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Loan officers are dramatically cutting their pay to win clients. It’s often illegal. 

Housing Wire

Mortgage rates had climbed close to the 7% range and he was determined to remain competitive on pricing with rival loan officers in North Carolina. After Mike paid his loan officer assistant, he was clearing just 40 bps. The lower comp rate stung. Still, it was better than nothing.

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“Last night, my Uber driver was a loan officer.”

Housing Wire

Garth Graham, senior partner and manager of merger and acquisition activities for the Stratmor Group , said many of the layoffs in the IMB industry so far have involved employees working in support positions, with loan officer jobs being the last to be jettisoned. Charting the loan officer exit.

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John Cornish explains scaling beyond $40 million in mortgage sales volume

Housing Wire

In a new episode of “The Loan Officer Podcast,” host Dustin Owen chats with John Cornish of Iowa-based Key Mortgage Group about his path into the industry, tips for scaling a mortgage lending business and how to avoid stagnation as a loan originator. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. It was over 100 units.

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Movement Mortgage names Steve Smith president and CFO

Housing Wire

Smith will lead teams across sales, operations, finance, servicing and corporate functions at the South Carolina-based mortgage lender that originated about $16 billion in mortgage loans from January to September, up 2.7% compared to the same period last year, according to Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF). The announcement was made Wednesday.

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Mortgage rates climb as US yields hit highest level since 2008

Housing Wire

bond yields hit their highest level since 2008. At Mortgage News Daily on Thursday morning, the 30-year fixed rate for conventional loans was 7.34%, up 29 basis points from the previous week. Several mortgage loan officers told HousingWire they were quoting rates between 7.2% on Wednesday. In early August, the U.S.

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Economic jitters are stressing out LOs and their clients

Housing Wire

“On the client end, they’re seeing the news and understanding the situation pretty well,” the NEXA Mortgage senior loan officer said. “I worked through the crash of 2008; Today is nothing like that, by the way. Jordan Bernbaum has been feeling anxious these last few weeks.

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Movement sues Summit, former veteran sales executives for poaching

Housing Wire

According to the lawsuit, Pennington joined Movement in May 2008 and became the lender’s national sales director until he moved to Summit as a divisional leader in Charlotte in July. At Movement, they were responsible for overseeing, recruiting and maintaining loan officers, the lawsuit states. Shelton declined to comment.