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 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. Recent growth has created the need for additional staff in many corporate areas as well such as information technology, business intelligence, marketing and many others.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

AI can also help close the gap with entry-level talent by reducing the amount of training needed to get started in a role. These flexible services can attract and retain a modern set of residents who are used to flexible models and digital payment options on their favorite retail sites and online banking platforms.

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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. Interfirst was founded in 2001 as a retail originator and then expanded to the wholesale channel and the correspondent channel in 2008 and 2011, respectively.

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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. This allows UWM to build our own technology and deploy faster rather than rely on other vendors and continues to level the playing field for mortgage brokers.”.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 23, 2023

HousingWire: When you were selected for HW Insiders in 2019 you were the National Support and Training Director at Mid America Mortgage. In April of 2022, the retail division of Mid America Mortgage, Inc. This new role has challenged me to learn another side of mortgage retail originations.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 23, 2023

HousingWire: When you were selected for HW Insiders in 2019 you were the National Support and Training Director at Mid America Mortgage. In April of 2022, the retail division of Mid America Mortgage, Inc. This new role has challenged me to learn another side of mortgage retail originations.

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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

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. Building the plane while flying it.

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Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2022

Fairway’s workforce reduction included the wholesale and retail channels, from analyst to senior positions such as underwriting, training, and information technology. Still, according to the IMF data, the company was the 12th-largest mortgage lender in the country in the first quarter of 2022. Workforce reduction.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2023

Brittany Roseboro and John Glover claim that Rocket’s leadership required them to attend unpaid pre-shift meetings and, due to technological delays and other problems, they usually had an uncompensated preliminary “boot-up” and “clock-in” time. Defendants also said they had to attend mandatory training and tests without compensation.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Today’s focus is on cultural fit, innovative talent compensation strategies, and leveraging technology to stabilize workforce needs through economic cycles. UWM, however, brings in people with no prior mortgage experience and provides extensive in-house training, according to chief strategy officer Alex Elezaj. in Q2 2024 from 1.7

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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. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. Then you might as well just go work for UWM retail.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Graduates of the program commonly find job placements with lenders, technology companies, fintech and proptech firms, or title companies. Many Axis trainees come from sales-based careers in hospitality, retail or insurance, which makes it easier to adapt to the mortgage business. But some are completely fresh to the field.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

HousingWire CEO Clayton Collins sat down with Rick Roque, executive vice president of retail growth and strategy at Sierra Pacific Mortgage and Andrew Maas, co-founder and CEO of Pointable , to talk about AI on his PowerHouse podcast. Andrew Maas: AI refers to a broad category of technologies that can be used for a lot of different things.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

The Detroit-based lender’s unmatched combination of name recognition, digital infrastructure and consumer technology enabled it to originate more than $670 billion in mortgages in 2020 and 2021, smashing records in the process. “I was told by the recruiter this division – Rocket retail started a year ago. billion in 2021.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2022

I think I built a very good system – good process and good technology. My plan is to open up my platform, my resources, [and] my technology to help LOs who join me. Instead of focusing on myself, I’ll focus on recruiting LOs, training and supporting them and building a great platform so that they can make money easily.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

loanDepot hired Richards in February 2018 to oversee its channels at that time — retail, wholesale , consumer direct and joint ventures — as well as processing, underwriting, closing and operational support functions. ” It also claimed the company needed its “COO to step up” when the market was booming.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Within four years, Akinmade and his team have built a robust, automated marketing platform, which is driven by investment in technology, to give retail loan officers a competitive edge. Paul Akinmade joined CMG Financial in 2016 to lead the expansion of the company’s marketing department ahead of a major staffing initiative.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2022

A portfolio lender, for example, might want to add an eVault to offer eClosings and eNotes that enhance their borrower experience and help them compete more effectively against national retail lenders. What steps should a lender take before investing in eVault technology? Deciding on an eVault provider.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Office buildings, retail spaces, industrial complexes and other CRE properties generally command higher price tags and offer greater revenue-generating potential compared to residential properties. That’s probably why so many title and closing firms have tried their hand at CRE business in the effort to diversify. CREs need not go it alone.

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Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2023

Despite their different viewpoints, what most can agree on is that teamerages supply their agents with more training, mentoring and services, such as transaction coordination, listing management, compliance, marketing, a CRM, and other technology tools than most traditional brokerages.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2022

Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon is famously no fan of crypto, the bank dove into the enigmatic world of blockchain-based finance in 2020 with the launch of Onyx , a business unit devoted to exploring and expanding the use of blockchain technologies. . also recognize the industry-changing potential of blockchain-enabled technology. .”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2023

Too many real estate agents are watching artificial intelligence (AI) from the sidelines, assuming technology will never replace them. However, it was deemed as too challenging technologically so it languished. It is trained on text data and learns to identify patterns from that data to generate human-like text responses.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

By continuing to invest in its platform, the Freedom Mortgage Wholesale Division is able to provide clients with loan processes and technology that deliver greater levels of control, speed and ease. Freedom Mortgage’s experienced account executives have an average tenure of 8.5 Keith Bilodeau, Senior Vice President.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2022

To Ballard, 3D printing technology is evolving to solve a crisis in modern day America and the world: The failure to meet people’s demand for housing. A former Texas A&M cross country and track athlete and Episcopalian minister, Ballard in 2011 co-founded TreeHouse , a retailer to sell environmentally friendly home construction materials.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2022

Best known for its distributed retail footprint and its fair amount of business in correspondent and wholesale channels, NewRez/Caliber had 3.7% Fairway : cuts in wholesale and retail channels. Caliber was a heavy-hitter across multiple origination channels, generating $80 billion in originations and $153 billion in servicing in 2020.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

Secondly, we are going to continue to invest in our technology and drive products, like One Day Mortgage, that are innovative and groundbreaking and drive the adoption of those products across the industry. That technology platform has helped us maintain best-in-class compliance and regulatory audits. The machine has to do all of them.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Some states may even require the completion of a specific training program before you can apply for licensure. Whether it’s a residential building or a retail mall, you want to attract tenants and clients so that you can start generating profit. They are using some pretty cool technology in their business! Invest in marketing.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Or better yet, do what I just did and ask it how you should pivot your business to stay competitive after the NAR lawsuits! Using the app, you can set custom goals for each agent on your team and Agently will deliver expert weekly coaching to help them reach them.

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GoForrmz

JUNE 20, 2022

Thanks to the modernization of every industry, and as technology advances, we will likely see the number of lone workers rise. The options are expanding as technology evolves, but a full audit of your business can shine a light on which lone workers are essential to your job sites. ” — EHSToday, citing a TrackPlus survey.

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GoForrmz

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

While this list doesn’t cover all the available options for new technologies hitting the hospitality industry, it’s a great place to start when considering expanding or revamping your business. Smart Room Technology The concept of smart rooms is revolutionizing the way guests interact with their accommodations.

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GoForrmz

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Thankfully new technologies solve many issues facing manufacturing HR teams, but technology alone isn’t the sole solution. In this article we look at many of the issues facing HR teams in manufacturing, and how it takes both technology and organizational effort to keep teams running smoothly.

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GoForrmz

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Technological advancements are here to support your engineering team As we enter another year filled with innovation and technological advancement, the engineering landscape continues to evolve at a rapid pace, and it’s important to take stock of the emerging trends and technologies that are poised to shape the landscape in the months ahead.

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Appraisal Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

But as technology advances and standards evolve, the mortgage industry requires a more versatile tool. I was trained to be ethical and give my unbiased opinion of value. Whether you can learn to be ethical or are trained that way when you are young is a somewhat controversial topic. Why the Change? percent from 6.20

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 24, 2025

Some local schools may open their indoor facilities to the public during specific hours, particularly during winter months, though availability can vary and it’s best to check with individual facilities directly.

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The number one recommendation, by far, was to use technology to your advantage. Use technology to your advantage (45%) “Streamlining processes with technology is a big time saver!” “Use Technology allows some aspects of developing appraisal reports to go much faster. Use sketch app, laser device for measuring.”

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