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.

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Finance Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Legal 317

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 408

Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

With the deal, Movement adds the brokerage’s more than $400 million in annual sales volume and 48 employees, including loans officers, support staff and executive members, to serve homebuyers and real estate agents in the Greater Boston Area. . billion in the area, the company said. . Movement originated $13.7

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Brokerage Mortgage Loan Officers Real Estate Agent 497

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. This has heightened the need for digital tools for marketing, viewing, financing and closing on home purchases. HW: What steps in the real estate transaction could benefit from further digitalization?

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Loan Officers 273

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 433

Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

These housing professionals have been gaming out the potential impact on buyers’ agents – a significant source of referrals. Loan officers and mortgage executives expect home sellers and homebuyers to negotiate more aggressively on commission paid to buyer agents, potentially bringing costs down.

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Buyers Agents Mortgage Real Estate Agent 514

Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2023

Longbridge Financial, LLC, (NMLS #957935) believes that the answer to this dilemma is the HECM/Reverse for Purchase financing option. Most real estate agents, builders and potential customers have no idea that this financing option exists to purchase homes,” he said. Why is this market underserved?

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Loan Officers Real Estate Agent Real Estate Finance 399

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 413

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. The mortgage process involves many moving pieces and relationships with a variety of stakeholders.

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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Agents 379

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Then, we have all the traditional financing options, including jumbo.” ” PRMG offers a comprehensive range of mortgage products, including conventional, FHA, VA, USDA and jumbo loans. ” Amid the challenging landscape, Guerin, from New Jersey-based AFR, said the company doubled its efforts to do more renovation loans.

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Mortgage Real Estate Agent Renovations Finance 491

Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2022

Redfin completed its acquisition of Bay Equity Home Loans , paying $137.8 million for the mortgage lending operation in its quest to provide customers “a one-stop shop” where they can buy, sell, rent and finance a home, according to a news release from the company. The purchase price “represents a $72.5 Presented by: 1000watt.

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Mortgage Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Agents 364

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

GLG is a Keller Williams Realty franchise group of residential real estate brokerages located in Georgia, servicing Alpharetta as Keller Williams Realty North Atlanta , Roswell as Keller Williams Realty Consultants , Peachtree Corners as Keller Williams Realty Chattahoochee North and surrounding metropolitan Atlanta areas.

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Real Estate Agent Mortgage Realty Loan Officers 405

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Shirley Gary of Ansley Christie’s Real Estate ranked first in the “Individual Real Estate Agents Sides” list. Meanwhile, Tracy Allen of Coldwell Banker Realty in Honolulu, ranked first in the “Individual Real Estate Agents Volume” list. She generated $200.92

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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Realty 358

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. The Detroit-based lender generated $22.3

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Loan Officers Mortgage Real Estate Agent Real Estate 336

Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

But more than 80% of Rocket’s volume during those years came from refinancings, data from Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF) showed. The lender made focused efforts to target the purchase market in 2021 and set up dedicated teams to cultivate relationships with real estate agents. And Rocket is well aware.

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Loan Officers Retail Real Estate Agent Real Estate 347

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. The lender and LO can make or break the transaction.”

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Buyers Agents Loan Officers Real Estate 398

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. Real estate agents and lenders are working together to try to get buyers into houses. In fact, Austin has just about 1.2

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Housing Market Buyers Marketing Real Estate Agent 535

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

In a recent episode of “The Loan Officer Podcast,“ hosts Dustin Owen and John Coleman sit down to expose common mortgage industry myths that can impact everyone from the media to recruiters and branch managers. Owen mentions recruiters who bash other lenders in an effort to sway loan officers into choosing them for employment.

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Mortgage Loan Officers Real Estate Agent Real Estate 353

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 289

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Buy before you sell’ (BBYS) products like The Trade-In Mortgage powered by Calque eliminate the stressors caused by financing contingencies. It also arms the borrower’s real estate agent with a more powerful offer to win their client’s next property. The original home is usually purchased at a discount.

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Buyers Loan Officers Real Estate Agent Agents 388

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Apart from selling produce that is popular in former Soviet countries, these stores represent a marketing opportunity for Alex Naumovych, a loan officer at Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corporation. However, Davis’ relationship with the agent turned sour and she has not yet been able to develop relationships with other agents.

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Marketing Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Advertising 406

Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2023

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued orders against Freedom Mortgage Corporation and Realty Connect USA Long Island for illegal kickbacks on Thursday, the first enforcement action associated with the 1974 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act in six years.

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Realty Mortgage Brokerage Real Estate 369

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Stevens, President at SRE.com, about the challenges mortgage loan officers and brokers face as the market continues to shift toward purchase money business and how human-assisted eCommerce can help them win more business. HousingWire recently spoke with John G. HousingWire: Why should referrals be a key part of originators’ strategies?

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Business Loan Officers Real Estate Agent Real Estate 342

Housing Wire

JUNE 22, 2023

The lender maintained their servicing portfolio, servicing about $1 billion of Fannie Mae , Freddie Mac and Ginne Mae loans. AmeriFirst will keep physical branches in 20 states, but under a new corporate model, no branch managers will make an override on the production of the loan officers they manage.

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Loan Officers Mortgage Real Estate Agent Business 320

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. Running the table in a real estate transaction is not for the faint of heart, nor for the passive.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Project Management Agents 329

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2022

“With the economics of cash-out refinance worsening amidst higher rates , homeowners are showing increased willingness to use home equity lines of credit (HELOC) and home equity loans to tap equity,” a Housing Finance Policy Center report states. Layoffs, LOs leaving the industry for good. Or will soon.

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Housing Market Marketing Real Estate Agent Real Estate 496

Housing Wire

JULY 4, 2024

Current market challenges The real estate market is currently characterized by a complex interplay of factors: Interest Rate Volatility: Fluctuating interest rates have made it difficult for potential buyers to predict the cost of financing a home.

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Real Estate Clients Finance Housing Market 438

Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2022

Real estate firm RE/MAX acquired Motto Mortgage in 2016 to create a “one-stop-shop” in which homebuyers can work with both a real estate agent to find a home and a Motto Mortgage loan originator to secure financing, according to RE/MAX.

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Marketing Real Estate Agent Lending Real Estate 390

Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2023

Other challenges selected by mortgage professionals were relationships with real estate agents at 8.4%; competitiveness of rate sheet and underwriting problems at 5.8%; lender stability at 3.9%; competitiveness of product offerings at 1.9%. a loan officer in Washington noted.

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Marketing Mortgage Loan Officers Real Estate Agent 326

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In his 20 years in mortgage banking, no year has compared to 2023 in terms of difficulty, said Ben Cohen, Guaranteed Rate ’s managing director and a top-producing loan officer. It was another brutal year, pushing loan originators to work longer hours, close loans faster while diversifying their mortgage product offerings.

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Business Mortgage Loan Officers Inventory 437

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Many loan officers have shifted their focus away from refinances in recent years, so a refresher is needed. “We We have taught loan officers how to redo loan refinances. MBA data shows that, in 2025, purchase loan production is expected to increase 30.8% Peranio’s message to loan officers?

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Mortgage Loan Officers Lending Real Estate Agent 365

Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

“Having the most up-to-date market information at your fingertips is crucial for lenders to effectively communicate and engage with consumers to help educate them on financing options available when purchasing a home,” said Josh Lehr , senior director of partnerships and industry technology at Total Expert.

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Real Estate Agent Technology Open Houses Loan Officers 292

Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

A seasoned retail and commercial banking salesman in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the 39-year-old Woodward joined Interfirst Mortgage as a loan officer in October 2020 after a recommendation from an old college friend. “I had not done first mortgage lending before, but I was familiar with the basics of real estate lending.

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Mortgage Marketing Retail Lending 526

Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

Pontiac, Michigan-based lender United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) Wednesday launched a new platform for independent mortgage brokers to access purchase leads, past clients and real estate agents — a move to entice and retain loan officers in a shrinking mortgage market.

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Mortgage Real Estate Agent Real Estate Clients 299

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2020

This means a completely updated, white-labeled and broker-branded origination hub that is not only beneficial for loan officers, but also their clients who will experience a more streamlined process with heightened transparency. HW: How does aligning with the Rocket brand create more synergy in your marketing campaigns?

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Loan Officers Real Estate Agent Technology Clients 313

Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 14, 2025

Adam Wiener is the new president of multi-channel, digital home finance company Lower. In 2007, he left Microsoft for Redfin, a technology-powered real-estate company, helping to lead the business through its IPO in 2017 and on to nearly $1 billion in revenue in 2023. As Lowers new president.

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Loan Officers Real Estate Agent Real Estate Technology 195

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 366