The correspondent channel accounted for 47.5% of FHA/VA originations in 2023, up from a 46.8% share in 2022, based on volume from a subset of lenders that produced the majority of FHA/VA volume.
"If a lender has a full array of products ... [they] serve the credit needs of low- and moderate-income borrowers as well as borrowers in communities of color," said Maurice Jordain-Earl, managing director of Compliance Tech.
Given that scammers are using artificial intelligence to mimic voices of trusted sources, Violet Sullivan, assistant vice president at Crum & Forster Insurance, recommended mortgage companies require the source to provide a code word or phrase during verbal confirmation of a transaction.