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House passes bill to modernize VA appraisals

Housing Wire

Department of Veterans Affairs mortgage loans. With the passage of HR 7735, known as the “Improving access to the VA home loan benefit Act of 2022,” the VA is now permitting desktop appraisals and in some circumstances, waiving appraisals altogether. A companion bill in the Senate, introduced by Sen.

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Keller Mortgage eliminates some operations positions

Housing Wire

Each pod has about 15 employees consisting of loan officers, processors, closers, underwriters, supervisors, and funders, according to multiple employees. ” Loan officers, who are 100% commission based at Keller Mortgage, were not part of the layoffs, according to multiple employees. . billion this year. About 66.7%

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Are these factors creating chaos in your mortgage lending ops?

Housing Wire

For example, a loan processor may use a modern LOS to order a flood certification, title report, AUS decision or data verifications, but once the order has been placed, what if the data doesn’t arrive? Originators will lose out to quicker competitors, especially in a purchase money market. Challenge 2: Shrinking margins.

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#297: Ask Paula – Should I Househack or Pay Off My Student Loans?

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George is torn between paying down his student loan debt (which he deferred) or buying a househack. She also wants to investigate whether a Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust and a Vanguard Institutional Total Bond Market Index Trust are ideal. I’m torn between paying down my student loan debt versus buying a househack.

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Opinion: The pros and cons of VA modernization bill

Housing Wire

When it comes to offering an opinion of ‘good or bad’ on HR 7735 — the VA modernization bill — and its ultimate ability to create a better appraisal process for veteran and active duty borrowers, it’s simply too early to tell with too little information being shared on exactly what changes we should expect.

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On Q Financial to form JV with former New Rez partners

Housing Wire

About 25 loan officers are expected to join the multi-partner JV with Partners United Mortgage, paying for On Q Financial’s backroom, HR and financial support. Most recently, On Q Financial brought on former employees from Celebrity Home Loans.

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Despite headwinds, these mortgage companies are hiring

Housing Wire

Purchase-focused lenders that didn’t balloon in size to capture refinancing business during the boom, in particular, are looking to hire loan officers. WesBanco Bank , the second-largest bank headquartered in West Virginia, plans to hire at about a dozen loan originators in 20 major markets this year.

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