Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

Tomo touts its use of artificial intelligence in streamlining loan underwriting and closing processes. It claims to save the typical homebuyer up to $4,000 in closing costs and offers interest rates that are 50 to 100 basis points lower than the industry average, according to a press release.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

will pay its loan officers 100% of the commission splits “without any per-file fees or other hidden fees,” according to co-founder and CEO Mike Kortas. NEXA usually pays loan officers 220 basis points (bps) out of 275 bps on most loans. NEXA Mortgage , the largest mortgage brokerage firm in the U.S.,

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Mortgage rates had climbed close to the 7% range and he was determined to remain competitive on pricing with rival loan officers in North Carolina. After Mike paid his loan officer assistant, he was clearing just 40 bps. It was late 2022 and Mike was feeling the pressure. The lower comp rate stung.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2024

New American Funding (NAF) has snagged top Chicago loan officer Larry Steinway as it looks to grow its presence in the Chicagoland area. Steinway, who closed more than $1.5 Steinway also expects NAF’s “expansive” product mix, such as NAF Cash , will help him achieve more production volume in a highly competitive market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Similarly, news broke this week revealing that independent mortgage bank (IMB) New American Funding had culled its employee ranks by 240 — followed by news that non-QM lender Athas Capital Group was closing its doors and laying off more than 200 employees. Charting the loan officer exit. Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

FinLocker details that the initiative will eliminate verification costs at all stages of the mortgage journey, from prequalification and underwriting to final reverification before closing. FinLocker also explained that it aims to offer a “competitive edge in a challenging market with a tangible cost” for loan officers.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

Many investors had expected the Fed to cut benchmark rates as early as March, and loan officers had hoped to see a decline in mortgage rates that tend to move in tandem with long-term yields. said Craig Strent, former CEO of Apex Home Loans and head of the faculty of mentors at The Loan Atlas , a mortgage coaching platform. “A

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The interest rate on the loan has been lowered from 9.99% to 9.49%. 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.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The company also reported a funded loan volume of $1.035 billion for Q3 2024, up 42% year over year and up 8% quarter over quarter, with 71% of this volume attributed to purchase loans. million in cash, restricted cash, short-term investments and self-funded loans. NEO was previously expected to close in early 2025. “We

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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. In my mind, success in sales equated to success in leadership.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Should the goal of marketing technology be to make it so that a loan officer never needs to log in? I started in the mortgage industry in 2015, working for large banks that were heavily invested in using technology to simplify the loan process for everyone involved. Ordering an appraisal was as easy as pushing a button.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2023

and home prices still near record highs, homebuyers are demanding that their loan officers provide options to lower monthly mortgage payments as much as possible. Especially when the seller is willing to give concessions, the buyer is able to get a credit for closing and contribute to buying down points. With rates around 6.9%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2025

Randell Gillespie Gillespie will work closely with the companys leadership and market teams to identify new opportunities for expansion and success. Modex reports the company has more than 200 producing loan officers, and its strongest branches for production are in Illinois and Missouri. billion last year.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The new credit optimization platform will combine the best parts of the What-if Simulator and Wayfinder tools, giving mortgage professionals the power to reach more clients and close more loans. CreditXpert developed the platform to cut down loan filing timelines. 1 in preparation for the launch of the new platform.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

By examining their customer acquisition and retention strategies, they can drive, capture and convert shifts in demand into closed sales. Moreover, the older the loan, the more likely the borrower would refinance elsewhere. On average, just one out of five homeowners who opted to refinance were retained by their original lender.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2023

And, in the mortgage industry, AI will play an instrumental role in helping loan officers to be more efficient, according to Nima Ghamsari , Blend ‘s co-founder and CEO. There’s a lot more opportunity to understand what’s required to be done on the loan file after it’s already gotten through the space.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2025

1 loan originator in the country by volume for at least five years, is assuming the role of president at Rate Mortgage , the company announced Tuesday. Throughout his 20-year career he has closed more than 40,000 units and $9 billion in funded loans. But my biggest focus initially is going to be the loan officers.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

Traditional loan officers who focus solely on transactions are being replaced by mortgage professionals who act as financial strategists, long-term advisors, and educators. Heres how the mortgage industry is changing and what loan officers must do to thrive. Deliver value beyond closing to foster long-term engagement.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

To open the conversation, Sanchez asks Jacobson to explain how Fairway harnesses the power of positive recommendations to boost production for the company’s loan officers. If you have people focused on work, focused on what they can control, we still have people closing over 40 loans a month,” Jacobson says. “In

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2025

Traditionally, this season brings a surge in purchase activityand in 2025, that trend is especially important for lenders to watch closely against the backdrop of a high-interest rate environment. In this market, a one-size-fits-all loan product certainly wont cut it. Spring marks the peak season for the U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2025

Doing so would close what he described as the 1099 loophole. In his view, these LOs are getting paid on the terms of the loan, which he and more than one industry lawyer I spoke to believes is a violation of LO Comp rules. Illustration made with ChatGPT A source called with what sounded like big news.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In the summer of 2022, just after his wife’s 62nd birthday, qualifying age arrived and the loan closed roughly 24 hours later. A big reason for that is loan officers don’t always ask the right questions to understand the borrower’s real needs.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

I want to push a button and have everything done for me and see my results without having to go to the county website, or go hop on Zillow and check this, or go check closing costs, or go to the title and escrow company to find out what the fees are for something. JB: Its accurate and it’s easy. I literally want to push a button.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

Vishal Garg , Better’s CEO and founder, said that despite a market with historically low housing affordability and persistently high mortgage rates , Better saw progress in its funded loan volume. The current demo of Betsy takes someone all the way from inquiry through preapproval to loan amount, rate and locking.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The initial digital integration involved reports, pay stubs and W-2s to the more than 370 mortgage companies and 52,000 loan officers that rely on nCino to manage the loan application process. Our expanded integration with nCino reflects Argyles commitment to meeting lenders and their customers throughout the loan journey.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2025

The Platinum Peak product aims to offer higher available loan-to-value (LTV) ratios, which are designed to translate into higher loan proceeds for borrowers, the company said at the time. Another potential benefit is for partners to reengage with borrowers who may have been short to close prior to the product’s introduction.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Patton Gade, the top producing loan officer for VA home loans in the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, will continue to originate loans and hold the national director of military lending position at UMortgage. He’ll join forces with fellow veteran loan originator Jay Bunte in the brokerage firm.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2025

But it becomes a stronger presentation when you’re presenting different loan options. One of the loan options that Cory said makes the reverse mortgage easier to describe to potential partners is the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ( HECM ) for Purchase (H4P). We maintain a very close relationship here at New American Funding.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

Earlier today, we announced to our team members that we have made the strategic decision to close the company’s distributed retail channel, effective immediately,” D’Auria wrote in a letter to counterparties that was reviewed by HousingWire. “Every single loan officer has been paid per their compensation agreement.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2023

California-based Loan America, Inc. is the latest former business partner to sue Sprout Mortgage in a suit filed six months after the mortgage lender abruptly closed its doors. Loan America, a full-service mortgage company, relies on warehouse loans or lines of credit for loan funding, similar to many other non-QM lenders.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

Funded loan volumes came in at $661 million, up 25% quarter over quarter. Purchase loans comprised 80% of the funded volume, followed by refinances (12%) and HELOCs (8%). Better also produced more loans via its direct-to-consumer channel (54% of the total) than through business-to-business (46%) in the quarter.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2024

Real estate technology firm Knock announced Thursday that its bridge loan product is being integrated into the borrower application process at Baltimore -based NFM Lending. The bridge loan estimate is being integrated into the lender’s workflow through an Encompass plugin. The loan includes no interest for six months.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In his 20 years in mortgage banking, no year has compared to 2023 in terms of difficulty, said Ben Cohen, Guaranteed Rate ’s managing director and a top-producing loan officer. It was another brutal year, pushing loan originators to work longer hours, close loans faster while diversifying their mortgage product offerings.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2023

Scott Miller, a former mortgage loan originator at Sprout Mortgage , knew the clock was ticking when the non-qualified mortgage (non-QM) lender abruptly closed doors in July 2022. In turn, thousands of loan originators could soon be looking for a new lender to hang their license.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2025

We’re looking at product expansions and introducing products that we have or through our sister company Anchor Home Loans , which specializes in residential transition loans (RTLs). If you’re a loan officer, you should have a construction product that focuses on builders, developers and Realtors.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

.’ In a presentation for investors , Rocket outlined how its acquisition of Redfin will help the company create a more seamless and affordable way for consumers to transact real estate, showing how it will take consumers from the home search phase all the way through title and closing. But Zillow has that recognizable consumer brand.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Mortgage tech firm Candor Technology has expanded its Loan Engineering System (LES) to include Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans. The company now fully automates underwriting decisions for FHA loans — minus collateral – and also offers a warranty on income calculations and cleared conditions for funded FHA loans.

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