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How JVM Lending plans to expand without any loan originators

Housing Wire

Most retail lenders are desperately seeking high producing loan originators to make up for the losses that occurred in 2022. 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. I thought it was sparse.

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Is investor appetite for non-QM changing?

Housing Wire

HousingWire recently caught up with Steven Schwalb, managing partner of Angel Oak Lending, about the changes investor appetite has gone though for non-QM. HousingWire: What is the investor appetite for non-QM and how has that changed over the past few years? Do they need a pre-closing investor review?

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How loan originators survived a cutthroat mortgage business in 2023

Housing Wire

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 Market 2024: Big Investors Buy in Atlanta, Dallas, Charlotte, Houston

Marco Santarelli

The US housing market continues to evolve , with a growing presence of institutional investors in the single-family rental space. As foreclosure rates have declined, these large-scale investors have adopted new strategies to acquire properties. Big Investors Set Their Sights on Sunbelt Rentals According to the U.S.

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How to maintain loan quality in a rapidly changing market

Housing Wire

HousingWire recently spoke to Donna Gibson, COO and president of QC Ally, about fraud prevention and loan quality outlook for the rest of 2022. HousingWire: In this time of market change and as we head towards the last quarter of 2022, what are the hot topics in risk, fraud prevention and loan quality?

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Figure Technologies launches wholesale lending platform

Housing Wire

Mike Cagney’s Figure Technologies rolled out a wholesale lending platform that will give loan originators access to the company’s home equity line of credit (HELOC) offering. Approval may be granted in five minutes but is ultimately subject to verification of income and employment.

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Mortgage infrastructure platform Pylon raises $8.5M in seed round

Housing Wire

Conversion Capital led the funding with participation from Fifth Wall , Peter Thiel , QED Investors , Montage Ventures , and Village Global as well as Ramp , Blend , Zillow , SoFi and Figure , the company announced. Hedge also noted the need for software to standardize these commodities.