Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

The mortgage professional of the future goes beyond the transaction. Our mortgage industry is experiencing a fundamental shift. Traditional loan officers who focus solely on transactions are being replaced by mortgage professionals who act as financial strategists, long-term advisors, and educators.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

NEXA Mortgage , the largest mortgage brokerage firm in the U.S., 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.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

Better ‘s fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 earnings call showcased the company’s growing revenue and its plans to further integrate artificial intelligence into the mortgage process. All three of the company’s product channels purchase, refinance and home equity saw annualized growth. It finished 2024 with $3.6

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2025

The HECM Tool a software platform designed to serve as a reverse mortgage sales conversion tool announced this week that it has integrated the proprietary reverse mortgage offering from Smartfi Home Loans into the platforms existing visualization and comparison capabilities.

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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.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2025

Reverse mortgage professionals are preparing to travel to Irvine, California, for the industrys first event of the year, hosted by the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA). One-day format For a one-day regional meeting, were very pleased, Irwin said in an interview with HousingWire s Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD).

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2025

Reverse mortgage industry performance metrics have continued their soft trend into the third month of the year, though activity in the secondary market was slightly higher than the month prior. to 53 loans, its highest monthly figure since September, according to RMI. to 66 loans. Mutuals endorsement count fell by 2.1%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2022

Redfin announced Tuesday layoffs of 121 employees as it shakes up its mortgage department, including purchasing a lending company. The real estate company entered into an agreement to acquire mortgage lender Bay Equity Home Loans for $135 million, two-thirds in cash and one-third in stocks, Redfin said in a press release and public filing.

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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. Not only does owning build equity,” explains Shallis, “but the tax benefits are substantial.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2023

There were leads, referrals and action in January, after people returned from holiday vacations and rates declined, said Don Monson, branch manager at Sente Mortgage. Rising rates will likely scare buyers away from the market, as it makes monthly mortgage payments less affordable, loan officers interviewed by HousingWire said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2025

In this week’s episode of the Power House podcast, host and HousingWire President Diego Sanchez chats with Tom Davis , chief sales officer at Deephaven Mortgage. Diego: We’ve kicked off 2025 with mortgage rates that haven’t done much except go a little bit higher. Diego: Why the push into home equity ?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2025

Its a busy time to be in the proprietary reverse mortgage space, with new and relaunched products hitting the market and other additional features being added to existing product catalogs. Earlier this month, Longbridge Financial announced the addition of Platinum Peak , a new variation of its private fixed-rate reverse mortgage offering.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Chief financial officer David Hayes said in a statement that in the third quarter, there was a “modest improvement in the mortgage market, coupled with the company’s positive operating leverage,” which fueled the return to profitability. “As Costs may increase as the company continues to add loan officers and operations team members.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Banks have tightened lending standards for most categories of residential real estate (RRE) loans and home equity lines of credit (HELOC) over the third quarter of 2023. Government residential mortgage was an exception, where standards remained basically unchanged. Respondent banks received the survey on Sept.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

With soaring home prices and mortgage rates putting a damper on the market for new home loans and refinancing options, it’s a challenging time for homebuyers and lenders alike. While the current climate may be causing existing-home sales and inventory to fall, it’s driving renewed interest in home equity options.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2021

For many middle-aged and older homeowners with several years of equity on their homes, 2021 could be a prime time to refinance from a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage into a 15-year mortgage. But the possibility of reduced future earnings is another key reason some refinance into a 15-year loan. Presented by: Citi.

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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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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As the housing market suffers through a drought of home sales and related mortgage originations in the current high-rate environment, home prices and home equity continue to climb, helping to spark a revival of another sector — home equity lending and investment. billion, according to offering documents. billion. “So

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

With the central bank expected to cut interest rates this year, banks reported that loan demand should strengthen across residential loan categories in 2024, according to the Fed’s quarterly senior loan officer opinion survey (SLOOS) released on Monday. A 50%-plus net share of all U.S. The survey showed that a net 25.5%

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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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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

Utah-based Capital Community Bank (CCBank) has struck a deal to acquire Security Home Mortgage (SHM), which will become an independent subsidiary division of the bank, the parties announced on Friday. million in mortgages last year, mainly for building and construction. The financials of the deal were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Leading property data and analytics company CoreLogic ’s newly launched digital mortgage platform (DMP) aims to streamline the mortgage process and improve efficiency for lenders. CoreLogic acquired digital mortgage tech provider Roostify in February. It then tailors that data to the home-buying process.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

AnnieMac Home Mortgage appointed Ian Aubourg to the role of senior vice president of retail sales, the Mount Laurel, New Jersey -based lender announced Monday. In his new position at AnnieMac, Aubourg will tap into his leadership skills to drive growth and improve the mortgage experience for clients.

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Housing Wire

JULY 30, 2021

As reverse mortgage loan officers aim to expand their repertoire of advertising methodologies, the use of an advertorial can be powerful but also comes with some caveats that any reverse mortgage loan officer should keep in mind prior to engaging in such advertising campaigns.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Michael Gifford and David Zvaifler‘s home equity investment company, Splitero , lost its main investor, Redwood Trust , HousingWire has learned. In September, Redwood launched its in-house home equity investment (HEI) origination platform called Aspire. During a phone interview with HousingWire on Oct.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Applicants hoping to get a mortgage job in 2024. After cutting to the bone over the past three years, several large mortgage lenders are beginning to ramp up hiring. The data includes employees at parent companies and subsidiaries, in mortgage lending, servicing and other activities.) Image created by AI in Midjourney.)

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

After nearly two years of trudging through a frozen housing market , the consensus among mortgage professionals is that the worst of it is over. The spread between the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage and the 10-year Treasury yield has narrowed after sitting at over 300 basis points, compared to the historic norm of 150 bps.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2021

Banks moved to ease lending standards for most mortgage loan products during the second quarter, according to a loan officer opinion survey published this week by the Federal Reserve Board. The post Mortgage lenders are loosening standards on jumbos appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Mike Kortas and Mat Grella, the longtime owners and co-founders of America’s largest mortgage brokerage, NEXA Mortgage , are in negotiations to end their partnership. billion in mortgage loans in 2023, according to Kortas, easily more than any other brokerage. NEXA did $6.29

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2023

With few homeowners willing to give up their low mortgage rates, Mike Roberts has shifted his focus to targeting first-time homebuyers. A first-time homebuyer requires a tremendous amount of nurturing,” said Roberts, the president and founder of City Creek Mortgage. “A Niche loans consist of about 5% of Parkinson’s business. “It’s

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2024

Just about a year ago, Chicago-based multichannel mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate announced its plans to expand its reverse mortgage division — including around the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase (H4P) product. For some forward loan officers, this is a brand-new opportunity,” Pohlmann said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Longtime reverse mortgage industry professional Tane Cabe has joined C2 Financial ’s reverse mortgage division as a “retirement mortgage expert,” according to an announcement issued by the company this week. Cabe, who most recently served as president of reverse mortgage lending at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Chad Smith, president and COO of Better Mortgage , to talk about leadership, technology, and how they have pivoted their business strategy to meet the needs of this market. Smith joined Better in May 2024 after serving in senior leadership roles at Mission Loans, Caliber Home Loans and loanDepot.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2023

The last week of the calendar year is usually a slow time for the mortgage industry, but 2022 was something else. Mortgage applications decreased 13.2% That’s because costs for borrowers were higher, reflecting the mortgage market’s response to the Federal Reserve ‘s tightening monetary policy.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

But there’s another threat that Homepoint executives must worry about – United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the top dog in wholesale, has embarked on a strategy of heavy price cutting, forcing Homepoint and others to limbo to compete for business. That has contributed to UWM’s competitors taking losses on loans when they can least afford it.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2022

Redfin completed its acquisition of Bay Equity Home Loans , paying $137.8 million for the mortgage lending operation in its quest to provide customers “a one-stop shop” where they can buy, sell, rent and finance a home, according to a news release from the company. The purchase price “represents a $72.5 Presented by: 1000watt.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 13, 2024

According to the most recent Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsement data compiled by Reverse Market Insight (RMI), Annapolis, Maryland-based South River Mortgage is the ninth-largest reverse mortgage lender in the country with 496 endorsements in the 12-month period ending May 31.

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