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Announcing the 2024 Class of Rising Stars!

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Take a look below to see this year’s list of honorees. Congratulations to the 2024 Rising Stars! Name Job Title Company Name A.T.

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Newrez launches mortgage JV with $4B Keller Williams group in New Jersey

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63 among the 500 best brokerages by volume. “We We are excited to partner with Newrez because their vision, and more importantly, their values fit nicely with our own,” Al Donohue, the operating principal, said in a statement on Monday. “We In all, BCP agents notched $4.2 billion in sales volume in 2022 across 6,080 transaction sides.

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As rising mortgage rates push buyers to the brink, sellers are starting to cut prices

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According to the brokerage, 6.5% The average principal and interest payment among borrowers purchasing a home using a 30-year fixed-rate loan hit its highest point ever in July at $2,306 , according to Black Knight ’s mortgage monitor report. the month prior.

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The Agency Dallas attracts top performing agents

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In recent weeks the brokerage has welcomed brokers and agents who have collectively closed over $110 million in the last 12 months, the company claims. Whitfield is the founding principal of the Whitfield Property Group and he recorded $33 million in sales volume in 2022. He closed $23 million in sales volume in 2022.

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Retail reverse mortgage production took a hit in January

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to 135 loans in what RMI describes as a “seasonally bad month.” There are loans to be done here, but keep in mind that with how low volume has been the past two years at the higher expected rates, this isn’t something to build your business around.” to 107 loans), Finance of America Reverse (up 17.4% to 358 loans).

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Reverse mortgage veteran offers advice for bringing new partners aboard

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Engagement team goals Schmidt explained that, considering the size of the reverse mortgage business relative to the forward side, finding a way to bring the broader community of loan originators into the fold is a priority. “I Technically, it encompasses brokers, principal agents and closed loan sellers,” he said. “We

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Prestwick adding more fuel to a hot MSR market

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Advisory and brokerage firm Prestwick Mortgage Group is out with three new mortgage-servicing rights (MSR) offerings for agency loan pools valued in total at $2.6 One of those MSR offerings involves a Ginnie Mae loan pool of 7,591 mortgages with valued at $2 billion based on the unpaid principal balance.

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