Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2024

Dallas -based Certainty Home Lending , an affiliate of Guaranteed Rate , named Shadi Kamran as its new national business development executive. Headquartered in Chicago , Guaranteed Rate Companies is the second-largest retail mortgage lender in the U.S., Certainty Home Lending operates under the umbrella of Guaranteed Rate.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2024

The reverse mortgage industry already knew that Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsement volume in 2023 was cut nearly in half compared to 2022, but new data shows that the decline was not the same between the retail and wholesale channels of the business. The pullback in retail was not as severe as the one in wholesale.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2022

Jim Linnane, the former head of retail at Stearns Lending , has joined Flagstar Bank as the president of the company’s distributed retail mortgage division. “We’re excited to have him on board and look for positive developments with Jim at the helm of Flagstar’s distributed retail operation.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2022

The company announced on Wednesday that Bryan Wright will be the vice president of national sales and Cyndi Garza, the vice president of national business development, a new position created in the company. Meanwhile, Steve Runnels will hold the role of vice president of retail sales, east division.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

The brokers were in agreement that recruiting talent and maintaining strong partnerships will be key to not only brand development, but a lasting foundation that will continue post-pandemic. “So We’re not out building a retail person’s name. I mean we’re talking up to 30 years,” Nichols said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2021

RoundPoint Mortgage has added three new senior executives to its management team, as it prepares to ramp up its retail operations. RoundPoint also added a new chief administrative officer, Joseph Gormley, who formerly held senior positions at the department Housing and Urban Development. Freedom is one of the country’s biggest lenders.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Weaker demand from the local community developers buying at auction suggests continued weakness in the retail housing market into early 2025 given that those local community developers are anticipating retail market conditions about six months into the future,” Daren Blomquist, vice president of market economics at Auction.com, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2021

mortgage sales , where he led distributed retail sales, direct to consumer sales, strategic market business development, community reinvestment strategy and sales support. retail banks. retail banking. retail banking. “As Citigroup named Brad Wayman as head of U.S mortgage after serving in the role since December.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2021

In a statement confirming the deal Tuesday afternoon, Guaranteed Rate said the acquisition of Stearns would enable a boost in retail loan originations and further scale its JV platform, while also developing “new multichannel capabilities.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2023

Guild Mortgage announced on Thursday the appointment of Lamont Watson as the company’s first vice president of diverse talent development. Improving talent development processes, including mentorship and career advancement opportunities, will be a key priority to attract and retain diverse talent, the company said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2023

New Jersey-based Homebridge Financial Services will lay off 139 employees in June, three months after the acquisition of its retail division by CMG Mortgage, Inc. In addition, the company’s CEO, Peter Norden, will act as executive advisor to CMG’s retail division to ensure a successful transition. mortgage lender by volume last year.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

OneTrust Home Loans , a direct competitor of Newrez’s retail mortgage business, conspired with James Hecht, former Newrez executive vice president for national retail lending, to orchestrate the termination of several Newrez executives and have them join OneTrust, according to the suit filed Feb. 21 in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2023

Buyer behavior on the Auction.com platform provides one of the best barometers of the retail housing market because the success and livelihood of these buyers depend heavily on them accurately anticipating what the retail market will look like in the next six to 12 months.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

Part of the strategy, she said, is to remain focused predominantly on the retail side of the business. “We We decided going forward that we’re going to focus 100% on retail ,” she said. “We We look for like-minded companies that have the same culture, because culture and leadership are key.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Candice McNaught has joined Planet Home Lending , a national mortgage lender, servicer, and asset manager, as senior vice president, business development and strategic initiatives for the distributed retail channel. Were excited to have her onboard as we continue to enhance Planets growth and strategic initiatives,Dubeck adds.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2022

HousingWire reported in 2021 that Stearns’ retail operations would be folded into Guaranteed Rate. Stearns had a sizable partnership business, led by Steve Stein, a more limited retail operation, and a wholesale channel that was the largest in the industry as recently as 2013, but had lost market share to UWM.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2024

properties sold at foreclosure auction, showed that this trend is being fueled by rising levels of inventory on the retail market. If the demand pullback continues into Q3, it would also foreshadow a slowdown in retail home price appreciation.” from May to June. On an annualized basis, five major U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Retail lender Movement Mortgage has invested $200 million to expand its nonprofit Movement Foundation , and to accelerate the development of its growing charter school network. Movement Foundation uses dividends from the mortgage company for affordable housing and related projects to support community stability through homeownership.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2023

A look back: The early 2023 housing slowdown Bidding behavior on the Auction.com platform provides one of the best barometers of the retail housing market because the success and livelihood of these bidders depends heavily on them accurately anticipating what the retail market will look like in the next six months.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2023

The company has used the cash to acquire new businesses, such as the indie retail lender Mortgage Network and the brokerage Superior Rate Mortgage of New England. It’s a more entrepreneurial style, but compensation follows the traditional model at retail lenders.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Online retail lender loanDepot raised just $54 million by offering 3.9 LoanDepot, the second-largest retail-focused IMB in the country, had initially planned to raise about $362.5 But it noted that its retail strategy is more developed. million by selling 17 million shares at $21 in an IPO.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

In February, it announced the hiring of James Hecht , former head of production and executive vice president for national retail lending at Newrez , as its CEO. Potempa brought his team of 38 professionals — including processors, business development staff, support staff and about 15 loan officers — to E Mortgage on March 25.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Before that, Bergjans spent eight years at Caliber Home Loans , including stints as national director of military and veteran lending and as head of retail business development. The company also appointed Nancy Smith to lead its Colorado and Wyoming branches as regional vice president of in-market retail.

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Inman

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Dan Hanson, the former head of loanDepot's retail division, will develop "new revenue-generating opportunities" as the mortgage lender's executive director of enterprise partnerships and acquisitions.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

1, 2023, the jointly development Uniform Property Dataset (UPD) for the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) became active and included a data standard for condos, according to the Selling Guide. This new dataset will replace our proprietary data standard on April 1, 2024.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2023

Movement, which focuses on the distributed retail channel, was the 15th largest U.S. HousingWire reported that the Sacramento-based lender instituted a round of layoffs in late November 2022, affecting 72 employees , per a document filed with the state’s Employment Development Department. The company originated $4.1

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2024

Those areas that I’m now developing I grew up in. I remember what it’s like to have slumlords,” said Jermaine Morgan, a Columbus, Georgia-based local community developer who purchases distressed property at auction. “I Collectively, local community developers like Jermaine significantly impact neighborhood stabilization nationwide.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2021

HousingWire recently sat down with Insellerate CEO Josh Friend to discuss that very question and what strategies retail lenders should look to adopt from direct-to-consumer lending. HW: What are some strategies that retail lenders should look at adopting from direct-to-consumer lending?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

Software development company Blue Sage Solutions has launched a new servicing platform that merges loan origination and servicing functions using API-based technology.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2022

Founded in 2000, Guaranteed Rate sought to boost retail loan originations, scale its JV platform, and develop new multichannel capabilities by acquiring Stearns. After the deal, HousingWire reported that Stearns’ retail operations was folded into Guaranteed Rate.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

Casey Crawford , a former pro football player, founded distributed retail nonbank Movement Mortgage in 2008, with a network of loan officers in more than 650 branches and more than 4,000 employees. . The company was first established in the New England region in Rhode Island.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

San Diego-based Smartfi Home Loans , which is primarily active as a wholesale lender in the reverse mortgage space and is actively building a retail division that offers reverse mortgage products, has hired industry veteran Martin Lenoir as its new chief marketing officer. Lenoir left AAG in late 2023 and observed its acquisition from afar.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In August 2021, Citi hired Liz Bryant as head of retail mortgage sales directly from Wells Fargo , the top depositary bank by origination volume in the U.S. . Beginning late last year, Bryant was tasked with reorganizing Citi Mortgage, in an effort to better align with Citi’s retail banking division. JPMorgan Chase and U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2022

In his new role, Hogle will manage the firm’s retail operations, overseeing growth and development of retail sales and the production network, while supporting the firm’s business channels. Hogle said he’s “delighted and honored” to join Cherry Creek’s “thriving retail organization.”.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2022

South Carolina-based Movement Mortgage has hired two executives away from rival Fairway Independent Mortgage to boost the growth and development of its distributed retail sales team. The nonbank lender named the 34-year veteran Sarah Middleton to the new position of chief growth officer to attract, onboard and develop sales leaders.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Founded in 1970, UHM is a full-service retail, wholesale and consumer-direct independent mortgage banking company. The companies said the acquisition brings together two leading USDA rural development lenders in the Midwest. The lender originated $4.68 The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2021

Retail Branch Manager. SVP, Agent Engagement & Development. EVP, Retail Lending. VP of Product Development. See below for HousingWire’s 2021 list of Rising Stars, and click through for full profiles on each winner that detail their impressive accomplishments. Company Name. Adam Greene. Sierra Pacific Mortgage.

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