Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The excited and at times nervous first-time homebuyers that James Dunn often represents ask him how that whole process of taking out a mortgage works, and Dunn, a Los Angeles-based real estate agent with eXp , replies with a few trusted names. Two hours south in San Diego, clients ask eXp agent Alanna Strei for a mortgage reference.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

One of the most unloved American economic success stories has been how spectacular American households with mortgage debt look today. Post-2010, lending standards in America became normal again, and while I still believe they’re very liberal, they’re sane. HousingWire Magazine delivered to your home or office. Already a member?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2021

Over 70 mortgage lenders and brokers made the cut on Inc. Magazine’s list of the 5,000 fastest growing companies in America for 2021. Not surprisingly, the top mortgage lenders on the list were all tech-focused companies, leveraging in house and third-party solutions to simplify lending transactions. Top Verticals.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2022

Nearly 70 mortgage lenders and brokers made it on the list of Inc. Magazine ‘s 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the U.S. All the top five mortgage lenders debuted on the Inc. theLender , which offers government and conventional mortgages as well as non-QM products, saw a 20,489% three-year growth rate.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2021

Figure Technologies CEO and co-founder Mike Cagney never intended to build a mortgage lending company. But now, with proof of concept cleared and a large war chest, he intends to buy a mortgage lender to achieve scale. The post Mike Cagney is looking to buy a mortgage company, or two appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Agnes Standowicz, vice president, underwriting leader at United Wholesale Mortgage. HousingWire decided to dive deeper into a few of our award winners to get a peek behind the curtain on what defines an Insider , with this Q&A featuring Agnes Standowicz , vice president, underwriting leader at United Wholesale Mortgage.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Wisconsin-based mortgage lender Waterstone Mortgage Corporation appointed Chik Quintans its new director of digital marketing, the company announced Thursday. Quintans’ professional career spans more than two decades in mortgage lending. In 2021, he was a mortgage banker at USA Mortgage.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Humble, driven and innovative, the Q&As also feature Dave Sheeler, president of residential servicing and correspondent lending at Freedom Mortgage , and Agnes Standowicz, vice president, underwriting leader at United Wholesale Mortgage. To read the other two Q&As in the magazine, go here. Become a member today.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2023

Reflecting the housing industry’s headwinds, just 16 mortgage lenders and brokers made the annual list of Inc. Magazine ‘s 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. It’s a sharp decline from 2022, when nearly 70 mortgage lenders and brokers were named. The top mortgage lender on the Inc. Zap Mortgage (no.294)

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

To be successful, lenders have to rely on mortgage lead generation to find potential borrowers. Home Lending Pal (HLP) has an anonymous marketplace that uses conversational intelligence, machine learning and blockchain to help first-time homebuyers through the home research and lending process.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Dave Sheeler, president of residential servicing and correspondent lending at Freedom Mortgage. To read the other two Q&As in the magazine, go here. HousingWire Magazine delivered to your home or office. The post How can the mortgage industry recruit people earlier in their careers? Become a member today.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2022

With 35 years of experience in the mortgage business, Flagstar has reputation for successfully navigating the ebb and flow of an ever-changing housing market. We’re well-capitalized and committed to mortgage, particularly the broker channel. Lee Smith: EVP, President of Mortgage. Our brokers are our partners.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2021

On a sunny, serene fall afternoon, the Chicago neighborhood of Ravenswood featured quiet socializing on outdoor brewery patios, cyclists of all ages, and, hidden alongside the elevated train tracks, the headquarters of mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate. HousingWire Magazine delivered to your home or office. Become a member today.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2021

Princeton Mortgage CEO Rich Weidel. When Rich Weidel took over his family-owned lender Princeton Mortgage , the company had funded 11 loans in January of 2018, employed about a dozen people and had zero loan officers. James Kleimann: You were just named to the INC 5000 list – one of about a half-dozen mortgage lenders.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Since Rohit Chopra was confirmed as the new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in September, there’s been one particular word on the lips of mortgage executives. HousingWire Magazine delivered to your home or office. And it gives them chills: redlining. Become a member today. Already a member?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2021

Mortgage, title, appraisal, servicing, iBuying, real estate brokerage , green energy — the gamut. A few hours after applying for a mortgage, the consumer would receive underwriting approval. Then comes the mortgage — which their agent would monitor through Rocket Pro Insight. This content is exclusively for HW+ members.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2021

Glenn Stearns, founder and CEO at Kind Lending. One attempt to change that is a partnership with Kind Lending – the new mortgage company from Stearns Lending founder Glenn Stearns – to originate mortgages. HousingWire Magazine delivered to your home or office. This content is exclusively for HW+ members.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2022

About five years ago, Linthicum, Maryland-based NFM Lending was looking for a way to shift from sporadic donations to service members to a dedicated effort that regularly recognized their sacrifice. According to Sher, the families are not the only ones impacted by the salutes but so is the NFM Lending staff. Espinoza was one of 13 U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Among them are accounting and consulting giants KPMG , EY and PwC as well as a host of independent software service and product providers — such as digital-lending platform Mortgage365 , financial-software solutions platform Finastra and the financial-data solutions fintech BaseCap Analystics. This content is exclusively for HW+ members.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2023

mortgage lender, has long described itself as a “one-stop mortgage shop.” But it has built its reputation on its expertise in mortgage. So what exactly is a “one-stop mortgage shop?” “We Smith, senior executive vice president and president of mortgage at Flagstar. Flagstar Bank , a top-25 U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2021

billion worth of mortgages in the third quarter, down slightly from $53.2 billion worth of mortgages. Despite earlier reports in the mortgage industry that refis were waning , Wells Fargo’s third quarter results revealed that 55% of their origination business was refi business, remaining unchanged from the previous quarter.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The secondary market, often an afterthought for most participants in the mortgage process, took center stage in 2020. The country was in the middle of the financial crisis, as the consequences of the deceptive mortgage lending practices from all the years prior came crashing down. That is, until March 2020. Already a member?

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2021

It’s true for the mortgage industry and especially the long-term strategies we’ve developed to react to the current low-rate environment brought on by a global pandemic. While much of the mortgage industry fixated on low mortgage rates the past year, it’s important to understand the anatomy of what drives rates. In the U.S.,

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 27, 2021

Luke Johnson won’t be accused of avoiding controversy to gin up business for his fintech mortgage lending shop , Neat Capital. About two-dozen mortgage loan originators wrote to HousingWire in response to the news. Many said they felt the company was out of bounds and should “stick to mortgage lending.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Lawmakers questioned Chopra on the postponement of the qualified mortgage rule and how he is prioritizing enforcement areas. Top of mind for Chopra is mortgage servicing, monitoring the mortgage market, and making sure “firms can’t dodge fair lending laws and anti-discrimination laws under the guise of their secret algorithm,” he said.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Chris Mozilo: While I’ve spent most of my 30-year career working at large firms, the most I ever learned in the mortgage business was the five years I worked at a small independent mortgage banker. At a small mortgage banker, leadership has to know all aspects of lending. in mortgage banking.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

New York State on Monday approved the extension of the state Community Reinvestment Act ( CRA ) to non-depository lenders, a controversial rule that has received criticism as “unnecessary” and “discouraging” from the mortgage industry. HousingWire Magazine delivered to your home or office.

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Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2023

Citywide Home Loans , a Utah-based mortgage lending company, agreed to settle a $1.2 Because the mortgage industry has become more technologically interconnected, companies are spending more on IT security and infrastructure. million class action lawsuit to resolve claims surrounding a 2020 data breach.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2022

With more hopeful homeowners searching for non-traditional lending solutions, brokers are looking to partner with wholesale lenders that can offer unique options. By pioneering more non-traditional lending solutions, Deephaven is keeping pace with a housing market and workforce that is constantly evolving.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2021

First, the refinance boom’s main driver in the 2000s was unhealthy because of the marketplace’s speculative unhealthy lending standards. In the 2020 market, on the other hand, refinances were not driven just by an increase in equity but lower mortgage rates. The graph below is from an article by Len Kiefer of Freddie Mac.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

“Upon closing, the combined company will have $85 billion in total assets, operate nearly 400 traditional branches in nine states, and 86 retail lending offices across a 28-state footprint,” NYCB stated in a press release. “It with regional headquarters in Troy, Michigan, including Flagstar’s mortgage business.”.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2021

In his estimation, a higher rate environment and hyper-competitive pricing will provide United Wholesale Mortgage an opening salvo to win a war of attrition and build an even bigger army of loyal mortgage brokers. That’s what happens in the mortgage biz, and then they’ll settle in, [to] normal numbers.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2021

For the first time in its history, Rocket Mortgage has revealed the amount of business it does in the broker space. The disclosure comes just days after United Wholesale Mortgage issued an ultimatum to mortgage brokers, telling them that they could not partner with Rocket or Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 29, 2024

This article is featured in the 2023 edition of the Appraisal Buzz Magazine. Some other features we have in our magazine include Buzztoon comics, as well as crazy stories from appraisers and readers like you! If you want to make sure you are receiving the print version of the Appraisal Buzz magazine in your mailbox, sign up HERE.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

3rd will feature Rick Webster , Lender Price , Amy Moses, Escrow Tab , Sara Holtz, ICE Mortgage Technology and Cory Jo Vasquez, Realty ONE Group. The Future of Lending sponsored session on Oct. 4th will feature Dave Savage and Alex Kutsishin both of Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang. The Future of Marketing panel on Oct.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Maintaining and deepening relationships with borrowers is important for lenders, but it takes valuable time away from other business efforts for mortgage organizations. Black Knight’s Surefire CRM and Mortgage Marketing Engine helps mortgage professionals win new business, drive repeat business and gain referral business.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2022

She also heads the firm’s mortgage regulatory practice group, and has a vast background in advising mortgage companies on federal and state regulatory compliance matters, including those involving fair lending, licensing, privacy, and anti-money laundering requirements. To learn more about HW Annual 2022, click here.

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