Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

Tech-fueled retail mortgage lender InstaMortgage has merged with mortgage broker shop All Cal Financial , a rare example of a top-performing brokerage switching channels. As part of the merger, Jim Black, the founder of All Cal, will become chief lending officer of InstaMortgage. That means that they get more product options.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

To get a better understanding of how this arrangement plays into the ambitions of both the lender and tech provider, HousingWire spoke with Andrew Badstubner, chief information officer at First Community Mortgage, and David Aach, chief operating officer of Blue Sage.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Roughly 20% of Cliffco’s production comes from the wholesale channel and 80% of origination volume comes from its retail channel – through which it offers GSE, government loans and non-QM products. The lender has about 80 loan officers and aims to hire up to 100 in states. How many times have they refi’d?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2022

California-based nonbank lender Carrington Mortgage Services has invested in boosting the growth of its wholesale channel, with the latest announcements including a new loan processing technology and plans to increase the sales team. The technology is available only for full-doc government and non-QM loans.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

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 Nichols pointed out that after the 2008 financial crisis, wholesale lending began using technology that helped match pace with the processes of retail lenders.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2023

New Jersey-based Homebridge Financial Services will lay off 139 employees in June, three months after the acquisition of its retail division by CMG Mortgage, Inc. In addition, the company’s CEO, Peter Norden, will act as executive advisor to CMG’s retail division to ensure a successful transition. mortgage lender by volume last year.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

is expected to expand the retail lender’s presence in Western states and also bring in expertise with builder products, Guild CEO Terry Schmidt said in an exclusive interview with HousingWire. With the acquisition of Academy, Guild will be onboarding nearly 200 branches and 1,000 new employees, about 600 of which are loan officers.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

The Detroit-based lender’s unmatched combination of name recognition, digital infrastructure and consumer technology enabled it to originate more than $670 billion in mortgages in 2020 and 2021, smashing records in the process. Its parent Rocket Companies rode the wave to a stunning $9.4 billion in profit in 2020 and $6.1 billion in 2021.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2023

For years broker channel evangelists told me that a down market would give them an edge on their retail brethren. I asked the good folks at mortgage data technology firm InGenius to run the numbers. A significant number of retail lenders were purpose-built to pump out huge refi volumes with a call center model. Take a look.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

expanding its mortgage retail lending footprint in the communities in which it operates. N early 58% of this total was conventional loans and 55% was purchase loans. As of Thursday, the bank had 155 sponsored loan officers, according to the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS).

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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. Desmond Smith: There are two ways to get a mortgage — wholesale or retail.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

To redesign the interface, the company collected feedback from more than 250 loan officers, demonstrating the company’s commitment to enhancing user experience. Insellerate’s services work across all lending channels, including retail , wholesale , TPO , consumer direct, recruiting and reverse.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Texas-based lender Thrive Mortgage plans to merge with digital multichannel rival Lower , which will create a unified lender with more than 650 loan officers and 120 active branches across the country. Both companies generated most of their origination volume through the retail channel.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2023

Connecticut-based lender and servicer Planet Home Lending has acquired the assets of Illinois-based retail lender Platinum Home Mortgage Corporation. Founded in 1993 by Bill and Michael Giambrone, Platinum has 22 branches and 79 active loan officers, according to the mortgage tech platform Modex.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Innovative technology is imperative to the mortgage industry with more and more applicants taking advantage of online options offered by lenders,” GHMC president and CEO Chip Adkins said in a prepared statement. The company has 48 state licenses, three retail branches and 13 loan officers.

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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.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

Software development company Blue Sage Solutions has launched a new servicing platform that merges loan origination and servicing functions using API-based technology. Additionally, the platform is accessible to all users, regardless of their current loan origination software.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2022

With the job cuts, Lower has now 1,200 workers across all its businesses, including retail, mortgage as a service, wholesale and its direct-to-consumer arm called Lower.com. Lower claims its platform allows distributed retail partners to connect into its infrastructure to benefit from its streamlined technology.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Her role will focus on technology to drive the company’s growth. 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.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Rick Arvielo: What’s interesting about our growth is that we are the 13 th largest retail IMB in the country, but we’re only in about a third of the United States. We recognize that loan officers have a choice, and when they choose to join a company on their own, it just seems to work better. That’s why we started NAF Cash.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The California-based retail lender has set a target of becoming a top-10 lender in the markets in which it has a presence, which would give it about 2% in overall market share. The company hopes to reach its goal by growing organically with more loan officers under a dozen business development managers. It won’t be easy.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2023

InstaLend is a tech-enabled real estate loan lender that provides capital to residential developers through streamlined technology and automated workflow, according to its website. 5000 – is a mortgage broker and partners with other lenders to generate leads for VA, FHA, purchase, refi and personal loans.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2021

HousingWire recently sat down with Insellerate CEO Josh Friend to discuss that very question and what strategies retail lenders should look to adopt from direct-to-consumer lending. HW: What are some strategies that retail lenders should look at adopting from direct-to-consumer lending?

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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?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2023

After all, the average retail lender lost nearly $2,000 per loan in the first quarter, and I expect losses to be similar in Q2 and elevated in Q3. For the mortgage industry, more often it’s about making the very hard choices these days – exiting a channel, deciding which star performer to let go, etc.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The acquisition gives Guaranteed Rate, best known for its retail prowess, another engine to boost its growth in the direct-to-consumer channel. According to Guaranteed Rate, Owning’s direct-to-consumer platform processed over $20 billion in total loan volume in 2020. Presented by: Black Knight. It grew nearly 100% in 2020.

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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.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2021

Fred Bolstad, executive vice president of retail lending at U.S. Bolstad will be joined on the panel by Dave Vermillion , founder and CEO of Mortgage Champions , and Lisa Patterson, chief originations officer at Homepoint. He leads both retail sales and operations, a channel that originated over $47 billion in 2020.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2023

” Insellerate’s services work across all lending channels: retail , wholesale , TPO , consumer direct, recruiting and reverse. It also offers a native mobile application, which gives more flexibility to loan officers.

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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. The company’s job cuts include human resources, technology, talent acquisition, and executive assistant positions.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

will lay off 77 employees in its Charlotte, North Carolina office come January 2022, a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice filed by the company reveals. Among those getting a pink slip are 49 loan officers, 10 national account managers, seven retail sales managers and seven transaction coordinators.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2023

“The increased investment in technology and additional resources GRI brings will enhance and strengthen an already established foundation.” ” Premia ‘s production represents a small share of G-Rate’s origination volume, which reached $7 billion in the first three months of 2023.

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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. The retail lender originated $56.6 Origination volumes eclipsed $4.3 trillion in 2020 and then $4.4

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Lisa Thomas, chief executive officer of Town Square, added that the deal also brings “a portfolio of expanded loan products backed by a lending platform with state-of-the-art technology.” The company said it has a full-service retail origination platform that originates agency, government and investor portfolio loans.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2024

The plaintiffs claim they hired independent mortgage brokers, believing the wholesale channel was the best option for getting affordable mortgages because these professionals can shop around — a different model from loan officers employed by retail lenders. “As Your technology has to be fantastic every day.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In reality, the LOS is not the problem; the technology is doing exactly what it was designed to do. 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. The LOS is a foundational piece of technology for every lender.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Interfirst Mortgage , the retail mortgage business he founded in 2001, had grown to $14.5 Godin made plans to relaunch the business in late 2019 as a tech-forward lender that originated loans across both wholesale and retail channels. In 2012, Dmitry Godin was seemingly on top of the world. Building the plane while flying it.

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