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Retail losses lead February decline in reverse mortgage volume

Housing Wire

Reverse mortgage volume dropped in February compared to the month prior, and new data compiled by Reverse Market Insight (RMI) shows that the primary culprit for the month was retail reverse mortgage originations. The retail channel volume decrease of 15.7% effectively “masked” a gain of 3.9%

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How EPM plans to win in the TPO channel after exiting retail

Housing Wire

The Atlanta-based lender has fully exited the retail channel, a change in strategy the company has been preparing for over the past few months. EPM’s CEO Eddy Perez had previously shared plans with HousingWire to double down on wholesale while scaling down its retail footprint. It’s all about the consumer. EPM originated $1.05

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Is the spring housing market about to rebound?

Housing Wire

While it’s not as clear how long-lasting the rebound will be, it does still provide some much-needed good news for the spring and summer housing market. in April 2023, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The national median home price decreased 1.7%

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How InstaMortgage convinced top broker shop to jump to retail

Housing Wire

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. With its technology platform in development, Shekhar said the company is looking to beef up its product mix and grow presence in its multiple markets.

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Some lenders won’t survive the purchase mortgage market of 2022

Housing Wire

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. I hadn’t developed a network for mortgage lending with Realtors,” Woodward said about his work at Interfirst in Indiana.

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How auction buyer data foreshadows housing market shifts

Housing Wire

Retail housing market data from June showing early signs of a real estate slowdown was foreshadowed three months earlier in buyer behavior at foreclosure auctions. The as-is market value is typically based on a drive-by broker price opinion or external-only appraisal given the properties are usually still occupied.

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Eyeing expansion, Go Mortgage snags 160+ former FoA employees

Housing Wire

After Finance of America Companies closed its forward mortgage origination unit in October, a total of 21 FoA retail branches transitioned to Go Mortgage, said Steven Reich, a division president at Go Mortgage and former executive at FoA, in an interview with HousingWire. We specialize in marketing for purchases.”.

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