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Announcing the 2023 HW Insiders!

Housing Wire

Through the development of improved and sophisticated systems, protocols and technology, these operations leaders are driving their companies to growth and success. In its 8th year, the HW Insiders program is spotlighting the talented operations professionals who are laying the foundation of success for their organizations.

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LauraMac appoints Rick Seehausen as chief strategy officer

Housing Wire

LauraMac, a provider of mortgage loan review SaaS technology, has appointed Rick Seehausen as its chief strategy officer. I look forward to working closely with Rick to leverage the success of our Loan Review System, prepare the launch of our Loan Acquisition System, and guide us in the development of new product lines.”

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Pennymac delivers $145M profit in 2023 

Housing Wire

That’s despite a net loss in the last quarter of the year attributable to the resolution of a long-standing arbitration process with Black Knight regarding its servicing technology and losses in mortgage servicing rights (MSR) fair value. billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB) in 2023, down 9% year over year.

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Opinion: Mortgage industry will shed 100K jobs this year

Housing Wire

The most wonderful time of the year, as the song would have us believe, comes to a close with Epiphany, the 12 th day of Christmas, Jan. So is the 24-month refinance market, the biggest of its kind in all of mortgage banking history. Think technology and service providers, too — a smaller mortgage market affects everyone.

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Once at the fringes of housing finance, home equity investment companies look to grow their stake

Housing Wire

Affordability has always been a challenge,” said Ashkán Zandieh, managing partner and industry chair at the Center for Real Estate Technology and Innovation. “In Turning point A turning point for the home equity investment market came with the closing of the first rated securitization of notes backed by HEAs in September 2023.

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Compass Appoints Dawanna Williams, Founder and Managing Principal of Dabar Development Partners, to Board of Directors

Realty Biz

NYSE: COMP), a leading technology-enabled residential real estate brokerage, today announced the appointment of Dawanna Williams to its board of directors effective July 1, 2022. Williams currently serves as Founder and Managing Principal of Dabar Development Partners. Compass, Inc. She holds an A.B. from Smith College, an M.P.A.

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Pennymac delivers $30M profit in Q1

Housing Wire

Servicing “is a critically important asset and has driven much of the success that we have enjoyed in mortgage banking,” David Spector, chairman and CEO, said in a recorded earnings message. billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB) as of March 31, up 2% from December 31. ” The servicing segment pretax income was $57.4

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