Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

As the housing market adjusts to rapidly tightening monetary policy, mortgage rates again surpassed 7%,” Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist, said in a statement. The housing market is the most interest-rate sensitive segment of the economy, and the impact rates have on homebuyers continues to evolve.

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Mortgage Loan Officers Lending Business 370

Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2022

There’s no question that 2022 has seen serious changes to the housing market. Between significantly fewer refinances, rising mortgage rates and housing inventory nearly cut in half since 2020, loan officers (LOs) and brokers face a pivotal time where adaptation is a must for success.

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Lending Investing Loan Officers Design 403

Genworth MI Blog

MAY 28, 2020

Remember when manufactured housing used to equate to mobile homes? Remember when loan officers avoided underwriting loans for manufactured housing for fear of low commissions, foreclosure risks, and the added complexities of underwriting those types of “unreliable” homes?

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Construction Loan Officers Training Lending 148

Genworth MI Blog

MAY 28, 2020

Remember when manufactured housing used to equate to mobile homes? Remember when loan officers avoided underwriting loans for manufactured housing for fear of low commissions, foreclosure risks, and the added complexities of underwriting those types of “unreliable” homes?

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Construction Loan Officers Training Lending 78

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

After nearly two years of trudging through a frozen housing market , the consensus among mortgage professionals is that the worst of it is over. Strategies for 2024 I’m heavily focused on recruiting , improving technology and marketing, empowering the loan officers — by giving them the same technology and marketing support.

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Mortgage Loan Officers Inventory Business 460

Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2022

As a driver of the economy, housing should be bolstered by: Non-bank lending institutions to lend in lower-income areas and to minorities in the same way that CRA provides for banks Reducing government-insured and guaranteed mortgage loan fees. Reducing government-insured and guaranteed mortgage loan fees.

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Insurance Construction Government Lending 388