provider of innovative, high-performance software, data and analytics for mortgage and home equity lending and servicing, Black Knight is transforming the housing finance industry. This interactive tool gives customers the ability to review information about their loans and easily perform tasks, such as making loan payments.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Insellerate Modern CRM, Engagement & Customer Intelligence Platform Insellerate helps loan officers close more loans with our award-winning modern CRM, Lead Management, and Engagement platform, which handles all your lending channels, retail, wholesale, TPO, Consumer Direct, and Reverse. Get More Info

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Looking for a quick and easy way to stay up-to-date on mortgage lending news, trends and technology? Mortgage Marketing Radio. Mortgage Marketing Radio is a weekly podcast, hosted by Geoff Zimpfer, that covers “truth in mortgage marketing,” with interviews with top producers. Loan Officer Freedom.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

By writing and maintaining all of the code along with investing heavily in putting together a world class modern IT infrastructure that efficiently leverages a mix of modern technologies like the public cloud and API based software architectures, UWM has been able to turn on a dime and stay well ahead of shifts in the market utilizing technology.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2023

on Monday announced that Frontwave Credit Union will now implement Empower, Black Knight’s cloud-based loan origination system, and its integrated solutions, for the expansion of its mortgage lending operations. The LOS accounts for about 10-15% market share. Black Knight, Inc.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2022

Lenders and mortgage tech companies have been cutting costs in the down market , but some firms have hired new executives who they hope will provide better strategies to navigate the shrinking loan origination market. for Planet Home Lending, will focus on increasing market share by adding branches and loan originators.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke with Desmond Smith , chief growth officer at United Wholesale Mortgage , about the role that wholesale lending plays in the mortgage ecosystem and common myths and misconceptions about becoming an independent mortgage broker. HW: How is broker market share trending?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

To get there, Cliffco, which has been in business since 1987, is going after the non-qualified mortgage ( non-QM ) market and investing in tech to get in front of buyers and non-agent referral partners. On the non-QM side, only 3% of the market has been penetrated. But we’re heading into different segments of the ocean.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

When mortgage lenders are talking about compliance in loan origination or mortgage servicing, the worst case can be pretty bad, so we often see companies investing heavily in the best tools. Mike is an experienced mortgage loan officer. Without marketing automation, he probably would have been right. Not anymore.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In light of rampant uncertainty and economic hardship, homeowners are leaping at the opportunity to save thousands in annual payments , and the refi market is booming. You’ve probably staffed up on loan officers equipped to handle this influx, and you may be shunning riskier, less immediately gratifying business.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The integration streamlines the sales process by enabling loan officers to generate and customize total cost analysis loan presentations with contact data directly from the Insellerate customer relationship management and lead management dashboard, Mortgage Coach said.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The primary challenge for non-QM has been the extreme volatility in the secondary markets. Self-employed borrowers, real estate investors and credit-worthy borrowers who have recovered from credit issues will always be in the market. Another key is that these loans are performing. That’s good news for the future of non-QM.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Apart from selling produce that is popular in former Soviet countries, these stores represent a marketing opportunity for Alex Naumovych, a loan officer at Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corporation. Meanwhile, others worry that they will soon wash out of the industry. TikTok, Facebook and LinkedIn.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Lenders in a purchase money market, like the one we’re in now, are running a long-distance race. It’s amazing how many loan officers miss this, don’t return the call quickly, and lose their race before it’s even underway. Each lender is different and so their use of these tools will differ.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2021

If you take the temperature of how loan officers are feeling ahead of the holiday season, the scale would likely read “uneasy.” According to Fahad Janvekar, a loan officer at Fairway Independent Mortgage , “there is definitely some concern” about layoffs in the industry. Presented by: Black Knight.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with New American Funding CEO and Co-founder Rick Arvielo to talk about the acquisition, the company’s strategy for the rest of 2024, and what differentiates NAF in this market. Sarah Wheeler: Market conditions have fueled a lot of M&A activity recently.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2020

And hiring in a wave of high volumes can mean layoffs when the market is less robust. Lenders need to be able to grow their business in a way that is not linear and is not tied to the market cycles – leveraging automation technology can help. AuditGenius uses supervised automation for risk management and quality control.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2022

In an effort to counter margin compression and satisfy a new generation of homebuyers, lenders are looking to offer loan options that better fit the average borrower. HousingWire recently spoke with John Keratsis, President and CEO of Deephaven Mortgage, about the potential benefits of non-QM lending in today’s tight housing market.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This acquisition is part of the company’s continued plan to grow both in existing markets and by entering new ones with selective acquisitions of like-minded lenders,” Guild CEO Mary Ann McGarry said in a statement. The company has 39 active loan officers across its retail branches, according to Modex data.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In the world of mortgage lending, there’s an all-too-common sentiment that echoes through the industry: “My loan origination system (LOS) sucks.” Adjust your expectations At its core, an LOS is designed to serve a very specific purpose: ensuring that lenders can originate compliant and sellable loans.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2021

Digital mortgage platform Roostify announced on Tuesday it has raised another $32 million in a Series C funding round amid a booming real estate market, bringing the tech startup’s total capital to $65 million. Many loan officers who may not have in the past sought to engage with customers digitally.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

HousingWire recently spoke with Propertybase CEO Vance Loiselle about real estate tech and how the past year has accelerated the need for digital collaboration tools across the entire customer journey. This century has seen a rapid shift to a digital-first economy from the internet to portals to email marketing to smartphones to social media.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2022

As the market shifts, interest in non-QM lending from traditional lenders and brokers has increased. We recently spoke to Bao Huynh, Director of Business Development at LoanScorecard, about these changes and the challenges of originating non-QM loans. But it may not be as sensitive as the more traditional refinance market.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2021

With more than two decades in the industry, Mayfield most recently served as a division lending executive at Citi , where she oversaw up to four of Citi’s six markets. Karen Mayfield: Loan officers. So why do I need an expensive loan officer? HousingWire: What is the weirdest job you’ve ever had?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2023

Connecting a competitive edge, a strong marketing approach and a good customer experience Strong communication is one of the essential skills to a winning basketball team. Marketing automation can also help lenders build stronger client relationships. Marketing automation can also help lenders build stronger client relationships.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

A combination of elevated mortgage rates, sluggish home sales and inflation continue to plague the housing market workforce, with numerous mortgage lenders and real estate startups shedding employees. Modernizing origination to stay competitive in today’s housing market. Presented by: ServiceLink.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The acquisition will strengthen Thrive’s retail channel and bring with it new territories amidst arguably the most challenging mortgage market since the early 1980s. . Thrive’s chief operations officer Selene Kellam , who designed the lender’s operations workflow, will be the chief executive officer starting in 2023. “We

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

What we’re trying to do at ICE is break down the various transactions where a borrower and a lender might interface and figure out how we can deliver a set of technology tools and solutions so that the borrower can get their loan — for purchase or refinance — as fast as possible with the least amount of cost.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The company announced on Thursday it has acquired the Wisconsin-based lender Inlanta Mortgage – which earlier that day said it would be winding down operations in 2023 – to increase its purchase loans portfolio and its market penetration in the Midwest. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2024

Nominations for HousingWire’s 2024 Marketing Leaders are open until April 30, 2024. If there’s one word to describe today’s successful marketers in mortgage and real estate it’s “adaptable.” HousingWire’s Marketing Leaders award recognizes the industry’s top marketers who have perfected the art of adaptability.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2021

This week’s HW+ member spotlight features Reina Ramos, senior vice president, mortgage market leader at City National Bank of Florida. She joined CNBF after more than a decade with Seacoast Bank , where she served as senior vice president, residential lending production manager. Not to mention, their rents are increasing too.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Prior to NEO Home Loans, Mettle served as senior vice president, director of physician lending at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation. He also is an author, podcast host and professional mortgage and life coach, helping the industry better understand how Physician Home Loans work.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2023

HousingWire: How has the current market affected the way lenders approach customer relationships? Dustin Gray: You don’t have to be an economist to know it’s a challenging time to buy a home or get a loan. This was fun to look at when home values were skyrocketing but is kind of depressing when the market starts to flatten or decline.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

As record-low interest rates drive a refinance boom and spikes in mortgage applications, many businesses are adjusting to the present market. If your loan officers don’t have the resources to handle the inbound volume, they may not be able to follow up with every lead, which can lead to lost revenue.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2023

The nascent mortgage company, however, has only one loan officer registered and no loan origination volume so far, according to the mortgage tech platform Modex. That tool canceled benefits retroactively back to May but that may have been sorted out forcefully.” (The Michael Strauss’s Smart Rate?

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