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. He was the fourth mortgage loan originator to join Guaranteed Rate in 2000.

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Housing Wire

JULY 5, 2022

Less than a month after Wyndham Capital Mortgage said it planned to pink slip more than 40 employees, the consumer direct lender conducted another round of layoffs. Founded in 2001, Douglas positioned the company as a fintech-focused mortgage lender, and actively expanded during the refi boom.

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2022

Mortgage lenders and real estate investment firms this month entered tight housing markets in the Midwest and the Northwest to better reach prospective homebuyers, despite a challenging mortgage market. While many lenders laid off some of their staff to cut costs, others continue opening offices to capitalize on demand from homebuyers.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

Bad news for mortgage professionals: not only are mortgage rates at their highest level in over two decades, they might not drop anytime soon. On Wednesday morning, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 7.29% at HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center and 7.49% on Mortgage News Daily. When asked why U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Interfirst Mortgage , the retail mortgage business he founded in 2001, had grown to $14.5 The lender originated $10 billion in mortgages in 2013, $5 billion in 2014, $3 billion in 2015 and just $2 billion in 2016 before shutting down altogether in 2017. In 2012, Dmitry Godin was seemingly on top of the world.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2022

Six months ago Interfirst Mortgage Co. 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 workforce reduction is also focused on mortgage loan production. Presented by: Acra Lending.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The current market downturn for mortgage lenders may be shorter than the previous cycles, mainly due to the recent rounds of workforce layoffs imposed by nonbanks. Nonbanks have more than 60% market share of mortgage industry production — and they are more likely than banks to move quickly to reduce capacity.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

In January I received a text message from Dave Savage, CEO of Mortgage Coach. News just broke that private equity investor LLR Partners announced strategic investments in two mortgage technology companies — Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang ( click here for article ). Tech100 Mortgage Winners. Hey Clayton …” and a link.

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Clear Capital

OCTOBER 16, 2024

To succeed in the mortgage industry, driving efficiencies is paramount. For example, time matters when an independent appraisal review is required on a correspondent loan, and speed of service is essential to a great experience for homeowners making a home equity finance decision.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2022

As a driver of the economy, housing should be bolstered by: Non-bank lending institutions to lend in lower-income areas and to minorities in the same way that CRA provides for banks Reducing government-insured and guaranteed mortgage loan fees. in 2001 to 44.8% The need for change in current mortgage underwriting guidelines.

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Movoto

JULY 31, 2024

We dive into everything from mortgage companies, to selling homes, house flipping, and investing. So my mom was a mortgage broker. I worked at an auto shop and I had this like moment with my mom where, you know, she was writing loans. This was like 2001. So back in the day in 2001. Aunt was a real estate agent.

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Assurance Financial

MARCH 1, 2021

Fortunately, not every mortgage loan requires a sizeable down payment. Discuss your situation with mortgage lenders who can let you know how much of a loan you may be eligible for. Your total housing expenses may include: Your mortgage principal and interest. Private mortgage insurance, if applicable.

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Clear Capital

JULY 13, 2023

Through this integration, Clear Capital will deliver an improved user experience for mortgage lenders and loan officers ordering products that support appraisal modernization, such as Universal Data Collection (UDC ) , Desktop appraisals and Hybrid appraisals. To learn more about Encompass, visit [link].

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 13, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on non lender appraisals, liability, markets with few sales, Bias, unusual homes, mortgage origination A California Winery With a 91-Acre Vineyard for $12,995,000 Red Soles Winery, a 91-acre vineyard. August 9, 2023) — Mortgage applications decreased 3.1

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