Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

Tech-fueled retail mortgage lender InstaMortgage has merged with mortgage broker shop All Cal Financial , a rare example of a top-performing brokerage switching channels. As part of the merger, Jim Black, the founder of All Cal, will become chief lending officer of InstaMortgage. That means that they get more product options.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Banks have tightened lending standards for most categories of residential real estate (RRE) loans and home equity lines of credit (HELOC) over the third quarter of 2023. The survey, fielded quarterly by the central bank, asks loan officers about topics such as changes in lending terms as well as household demand for loans.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Connelly, who previously worked at Citigroup , and Aronovitch, who previously worked at Taylor Morrison Home Corporation , bring decades of combined real estate expertise. Planet Home Lending rounds out this week’s People Mover announcements, tapping Michele Kryczkowski as senior vice president, national fulfillment.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2020

For the last 16 years, the brokerage ranked as Northern Nevada’s highest-producing real estate office by agent activity. Planet Home Lending has promoted four people to vice president positions, supporting the company’s continual growth. Gibbons has been with Planet Home Lending since September 2019.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2023

Connecticut-based lender and servicer Planet Home Lending has acquired the assets of Illinois-based retail lender Platinum Home Mortgage Corporation. We look to acquire right-sized, financially solid distributed retail companies.” The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2021

Citadel Servicing Corporation (CSC) , one of the country’s largest non-QM lenders , is rebranding as Acra Lending (Acra). Citadel resumed non-QM lending in the summer. ” Doug Perry, Citadel’s managing director of wholesale and retail, said the company expects to fine-tune its plan as the country recovers from the virus.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The nation’s top loan officer Shant Banosian joined the board of directors at Healing Realty Trust , a healthcare-focused real estate investment company. As we continue to grow our portfolio, we’ll use equity as well as debt … a lot of the banks that he works with also do commercial lending. That’ll be a big part.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

banks to fail in the coming months because of declining values and defaults in their commercial real estate loan portfolios. We have identified the banks that have high commercial real estate concentrations, particularly office and retail and other [property types] that have been affected a lot,” Powell said. “We

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2024

Devon Bevis Senior Vice President Correspondent & Co-Issue Sales Mr. Cooper Dionna Hall Chief Executive Officer Broward, Palm Beaches & St.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In fact, the changes we’ve seen since the advent of the global pandemic are significant enough to serve as a catalyst that will drive all lending digital. The trends and lending requirements I’ve highlighted below became important long before the coronavirus made it to the U.S. Peering into the future of lending.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2022

Lenders One Cooperative announced on Monday that it has struck a deal to lease retail space in Walmart stores to sell mortgage products and services. ” Walmart isn’t the first warehouse-style retailer to offer mortgage products on location. Members can order and receive cooperative solutions without human intervention. .

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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. mortgage sales, Wayman was a division lending executive on the East Coast, which includes the New York, New Jersey and North East Suburban markets. retail banks.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke with Desmond Smith , chief growth officer at United Wholesale Mortgage , about the role that wholesale lending plays in the mortgage ecosystem and common myths and misconceptions about becoming an independent mortgage broker. HousingWire: What role has wholesale lending historically played in the mortgage ecosystem?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

. “I’d like to do another one [deal], but if we can find a good company — it’s hard to find — and we will pay the owner a premium,” Snyder said in an interview last week during The Gathering, HousingWire ‘s real estate and mortgages conference held in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 30, 2024

Blankenship has spent over 15 years working in real estate and mortgage lending, while Leslie has spent the same amount of time honing his craft in real estate and new construction as the owner of RE/MAX Legacy Realty and Designer Homes in Fargo.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

CMG Home Loans , the retail lending division of CMG Financial , has its eyes on growing its dedicated reverse mortgage segment. The desire to expand that side of the business stems from its longstanding “bread and butter,” which is referral relationships with licensed real estate agents, Kirksey explained.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

When the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to zero on March 15, 2020 and set off an extraordinary real estate boom, Rocket Mortgage was ready. 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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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2024

FDIC ) in March 2023, has faced a confidence crisis related to its commercial real estate portfolio. To improve its capital and liquidity position, it also sold $5 billion in warehouse mortgages to JPMorgan Chase Bank , resulting in its exit from the mortgage warehouse lending space.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Real estate investment trust Rithm Capital , the parent of multichannel lender Newrez , has agreed to issue a one-year loan, purchase common stock and become the external manager of its peer Great Ajax Corp. New York-based Rithm Capital engaged in acquisitions last year to become a global asset manager focused on real estate.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Head of Neighborhood and Community Lending. Chief Real Estate Officer. United Real Estate Group. Senior Executive Vice President, President of Residential Servicing and Correspondent Lending. Supreme Lending. Head of Home Lending. Coldwell Banker Real Estate. Planet Home Lending.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

From leading mortgage companies and real estate firms to spearheading groundbreaking initiatives and driving policy reforms, these honorees are making an indelible impact on housing.

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Simonson Real Estate

AUGUST 24, 2020

We do so by attending commercial real estate events to gain insight and stay up-to-date on the current market trends. On August 14, 2020, the Minnesota Real Estate Journal held the 13th Annual Capital Markets Summit at the Radisson Blue Mall of America Hotel. Bank, John Rent of Wells Fargo and Scott Swenson of Drake Bank.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2021

Fred Bolstad, executive vice president of retail lending at U.S. He leads both retail sales and operations, a channel that originated over $47 billion in 2020. Bank Home Mortgage , will speak on a panel titled What Mortgage Tech is Solving Now at HousingWire’s Spring Summit on March 4.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The first Walmart -based in-store branch from retail mortgage cooperative Lenders One opened this week in Newton, New Jersey. Family First Funding , a Toms River, New Jersey-based retail lender, opened a branch in the Walmart in Newton on Monday, Lenders One said in a statement. Family First, which has done about $1.9

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Stavvy , a fintech company at the intersection of lending and real estate, on Wednesday announced partnering with Guaranteed Rate , one of America’s largest nonbanks. The announcement comes shortly after Guaranteed Rate walked away from talks to acquire Finance of America ’s forward mortgage retail channel.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2023

Encompass Lending Group , a subsidiary of real-estate services platform Fathom Holdings, has acquired Austin, Texas-based Elite Financing Group, the company announced Thursday. Encompass Lending Group, with 11 active branches in seven states and Washington, D.C., Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Insellerate Modern CRM, Engagement & Customer Intelligence Platform Insellerate helps loan officers close more loans with our award-winning modern CRM, Lead Management, and Engagement platform, which handles all your lending channels, retail, wholesale, TPO, Consumer Direct, and Reverse.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Name Job Title Company Name Aaron Kardell Vice President of Product Lone Wolf Technologies Aayaam Kapoor Vice President of Product and Agency Real Estate Webmasters Amaly Quiroz Vice President of Transaction Operations eXp Realty Amy Gorce CEO REdistribute Andrew Binkley President Constellation Real Estate Group Ankur Bansal President of HomeLight (..)

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 20, 2024

The new office, Motto Mortgage INVICTUS, is headed by Navy Veteran Jaren Woeppel , who has over a decade of experience in real estate and private lending. Motto Mortgage has announced the opening of its latest franchise in Saint Augustine, Fla.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Axis has lending and title academies, with an origination academy set to launch in the spring of 2024. The initial 30 days establish a foundational understanding of mortgage lending concepts. He expects hiring to pick up again on the lending side in the third quarter of 2024. But some are completely fresh to the field.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Both companies generated most of their origination volume through the retail channel. It operates an online consumer-direct channel, an offline retail channel, and a third-party origination platform servicing brokers and other fintechs. The deal’s goal was to expand into areas lacking a brick-and-mortar presence.

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Mortgage Retail Loan Officers Finance 441

Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2023

Columbus, Ohio-headquartered lender Lower rolled out mortgage as a service platform that enables consumer finance, banking and real estate companies to offer its mortgage products. . Wagner will be responsible for helping Lower’s partners develop their business strategy in the home lending space, Synder said. population.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Larry Steinway, former senior vice president of lending and branch manager at Illinois-based Guaranteed Rate , has taken on a new challenge to expand the Ohio-based Revolution Mortgage footprint in the Chicagoland market. It’s a different approach to lending. He was the fourth mortgage loan originator to join Guaranteed Rate in 2000.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2022

billion to settle multiple consent orders related to automobile lending, consumer deposit accounts and mortgage lending with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). . Wells Fargo , the largest depository mortgage lender in America, has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $1.7

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

Consolidation in the mortgage industry is likely in 2022, analysts and lending executives said. 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. It just has not gone well.”.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2022

Texas lender Mid America Mortgage rebranded as Click n’ Close to expand into the mortgage technology industry following the sale of the majority of its retail lending operations. Click n’ Close will retain retail operations related to its reverse mortgage and lending business for Native Americans, the company said Monday.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2022

Mark Spain Real Estate. Anywhere Real Estate. First Vice President, Marketing, Retail Lending. properties and Christie’s International Real Estate. Angel Oak Lending. Company Name. Bradley Nelson. Sotheby’s International Realty. Alan Parris. VP, Marketing & Growth. Alisha Burdette.

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