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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…
Liberty Reverse Mortgage Has Record Losses in Q2 Says Ocwen
Ocwen Financial Owned Liberty Reverse Mortgage Has Record Losses In 2nd Quarter. Executives at Liberty Reverse Mortgage owner Ocwen Financial are worried. Why? Ocwen says the reverse mortgage unit recorded a pre-tax loss of $26 million in Q2 2022. This is in comparison to a profit of $6 million one year prior. Liberty Reverse Mortgage…
Rocket Mortgage Sees Profits Plunge In Second Quarter
Rocket Companies Says Profits For Rocket Mortgage Plunged In Second Quarter. CEO Threatens Layoffs If Things Don’t Improve Rocket Companies, the Rocket Mortgage say the mortgage company’s profits plunged in the second quarter. They claim this is due to rising interest rates and inflation. Therefore, this is dampening consumer confidence and concerns over a possible…
New American Funding Eliminates Hundreds Of Jobs
Sources Say New American Funding Eliminated Loan Officers, Processors And Underwriters In Another Lay Off Sweep Former employees say New American Funding has laid off hundreds of employees on Tuesday. New American Funding eliminated several hundred positions. The company laid off loan officers and underwriters. In addition the company also laid off processors and training…
PennyMac Financial Services Cuts Another 32 Jobs In California
PennyMac Financial services Has Cut Nearly 500 Jobs Since March Mortgage lender Pennymac Financial Services has laid off an additional 32 employees in July. PennyMac has laid off a total of 475 employees since March 1st. This is the California-based company’s third round of layoffs this year, as Pennymac had a workforce reduction of 236 employees…
Massive Wall Street Layoffs Imminent As Banking Profits Plummet
Massive Wall Street Layoffs Of Junior Bankers Is Imminent As Banking Giants See Profits Plummet Wall Street spent the past year acting like the financial bulimics they are. They spent the past year binging on bankers and now they are leaning over the world toilet ready to puke it all out. Junior bankers are predicting…
Mortgage Applications Plummet To 22-Year Low
Mortgage Applications Plummet To 22-Year Low As Home Sales Drop 14% From A Year Ago. Mortgage applications have hit a 22-year low demand for homes is drying up. This is due to raising interest rates soar and plunging home sales. The lending industry is pointing the finger at the Federal Reserve‘s interest rate hikes. The…
Bank of America Reports Double-Digit Drop In Mortgages
Bank of America Reports Mortgage Originations Are Down 11.5% In Second Quarter Bank of America reports that customers haven’t slowed down their activities despite a fear of a recession. In addition. Bank of America reported that deposits have grown to a record level above $1 trillion. The bank also says consumer spending is increasing for…
Mortgage Originations Continue To Free Fall At JPMorgan Chase
JP Morgan Chase Executives Panic As Mortgage Originations Continue to Free Fall JPMorgan Chase leaders continue to panic as mortgage originations continue their free fall. It’s not pretty for JPMorgan Chase as mortgage originations continue to free fall. This is after the bank laid off hundreds of mortgage employees. Chase reported double digit declines in…