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What a 15-year market share high means for the broker industry

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in Q4 2023, the highest number we’ve seen since 2009. Second, nearly 20,000 loan officers moved into the wholesale channel in 2023. Recent data from Inside Mortgage Finance shows a significant leap in broker market share, jumping to 24.3% The big question is, what caused this increase?

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Fairway, accused of redlining in Alabama, agrees to settle for $1.9M

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billion in home loan production. Fairway operates in the Birmingham area under the trade name MortgageBanc , which it acquired in 2009. In neighborhoods with Black populations of 80% or more, Fairway granted loans at less than one-eighth of the rate of its competitors. The company ranked No. 12 among the largest U.S.

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David Stevens, former FHA Commissioner and MBA President, has died

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Our thoughts and prayers are with Mary, his children, and the rest of his family.” A fierce advocate for the industry, Stevens became a loan officer in 1983 in Colorado, rising through the ranks of World Savings during a 16-year tenure. He added: “MBA and the entire industry will miss Dave’s voice, leadership, and friendship.

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Origins: From managing restaurants to reverse mortgage partnerships

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Humble beginnings Schmidt was working as a restaurant manager in the late 2000s, and in 2009 he caught wind of a potential opportunity from one of his employees. One of my employees said that her mother worked in doing some type of loans,” Schmidt said. “I I didn’t even know much about mortgages at the time; I was much younger.

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Rick Roque departs CrossCountry Mortgage to join Sierra Pacific 

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in 2009, joined CCM in December 2022 as corporate vice president of production strategy and strategic partnerships. According to the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System ( NMLS ), Sierra had 145 active loan officers and 50 branches as of Monday. Roque, who co-founded M&A and retail mortgage banking firm Menlo Co.

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How JVM Lending plans to expand without any loan originators

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The lender runs its business based on a “no-loan-officer” model in which all of its 45 employees are licensed and delegated to a specific role in closing a loan. Back in the 2007-2009 meltdown, we had loan officers with us at that time.

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Mortgage Coach, Polly team up amid a rapidly shrinking industry

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Mortgage Coach, founded in 2009 and based in California, offers an interactive borrower education platform that lets loan officers guide borrowers through a visual presentation of their loan options. The goal is to help drum up business for lenders during an extremely challenging time in the industry. .

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