Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2024

New American Funding (NAF) has snagged top Chicago loan officer Larry Steinway as it looks to grow its presence in the Chicagoland area. billion of loan volume in his nearly 30-year career, started at NAF on April 1 as its vice president producing area sales manager tasked with expanding the lender’s footprint in the Chicagoland area.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

“They’re a more forward-thinking broker, and there has been lots of activity with the HECM Tool, which is a software application that I developed. I started doing reverse mortgages in 2003, and started by originating both forward and reverse,” he said. But I have missed about 80% of it; 20% I might not miss.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Rebecca Anderson, senior vice president of strategic communications and public relations at loanDepot, wrote to HousingWire that the company “enjoys a long history of attracting and developing top-notch talent and “we thank Mosi for her many contributions to loanDepot and wish her the best in the next chapter of her career.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The new credit optimization platform will combine the best parts of the What-if Simulator and Wayfinder tools, giving mortgage professionals the power to reach more clients and close more loans. CreditXpert developed the platform to cut down loan filing timelines.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Over the years, Ive observed a glaring issue that stifles the growth and success of many mortgagecompanies: promoting top-producing loan officers into management roles without equipping them with the tools, training, or even determining whether they want to be leaders. Leadership, however,demands a shift to prioritizing team success.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

Open was founded in 2003 by Scott and Tana Gordon. Open, which laid off 25 loan officers with a monthly run rate of $5 million in production, will retain retail staff to close out the division’s pipeline. “Every single loan officer has been paid per their compensation agreement. In June, the U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2022

The most recent layoff came on Tuesday when the California-based lender eliminated several hundred positions, including loan officers, mortgage underwriters, processors and training specialists, multiple former employees said.

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