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Certainty Home Lending adds national business development leader 

Housing Wire

Dallas -based Certainty Home Lending , an affiliate of Guaranteed Rate , named Shadi Kamran as its new national business development executive. The technologically advanced mortgage platform empowers loan officers to serve both customers and business partners with ease and excellence.

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FDIC finds banks violated RESPA on mortgage brokerage payments

Housing Wire

In its March Supervisory Highlights, the FDIC stated that many institutions have developed policies and procedures to ensure sufficient mortgage broker services are provided in order to receive compensation , which was the first of a two-part test.

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Q&A: George Morales on new role with Mortgage Cadence and why a big bank could enter reverse

Housing Wire

The company is aiming to bring more reverse mortgage technology solutions to potential partners already in the industry and those that have yet to enter it. And so for me, I feel like it’s an opportunity to kind of open the door via technology, to how and what is happening in the reverse space. Morales: No.

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Texana Bank to trim workforce in California

Housing Wire

Pink slips will arrive for 58 employees working in the mortgage business at Texana Bank in California, according to a Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification (WARN) sent to the state’s Employment Development Department. Employees on the technology, marketing and human resources teams are on the list.

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ICE Mortgage Technology President Tim Bowler on mortgage automation

Housing Wire

I sat down with Tim Bowler, president of ICE Mortgage Technology, a business unit of ICE, to talk about the company’s mortgage automation strategy — and what keeps him up at night. SW: ICE Mortgage Technology is known for its focus on automation. Sarah Wheeler: ICE’s acquisition of Black Knight just closed today.

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Figure Lending shifts to new operational umbrella

Housing Wire

Figure Lending LLC is now operating under the umbrella of Figure Technology Solutions , independent of CEO Mike Cagney ’s Figure Technologies. Figure Technologies launched a wholesale lending platform in June 2023 that gives loan originators access to the company’s home equity line of credit (HELOC) offering.

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People movers: Gateway First Bank, Promontory MortgagePath and Mortgage Solutions Financial

Housing Wire

Gateway First Bank officially named Scott Gesell CEO and general counsel after serving as CEO on an interim basis since April 3. Before being named CEO, he was chief administrative officer and general counsel for the bank and has also held senior roles at Colorado National Bancorp , American Residential Communities and First Nationwide Bank.

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