Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

I think loan officers are getting used to the rate environment as it is now, versus hanging on to the idea that they’re going to get better and things will pick up.” Parks has overseen other changes in the division, including growth of its third-party associate channel that works alongside Longbridge’s loan officer corps.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

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. Mortgage Marketing Expert. Loan Officer Leadership. The Loan Officer Podcast.

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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. The post As the market shifts to purchase, LOs get creative appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2022

HousingWire: Given the recent news about a few non-QM lenders shutting down, some loan officers might be hesitant about working with non-QM. What would you say to those loan officers? HW: What strategies can loan officers employ to win with non-QM in the second half of 2022? Get back to basics to find it.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

So there’s this assumption that ChatGPT is cute, it’s nice — it’s helpful for a marketing team. How much training did that take versus the training to have an experienced underwriter? SW: How do people in the mortgage industry react when you talk about manufacturing loans like this? But high value?

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2022

LoanSnap has unveiled a cloud-based portal called LoanFLow that will allow licensed brokers and loan officers in the U.S. The company says its new LoanFlow portal will allow originators to close loans in as little as 24 hours and in 15 days on average, the company said. to originate mortgages anywhere at any time.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2023

Older Americans are sitting on more than $12 trillion in home equity, according to the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA)/ Riskspan Reverse Mortgage Market Index. Today’s market includes mortgage rates of above 6%, low inventory and elevated home prices, all contributing to affordability problems. last year.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 22, 2023

AmeriFirst will keep physical branches in 20 states, but under a new corporate model, no branch managers will make an override on the production of the loan officers they manage. “In today’s market, as soon as you pull credit, there are 30 companies buying trigger leads that are calling and undercutting you (…).

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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 wemlo, his primary focus is to enhance the existing loan processing platform to improve user experience.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2023

Not every loan officer that wanted to join APM was hired, however. The focus was on high-producing and profitable branches — and the loan officers who were part of those branches were brought over, Lowman explained. . “We We are definitely focused on increasing market share and volume,” Lowman said.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Its centralized call center business model, which Rocket relied upon to dominate an unprecedented refi market , isn’t as durable when interest rates are high, there are few refi opportunities and having strong relationships with real estate agents is what brings home the bacon. And Rocket is well aware.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

In today’s low-rate environment, wholesale mortgage lending continues to grow, making up more than 20% market share. Because as loan officers, they believe that there’s nothing better than a broker channel, and to them this is most important for their consumers,” said Kortas. “We

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2022

NCRC testers made inquiries about mortgage financing with a loan officer at Movement Mortgage, Dave Skow, on two occasions, four months apart, during 2021. ” NCRC had previously provided training to Movement Mortgage, at the lender’s request, in 2019.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

Mortgage brokers emerged as key players in the industry in the 1980s because they offered access to multiple lenders and loan products. Up until the financial crisis in 2008, mortgage brokers held nearly 50% market share. Now, they are sitting at 22% and climbing, because they offer the most loan options to borrowers.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

If you are starting the job hunt and want to spin your housing industry experiences into your next ideal role, try these tactics for marketing yourself as the ideal candidate. SaaS companies may also be in the market for sales professionals. That vast experience could be just what a rookie agent or loan officer needs.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2022

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. HousingWire: In today’s tight market, margin compression is impacting countless mortgage companies. You also have a mortgage market shrinking from $4.1

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

Chevalier’s former team of 55 employees – including loan originators, LO assistants, branch, sales and marketing managers – originated $1.8 billion in sales volume in 2021, becoming the most profitable team for loanDepot with the most loan closing volume, units and revenue, according to Chevalier. he said in December. “It

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2022

issued pink slips to over 350 non-commissioned loan officers, a workforce reduction that former workers claimed to represent more than half of Interfirst’s entire staff. Interfirst is a mortgage business founded in 2001 by Dmitry Godin that has been harmed before by market downturns. Six months ago Interfirst Mortgage Co.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The DOJ alleges that the bank also failed to train and incentivize its staff to market and advertise its mortgage services to compensate for its lack of presence in these areas. Ultimately, other banks received four times more loan applications each year in these minority neighborhoods than Washington Trust.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

The second round of layoffs this month mostly affected non-tech workers and included its vice president of creative, an operations training manager and a human resources director. Loan officers were let go in August as well, according to former employees. market share, IMF data showed.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

1 With over 12,000 Americans turning 65 every day in 2024, this burgeoning market will undoubtedly continue to bring more buyers and sellers to the table over the next decade. Consumers who are introduced to the HECM for Purchase loan option are often skeptical at best, with many thinking it’s too good to be true.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Larry Steinway, former senior vice president of lending and branch manager at Illinois-based Guaranteed Rate , has taken on a new challenge to expand the Ohio-based Revolution Mortgage footprint in the Chicagoland market. Closing just shy of $100 million of production in 2022, he’s aiming for a higher loan origination volume in 2023.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Ohio-based mortgage lender Lower imposed a round of layoffs last week due to market conditions, affecting 6% of its workforce, according to a spokesperson for the company. The Fed has increased the federal funds rate by 300 basis points so far this year to control surging inflation, resulting in a “ reset” of the mortgage market.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Margin compression, higher mortgage rates, and a purchase-focused market are dictating more sales process control among loan officers and fewer layers of bureaucracy in retail lenders. The lender has broker products, including non-QMs and jumbo loans, he added. The lender originated a volume of $1.8 he asked. “It

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The historically low interest rates that led to a boom in refinances in 2012 had ended, and Interfirst struggled to maintain volumes in following years as the market turned to purchase. Godin made plans to relaunch the business in late 2019 as a tech-forward lender that originated loans across both wholesale and retail channels.

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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

MAY 25, 2022

Each pod has about 15 employees consisting of loan officers, processors, closers, underwriters, supervisors, and funders, according to multiple employees. ” Loan officers, who are 100% commission based at Keller Mortgage, were not part of the layoffs, according to multiple employees. . billion this year.

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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. A race is a useful analog for the mortgage business, especially as it relates to the refinance business.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Frankly, what will be left in the refi market will likely be harder credit quality transactions that a hungry mortgage origination industry will turn to as volumes drop. Here are some expectations and recommendations: First , the refi/purchase mix should be carefully evaluated down to the loan officer level. Conclusions ?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke with Mack Walker, SVP of capital markets at Deephaven Mortgage , about how the year went for the non-QM sector and what’s in store for the industry in 2024. Due to a tightened credit market and other factors, non-QM has been more in demand and the interest among lenders is growing.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2022

To further catapult wholesale channel growth, United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) remains committed to developing proprietary technology and amplifying state-of-the-art training programs for mortgage brokers across the country. “At Lauren Miller, Vice President, Marketing.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

As the housing market adjusts to rapidly tightening monetary policy, mortgage rates again surpassed 7%,” Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist, said in a statement. The housing market is the most interest-rate sensitive segment of the economy, and the impact rates have on homebuyers continues to evolve. Smaller business .

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2023

The tool has been trained on millions of pages of writing dating from 2021 and earlier across the internet. It’s not magic, but it can save users effort and time — and in the ever-changing mortgage market, your time is more valuable than ever. ChatGPT was launched in November 2022 by OpenAI. What can ChatGPT do for you?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The housing market has been in a recession since mid-year 2022. Want to train for a marathon? and the host of “The Loan Officer Podcast” For those of us in the mortgage industry, the next 100 days is meaningful as it will be a period that requires the most focus and greatest amount of perseverance.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Paul Akinmade joined CMG Financial in 2016 to lead the expansion of the company’s marketing department ahead of a major staffing initiative. Within four years, Akinmade and his team have built a robust, automated marketing platform, which is driven by investment in technology, to give retail loan officers a competitive edge.

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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

AUGUST 31, 2022

With more than 20 years of experience, CreditXpert has rolled with the punches brought on by a turbulent housing market and has excelled at adapting to the industry’s growing digital revolution and shift towards fast fintech solutions. However, CreditXpert isn’t just helping those with lower scores qualify for mortgages.

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