News Corp. Begins Employee Layoffs At Realtor.com In Preparation For A Downturn In The Market News Corp’s Realtor.com has become the latest real estate company to downsize. A Realtor.com spokesperson declined to share specifics of the layoffs. They also refused to say how many employees and
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Freedom Mortgage Has Conducted Their Fifth Round Of Mass Layoffs This Year And Are Outsourcing Underwriting Jobs To India Freedom Mortgage has trimmed its workforce with fourth round of layoffs this year. The company is also continuing to outsource underwriting and loan closing jobs to India.
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Rocket Mortgage Raises 2023 Conforming Loan Limits For Brokers In Gambit To Prop Up Origination Numbers The wholesale arm of Rocket Mortgage raises 2023 loan limits for brokers. Rocket Mortgage raised loan limits to $715,000 effective on Tuesday. This is a sign that they are confident
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Newrez Launches 40-Year Mortgage Program To Try To Halt It’s Free Falling Origination Numbers Lenders are getting creative when it comes to stop their declining origination numbers and Newrez is no different. Several lenders have begun offering 40-year mortgages in an effort to stop their declining
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Federal Judge Sentences Former Vanguard Funding Owner To 24 Months In Federal Prison For $8.9 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme A federal judge last week sentenced former Vanguard Funding owner Edward E. Bohm to 24 months in federal prison. Bohm is the former President of Sales and
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Mountain West Financial Closes Wholesale Channel. Are They Another Victim Of The UWM Juggernaut? You can add Mountain West Financial to the list of lenders unable to compete with the juggernaut of United Wholesale Mortgage. The California-based company informed its broker network last week that
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AmeriSave Wholesale Mortgage Solutions Abruptly Shuts Down. Company Says Team Members Will Stay To Close Out Existing Loans Amerisave Wholesale Mortgage Solutions (AWMS) announced yesterday on Facebook that it is closing it doors. The company made the announcement in a mortgage loan officer Facebook group. The
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Homepoint Has Laid Off 100+ Employees. Company Expects To Save $100 Million Per Year With Layoffs Homepoint has laid off more than 100 employees this week. The company has been taking it to the gut with its price war with UWM. The company confirmed the layoffs
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Suburban Mortgage Is Pulling The Plug On Mortgage Lending But Company Claims They Are Not Shutting Down Arizona-based mortgage lender Suburban Mortgage’s website is down. The company also disabled employee emails. You would think this is a sign the company has shut it’s doors and fired
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Rocket Mortgage Extends Voluntary Buyouts To Small Number Of Team Members Rocket Mortgage extends it’s the second wave of “voluntary career transition” offers to employees. The company is expecting a drastic reduction in origination volume in the third quarter. The company says the buyout offer is
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