Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

Together, we will improve the experience by connecting traditionally disparate steps of the search and financing process with leading technology that removes friction, reduces costs and increases value to American homebuyers. The deal is projected to boost Rockets adjusted earnings per share by late 2026.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

Mortgage servicer and lender Planet Home Lending is acquiring the retail division assets of employee-owned Axia Home Loans , HousingWire has learned. Executives at Planet Home Lending were also on the call. Executives at Planet Home Lending were also on the call. ’s origination staff and branches. billion in volume.

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2024

Dallas -based Certainty Home Lending , an affiliate of Guaranteed Rate , named Shadi Kamran as its new national business development executive. Kamran is based in Los Angeles and will support Certainty’s strategy and sales performance. Certainty Home Lending operates under the umbrella of Guaranteed Rate.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

Connecticut-based lender, servicer and asset manager Planet Home Lending has appointed Bill Shuler as executive vice president and chief information officer. In March , Planet hired Matt Kingsborough as regional sales manager to drive the company’s expansion plans in the western U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Smith will lead teams across sales, operations, finance, servicing and corporate functions at the South Carolina-based mortgage lender that originated about $16 billion in mortgage loans from January to September, up 2.7% compared to the same period last year, according to Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF).

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2024

Bank appointed John Hummel to lead its East market for retail home lending. Hummel, who previously led the correspondent and Housing Finance Agency (HFA) business at U.S. Bank, will now oversee a team of 750 sales managers and mortgage loan officers responsible for generating $7 billion in originations, according to a news release.

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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 financing can be used to make a down payment, pay down debt, or cover repairs and moving expenses. billion.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2022

Veteran mortgage executive Bill Dallas has left his position as president of Finance of America Mortgage amid larger changes to the Texas-based nonbank lender’s C-Suite and business lines. His exit was first reported by Inside Mortgage Finance. Presented by: Finance of America. Last year, the lender funded $35.6

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

Connecticut-headquartered mortgage servicer and lender Planet Home Lending has hired Doug Long as senior vice president and divisional sales manager. This synergy allows Planet to offer unparalleled operational support to its sales professionals, along with no hidden overlays and some of the industry’s best turn times.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2024

HighTechLending , a California -based top-10 reverse mortgage lender, announced on Friday that it is rebranding its wholesale lending division to American Senior Lending Wholesale Division in an effort to better align its identity with key business lines designed to serve older borrowers. What’s in a name?

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Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2024

The complexities of Non-QM lending demand a strategic approach that combines innovation, efficiency, and resilience. Acra Lending has positioned itself at the forefront of this sector by investing in its workforce, optimizing processes, leveraging cutting-edge technology, and building a robust infrastructure. Craig Timmins.:

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Mortgage industry trade group Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) is urging government agencies to begin to have conversations surrounding the impact of the jury verdict and potential court ruling in the Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit on lending practices.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

While the current climate may be causing existing-home sales and inventory to fall, it’s driving renewed interest in home equity options. And that offers an incredible opportunity for banks and non-banks alike to improve their digital channels to better support home equity lending. But it’s not all grim news.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2023

California-based lender American Pacific Mortgage (APM) announced an asset purchase agreement with retail lender Lend Smart Mortgage on Thursday in its latest move to drum up production across the country. APM bought assets that include about 25 branches from the Minnesota retail lender Lend Smart. million in loan volume last year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

Findings include 71% of loan officers reporting an increase in buyers who are willing to purchase fixer-uppers, explore unconventional financing or accept high mortgage rates despite long-term financial concerns. Many first-time homebuyers are stretching their finances to the limit. It recommended human oversight to mitigate bias.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The reverse mortgage division of Rate formerly known as Guaranteed Rate recently announced the hiring of reverse industry veteran Jesse Allen as the president for Rates reverse lending division as the company heads into 2025. Jesse Allen Allen sees some of his own duties in a similar way. I think we can bridge that gap.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

While retaining existing customers should remain a key priority, as interest rates fluctuate, lenders should be prepared to support an increase in new business for refinances, purchases and home equity lending. Sales automation solutions like ICE Velocify help them connect with borrowers faster and stay one step ahead of the competition.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

F2 Finance wants to scoop up a share of a “fragmented” fix-and-flip market as a lack of housing inventory sharply limits transactions. just to give an idea of how fragmented it is in terms of the lender,” Christian Faes, founder of F2 Finance, said in an interview with HousingWire. LendInvest has more than $4.7 billion (£3.7

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2022

Tech-focused real estate brokerage Radius , flush with $14 million in venture capital raised this past April, has launched a mortgage lending arm in California that it plans to roll out to additional markets sometime next year. That path – if successful – normally results in an eventual sale of a company or a public offering of stock.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

Name Job Title Company Name Aaron Heidorn Director of Software Engineering & Infrastructure Cloudvirga Aaron Smith Director, Sales CubiCasa Adrian Provost Chief Executive Officer Realty ONE Group Terminus Ana LeBlanc Human Resources Director InterLinc Mortgage Annie Lemon Producing Branch Manager Gold Star Mortgage Financial Anthony Russo Diamond (..)

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Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2024

Incenter Lender Services, a Philadelphia -based family of companies that works with nonbank and depository lenders across the country, announced this week that it has promoted Shelley Duffy to the role of executive vice president of national sales. Duffy first joined Incenter in February 2022 as its senior vice president of national sales.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2024

Figure Technology Solutions (FTS), the parent company of Figure Lending LLC , announced on Thursday that it will begin making its Digital Asset Registration Technologies (DART) platform — which it describes as “a combined lien and eNote registry service” — available to private and wholesale lending partners.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The purchase money mortgage transaction begins with the real estate sales contract and that’s not something our industry controls. They control this business and they have a lot to say about where the buyer goes for financing. It’s the real estate agent who has the consumer’s trust at this point. That work has already begun!

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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. In this conversation, the duo explore niche lending, second lien product opportunities and demand for non-QM. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

. “The multifamily provision increased by $257 million to $752 million, because of an incremental decline in property values, rising delinquencies , and the ongoing investigation of lending transactions with suspected fraud,” Halley told analysts. Existing-home sales are expected to total 4.15

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2025

homeowners hold mortgages below 4%, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Existing home sales have hit multi-decade lows. Banks and credit unionsmany of which depend on mortgage activity to fuel lending, gather deposits, and generate fee incomeare facing an extended drought. Nearly two-thirds of U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2023

In fact, ATTOM reports that one in 12 home sales in the nation last year, or 8.4%, involved fix and flip investors — whose strategy is to acquire, renovate (fix) and then resell (flip) the properties. A year ago, we were offering to lend 85% loan-to-cost or 90% loan-to-cost, and that’s down to like 75% loan-to-cost.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2023

About a quarter of American homeowners are unable to access the equity in their homes because of strict lending standards, and EasyKnock said the partnership will “improve housing stability for our mutual customers, providing them liquidity, flexibility and control in their finances.” The lender originated $14.9

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2023

Three veteran sales executives at Movement Mortgage have parted ways with the South Carolina-based lender to join the competitor Summit Funding, sources told HousingWire. Deran Pennington, who spent the last 15 years at Movement and until June 2023 held a national sales director position, is joining Summit as a divisional leader in Charlotte.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Chris Porter, a senior vice president at the firm and the author of the latest outlook, said this correlates with buyers dedicating more of their income to housing and seeking accessible financing options. He noted that despite a national slowdown in home sales , St. Louis continues to see multiple offers on good houses.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

After blasting off in July , new-home sales returned to earth in August. Sales dropped by 4.7% In August, new-home sales posted a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 716,000. Despite the monthly decline, new-home sales still posted an annualized increase of 9.8%, higher than the 5.6% Census Bureau and the U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The silver lining for the business was the strong sales in its Encompass loan origination software system in the fourth quarter, executives said in its latest earnings call on Thursday. We had a very strong quarter in Encompass sales,” Ben Jackson, president and chair of ICE Mortgage Technology, said in its fourth quarter earnings call. “In

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2023

Movement Mortgage has tapped Brady Yeager to join the team as national sales director, a role that will lead the expansion of Movement across the country. In his role as national sales director at Movement, Yeager will focus on the company’s growing sales team.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Deephaven Mortgage a pioneer in non-QM lending offers loan products to serve borrowers who might not otherwise qualify for a traditional loan. Finance a loan, and you may lose money. Avoid financing, and you risk missing out on a sales growth opportunity. This loan type offers up to $2 million in financing.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

Planet Home Lending confirmed on Tuesday the acquisition of certain retail assets from Axia Home Loans , describing the transaction as an opportunity to expand its operations in the Western, Northwestern, and Midwestern markets. Editor’s note: Planet Home Lending CEO Michael Dubeck will speak at HousingWire’s IMB Summit on October 1st.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

As industry analyst Mike Delprete put it in a recent blog post , both firms are now in search of the holy grail of real estate: a one-stop shop that combines home search, buy & sell, financing, and title insurance. The revenue on a mortgage is actually far higher than what they generate when a Flex agent closes a sale.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

In September, Biden’s administration also called on state and local governments to “reduce zoning and financing barriers to these kinds of housing – housing that allows families to achieve homeownership and build wealth.”. How Freddie Mac is addressing affordable housing challenges.

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