Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2025

Our new platform brings unprecedented speed and certainty to home financing, helping loan officers and their clients win more deals. zavvie said that HomeFAI adoption has surged 155% year over year, with 83% of loan officers switching to the new app that’s available in all 50 states.

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Finance Loan Officers Real Estate Agent Modernization 201

Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

The company recently launched a mortgage brokerage firm that offers a plug-and-play program for real estate agents to become mortgage loan officers, a practice called dual licensing. of the loan amount, with a $5,000 cap, which adds to the typical buyer-side agent commission of up to 3%.

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Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Real Estate Agents 488

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. The past year has exposed a need for richer collaboration tools and better data that bring consumers, agents and loan officers together in one system to minimize work and increase transparency for everyone involved.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Loan Officers 365

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Real estate agents are facing a contracting issue that could seriously upend the traditional housing landscape. The true value of a buyer agent lies in their negotiating skills and existing relationships with listing agents. Most successful loan officers get their business from buyer agent referrals.

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Buyers Agents Real Estate Agent Loan Officers 482

Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2025

Good loan officers are what will help our business grow in a big way, and we try to support our loan officers in a way that they can generate their own business and not become reliant on leads. said that connecting with borrowers in a substantive way begins with the salesperson they first come into contact with.

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Clients Mortgage Loan Officers Real Estate Agent 368

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Top 10 mortgage lender and servicer Newrez is partnering with Newzip , a tech-enabled real estate platform, to roll out a program aimed to save buyers and sellers on credit costs. Dubbed Newrez Home Rewards, buyers will be matched with a real estate agent who works with Newzip and provided booking services.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Loan Officers Agents 448

Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

Guaranteed Rate has introduced a new feature that allows sellers working with a G-Rate loan officer to pay a fee that locks in a permanently discounted mortgage rate for a buyer. The real estate agent works with the seller and a Guaranteed Rate loan officer to pay a fee and lock in the discounted rate for a buyer.

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Sellers Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Mortgage 459

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The relationship between a loan officer and a real estate agent is one of the most important pieces of the puzzle, as the two must combine forces to help borrowers achieve their goal of buying a home. And, clients will be happier with the experience.

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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Agents 458

Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2023

Roberts and thousands of other loan officers across the country continue to be hampered by a serious inventory shortage , which results in heavy competition for fewer deals. Niche loans consist of about 5% of Parkinson’s business. “It’s What we’re seeing is just increased competition over every deal.

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Loan Officers Mortgage Inventory Clients 418

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In a recent episode of “The Loan Officer Podcast,” host Dustin Owen and guest John Coleman explore key tips that all aspiring real estate agents should know when navigating mortgage financing for a potential client.

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Finance Agents Mortgage Loan Officers 445

Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

A differentiating factor of our tech is that lots of point of sale systems are built to faciitate loan officers with the business they already have. While we do that, we’re also focused on driving new business — from new clients but also from the relationships they already have. It’s almost farm-to-table programming.

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Loan Officers Real Estate Agent Agents Technology 448

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The savvy real estate agents and loan officers see this not a crisis but a golden opportunity. This is a call to arms for real estate agents and loan officers ready to seize the day. Your clients need a guide, and you are poised to be that guiding light.

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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Clients 353

Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

“As you talk to more people across all aspects of our business, from the loan officers to the consumer to real estate agents, everybody is eagerly excited for what’s coming,” Sheinin said. This brought up the timeline to refinance sooner as rates for a 15-year mortgage are lower.

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Business Mortgage Loan Officers Clients 468

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

After completing countless Veterans Administration (VA) mortgage loan transactions over the years, Chris Pascoe, a Marine veteran turned RE/MAX agent, has developed something of a system. First, he has his clients lender call the listing agent. More education is really the only way to improve this situation.”.

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Clients Agents Buyers Sellers 418

Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2024

The bridge loan estimate is being integrated into the lender’s workflow through an Encompass plugin. NFM loan officers will be automatically notified when a homeowner can tap into the equity of their current home to buy a new one before selling.

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Lending Loan Officers Real Estate Agent Real Estate 448

Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2025

The company said about 40 independent brokerages with about 2,200 agents in total joined under these terms. Real also added head count to its nascent mortgage business. It started 2024 with 18 loan officers and finished the year with about 90. This allowed the company to grow its mortgage revenue from $1.2

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Brokerage Agents Loan Officers Business 370

Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2023

“The 5% market’s a healthy market,” said Anna Ruotolo, branch manager and senior loan officer at Synergy One Lending. “A These hopes for a declining rate have many loan officers feeling optimistic about 2023’s business prospects after experiencing lower volumes last year. A 5% market will be good. Make a plan.

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Loan Officers Marketing Real Estate Agent Real Estate 434

Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

Largely hidden from view and misperceived by some to be on the lower end of the hierarchy of service providers, the position seemingly lacked the luster of the real estate agent or the panache of the loan officer. Is it having a happy client who will be a great reference? This is how they make that happen.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Project Management Agents 429

Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2023

Homebot , a home education portal that keeps people connected to their loan officers and real estate agents, acquired Quo Finance , a mobile app for first-time homebuyers. Quo’s team, led by co-founders Tucker Hass and Neel Yerneni, will join Homebot. Quo raised $7.2

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Finance Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Legal 395

Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2023

The goal of the new BPD AI Assistant is to improve customer satisfaction, lead generation, and operational efficiency for Big Purple Dot’s clients using AI-powered technology , the company said. The integration is currently available for all Big Purple Dot clients, including beta clients on the BPD Recruit platform, the company said.

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Real Estate Agent Clients Real Estate Loan Officers 418

Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2021

Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. These clients have either made money in cryptocurrency and are spending it on a home, the agent explained, or see the rapidly escalating real estate market as another hot investment.

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Housing Market Real Estate Agent Marketing Real Estate 397

Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

Because of an apparent error made by staff at ICE Mortgage Technology ‘s Surefire customer relationship management (CRM) platform, more than 600,000 emails and texts were sent without permission to real estate agents, business partners and past clients of loan officers around the country.

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Clients Real Estate Agent Technology Loan Officers 446

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

“This unique technology will help our clients reduce costs, which is especially important today as verification-related fees increased significantly in the past three years,” said Sofia Rossato, Floify’s president and general manager.

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Technology Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Clients 435

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Borrowers, loan officers, and the corresponding processors and underwriters are often working on entirely different systems. The platform is loan origination system-agnostic and is designed to deliver value to both borrowers and lenders–”from the point of thought of buying a house to the point of owning a home.” .

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Loan Officers Architecture Real Estate Agent Clients 391

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The lender has about 80 loan officers and aims to hire up to 100 in states. Cliffco’s proprietary CRM platform enables loan officers to break away from being heavily dependent on real estate agents for referrals. But the client gets to benefit from that.”

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Loan Officers Agents Retail Technology 418

Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2023

Rocket Mortgage is looking to hire local loan officers at a time when mortgage rates are high and the industry remains heavily reliant on the purchase market. According to Rocket’s job post, the loan officer position is remote and requires a minimum of three years of experience in mortgage loan origination.

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Loan Officers Mortgage Retail Real Estate Agent 368

Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

Though its overall mortgage strategy has apparently not changed, Rocket Mortgage is undoubtedly ramping up its initiative to hire local loan officers to win purchase business. Kostegian’s comments offer insight into the scope of Rocket’s remote local loan officer program. I know Rocket Homes has been happy to see it.

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Loan Officers Mortgage Real Estate Agent Real Estate 370

Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2023

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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Lending Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Retail 418

Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2021

Buyside helps real estate agents and loan officers engage homeowners with not just home value tools but also branded wealth optimization tips on their home’s equity so homeowners can now truly view their home as an asset. For more information, visit getbuyside.com or email sales@getbuyside.com.

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Valuation Real Estate Agent Real Estate Clients 405

Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2021

Rapidly accelerating home prices come with a variety of challenges for lenders and real estate agents, including one of the biggest pain points right now — the appraisal gap. Garrett said aside from cash buyers, he also has clients who have money to offset any appraisal gap. In fact, Austin has just about 1.2

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Housing Market Buyers Marketing Real Estate Agent 535

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

For most real estate agents, working with a reliable lending partner is essential to a smooth and successful transaction. That partnership is everything,” Amy Breach, a Seattle-based Keller Williams agent, told HousingWire in late 2022. Attorneys, Realtors and clients are a big part of our repeat business.”

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Buyers Agents Loan Officers Real Estate 418

Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

2 However, these potential clients will also face challenges — namely market volatility, unpredictable interest rates and limited purchasing power due to increasing debt. That’s where reverse purchase financing comes into play, the funding option specifically designed for older Americans. “We

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Finance Real Estate Agent Real Estate Insurance 482

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The second stage was pioneered by real estate agents that saw how hard the consumer experience was first-hand, so they created the PowerBuyer model to address those issues with less cost relative to iBuyers. It also arms the borrower’s real estate agent with a more powerful offer to win their client’s next property.

Buyers 448

Buyers Loan Officers Real Estate Agent Agents 448

Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Its centralized call center business model, which Rocket relied upon to dominate an unprecedented refi market , isn’t as durable when interest rates are high, there are few refi opportunities and having strong relationships with real estate agents is what brings home the bacon. And Rocket is well aware.

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Loan Officers Retail Real Estate Agent Real Estate 370

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Erica Davis, Guild Mortgage loan originator and home buyer. Rocket Mortgage has also launched a lender-funded 1-0 rate buydown, dubbed the “inflation buster” program, as well as a seller- or real estate agent-funded 1-0 rate buydown from its wholesale arm Rocket Pro TPO.

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Buyers Marketing Sellers Loan Officers 493

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2022

With a huge increase in remote work and his core group of clients buying homes across the country – whether it be vacation homes, more affordable areas, or for new work opportunities – Banosian was at risk of losing clients when they went to states his team wasn’t operating in. “As Or will soon.

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Housing Market Marketing Real Estate Agent Real Estate 529

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2022

” Our real estate agent and mortgage lending partners experience a strong ROI, generating leads by engaging with consumers through unique and compelling information based on data. HW: How can real estate agents and loan officers collaborate to foster strong relationships with clients despite rising rates?

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Housing Market Real Estate Agent Marketing Real Estate 397