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2020 has been crazier than a fly living in a bass drum. Time to have a little fun.
Back, by popular demand, I bring to you ... The 20 Best Names in the Mortgage Industry. Many of these are submissions! Keep them coming to me at rswerbinsky@mtgcoop.com.
The world needs a vaccine. And more people with the first names Baird, Cameo and Fobby. 14. Flisadam Pointer, REMN Wholesale 15. Shirleen-Queenie VonHoffmann, Homebuilders Edge 16. Zeke Wolfgang - Freddie Mac These are the names that pop stars Katherine Hudson (Katy Perry), Peter Gene Hernandez (Bruno Mars), and John Stephens (John Legend) SHOULD have gone with. 17. Scott Beer, Hallmark Home Mortgage 18. David Sober, LRES Corp Another duo I’d like to go get a beer with. 19. Matt Mullet, 1st Security Bank of Washington 20. Shadi Taylor - Huntington Bank Matt does not have a mullet. Shadi is not shady. But both have great names. HONORABLE MENTION Aspasia Chamoun - Bank Fund Staff Federal Credit Union Dave Savage, Mortgage Coach Scotty Pickle, Celebrity Financial Don Salmon, TBI Mortgage Dionisia Bejarano Coffman, Chase Carmel York, Western Alliance Bank Taylor Stork, Developer’s Mortgage Company Feliks Viner, First World Mortgage Cola Galvin - Homespire Mortgage Geri Glixman, First Integrity Mortgage Johnny Margarini, Point Mortgage Freddy Casanova, The Money Source Harry Holder - Veritas Funding Rusty Creel - Crescent Mortgage Rich Swerbinsky COO - The Mortgage Collaborative
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Docutech Insights: FHLB Now Accepting eNotes as Pledged Collateral ICYMI: SimpleNexus Adds eClosing Feature Registration Open for FreddieCONNECT 2020 Built: The COVID-19 Conundrum: Money Available for New Construction Projects but Few Breaking Ground ICYMI: Credit Plus Announces Integration with DayOne Certainty Services from Fannie Mae Notarize Partners with J.D. Power to Enable Fully Digital Purchase Experience ICYMI: MERSCORP Holdings - Widespread eNote Adoption Depends on Five Pillars of Liquidity Personnel Announcements... Stewart Title Adds New Group SVP for Southwest Direct Operations Total Expert Brings on New Chief Product Officer Notarize Welcomes Cristin Culver as Head of Communications Stewart Title Adds New EVP of Enterprise Operations, Louis Pontani Certified Credit Adds Samantha Markwood as Director of Account Servicing Media... Welcome to The Benchmark - Episode 1, powered by Blend LBA Ware On-Demand Webinar: Sophisticated Payroll Coordinator's Guide to the LO Comp Rule Arch MI for Credit Unions Video Demo: Capacity - An AI-Powered Helpdesk Automation Platform Events to register for... SocialSurvey 2020 CX Experience Virtual Summit: September 14th - 16th HousingWire Annual: October 8th Blend Forward: September 22nd - 23rd
​July was another huge month for TMC's national network of lender members that submit data to TMC Benchmark. While closed loan production and new applications taken during the month were down slightly from June, July was the second strongest month ever for our members in those two key production metrics. The network closed loans on average one day faster in July than June, but were slightly less efficient, as purchases transactions comprised 58% of July closings, up 7% from June's 51% purchase mix.
Closed loan production was down 6.3% (units) in July, but again, that is compared against June's eye-popping totals. For some perspective, our members closed 8.5% more units in July when compared against May, which was the biggest closing month ever for our members before being eclipsed by June's totals. The mix of closed loan business in July stayed nearly identical - 74% conventional, 21% government, 5% other (jumbo, portfolio, etc.). Closings continue to become more purchase-heavy. Purchases were 41% of closings in April, 44% of closings in May, 51% in June, and represented 58% of all closings in July. New applications taken were down 4% month-over-month, but like with closings, July was the second biggest new app month ever for our members behind June and July new apps taken were up 16.8% over May's strong totals. The mix of new app business in July trended slightly more towards conventional production. 78% of new apps in July were on conventional production and 18% were government loan programs versus a 76%/20% mix in June. After seeing our members set new productivity records in June, operational efficiency was still very strong but just a bit off in July. Here's the closed loan unit totals per FTE (full-time employee) for the last three months (May/June/July): Processor - 15.2/17.5/16.9 Underwriter - 49.1/54.9/52.2 Closer - 61.0/64.8/62.5 Loan Originator - 7.0/8.1/8.1 The average LO comp on May closings came in at 101.9 bps in July, up from June's 97.1 total. We've seen this number vacillate between 95-105 bps these last six months. We saw an increase in the average non-third party lender fees per loan our members charge their customers, with conventional loans coming in at $1,154 and government at $1,097. For the first time in six months, underwriter annual comp leveled off, coming in at an average of $94,294, up almost $10,000 from before the pandemic. Average annual comp paid to processors ($56,790) and closers ($54,212) both continues to increase though. We saw fairly significant month-over-month decreases in the average cost per closed loan our members paid for their LOS ($97, down from $115), POS ($49, down from $76), and their CRM ($86, down from $134). 51% of companies that submitted June data to TMC Benchmark were depositories and 49% were IMB's. 35% originate $500M or less annually, 26% originate between $500M-$1B, and 39% originate $1 billion per year or more in total volume. Top Headlines...
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Docutech's Solex eClose Engage Gives Lenders the Insights They Need to Determine eEligibility for Every Loan Fannie Mae Reports $2.5B Net Income for Q2-2020 Freddie Mac Partners with Housing Action Illinois for Uniform Counseling Data Blend Listed Among Business Insider's Top 25 Best Small Companies to Grow Your Career National MI Announces New Integration to Enhance Access to NMI's RateGPS Offering PHOENIX: June 2020 Market Snapshot Thought Leadership... LoanLogics, EVP & Chief Business Officer, Craig Riddell in The M Report: There's No Turning Back from Digital Labor Total Expert, Chief Customer Officer, Sue Woodard on 'The Financial Experience' podcast: Are You 'All-In-All-On' When Engaging Your Customer? Docutech EVP of eStrategies, Harry Gardner: RON Has Evolved from a 'Nice-to-Have' to 'Must Have' Technology Blog... SocialSurvey: Top Performing Mortgage Companies Think Differently About Customer Experience Arch MI: Make Online Reviews Part of Your Referral Strategy MCM: Learn About MCM Hedge Commander Today Capacity: 10 Examples of Cutting-Edge Technology for a Modern Mortgage Experience Blend: Can Digital Mortgage Solutions Level the Playing Field for Community Banks? MQMR Weekly FAQ: Separate Itemization of Appraisal Fee & AMC Fee Media... Credit Plus: How You Can Speed up the Supplement/Forbearance Verification Process Built CEO & Co-Founder, Chase Gilbert featured on 'Bank on It' Podcast Capacity CEO, David Karandish on 'Startup Stories' Podcast: The $900MM Flip of Answers.com National MI University Podcast: Oh Shift! Taco Tuesday Talks features Certified Credit VP, Mark Teta Events... ICYMI: Sales Boomerang's Attention to Retention Challenge Starting August 17th Blend Presents Blend Forward, Sept 22 - 23 A New Kind of Event for the Fall: HousingWire Annual MeridianLink Summer Road Trip Series presents: The LendingQB Destination: What's Next for Mortgage After COVID-19? HousingWire's 2020 Women of Influence winners represent 100 of the most influential women in leadership in the housing industry, and it was no surprise to us that we had so many of our lender members and preferred partners honored this year. These are women that have risen through the challenges of this year to provide guidance and inspiration for their organizations and communities, and foster the next generation of women in leadership.
Preferred Partners: Charlotte Catalfo, SVP of Enterprise Operations – Freddie Mac Chao Cong, VP of Business Strategy, Data & Analytics – Black Knight Riham El-Lakany, VP & Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, Single-Family Division – Freddie Mac Pam Faulkner, Director of Mortgage Solutions – SimpleNexus Amy Keyser, SVP & Chief Human Resources Officer of Global Mortgage – Arch MI Terri Merlino, SVP & Chief Credit Officer, Single Family Business – Freddie Mac Cecelia Raine, Senior Director, Reimagine Servicing Integrations & Adoption, Single Family –Freddie Mac Anna Ratanawan, VP of People Operations – SimpleNexus Leanne Spies, SVP of Multi-Family Asset Management & Operations – Freddie Mac Crystal Sumner, Head of Legal – Blend Jacqueline Welch, Chief Human Resources Officer & Chief Diversity Officer – Freddie Mac Lender Members: Patty Arvielo, President & Co-Founder – New American Funding Annie Gotch, AVP, Wholesale Branch Manager – PRMG Tawn Kelley, President – Taylor Morrison Home Funding Lisa Fenske, SVP of Marketing & Communications - Waterstone Mortgage Laura LaRaia, Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel – First Guaranty Mortgage Corp. Chrissi Rhea, CEO, Founder & President – Mortgage Investors Group Marilyn Richardson, President & CEO – Mason-McDuffie Mortgage Corp.  America's Homeowner Alliance presents ForbearanceReport.org as a resource tool for all members of The Mortgage Collaborative. Designed to educate and empower Lenders, Realtors, Mortgage Practitioners, Housing Counselors and the 35,000 city Managers and Mayors about homeowners impacted by COVID-19. ForbearanceReport is the only resource that provides comprehensive, rational, real-talk information with video explanation in English and Spanish. It is not intended to provide legal advice – just common sense explanation.
It is the comprehensive collection of public information and mentoring particular to forbearance and loans in distress housed in one centralized location. Highlights include:
Also, in support of protecting and promoting sustainable homeownership for all segments of America, America's Homeowner Alliance is currently offering all TMC Member employees and customers a FREE lifetime membership to AHA when entering promo code 'aha2020' when you click to join on AHA's website. Or – simply use the BROWSER on your phone by entering - aha.rocks. |
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