Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2021

Houston-based nonbank mortgage lender Cornerstone Home Lending is buying Roscoe State Bank , a traditional depository bank headquartered in Roscoe, Texas. The merged organization is to be known as Cornerstone Capital Bank, and the mortgage division will continue to be known as Cornerstone Home Lending.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In August 2023 , the bank disclosed it was under investigation by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) after the nonprofit organization filed a complaint alleging violations of the U.S. Fair Lending Act. and we are honored to support these efforts through our loans, investments and grants.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Banks reported having tightened lending standards across almost all categories of residential real estate loans over the fourth quarter of 2023 amid an elevated interest rate environment. of banks reported weaker demand for HELOCs. Responses were received from 64 domestic banks and 20 U.S.

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Residential Lending Banks Mortgages 494

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.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)s education division, MBA Education, recently launched its Mortgage Banking Bound (MBB) program at Cleveland State University. Escobar, who is the 2025 MBA Chair and president of Lennar Mortgage , encouraged Hoffman to expand the program at Cleveland State where Hoffman was already teaching.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Product comparisons In its announcement of the new rate and additional states, FOA said that its optimistic outlook for the product is fueled by the increased activity in the home equity lending space. In October 2023, FOA announced a rollout of HomeSafe Second to an expanded pool of direct retail loan officers and wholesale brokers.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2024

OceanFirst Bank N.A. is acquiring Garden State Home Loans Inc. which will become a new division for the regional depositary bank, HousingWire has learned. Garden State’s website and social media page reflect the status of a “division of OceanFirst Bank N.A.” billion in 19,000 loans since its foundation.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2022

Houston-based nonbank mortgage lender Cornerstone Home Lending announced on Wednesday it has received all regulatory approvals to acquire traditional depository The Roscoe State Bank, a deal that will expand its operations beyond the traditional mortgage business. For The Roscoe State Bank, Piper Sandler & Co. It funded $5.1

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2024

Mortgage lender Kind Lending has hired Tammy Richards , who previously held positions at Bank of America , Caliber Home Loans and loanDepot , as its chief operating officer. Tammy is stepping in with Kind Lending to handle some of their strategic initiatives and she is partnering with them to help grow their vision.

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Lending Banks Loan Officer Loans 422

Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2023

banks have tightened their lending standards for residential real estate (REE) loans and home equity lines of credit (HELOC) in the second quarter amid the collapse of regional banks and a cascade of interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve to tame inflation. of banks reported weaker demand for HELOCs.

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Lending Banks Mortgages Loan Officer 370

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Smith previously served as president and CFO of Stearns Lending , CFO of Caliber Home Loans , executive for core servicing and centralized sales for Bank of America and CFO of consumer markets for Countrywide. Meanwhile, Smith said Movement is “uniquely positioned to win big in the coming years.”

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Mortgages Loan Officer Finance Lending 370

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The steady drumbeat of dour news in the mortgage industry punctuated by headlines announcing layoffs and closures among the ranks of independent mortgage banks continues to play out, with several lenders over the last two weeks adding to the torrent of pink slips. Charting the loan officer exit.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

Tennessee-based community bank Patriot Bank agreed to pay $1.9 The DOJ alleged that from 2015 through at least 2020, Patriot avoided providing mortgage services to majority- Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Memphis, Tennessee and discouraged people seeking credit in those communities from obtaining home loans.

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2024

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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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Chris Franquemont Franquemont returns to Guaranteed Rate after a one-year stint as CrossCountry Mortgage’s senior vice president of mortgage lending, producing branch manager. The top-producing loan officer brings a proven track record of high-volume production and financing solutions for borrowers.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

San Antonio, Texas-headquartered USAA eliminated 130 positions in the real estate lending group amid projections that the mortgage industry will shrink in 2023. The layoffs at USAA Federal Savings Bank represent about 1.6% of the total bank workforce, Bradley Russell, USAA’s corporate spokesperson, confirmed. “In

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Banks Lending Loan Officer Mortgages 74

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Mortgage lending titan Rocket Mortgage is bringing its tech straight to financial institutions. The lender announced Friday a partnership with Salesforce to deliver Rocket’s mortgage origination capabilities directly to banks, credit unions and other FIs through Salesforce Financial Services Cloud.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2024

Pennsylvania-based Fulton Bank, National Association of Lancaster, has agreed to assume most of the deposits and assets of Republic First Bank , which state regulators seized on Friday to “protect depositors.” billion in 2023, with most of it being conventional (74%) and purchase (65%) loans. billion.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Los Angeles area-based mortgage lender Premier Plus Lending announced last week that it is expanding into the senior-focused home equity market with a new division, Retirement Mortgage Solutions , which will include reverse mortgages and other home equity-based lending instruments.

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Lending Mortgages Equity Loan Officer 440

Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2021

Cadence Bancorporation , parent of Cadence Bank, reached separate settlements with the Department of Justice and the Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency totaling over $8.5 The bank, based in Texas, also has branches in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Tennessee.

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Banks Lending Loan Officer Loans 411

Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2024

Michael Saleh, a former senior vice president of Rocket Mortgage who spent about two decades at the company, has transitioned from the retail lending channel to wholesale by launching independent brokerage firm Zoom Home Lending. Each LO is closing 12 loans per month with an eventual goal of 15 to 20.

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Lending Brokerage Loan Officer Loans 451

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Department of Justice (DOJ) announced this week that they have secured a $15 million conciliation agreement with New Jersey-based OceanFirst Bank to settle allegations of discriminatory redlining in certain neighborhoods with majority Black, Hispanic and Asian populations. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

University Bank ’s reverse mortgage division has added four key hires across different disciplines as it prepares to grow further in the reverse mortgage space. Jake Droge joins the company as a loan officer, while Carol Olmos has joined the company as an account executive. That’s encouraging to know.

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Banks Mortgages Lending Loan Officer 461

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Indiana-based First Savings Bank plans to lay off over 100 mortgage employees in the coming months, according to documents filed with authorities in multiple states. Executives at First Savings Bank did not immediately respond to HousingWire’s requests for comments. The bank reported a net income of $2.3

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Banks Mortgages Lending Loan Officer 461

Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

Over time, many organizations have accumulated toolsoften to accommodate branch acquisitions or high-performing loan officers but arent fully utilizing them. Experts at the summit emphasized that the cost to produce a loan remains high, largely due to inefficiencies in manual processes. Those who dont?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

Cincinnati-based First Financial Bank has agreed to direct $2.4 billion in the next five years for lending and investments to low- and moderate-income (LMI) clients and census tracts, with 30% of the total tied to mortgage lending. In its previous five-year plan, from 2018 to 2023, the bank invested $1.75

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Banks Mortgages Lending Loan Officer 426

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Maxwell , a Wells Fargo -backed mortgage fintech, announced Wednesday that it has struck a deal to acquire the digital lending platform Revvin ( formerly known as MortgageHippo ) to enhance its point-of-sale technology. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

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Lending Loan Officer Loans Technology 461

Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

Union Home Mortgage (UHM) on Monday announced its acquisition of Nations Reliable Lending , aka NRL Mortgage. UHM, a growing independent mortgage bank based in Ohio , originated about $7.6 It has since been aggressive in recruiting productive loan officers. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Mortgages Loan Officer Lending Banks 329

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Virginia-based community bank Trustar Bank sold its mortgage subsidiary to Archer Mortgage Holding Company, the companies announced on Thursday. According to its website, Trustar Bank offers 7/1 and 10/1 adjustable rate mortgages ( ARMs ), consumer construction loans and home equity line of credits.

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Banks Mortgages Loan Officer Loans 440

Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Florida-based First Federal Bank announced on Thursday that it struck a deal to acquire Watson Mortgage Corp., expanding its mortgage retail lending footprint in the communities in which it operates. Last year, the community bank originated about $435 million in mortgage volume, per mortgage data platform Modex.

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Banks Mortgages Loan Officer Loans 440

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The largest depository bank in Indiana, Old National Bank , is being sued for alleged redlining practices that spanned more than a decade. According to FHCCI, out of the 2,250 mortgage loans made by the bank from 2019 to 2020, a measly 37 were to Black borrowers across the entire Indianapolis market.

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Banks Lending Loan Officer Loans 427

Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2023

California-based retail lender JVM Lending plans to drum up business this year — but by doing the exact opposite. The lender runs its business based on a “no-loan-officer” model in which all of its 45 employees are licensed and delegated to a specific role in closing a loan. A lender with $624.6

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

And that offers an incredible opportunity for banks and non-banks alike to improve their digital channels to better support home equity lending. Bank and non-bank lenders are now confronting the urgency to improve their digital experiences to better support home equity lending.

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Lending Equity Banks Loans 469

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Accused of redlining by regulators, First National Bank of Pennsylvania (FNB) has agreed to settle the case for $13.5 FNB was involved in the case as a successor in interest of Yadkin Bank , which it acquired in 2017. In addition, the bank discouraged these customers from obtaining home loans, according to the complaint.

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Banks Lending Loan Officer Loans 427

Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

We’re going to be able to provide so much value to our partners and we’re going to give our partners and loan officers something nobody has and step out into the future here,” said Craig Snell, vice president of sales at Milestone. Bristol County Savings Bank bought into Milestone in 2022. ”

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Housing Wire

JULY 15, 2024

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 11, 2022

In a move the Federal Housing Finance Agency said will bolster sustainability and equity, servicers for federally backed loans will obtain and maintain fair lending data. The data will stay with the loan throughout the mortgage term, regardless of whether the servicing rights change hands.

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