Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Newport Beach, California-based Excelerate Capital , a long-time non-QM lender with a growing market presence, finalized its acquisition of Castle Mortgage Corp. With the Castle acquisition and tech integration now completed, our intent is to lend nation nationwide in the non-QM market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Historically, that has represented a solid market, albeit not spectacular. For many firms, those efforts will include increased sales and marketing efforts and new products or services to tap into new markets. The industry has evolved in the way it hires, trains and deploys its human resources.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

In a down market disrupted by the commission lawsuits, agents and LOs are considering working in a dual capacity. As the engines of the housing and mortgage markets continue to sputter due to higher interest rates and fewer buyers, industry innovators are looking for ways to get their company’s wheels off the ground.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2022

When the refi market dried up in 2022, business took a drastic turn for Thuan Nguyen, CEO of Loan Factory and the top loan originator on the Scotsman Guide for the last two years. Read on for Nguyen’s new business strategies for 2023, how he plans to scale his business and prospects for the housing market.

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Genworth MI Blog

JULY 13, 2023

The current housing market has been met with low housing inventory, yet demand is still relatively high. But with obstacles in the way for many, lenders need to stay updated on market trends and understand how every part of the homebuying journey might be impacted. That’s where you, the lenders, can step in and help.

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McKissock

APRIL 20, 2021

You should align with a broker for the office essentials and should operate like a full-time professional with clear expectations about your earning potential, said Valorie Easter , a Realtor in Charlottesville, Virginia. Receive basic training in contracts and how to price properties using comparative marketing analysis.

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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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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2024

In the homeownership journey, the consumer has a lot of conversations: they talk to a loan officer, they talk to a client experience specialist, they may talk to someone in the servicing experience. We’re just gonna keep feeding more data to the tool and training it and apply it in more and more places in the market.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2021

However, this was a costly challenge considering that the ebb and flow of the market generally dictated how much an agent could invest in ramping up (or down). That’s true even if those complex, multi-outcome tasks didn’t really require highly trained professionals. The loan officer might send something via encrypted email.

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PennyMac

JULY 20, 2021

Many of them have had great training and even specialized experience working for seasoned Realtors®. If you’re selling a property, you’ll also want to make sure your agent is in-the-know on the latest and most effective marketing tactics in the industry. What marketing tools will you use to help me? How many are sellers?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2022

Like many loan officers, Dicker was working nights and weekends, banging out refinancings and purchase mortgages at record-low rates for clients. But any market that pushes some businesses to the brink of insolvency also will create opportunities for others. The last two years have been good to Christian Dicker. The culling.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

With its potential to reach new clients and gain tremendous ROI, social media has become one of the most effective marketing tools for businesses big and small. Market updates Future clients, whether buying or selling, want to feel assured that their real estate agent has a firm grasp on the happenings of the market.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2021

As a candidate, Biden’s campaign said he would “establish a national standard for housing appraisals” to ensure that appraisers are adequately trained, understand the neighborhoods in which they work and “do not hold implicit biases” that influence their work.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2020

“The market remains underserved in the sense that the mortgage lending market has changed so quickly that everyone is still trying to keep up,” Stone said. It will also provide brand awareness for the Realtor or loan officer involved in the transaction because every communication has their photo and branding.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2022

Action must be taken to provide adequate credit access to homebuyers and encourage the housing market to expand opportunities for American households. The Hispanic homeownership rate grew moderately to 48.4%, partly due to organized advocacy and the work of Latino Realtors and lenders. in 2001 to 44.8% Our nation’s shortage of 3.8

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Clear Capital

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

” Jeff’s Real Estate Joke of the Pod gives us a buyer’s-eye view of today’s real estate market. You know, things to really support the listing process, marketing of the listing process, bringing that world together with the fintech world, and helping financial services make better decisions. Watch ClearCast E19.

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