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“Last night, my Uber driver was a loan officer.”

Housing Wire

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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Meet the likely buyers of independent mortgage banks in 2023

Housing Wire

trillion in loans, about half of 2021’s $4.4 But Brian Hale, who is assisting several buyers in their hunt for independent mortgage bank acquisition targets, sees an even more brutal landscape ahead. Still, consolidation is clearly underway in the mortgage banking industry already. loan officers] in pods.’”.

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No undue risk! Freddie Mac’s Sonu Mittal on new buyback remedy, appraisal waiver extensions

Housing Wire

If you are not a depository or a bank, you typically don’t have a balance sheet, so you have to sell that loan in the scratch-and-dent market, which was costing last year 15 to 20 points — and even now it’s still costing anywhere between 5 to 8.5 The new model also provides economic benefits to lenders, according to Mittal. “If

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Rithm Capital restructures CEO’s pay into incentive-friendly deal

Housing Wire

It also included reduced compensation for loan officers, sources told HousingWire in February. It also included reduced compensation for loan officers, sources told HousingWire in February. Prior to joining Rithm, he held executive positions at Bank of America Merrill Lynch , J.P. In 2023, Rithm announced a $532.7

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Pennymac plans to lay off another 207 employees

Housing Wire

Pink slips will arrive for California employees at six offices in Thousand Oaks, Pasadena, Roseville, Westlake Village, Agoura Hills, and Moorpark. The latest round of WARN notices will impact 59 loan officers in the Thousand Oaks, Pasadena, and Roseville offices. Pennymac reported a pretax income of $234.5

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Reverse mortgage originators report good starts to 2024 business

Housing Wire

Last year was a challenging one for reverse mortgage business activity, and it likely hit no one harder than the industry’s front-line loan originators. In Green Bay, Wisconsin, Jim Cullen of University Bank reports a similar trend. including the states of California, Washington, Florida, Wisconsin and South Carolina.

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HUD dings Movement Mortgage for alleged fair housing violations

Housing Wire

NCRC testers made inquiries about mortgage financing with a loan officer at Movement Mortgage, Dave Skow, on two occasions, four months apart, during 2021. NCRC has sought to gum up bank merger approvals with accusations of redlining , extracting more than $100 billion in community benefits agreements with banks.

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