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UWM Has Threatened A Broker Facebook Group With Legal Action

UWM Has Threatened A Broker Facebook Group Called “Rocket Pro TPO and UWM” With Legal Action Ramon Walker of Client Direct Mortgage created a Facebook group comparing Rocket Pro TPO with UWM. The Facebook group has re-ignited the feud between Rocket Mortgage owner Dan Gilbert and UWM CEO Mat Ishbia. Now, UWM has threatened the…

By Steve
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UWM Announces It’s Expanding Its Bank Statement Loan Program

UWM Announces Major Expansion Of Its Popular Bank Statement Loan Programs.  Pontiac, Michigan based lender UWM Announced Wednesday that it intends on expanding its bank statement loan program. The plan is to provide additional flexibility and opportunities for independent mortgage brokers and self-employed borrowers. The UWM program will allow borrowers to use their bank statements…

By Steve
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Is The UWM Corporate Headquarters A Hostile Work Environment?

Is The UWM Corporate Headquarters A Hostile Work Environment? Bloomberg Reports That It Does. However, UWM Disputes The Claims Is the UWM corporate headquarters a hostile work environment? A scathing story published Wednesday by Bloomberg claims it does. The story depicts United Wholesale Mortgage Holdings Corp.’s workplace culture as hostile. The report is ripe with…

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United Wholesale Mortgage Has Cut 30 Percent Of Its Staff

United Wholesale Mortgage has reduced its staff by 2,600 since 2021. This 30% Of It’s Staff Since January 2021, United Wholesale Mortgage has let go of 2,600 employees. The company has gone from 8,600 employees to 6,000. This contradicts CEO Mat Ishbia that UWM hasn’t laid anyone off. Ishbia even stated it again in a…

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Northpointe Bank Exiting Correspondent Lending

Northpointe Bank Joins The Exodus Of Lenders Leaving Wholesale Lending And Correspondent Lending Northpointe Bank announced that it is exiting correspondent lending. The bank announced today that the last day to lock or relock a loan is on February 17, 2023, by 5:00 ET. Northpointe also stated that the absolute last day to fund a…

By Steve
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Rocket Mortgage Management Tries To Sabotage An RE Closing

Rocket Mortgage Management Bullied An Employee And Tries To Sabotage His Real Estate Closing By Refusing To Give His Lender A Verification Of Employment For years I have written about the cattiness and cult like mentality of Rocket Mortgage management on MFI-Miami. But this recent incident is just over the top. Management bullied an employee….

By Steve
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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…

By Steve
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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…

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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…

By Steve
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