Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2023

Just having those additional layers in the retail model really creates strain there,” Kirby said in an interview. I think maybe if you look back a few years, the broker space from a technology perspective was lacking, but has really caught up to where retail was (…). What is the upside of launching a mortgage broker shop?

Mortgage 390

Mortgage Retail Loan Officers Brokerage 390

Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

A seasoned retail and commercial banking salesman in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the 39-year-old Woodward joined Interfirst Mortgage as a loan officer in October 2020 after a recommendation from an old college friend. But Woodward struggled to originate purchase loans. “I Without that being built, I was starting from scratch.

Mortgage 526

Mortgage Marketing Retail Lending 526

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Effective natural language processing technologies extract deeper meaning from unstructured data to make a difference in the lives of countless would-be homebuyers who are credit invisible or have not had the ability to obtain access to affordable housing finance. The 10-year note went from 3.51% to 3.72% in the same period.

Buyers 482

Buyers Mortgage Loan Officers Retail 482

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Forecasting another purchase market in 2023, Nguyen started using his proprietary software for something new – to pursue relationships with realtors. “I I never had to work with realtors, but now I spend a lot of time working with realtors – supporting them and partnering with them,” Nguyen said in an interview with HousingWire.

Business 74

Business Retail Realtors Loan Officers 74

Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2021

It’s much more efficient to reach a loan officer and input an application into the pipeline than ever before. In 2019, The MBA estimated that for depositories, 46% of retail origination costs were used to cover sales functions. We’ve seen great advances in LOS technology in the just the past two years. Yet, it usually is.

Marketing 255

Marketing Realtors HOA Technology 255

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

We have four channels [joint ventures, retail, consumer direct and servicing]. Nunes: What is the strategy to get more purchase loans in this market after exiting the wholesale channel ? Martell: Most of our purchase transactions are coming through the JV [joint ventures] channel and our in-market retail network.

Technology 436

Technology Loan Officers Retail Marketing 436

Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2023

Name Job Title Company Name Alayna Gardner Director of Sales and Marketing LodeStar Software Solutions Alex Boand Managing Director of Correspondent Group Sales Pennymac Alison Flinn Chief of Staff Development Amherst Amanda Morrow Director of Investor Relations Atlantic Bay Mortgage Company Andres Munar Owner and President Co/LAB Lending Andrew Jewett (..)

Real Estate 370

Real Estate Loan Officers Development Realtors 370

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2023

HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Kathryn Amor, senior vice president and head of enterprise products at Guaranteed Rate , to talk about the intersection of product and technology. Sarah Wheeler: You joined Guaranteed Rate in January of 2023. What drew you to that role?

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Technology Investors Development Loan Officers 374

Appraisal Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Appraisers are being told by their AMC clients and loan officers to appraise these as residential properties. However, some experts, including Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist at the National Association of Realtors, anticipate a drop to about 6% by next spring, influenced by economic factors and the Federal Reserve’s decisions.

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Appraisal Contracts Business Construction 79