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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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Texana Bank to trim workforce in California

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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. The lender’s guide to surviving this mortgage market.

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Michael Saleh leaves Rocket to launch brokerage firm Zoom Home Lending

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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.

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DOL accuses PrimeLending of violating whistleblower provisions

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According to the DOL, the company terminated two California-based employees after they reported to a regional manager and the vice president of Human Resources that a branch manager pressured them to pass on fees to loan applicants caused by internal processing delays. mortgage lender in 2023.

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As the market shifts to purchase, LOs get creative

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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. I have my own booth at the festival,” said Naumovych. It has been very, very slow,” said Davis. “I

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

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News of the plans come as political instability and a strong job market push mortgage rates closer to 8%. First Savings Bank, controlled by First Savings Financial Group, originated about $200 million in mortgage loans over the last 12 months, per the mortgage tech platform Modex. Its volume declined from $1.1

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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. this year from 1.6%, according to Jones.