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Mortgage Loan Originations Down 57%
Mortgage Loan Originations Down 57% Since Beginning Of The Year. Rate Locks Fell 8.9% In August Black Knight Inc. says mortgage loan originations fell by 57% since the beginning of the year and in August, they fell to a four-year low. Originations also fell nearly 9% from July. The mortgage data provider released its Optimal…
NEXA Mortgage Quits AIME. Mike Kortas Claims He’s Being Bullied
NEXA Mortgage CEO Claims AIME Allowed Renegade Gangs Of Smaller Mortgage Broker To Bully Him On The Internet The CEO of NEXA Mortgage has pulled his company out of the Association of Independent Mortgage Experts (AIME). CEO Mike Kortas claims the association has allowed renegade gangs of brokers to “terrorize” him on the internet. NEXA …
Citimortgage Does Another Round Of Layoffs
Citibank Defends Further Staffing Reductions At Citimortgage. Citibank has cut staffing levels at Citimortgage for the third time in 9 months. Citi claims letting go of the 100 employees was to “streamline internal functions.” However, it probably has more to do with surging rates and a reorganization of its operations. Citibank claims it is working…
Homepoint Has Finally Admitted It Has Shed 75% Of It’s Workforce
Homepoint Has Finally Admitted That It Shed Over 3,000 Employees. Homepoint has finally admitted that it has shrunk its workforce. The company says it’s workforce of 4,000 workers in summer of 2021 down to 1,000. The wholesale lender laid off 913 employees according to WARN notices filed in Arizona, Florida, Michigan and Texas. Homepoint has…
Freedom Mortgage Conducts Layoffs And Sends Jobs To India
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. Freedom Mortgage has been a victim of falling origination…
Rocket Mortgage Raises Limits In Desperate Gambit
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 the maximum loan limit set by the federal government will rise…
Newrez Launches 40-Year Mortgage Programs
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 origination numbers. Now, Newrez is joining them in offering…
Former Vanguard Funding Owner Going To Prison For 24 Months
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 part-owner of mortgage lender Vanguard Funding, LLC. The government…
Mountain West Financial Pulls Plug On Wholesale Lending
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 it has “made the difficult decision to take a…
AmeriSave Wholesale Mortgage Solutions Shuts Down
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 announcement simply said the company is “closing it doors…