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Kind Lending hires Tammy Richards as COO

Housing Wire

Mortgage lender Kind Lending has hired Tammy Richards , who previously held positions at Bank of America , Caliber Home Loans and loanDepot , as its chief operating officer. Tammy is stepping in with Kind Lending to handle some of their strategic initiatives and she is partnering with them to help grow their vision.

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Stearns Lending to lay off 348 workers

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Stearns Lending will lay off 348 workers following the decision by Guaranteed Rate earlier this month to discontinue operations of its third-party wholesale channel. Founded in 2000, Guaranteed Rate sought to boost retail loan originations, scale its JV platform, and develop new multichannel capabilities by acquiring Stearns.

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Cadence Bank reaches settlement with DOJ over redlining

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Cadence Bancorporation , parent of Cadence Bank, reached separate settlements with the Department of Justice and the Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency totaling over $8.5 Mortgage lending in the Houston area accounts for approximately 40% of the company’s total home mortgage business, the DOJ said.

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AIME names Jonathon Haddad as new CEO and chairman

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Jonathon Haddad, president of Next Door Lending , will replace Katie Sweeney as the chairman and CEO of the Association of Independent Mortgage Experts (AIME). Haddad joined the channel in 2020 at Next Door Lending, where he transitioned from vice president to managing partner and president. He left Rocket in the beginning of 2019.

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Guaranteed Rate closes Stearns wholesale channel

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Chicago-based Guaranteed Rate will discontinue its third-party wholesale channel, Stearns Wholesale Lending , just one year after it acquired the multichannel lender. In acquiring Stearns, the company sought to boost retail loan originations, scale its JV platform, and develop new multichannel capabilities.

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The fight to standardize educational training for LOs

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The raison d’etre is the same whether you work as a mortgage loan officer at a depository bank or an independent mortgage bank – originate a purchase mortgage or refinancing for a client. Loan officers working for depository banks are not bound by the same requirements. HMDA, Fair Lending etc.,”

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SimpleNexus secures $108 million in Series B funding round

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The platform allows loan officers to become “mobile originators,” using their smartphones to view applications, pull credit reports and oversee all aspects of the loan process while connecting in real-time to their LOS. billion.