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LodeStar integrates with Stewart

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As a result, we’re bringing greater clarity to the process for consumers and professionals alike, and empowering loan officers and lenders to redirect their human resources away from manual tasks like researching closing fees and toward more complex functions like marketing, sales and customer service.”.

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Pennymac plans to lay off another 207 employees

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Pink slips will arrive for California employees at six offices in Thousand Oaks, Pasadena, Roseville, Westlake Village, Agoura Hills, and Moorpark. The latest round of WARN notices will impact 59 loan officers in the Thousand Oaks, Pasadena, and Roseville offices.

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Michael Saleh leaves Rocket to launch brokerage firm Zoom Home Lending

Housing Wire

Another Zoom co-founder is Robert Lee Turfe, who comes from General Motors and leads areas such as marketing and human resources. His team at Zoom Home Lending currently has about 20 loan officers, but he is targeting 100 in the company’s first year of business. “Rocket went public and the times have changed.

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Lone Peak Lending joins Panorama Mortgage Group

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“We are well positioned to educate consumers about the loan process and help them overcome whatever challenges that may arise. Panorama offers platforms for human resources, finance, technology, legal and compliance services to its group of lenders.

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Texana Bank to trim workforce in California

Housing Wire

Lauren Witherspoon, director of human resources, wrote: “Circumstances will force Texana Bank to conduct layoffs,” taking place Sept. The layoffs include loan officers, underwriters, processors, post-closing and secondary market staff. 5, according to the document reviewed by HousingWire.

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First Savings Bank to cut 100-plus mortgage jobs across multiple states

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“First Savings Bank has planned a layoff in which a significant portion of impacted employees are considered remote or virtual employees in multiple states,” Julie Bleich, senior vice president and human resources director, wrote to the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity in Michigan on Sept. Its volume declined from $1.1

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Top-producing Draper and Kramer LOs spurn NAF

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Most of last year’s top-producing loan officers at Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corp. Compensation According to a letter the DKMC human resources department sent in late January to sales staff that declined to join NAF, originators will receive compensation for any products funded within 30 days.