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Homepoint Has Laid Off 100+ Employees
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 on Wednesday and Thursday. They say the layoffs are…
Suburban Mortgage Is Pulling The Plug On Mortgage Lending
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 it’s employees. However, a spokesperson sent a comment to…
Rocket Mortgage Extends Voluntary Buyout Offers
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 a “completely optional plan.” The extended buyout off is…
Fannie Mae Predicts Dark Days Ahead For The Housing Market
Fannie Mae Predicts Dark Days Ahead As They Predict Home Sales To Drop 16.2% By The End Of The Year Fannie Mae predicts things will get worse for the housing market and mortgage industry before it gets better. A group of economists at Fannie Mae slashed their forecast for 2022 home sales this week. Fannie Mae’s…
Wells Fargo Pulls The Plug On Mortgage Lending
Wells Fargo Pulls The Plug On Mortgage Lending. The Bank Blames The Economy For The Move There is no other way to put it, Wells Fargo plans to severely shrink its vast mortgage empire. Employees say Wells Fargo plans to exit the mortgage entirely. The bank once churned out one of every three home loans…
Impac Mortgage Holdings Posts Ugly 2nd Quarter Results
Impac Mortgage Reports $13.5 Million Loss In Second Quarter. Company Blames Lack OF Housing Inventory Another mortgage lender is reporting taking a hit in their profit margins. Add Impac Mortgage Holdings to the list of mortgage lenders that posted a loss in the second quarter of 2022, As a result, Impac have opted to break with the…
Homepoint Takes $44M Hit In Q2 Amid Price War With UWM
Increasing Profit Margins Is The Goal Says Homepoint Management. Company Says They Are Not Afraid To Downsize Permanently Homepoint took a $44 Million loss in the second quarter of 2022. The company had already reduced costs and sold the mortgage servicing rights for loans in their servicing portfolio. The company reported that surging interest rates…
LoanDepot Is Closing It’s Wholesale Channel After $232M Loss
LoanDepot Is Closing It’s Wholesale Channel After Losing $232 Million In The Second Quarter California-based LoanDepot is closing its wholesale division amid plummeting origination volumes. The company is also seeing a widening of it’s financial losses in the second quarter. The decision to close the channel also reflects fierce competition in the broker space. It’s a…
United Wholesale Mortgage Posts 55% increase In Income In Q2
United Wholesale Mortgage Bucks Industry Trend By Posting 55% Increase In Net Income In Second Quarter United Wholesale Mortgage Holdings on Tuesday posted a net income of $215.4 million in the second quarter. This is a 55% increase from 2021. The suburban Detroit lender also posted profits on $29.9 billion in loan origination volume for…
Open Mortgage Does Another Round Of Lay Offs
Former Employees Express Shock On Social Media As Open Mortgage Performs Another Round Of Mass Lay Offs Another round of mass layoffs has struck employees at Open Mortgage. The Austin, Texas based lender did a previous round of layoffs in June. Open Mortgage Founder and CEO Scott Gordon confirmed that layoffs had taken place but…