Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2023

While launching an in-house mortgage lending operation has been a complex undertaking for many businesses, Lower says its new platform will allow partner companies to offer customers a full menu of home financing options and expand their lending footprint to more than 93% of the U.S. population. Lower originated $4.19

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

SVP, Retail Lending Analytics Manager. SVP, Retail. EVP, Training and Operational Support. Synergy One Lending. Executive, Customer Experience. Huruy Yohannes. AmeriHome Mortgage. Jacob Gibbs. VP, Technology. Mortgage Coach. Jo Ellen Bergstrom. VP, Data Acquisitions. Joe Dombrowski. John Aslanian. SimpleNexus.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2020

The company is seeking to fill positions in all four of its business channels – direct to consumer, JV/retail, wholesale and correspondent lending. The company’s virtual training programs are continuing to operate in support of employee culture, continuing education, and internal advancement.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2022

Presented by: Acra Lending. Godin relaunched the business in late 2019 as a lender focused on both wholesale and retail channels. Interfirst boasted of its ability to train people with no background in mortgage through a rigorous training course.

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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

MARCH 27, 2024

The company recently hired reverse mortgage industry veteran Ken Krajewski to serve as its managing director and head of reverse mortgage lending. Business alignment Krajewski most recently served as vice president and head of reverse mortgage lending at University Bank , and he joined US Mortgage earlier this month.

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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

JANUARY 10, 2024

Rapidly expanding Cleveland, Ohio-based CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM) has struck a deal to acquire the smaller retail mortgage lender AmCap Home Loans and bolster its operations in Texas. Leonhardt said that AmCap employees will participate in a two-week training program at CCM, with the integration expected to be complete in 45 to 60 days.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2020

Before he joined Home Point Financial, Hilzendeger was at Wells Fargo for 30 years, most recently with Wells Fargo Home Lending , where he led as head of Retail Operations, head of Servicing Operations, senior vice president of Default Services, and senior vice president of Real Estate Servicing.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Among those getting a pink slip are 49 loan officers, 10 national account managers, seven retail sales managers and seven transaction coordinators. To run the hub, the company hired Casey Nunn, a former Rocket Mortgage and Homepoint executive, as the vice president of wholesale lending. Chicago-based Interfirst Mortgage Co.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

in early 2021 as part of a larger plan to expand its origination reach beyond California — with the goal of creating a national lending footprint. . With the Castle acquisition and tech integration now completed, our intent is to lend nation nationwide in the non-QM market. We need to have footprint outside of [California]. “I’m

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Keeping that momentum going is a priority for Jesse Allen, who was recently announced as the president for Rate’s reverse lending division. Jesse Allen “Rate offers a comprehensive platform — we’re one of the top-ranked retail lenders in the industry,” Allen said of its forward lending side.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

We also continue to keep our eye on any disruption in the warehouse lending space and see as an area of potential focus headed into 2024. Our client development team spends a lot of time at conference forums and in retail branches educating loan officers. The key to success with non-QM is to choose a non-QM lending partner wisely.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2022

Wells Fargo , one of the nation’s largest banks, had at least 114 layoffs in its home lending business following a drop in revenue in that division in the first quarter of 2022. Wells Fargo: at least 114 employees in home lending. The bank’s revenues in the home lending business totaled $1.5 loanDepot: Unknown.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

The wholesale channel will continue to grow as more retail originators and borrowers learn the benefits of working with a mortgage broker. The company also offers both onsite and virtual Success Track training for loan officers, processors and broker owners.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2022

They also realize that if they don’t provide this experience, larger national retail lenders will. In addition to the momentum and the economics, digital lending just makes sense. Lenders realize the value of giving their customers the same kind of convenient digital experience that they receive in other aspects of their lives (e.g.,

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Interfirst Mortgage , the retail mortgage business he founded in 2001, had grown to $14.5 Godin made plans to relaunch the business in late 2019 as a tech-forward lender that originated loans across both wholesale and retail channels. In 2012, Dmitry Godin was seemingly on top of the world. 375% below the market.” Interfirst 3.0?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

To gain insight into how Rocket plans to strengthen its local presence to capture purchase volume, HousingWire spoke to more than a dozen former Rocket employees, current retail loan officers and mortgage brokers who have been contacted by Rocket recruiters to join its local initiative. So this isn’t brand new,” Kidwell noted.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2023

Mortgage compliance attorneys interviewed by HousingWire said the program, dubbed “Control Your Price,” raises potential areas of concern across three subjects: rules that govern loan officers’ compensation; fair lending; and unfair, deceptive and abusive acts and practices. ” According to Selden, the rule is clear.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2021

In Ishbia’s estimation, these two companies, which both have retail operations, are trying to cut the broker out of the mortgage equation. Rocket is training real estate agents to originate loans, and Fairway is trying to poach loan officers, he claims.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2022

As mortgage and capital markets become increasingly digital , most lenders, regardless of their lending strategy, will eventually need an eVault, because eVaults are a requirement for moving eNotes through the digital mortgage ecosystem. What’s your company’s lending footprint? within the mortgage ecosystem.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

This commitment includes increasing educational efforts through more training sessions, improved communications and personalized consultations with our borrowers,” Robinson said. This would go doubly in a more favorable rate environment. It is very important for lenders to make sure the cost to benefit makes sense for the borrower. “Our

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The data includes employees at parent companies and subsidiaries, in mortgage lending, servicing and other activities.) UWM, however, brings in people with no prior mortgage experience and provides extensive in-house training, according to chief strategy officer Alex Elezaj. We’ve been hiring, training and developing our people.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2022

The layoffs included closing managers, underwriter managers, processors, post closers, funders, and pipeline management positions who were in the retail channel, employees that were notified of their layoffs told HousingWire. “A Pink slips will arrive for affected employees on May 27 and no later than June 1.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2021

billion in the wholesale channel in 2020 (compared to about $62 billion in retail), lost roughly 5% of its broker clients to UWM, according to company executives. Then you might as well just go work for UWM retail. “My business is not designed to make my competitors like me, especially retail competitors,” he said.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 22, 2023

On June 1, Arizona-headquartered retail lender AmeriFirst Financial Inc. In its originations business, AmeriFirst kept its business purpose lending (BPL), providing four products, including debt-service coverage ratio (DSCR) loans, bridge financing, investor construction loans and residential transition loans (RTLs).

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2023

Defendants also said they had to attend mandatory training and tests without compensation. Defendants claim they were required to undergo extensive training “off-the-clock.” They were also tested daily for two to three months after the training period on practice or section tests. The lawsuit was filed on August 10 in a U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

I wanted a way to integrate [students] with these companies to be able to learn about the field and be trained properly to have entry-level jobs, Hoffman said. The announcement also noted that select classes will be led by industry practitioners from MBA member companies, including Success Mortgage Partners , Rocket Mortgage and NFM Lending.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

Husslein has nearly 30 years of experience in the mortgage lending industry, including 17 years at Shelter Mortgage (formerly Guaranty Bank). During her career at Waterstone Mortgage, Husslein has facilitated employee training, process improvement, and new vendor relationships across the organization.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The layoffs impacted both the retail and wholesale channel and their positions following a training period of overseas staff, according to multiple sources. According to one source with knowledge of the jobs cut decision, the positions on the Maryland and Iowa WARN notices included home lending roles and some other businesses.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

The company also provides extensive product, credit and technology training to ensure clients can take advantage of new product benefits and process enhancements. Keith Bilodeau brings over 39 years of national retail and wholesale mortgage management experience in production, operations and capital markets.

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Genworth MI Blog

MAY 28, 2020

In this article, I will challenge conventional stereotypes and encourage you to explore manufactured housing as an emerging lending opportunity, positioned ideally for those savvy enough to see with different eyes. Underwriter/risk training – examine whether your staff has sufficient awareness and training on manufactured housing.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2022

It may still be a ways down the track, but the engine powering the blockchain train is already rattling the tracks. And then further on down the line, open it up to other retail investors, but that depends on the regulations in place.”. CoreVest is Redwood’s business-purpose/investment-property lending and securitization affiliate.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

Garg: We’ve built one of the largest training data sets in the industry. So, it’s a very different process than a human entering and taking out data and then coming back to the consumer. Nunes: How do you review the data customers are providing for accuracy?

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Genworth MI Blog

MAY 28, 2020

In this article, I will challenge conventional stereotypes and encourage you to explore manufactured housing as an emerging lending opportunity, positioned ideally for those savvy enough to see with different eyes. Underwriter/risk training – examine whether your staff has sufficient awareness and training on manufactured housing.

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McKissock

APRIL 20, 2021

Receive basic training in contracts and how to price properties using comparative marketing analysis. Of members surveyed, only 5 percent reported that real estate was their first career; 17 percent had a previous career in management, business, finance, sales or retail. Set clear expectations upfront about your availability.

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Appraisal Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Many downtown mixed-use buildings (retail and apartments) are in my city. Never use a lending form (such as a 1004) for estate work. For non-lending work like estate work, you can use a good, protective engagement agreement. This differs from residential, where small independent appraisal companies do most of the training.

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