Brokers Add Jobs, Mortgage Bankers Cut April 8, 2024 Paul Muolo Roughly 106,400 mortgage workers have been handed pink slips since business peaked in the spring of 2021...Read More
UWM, Guild, Mr. Cooper Add Employees as Nonbanks Shrink April 3, 2024 Brandon Ivey United Wholesale Mortgage had 6,700 employees as of the end of 2023, up 11.7%, the largest increase among the lenders in the analysis.Read More
Better Shifts to Using Commission-Based LOs March 28, 2024 Brandon Ivey Previously, Better’s LOs weren’t paid commissions and the lender focused on using technology to get loan applicants through the mortgage process.Read More
Short Takes: DOL Fine for Emotional Damages / UWM’s Margins Expected to Improve / Growth in Mortgage Payments Outpaces Applicants’ Earnings / Trees Saved From Digital Closings March 28, 2024 Brandon Ivey The fine levied by the Department of Labor for emotional damages followed a whistleblower complaint involving PrimeLending.Read More
Almost Three Years After Bank Bought AmeriHome, More Departures March 25, 2024 Paul Muolo Roughly three years ago, AmeriHome, a nonbank planning an IPO, was sold to Western Alliance Bank for $1 billion...Read More
Freddie Mac Taps President as Interim CEO March 18, 2024 Dennis Hollier If Hutchins becomes the "permanent" CEO of Freddie, the change, ironically, would result in a pay cut...Read More
Short Takes: Foreclosures Decline / MSR Offering / New CEO at AmeriHome / Details on Fannie’s NPL Sale March 13, 2024 Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo Foreclosure activity declined by 1% on a monthly basis in February.Read More
Mortgage Hiring Remains Elusive March 11, 2024 Paul Muolo At Jan. 31, mortgage bankers employed 186,000, the lowest reading in a decade.Read More
Cash Infusion, New Leadership at NYCB March 7, 2024 Brandon Ivey New York Community Bancorp has its third CEO in less than two weeks.Read More
Short Takes: Demand for Purchase Mortgages Increases / Rate Locks Up in February / New CEO at Carrington / Freddie Securitizing RPLs March 6, 2024 Brandon Ivey A small decline in interest rates last week helped to increase applications for purchase mortgages.Read More
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