Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2025

This move grants loan officers access to real-time insights that are designed to improve borrower assistance and engagement. Loan officers on the Uplist platform can now leverage Pollys product and pricing engine (PPE) to more easily pursue refinance opportunities. Pollys PPE platform is gaining industrywide adoption too.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Entering the mortgage industry as a loan officer can be both exciting and overwhelming. Dress & act like you mean business There is no dress code to be a loan originator, but there is for you. With a 100% commission-based structure, success isnt guaranteed its earned. Its on you to figure it out.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2025

Bay has encouraged us to start looking [for a job] as Rocket is really only offering loan officer positions at this time, an employee told HousingWire under the condition of anonymity for fear of affecting job prospects. billion in loans in 2021nearly 10 times Redfins in-house mortgage volume. They will be a great fit.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The company’s newest National Housing Market Outlook shows that buyers are gravitating toward government-backed loans in their search for affordability. As a result, more buyers are turning to products like Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans, which accounted for 24% of primary home purchases in 2024, and U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

Findings include 71% of loan officers reporting an increase in buyers who are willing to purchase fixer-uppers, explore unconventional financing or accept high mortgage rates despite long-term financial concerns. Jones, a Colorado-based LO for Lower -backed Universal Lending Home Loans. ADU is a big requirement now.

Debt-to-income ratio

Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2025

Todays best loan officers operate differently and expect more. Naturally, this means loan officers (LOs) dont work the same way anymore, either. Beyond the signing bonus This evolution has influenced what loan officers seek when it comes to compensation structure. They simply cant if they wish to succeed.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2025

Trust in loan officers has plunged even further, down to 19.5%. Only 20% of respondents now trust loan officers to guide them through mortgage decisions, while only 33% believe that real estate agents provide reliable advice. Gen Z, in particular, shows a greater willingness to pursue nontraditional paths.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2025

Lender insights Dan Jones, MMI’s chief technology officer, said during an exclusive demo of the product with HousingWire that MMI users can ask questions like, “Which lenders gained the most purchase volume in California last quarter?” The Bonzo guys started in the industry originating loans.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

“By covering these expenses, we’re creating a rising tide that lifts all boats consumers get more affordable mortgages, lenders reduce expenses and close loans faster, and our industry takes another step toward truly digital mortgages. . This is about fundamentally transforming how the mortgage ecosystem works together.”

Mortgages

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Even as artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more prominent in the mortgage industry, most millennial and Generation Z homebuyers are hesitant to rely solely on a fully automated application process to get a loan, according to a new study. About 58% of respondents still relied on loan officers to guide them through the process.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

JUNE 19, 2025

With the launch of two groundbreaking platforms— the Loan Estimate Optimizer ( LEO ) and Mia , an AI -powered assistant for loan officers , UWM is setting a new benchmark for how technology and especially AI can transform the lending experience. Behind this momentum is Jason Bressler, UWM’s Chief Technology Officer.

Lending

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In its third-quarter earnings report, Zillow Home Loans revealed an impressive data point: mortgage revenue increased 63% year over year in the third quarter to $39 million, which is primarily due to an 80% year-over-year increase in purchase loan origination volume to $812 million. That’s an annualized $3.2

Mortgages

Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2025

With about 75,000 licensed retail loan officers and another 25,000 mortgage brokers in operation, the opportunity is clear—especially for those ready to serve rising borrower segments. Hispanic homebuyers: your next growth opportunity Success today isn’t about competing for the same loans as every other originator.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

It also must provide $7 million for a home loan subsidy program in majority-Black neighborhoods, and it must pay at least $1 million to serve the neighborhoods it redlined , according to the terms of the agreement released on Tuesday. A spokesperson at Fairway did not immediately reply to HousingWire ’s request for comment. Garland added.

Lending

Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2025

Amid expectations that interest rate declines may reignite refinance activity , Optimal Blue on Monday launched a new tool that automatically analyzes loan officer portfolios each month to identify recapture opportunities. The tool is designed to ensure loan officers are ready when refinance volume picks up.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2025

And to do that you need two things: real estate agents and loan officers. The agent a buyer is meeting through a portal is connecting them with a local loan officer that they know. In mid-May, retail lender Lower announced its acquisition of top-five real estate portal Movoto from parent company OJO Labs.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Interest rates on second-lien loans tend to be higher when compared to first liens, reflecting the higher amount of risk to the lender. In October 2023, FOA announced a rollout of HomeSafe Second to an expanded pool of direct retail loan officers and wholesale brokers. The product also has a minimum age requirement of 55.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2025

Compliance officers. A rule rooted in crisis…and stuck in time The Loan Originator Compensation Rule was born from the wreckage of the 2008 financial crisis. A rule rooted in crisis…and stuck in time The Loan Originator Compensation Rule was born from the wreckage of the 2008 financial crisis. Executives. Regulators.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Fluctuating interest rates and a fast-changing market Last month, we saw the Federal Reserve deliver their long-awaited decision to lower interest rates with a 50 basis points cut, and 30-year mortgage rates reached as low as 6.08% according to ICE’s 30-year fixed conforming rate index.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

MAY 12, 2025

Bidding wars for producing mortgage loan officers are back with a vengeance and it’s largely in the hopes of capitalizing on an upcoming refinance wave, recruiters and executives tell HousingWire. The task would be difficult in any market. This time, compensation is anywhere between 40 to 70 basis points.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The firm offers “smart loans” using artificial intelligence and developed a cloud-based portal, LoanFlow , that aims to give mortgage brokers and loan officers the ability to originate loans anytime, anywhere. According to a filing from the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation dated Oct.

Lending

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

A big reason for that is loan officers don’t always ask the right questions to understand the borrower’s real needs.” A big reason for that is loan officers don’t always ask the right questions to understand the borrower’s real needs.” One of the biggest complaints we often hear about the product is that it’s confusing.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Betsy uses Better’s loan engine, Tinman, and is a product the company hopes to white label and bring public in the near future, Garg confirmed on the earnings call. Better’s earnings report also included the announced hiring of the executive team from NEO Home Loans to build out a distributed retail channel.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

JULY 14, 2025

the parent of Guild Mortgage , has left loan officers wondering how the traditionally purchase-focused lender would integrate refinance capabilities to leverage the $770 billion servicing portfolio of soon-to-be sister company Lakeview Loan Servicing , the nation’s second-largest mortgage servicer. I doubt it.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2025

Kind Lending recently announced the appointment of Jennifer Folk as its chief operating officer. She’s also held a variety of roles from loan officer to COO at places like Minute Mortgage , Sierra Pacific Mortgage Company and Planet Home Lending.

Lending

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In a new episode of “The Loan Officer Podcast,” host Dustin Owen chats with John Cornish of Iowa-based Key Mortgage Group about his path into the industry, tips for scaling a mortgage lending business and how to avoid stagnation as a loan originator. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2025

Amor and Banosian are actively promoting the product line through in-person training with loan officers, real estate agents and financial advisers. Among loan officers, the biggest misconception is that these loans are more difficult to originate and take longer, Banosian said. Top 10 U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2025

“Our technology eliminates the tedious ‘stare and compare’ work of analyzing bank statements while enhancing fraud detection and ensuring consistency across underwriting decisions,” said Paul Gigliotti , chief growth officer at Prudent AI. We’re still early in the process.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2025

The combined company will include nearly 3,000 real estate agents, loan officers and support staff. It will operate from more than 30 offices across the Chicago area, including eight within the city. Baird & Warner is ranked No. 13 in the Top Private Independents in the 2025 RealTrends Verified top brokerage rankings.

Brokerage

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Sean Shallis, a “Recovering Realtor” and top-producing loan officer , is offering strategies to help realtors break through this stagnation by leveraging micro-market shifts to create urgency and inspire action. Flat lines in business and life are never good,” says Shallis. Key Strategies for Realtors in Q4 1.

Marketing

Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2025

Rocket Pro is partnering with Vetted VA , which provides education to veterans and training to loan officers to give veterans better access to home loan benefits. “They know more about VA loans than anybody else,” Sweeney told HousingWire in an interview. That was a lot for loan officers.

VA loan

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Over the years, Ive observed a glaring issue that stifles the growth and success of many mortgagecompanies: promoting top-producing loan officers into management roles without equipping them with the tools, training, or even determining whether they want to be leaders. Leadership, however,demands a shift to prioritizing team success.

Industrial

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS) shows that Michigan-based brokerage firm Next Door had 61 sponsored loan officers as of Thursday, along with four branches in Arizona, Nevada, Ohio and Texas. Before that, he spent six years at Quicken Loans. As part of the deal that closed Oct. It is also offering $3.5

Lending

Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2025

Williston Financial Group (WFG) announced the release of a new digital tool through subsidiary Volly that aims to enhance collaboration between mortgage loan officers and real estate agents. The tool is designed to automate aspects of co-marketing efforts, including compliance and brand consistency.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2025

In his new role, White will act as the primary liaison between real estate agents , attorneys and loan officers to support coordination across Baird & Warner’s brokerage , mortgage and title service divisions. “I’m During his time at Compass, he helped its Hinsdale and Glen Ellyn offices become high-performing operations.

Title

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

If you are not a depository or a bank, you typically don’t have a balance sheet, so you have to sell that loan in the scratch-and-dent market, which was costing last year 15 to 20 points — and even now it’s still costing anywhere between 5 to 8.5 The new model also provides economic benefits to lenders, according to Mittal. “If

Debt-to-income ratio

Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2025

According to the company, Shilo can deeply understand the context of business calls made by real estate agents and mortgage loan officers. is going to have an easier time with product development thanks to a $2.6 million seed funding round. The AI assistant firm announced the funding round on Friday.

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