At an industry luncheon last week with executives from top banks including JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley, chatter was dominated by speculation that layoffs will ravage the industry's workforce by. The troubles in the tech space were even acknowledged by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who said during a press conference last month these layoffs were "a story unto itself.". Trying to find someone to release a mortgage that is still on title years later. In her March interview with HousingWire, Cook said the company expected to consolidate the wholesale businesses under Joe Hullinger, the president of Finance of America Commercial. Seniority, nor tenure, nor high quality Underwriting pass rate, nor meeting production goals secured ones employment. It was owned by HSBC, which may have sold it to any number of different servicing companies. Mortgage layoffs in 2022: a list | National Mortgage News Theyll be keeping the loan originators, however. The statement that they acquired Moore Group is misleading as the Moore group is just a family branch team that changed companies to Sierra Pacific. As we said, we had paused our regular performance management-related reductions during the pandemic and also had a period of strong growth in headcount given the opportunity set in 2021, Solomon told analysts during the call Tuesday. In an interview with Yahoo Finance Live at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Tuesday, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan, when asked about the prospect of mass layoffs at the bank, firmly said: "There'll be none.". Dealmaking remains muted following a dropoff in the fourth quarter, when Bank of America saw investment-banking revenue drop 54% to $1 . Incredible work here. 11 bankruptcy Liberty American Mortgage halted wholesale lending LibertyBank shut by FDIC Liberty Home Lending ceased wholesale lending Liberty Mortgage Corp. ceased wholesale lending Liberty Mortgage Funding Co. filed for Ch. The banks chief executive officer David Solomon confirmed during an earnings call Tuesday that Goldman Sachs slashed about 6% of its workforce, or 3,200 jobs. The layoffs come amid a mortgage market downturn and a larger company restructuring, multiple current and former staffers told HousingWire. Ride-sharing giant Lyft in November revealed to staff that it would be cutting some 700 jobs in an effort to bolster its business, which is facing a slowing economy, heading into 2023. Exact number is unknown, Homepoint has laid off over 1,000 employees this week. Sickening. They have a skeletal staff and almost zero loans in the pipe. But unlike peers at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley who have resorted to. A monthly Bloomberg survey of economists found that there is about a 70% chance of a recession, more than double what was predicted six months ago. Does it go far enough? Very common name, hard to say, if its something to do with ResCap (GMAC), maybe it went to Ocwen? Very hush hush. Moreover, Goldman Sachs reported operating expenses jumped 11% from the prior year, attributing the rise to higher compensation a sign the bank may evaluate more areas to cut headcount in coming months. Cook stepped down as CEO on June 30 due to an existing medical condition. During her period as CEO, the company made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange in April 2021, after merging with the blank-check company Replay Acquisition Corp. Graham Fleming, president since October 2020, has been the interim CEO, responsible for the forward, reverse, commercial and home improvement lending segments, as well as lender services. Back then, scores of mortgage companies consolidated, laid off employees, sent out scary warnings, and went out of business. Priority Funding Mortgage Bankers believed to have ceased operations Prodigy Lending LLC merged with The Texas Mortgage Pros Proficio Bank (UT) shut by FDIC Progress Bank of Florida shut by FDIC Promontory Financial Group cut hundreds of employees conducting foreclosure reviews Prospect Mortgage acquired certain assets (Consumer Direct market) of CapWest Mortgage Prospect Mortgage acquired Diamond Mortgage Group Prosperan Bank shut by FDIC Provident Bank Mortgage ceased operations, 133 layoffs in CA Provident Bank layoffs in Riverside, CA Provident Financial Plc (top UK subprime lender) slashed 170 jobs Provincial Bank acquired United Residential Mortgage Property Finance Group (New Zealand) halted trading amid liquidity concerns Prospect Mortgage to acquire 80 Indymac branches, 750 employees Prospect Mortgage acquired certain retail mortgage branches of Excel Mortgage Servicing, Inc. Around that time, some 2.33% of all U.S. mortgages were delinquent, a number which was sure to rise over the following years as the full extent of the mortgage crisis revealed itself. While finance and tech firms are beginning to start seeing layoffs, many other parts of the labor market are chugging right along despite the rate increases. Goldman Sachs is reportedly hashing out plans to part ways with up to 4,000 bankers any day now, according to a year-end audio message from CEO David Solomon to staff last week. I am looking to find who is servicing and how to obtain Satisfaction of Mortgage for de-funk company First Franklin Financial Corp subsidiary of National City Corp of Indian. Your email address will not be published. Cal, 400 in So. News of Bank of America layoffs has led to an impressive surge of nearly 2% in BAC stock. Those cuts are expected to begin in coming. We provide the first and only end-to-end vertically integrated platform in the lending business. Cook said in March that the company had around 1,000 employees in the Philippines. Property is in Trust in Mexico and Fiduciary will not release until Metrociti is linked to GMAC. The lenders forward mortgage business posted $4.23 billion in funded volume in the second quarter, down 17% quarter over quarter and 39% year over year. ir@financeofamerica.com. A similar trend is surfacing in the finance industry, which also hired aggressively as it benefited from a post-pandemic economic and financial market boom. Finance industry sacks staff as economy falters I can confirm Supreme Lending let go at least 300 people. Aurora extends the Better.com merger deadline once again, Real estate agents wonder if inventory levels will ever return to normal, Optimizing client engagement and communication in 2023, Shared Equity: A required intervention for home affordability. Wells Fargo to exit correspondent lending channel, Zillow Offers shut down, 25% of staff to be let go, Figure to merge with Homebridge Financial Services, AmeriSave Mortgage Corp. bought origination business of The Money Source (TMS), Bank of America to cease wholesale lending, Caliber Home Loans bought Banc Home Loans, CIT Group Inc. bought OneWest Bank (formerly IndyMac), CitiMortgage halts wholesale home equity lending, Citizens Financial Group acquired Franklin American Mortgage Company. Sources told. The deadline to fund the wholesale pipeline and purchase a non-delegated correspondent pipeline is December 16. Anyone?? By Maria Volkova. Tech companies, banks overstaffed, while airlines, hotels need - CNBC Citi mortgage layoffs (3/2/23) Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC to acquire JFQ Lending, LLC (2/28/23) Majestic Home Loan shut down by the CFPB (2/27/23) Wells Fargo cut 500+ mortgage jobs per Bloomberg (2/23/23) JZZ Technologies, Inc. to acquire Oxygen Mortgage (2/22/23) Civic Financial Services, LLC to eliminate approximately 200 positions (2/21/23) Mutual of Omaha Mortgage has acquired the assets of Keller Mortgage LLC (2/20/23) Celebrity Home Loans layoffs (2/16/23) Mr. Cooper to acquire Roosevelt Management Company and Rushmore Loan Management Services (2/10/23) Redwood Trust sees a 24% reduction in workforce due to market volatility (2/10/23) AmCap Mortgage acquired Oz Lending, Orange Mortgage and Rev Mortgage brands (2/9/23) Town Square Mortgage to merge with American Portfolio Mortgage (2/9/23) Chase to cut hundreds of additional mortgage jobs per Bloomberg (2/8/23) Northpointe Bank to exit correspondent lending business (2/8/23) Guild Mortgage acquires New Mexico-based Legacy Mortgage (2/7/23) F&B Financial Group acquired by Amerant Mortgage (2/2/23) USAA Bank cut 130 mortgage jobs in San Antonio, TX (2/2/23) Flagstar Bank to close all out of footprint locations, leading to 69% reduction in retail home lending offices, layoffs (1/31/23) Umpqua Bank to lay off half its home lending team (1/30/23) Reverse Mortgage Funding to lay off 65 in Bloomfield, NJ (1/27/23) First Internet Bank to exit consumer mortgage business, possible layoffs (1/27/23) American Pacific Mortgage purchased the assets of Lend Smart Mortgage (1/26/23) Clear Capital to cut about 250 jobs in Reno, NV (1/26/23) Wells Fargo Home Mortgage to cut 140 jobs in Springfield, IL (1/18/23) North American Savings Bank (NASB Financial Inc.) to exit consumer direct home lending business, layoffs (1/13/23) Blend Labs to lay off another 28% of employees (1/11/23) Silvergate Bank to cut 181 jobs in La Jolla, CA (1/10/23) Wells Fargo to exit correspondent lending channel (1/10/23) Union Bank mortgage layoffs related to U.S. Bank merger (1/10/23) AmeriFirst Financial (AZ) to shutter operations (1/6/23) Legacy Bank & Trust acquired Crain Mortgage Group LLC, rebrands as Legacy Capital (1/1/23) Union Home Mortgage acquires Amerifirst Home Mortgage (12/21/22) UMortgage to acquire NXT Mortgage Co. (12/19/22) Amerifirst Home Mortgage to eliminate 59 jobs in Portage, MI (12/13/22) Reverse Mortgage Funding to lay off 44 in Rancho Cordova, CA (12/9/22) Reverse Mortgage Funding to let go of 119 workers in Melville, NY (12/9/22) Union Bank to exit wholesale lending after U.S. Bank takeover (12/8/22) Finance of America to acquire the assets of American Advisors Group (12/7/22) Doma to eliminate 515 positions, or about 40% of the company (12/6/22) Interfirst Mortgage to let go of 75 employees in Rosemont, IL (12/6/22) Athas Capital to lay off 25 in Alpharetta, GA (12/6/22) Reverse Mortgage Funding to let go of 233 employees in Newburgh, NY (12/9/22) Wells Fargo to cut hundreds of mortgage jobs nationwide (per Bloomberg) Guild Mortgage to acquire Inlanta Mortgage, 62 layoffs in Pewaukee, WI (12/1/22) Reverse Mortgage Funding LLC files Chapter 11 bankruptcy, 233 layoffs (11/30/22) BayCoast Mortgage to acquire Marthas Vineyard Mortgage (11/30/22) Homepoint to eliminate 10 jobs in Clearwater, FL (11/19/22) Homepoint to shed another 49 jobs in Dallas, TX (11/18/22) Orchard laid off about 180 workers or roughly 25% of staff (11/17/22) American Financing to cut 194 jobs in Aurora, CO (11/16/22) Ribbon pauses RibbonCash program, ~170 layoffs (11/15/22) Athas Capital to cut 159 jobs in Agoura Hills, CA (11/14/22) Movement Mortgage acquires Mortgage Network, Inc. (11/11/22) Mr. Cooper to lay off 175 workers in Santa Ana, CA (11/11/22) Better Mortgage to let go of 33 employees in Irvine, CA (11/11/22) Better Mortgage to cut another 13 jobs in Oakland, CA (11/11/22) Impac Mortgage cut 47% of headcount in Irvine, CA (11/10/22) Angel Oak Home Loans to exit retail lending channel (11/10/22) RedfinNow to shut down, 862 layoffs (11/9/22) Radian Group to eliminate 166 jobs in Coraopolis, PA (11/8/22) New American Funding reduces workforce by roughly 240 jobs (11/8/22) CrossCountry Morgage to cut 100 jobs in Denver, CO (11/7/22) Pennymac to lay off 10 workers in Agoura Hills, CA (11/7/22) Newrez to let go of 24 employees in Columbia, Maryland (11/7/22) Better Mortgage to eliminate 28 jobs in NYC (11/4/22) Pennymac to cut another 49 jobs in Southern California (11/4/22) Mr. Cooper to slash another 800 jobs (11/4/22) Opendoor to lay off about 550 workers (11/3/22) Meridian Bank to lay off 1/3 of its mortgage employees and close 3 offices (11/3/22) Athas Capital Group to wind down operations, 200+ layoffs (11/2/22) Huntington National Bank to acquire PhysicianLoans (11/2/22) American Advisors Group (AAG) to let go of 204 employees in Irvine, CA (11/1/22) Nutter Home Loans to close (10/31/22) Finance of America to close Conshohocken, PA office, layoffs (10/28/22) Pennymac to lay off 20 in Pasadena, CA (10/28/22) Zillow to cut another 300 jobs, or 5% of company (10/26/22) Colonial Savings to lay off 54 workers in Orange County, CA (10/25/22) Finance of America Companies Inc. to discontinue forward mortgage originations via both retail and wholesale channels by the end of the year (10/24/22) Collins Community Credit Union laid off 38 employees in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (10/15/22) Finance of America to shutter wholesale and correspondent lending channels (10/11/22) Summit Funding to cut 72 jobs in Sacramento, CA (10/11/22) BayFirst Financial to cut another 20 jobs in Florida statewide (10/11/22) Angel Oak Home Loans cut 15% of staff (10/7/22) Lower.com layoffs (10/5/22) Keller Mortgage layoffs (10/4/22) BayFirst Financial to cut 58 jobs in Clearwater, FL (9/29/22) Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions cut 75 jobs, or about 20% of staff (9/28/22) BayFirst Financial to discontinue nationwide network of residential mortgage loan production offices (9/26/22) American Mortgage Service Company to be acquired by Thrive Mortgage (9/26/22) Compass to lay off 271 workers in Seattle (9/21/22) Ruoff Mortgage to slash 4.6% of its workforce (9/16/22) Citi cuts mortgage jobs (9/2/22) AmeriSave Wholesale Mortgage Solutions shutting down (9/2/22) Homepoint to lay off 526 employees in TX (9/2/22) RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corp. to cut 74 jobs in Melville, NY (9/2/22) Homepoint to cut 113 jobs in Chandler, AZ (9/1/22) Homepoint to cut 57 jobs in Clearwater, FL (9/1/22) Suburban Mortgage appears to have closed its doors (9/1/22) Wells Fargo to lay off another 75 workers in Des Moines area (9/1/22) Better Mortgage to cut another 200+ jobs (8/25/22) Mountain West Financial ceases wholesale lending (8/24/22) Movement Mortgage acquires mortgage brokerage Superior Rate Mortgage (8/24/22) Reali to shut down, 132 layoffs in San Mateo, CA (8/24/22) Blend Labs laid off 400+ employees (about 25% of workforce) (8/16/22) Panorama Mortgage Group acquires Lone Peak Lending (8/15/22) Cypress Mortgage Capital, Inc. shut down (8/12/22) Celebrity Home Loans exits correspondent lending (8/11/22) loanDepot to shutter wholesale lending channel (8/9/22) Envision Bank mortgage layoffs (8/4/22) Matrix Financial Services Corp. to acquire RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corp. (8/3/22) New American Funding cut 300 jobs (8/2/22) Wells Fargo to cut 82 jobs in Des Moines area (7/28/22) Pennymac to cut 32 jobs in Thousand Oaks, CA (7/21/22) Flyhomes to reduce staff by 20% (7/20/22) Texana Bank to cut 58 jobs in Irvine, CA (7/15/22) loanDepot to cut approximately 4,800 jobs in 2022 (7/12/22) Sprout Mortgage to shut down, lay off 400 employees (7/7/22) Wells Fargo to cut 107 jobs in Des Moines area (7/6/22) Redwood Trust acquires Riverbend Lending (7/5/22) AnnieMac Home Mortgage acquires OVM Financial (6/30/22) First Guaranty Mortgage Corp. files Chapter 11 bankruptcy (6/30/22) Mid America Mortgage, Inc. to rebrand as Click n Close (6/25/22) First Guaranty Mortgage Corp. cut 428 jobs in Plano, TX (6/24/22) Barclays to acquire Kensington Mortgages (6/24/22) Chase to cut 1,000 home lending jobs (6/22/22) HomeLight acquires Accept.inc (6/16/22) Notarize let go of 25% of staff (6/15/22) Compass to cut 10% of its workforce (6/14/22) Redfin to slash nearly 500 jobs (6/14/22) Priority Mortgage to merge with Doorway Home Loans (6/10/22) Wyndham Capital Mortgage to cut 48 jobs in Charlotte, NC (6/9/22) Real Genius (FirstBank) laying off 74 employees in Charlotte, NC (6/2/22) Tomo cuts 44 jobs (6/1/22) Real Genius (FirstBank) laying off 35 employees in Nasville, TN (5/31/22) Panorama Mortgage Group acquires Rely Home Loans (5/31/22) Wells Fargo cut roughly 90 mortgage jobs in Des Moines area (5/24/22) Nationstar Mortgage (Mr. Cooper) cutting 120 jobs in Santa, Ana CA (5/20/22) Mid America Mortgage to sell its retail channel to Legend Lending (5/16/22) Panorama Mortgage Group acquires Vision Mortgage Group (5/13/22) Pennymac cut 69 jobs in Pasadena, CA (5/6/22) Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) to acquire Black Knight, Inc. (5/4/22) Costco Mortgage program no longer available as of May 1st, 2022 (5/1/22) Mr. Cooper cut roughly 250 jobs during Q1 2022 Planet Home Lending to acquire Homepoints correspondent lending business (4/29/22) Primis Bank to acquire SeaTrust Mortgage Company (4/28/22) Owning to cut 189 jobs in Orange, CA Union Home Mortgage layoffs in Strongsville, OH Flagstar Bank cut 20% of mortgage staff (420 jobs) Rocket Mortgage offering buyouts to 8% of staff USAA Bank cut 90+ mortgage jobs National Bank Holdings Corporation to acquire Bank of Jackson Hole Movement Mortgage layoffs (based on industry reporting) PennyMac to cut 227 jobs in Agoura/Moorpark/Westlake, CA Prospect Home Finance to cut 5 jobs in La Jolla, CA PennyMac to cut 81 jobs in Roseville, CA All Cal Financial to merge with InstaMortgage Knock to reduce its workforce by approximately 46% Better Mortgage to cut additional 3,000 jobs in United States and India TD Bank to acquire First Horizon Corp. Ellington Financial to acquire reverse mortgage lender Longbridge Financial WinnPointe Corporation dba Interactive Mortgage to cut 51 jobs in Orange, CA Santander Bank halts all mortgage lending including HELOCs, layoffs (2/2/22) KKR to acquire Merchants Mortgage Trust & Corporation, LLC Mortgage Solutions Financial to acquire First American State Bank, will change name to MSF Bank Redfin to acquire Bay Equity Home Loans, 121 layoffs (1/11/22) Stearns Wholesale to shut down, 348 layoffs (1/6/22) Zillow cut 32 jobs in Coppell, TX (1/3/22) Genpact Mortgage Services Inc. cut 14 jobs in Irvine, CA Texas Partners Bank to acquire Legacy Mutual Mortgage Eustis Mortgage Corporation to acquire Signature Mortgage Corporation Better Mortgage to cut roughly 900 jobs (9% of staff) Interfirst Mortgage to cut 77 jobs in Charlotte, NC Opendoor to acquire RedDoor Zillow Offers shut down, 25% of staff to be let go First Federal Community Bank to acquire Lighthouse Mortgage Armed Forces Bank to acquire residential mortgage operations of KS StateBank Athene to acquire non-QM lender Newfi New Residential Investment Corp. to acquire Genesis Capital LLC U.S. Bank to acquire MUFG Union Bank Arcus Lending changes name to InstaMortgage Figure to merge with Homebridge Financial Services Better Mortgage to acquire U.K. based broker Trussle, 1-800-East-West Mortgage Co. suspended operations, cut roughly half of staff 1st Alliance Lending shut down 1st Alliance Lending cut as many as 35 jobs in Hartford, CT 1st American State Bank of Minnesota shut by FDIC 1st Choice Mortgage to close, layoffs 1st Commerce Bank (Las Vegas) closed by FDIC 1st New England Mortgage Corp. filed bankruptcy 1st Pacific Bank of California shut by FDIC 1st Regents Bank shut by FDIC 1st Reverse Financial to close 360 Mortgage Group no longer accepting applications Aames Investment Corp acquired by Accredited Home Lenders ABN Amro Mortgage 1700 layoffs ABN-Amro Hypotheken-Gruppe stopped lending in Germany Academy Mortgage Corp. acquired First Mortgage Company Academy Mortgage Corp. acquired Republic Mortgage Home Loans Ace Mortgage Funding shut down Accenture cut 45 Charlotte jobs thanks to slowdown in refinancing Accenture purchased software company Mortgage Cadence Access Bank shut by FDIC Access National Corporation closed Denver mortgage production branch, potential layoffs Accredited Home Lenders filed bankruptcy Accredited Home Lenders ceased wholesale lending for second time in Aug 2008 Accredited Home shut down retail lending, ceased wholesale, Lone Star lawsuit Accredited Home shut down retail lending business, agreed to Lone Star buyout Accredited Home Lenders shuts four operations centers, layoffs Accredited Home Lenders cuts 38 jobs in Cincinnati ACC Capital Holdings mass layoffs, closed Ameriquest, sold wholesale to Citigroup Acoustic Home Loans subprime wholesale lender closed its doors ACT Mortgage Capital suspended all submissions/funding until further notice Adfitech Inc. laid off 320 workers Advanta Bank Corp. shut by FDIC Advantage Home Loans closed Advent Mortgage merged with New Equity Mortgage AIG sold United Guaranty Corp. to Arch Capital Group AIG bought Equity One Aegis Funding closed, seeking bankruptcy protection Aegis Mortgage Corp. laying off 401 employees Affiliated Mortgage shut its correspondent lending division, cut 31 jobs Affinity Bank (CA) shut by FDIC Aklero Risk Analytics Inc. merged with NYLX, create LoanLogics Alabama Trust Bank, National Association shut by FDIC All American Bank shut by FDIC Allegiance Bank of North America shut by FDIC Allendale County Bank shut down by FDIC Alliance Bancorp closed, filed for Ch. Regardless, theyre not the great company I thought they were. FoAs subsidiary Incenter operates a foreign branch in Manila for fulfillment transactional support, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to a former company official who requested . Thank you! Morgan Stanley to Cut 1,600 Jobs as Rival Banks See Slowdown. February 2. These mortgage lenders have cut jobs in 2022 - HousingWire These links are provided for convenience and informational purposes. The former CEO said these were steps to optimize the companys businesses amid the current environment. Finance of America Mortgage announces shutdown - HousingWire Besides the downturn in the market, sources said theres another reason for the workforce reduction: FoA is restructuring its operations. "You know, I tend not to stop growing because you have a recession," he said. I need to order a payoff. Amerifirst Home Mortgage (Kalamazoo, MI) layoffs at end of first quarter. In an announcement emailed to its business partners on Friday, FoA . Need a copy of a payoff statement. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Given how high inflation is right now, why arent mortgage rates even higher? Any help is appreciated. I do know that there were rumors about Academy selling, stirred up by a LinkedIn post by Anthony Casa, but Senior Leaders were deployed to shut the rumors down the day before the layoffs started. Mortgage Businesses Seen Laying Off Thousands as Volume Drops Below are five of the largest U.S. investment banking layoffs in 2022: In Wells Fargo's 3Q22 Quarterly Supplement, the multinational financial services company said that its total headcount had. Company has posted 3 straight quarterly losses, reduced its workforce by 20% in 2022. Why Finance of America Companies? ~60 people. Lendus formerly Rpm that had to pay a huge fine of 20mm to the cfpb finally folded. Guaranteed Rate is laying off again and it will be 300 or more. Despite these layoffs, Amdocs has stated that it is continuing to recruit for numerous positions. This week's news suggests executive. Guaranteed Rate has had several layoffs this year. 50 + employees and Los terminated or laid off. Sep 29, 2022. The central banks rate target is now 4.25% to 4.5%, the highest it has been since before the financial crisis in 2008. 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Amerifirst Home Mortgage had its 4th layoff this year. 11 bankruptcy Fremont Investment & Loan laid off 243 employees in Ontario, CA Fremont Investment & Loan cut 243 jobs in CA Freedom Mortgage Corporation bought select residential mortgage assets from New York Community Bank Frontier Bank shut by FDIC Frontier Bank, FSB (El Paseo Bank) shut by the FDIC Frost Mortgage partnered with First Houston Fulton Mortgage Co. (Lancaster, PA) cut 45 employees FundingAmerica not accepting any new business Gateway Bank suspends wholesale lending Gateway Bank Mortgage, Inc. ceased mortgage operations Gateway Bank of St. Louis shut by FDIC Gateway Mortgage Group acquired Farmers Exchange Bank Gateway Mortgage Group closed eight retail mortgage branches in California, 25 layoffs GB Mortgage shutting down GE mulling sale of Australian mortgage unit Wizard Home Loans GE Money (Ireland) halted mortgage lending, cut 80 jobs GE Money (AU & NZ) cut 335 jobs GE Money Canada to halt mortgage lending Generation Mortgage halted reverse mortgage lending, layoffs Genpact Mortgage Services Inc. cut 124 jobs in Richardson, TX Genpact Mortgage Services Inc. cut 81 jobs in Irvine, CA Genpact Mortgage Services Inc. cut 65 mortgage processing jobs in Richardson, TX Genworth Financial cut 400 jobs to reduce costs Genworth Financial cutting roughly 1,000 jobs Genworth Financial acquired Liberty Reverse Mortgage George Washington Savings Bank shut by FDIC Georgia Trust Bank shut by FDIC Georgian Bank shut down by FDIC Glasgow Savings Bank shut by FDIC Gleacher & Company cut 160 employees in mortgage-backed securities unit Global Commerce Bank shut by FDIC Global Mortgage Inc. to be shut down GMAC Mortgage cut 242 jobs in Fort Washington, PA GMAC Mortgage cutting 84 jobs in West Hartford, 45 in Charlotte GMAC Mortgage to shut all 200 retail offices GMAC Mortgage cut 68 jobs in Cherry Hill, New Jersey GMAC Residential Funding (Canada) suspended subprime mortgage origination GMAC in talks to sell Mexican mortgage units to Ixe Bank (Mexico) GMAC-RFC (UK) closed subprime subsidiary High Street Home Loans, 200 layoffs GMAC-RFC (UK) to halt loan origination, 130 layoffs Gold Canyon Bank shut by FDIC Golden Empire Mortgage closed wholesale division GEM Capital Funding Golden State TD Investments LLC filed for bankruptcy Goldman Sachs acquired Genesis Capital Goldman Sachs purchased Litton Loan Servicing Goldman Sachs to cut 1,500 jobs Granite Bank acquired Cousins Home Lending Granite Community Bank shut by FDIC Great Basin Bank of Nevada shut down by FDIC Greater Buffalo Savings Bank halted residential mortgage lending, closed unit Great Southwest Mortgage believed to be closed by parent First Magnus Financial Greater Atlantic Bank shut by FDIC GreenChoice Bank, fsb closed by FDIC Greenpoint Mortgage closed, 1900 employees laid off, 31 branches closed Greenpoint Mortgage shut servicing center in Columbus, GA, 220 layoffs Green Tree Servicing cut 31 jobs in Birmingham, AL Green Tree Servicing exited wholesale mortgage business Green Tree Servicing and Ditech Mortgage Corp. merge, become ditech, a Walter company Green Tree Servicing close Tennessee office, cut 32 jobs Group One Lending shut down Guaranteed Rate acquired Owning Guaranteed Rate acquired Stearns Lending Guaranteed Rate acquired assets/staff from Honolulu HomeLoans and Hawaii Lending Alliance Guaranteed Rate acquired Sun State Home Loans, Nationwide Direct Mortgage, and Arbor Mortgage Guaranteed Rate acquired 75 loan officers from Discover Home Loans Guaranteed Rate purchased the assets of FirsTrust Mortgage Guaranteed Rate Affinity acquired four PHH Home Loans regional mortgage origination and processing centers Guaranty Bank (DBA BestBank in Georgia & Michigan) shut by FDIC Guaranty Bank sold Shelter Mortgage LLC to CIVC Partners Guaranty Bank shut down by FDIC Guaranty Bank to exit warehouse lending Guaranty Bank to shut correspondent lending unit Guaranty Financial cut 10 percent of workforce Guaranty Residential layoffs Guardian Loan Co. shut down Guild Mortgage acquired Residential Mortgage Services Holdings, Inc. Guild Mortgage Co. acquired Cornerstone Mortgage Guild Mortgage Co. bought AmeriPro Home Loans Guild Mortgage Co. acquired Liberty Financial Group Guild Mortgage Co. acquired Comstock Mortgage Guild Mortgage Co. acquired Northwest Mortgage Gulf State Community Bank shut by FDIC GulfSouth Private Bank shut by FDIC H&R Block Mortgage Corp. 353 layoffs H&R Block to cut 505 jobs related to closure of Option One Habersham Bank shut by FDIC Hanna Holdings Inc. acquired 1st Priority Mortgage Inc. HarborOne Bank acquired Cumberland County Mortgage HarborOne Bank bought Merrimack Mortgage Company Harbourton Mortgage Investment Corporation (HMIC) closed HarVest Bank of Maryland shut by FDIC Harvest Community Bank closed by FDIC Haven Trust Bank shut down by FDIC Haven Trust Bank Florida shut by FDIC HBOS shut Mortgage Business (UK), 325 possible layoffs Heartland Bank shut by FDIC Heartland Mortgage Co. bought Merrlin Mortgage Corp. Heartland Wholesale Funding ceased wholesale lending Heartwell Mortgage closed Heritage Bank shut down by FDIC Heritage Bank of Florida shut by FDIC Heritage Bank of North Florida shut by FDIC Heritage Banking Group shut by FDIC Heritage Community Bank shut down by FDIC Heritage Plaza Mortgage closed HFF Inc. cut 57 jobs High Desert State Bank shut by FDIC Highland Community Bank closed by FDIC High Trust Bank shut by FDIC Hillcrest Bank shut by FDIC Hillcrest Bank Florida shut down HMIC closed HPS Investment Partners acquired Citadel Servicing Corp. Home 123 Mortgage closed HomeBanc Mortgage Corp. layoffs, filed bankruptcy, sold branches to Countrywide Homebridge Financial Services acquired Prospect Mortgage Home Capital Inc. closed Homecomings Financial to cease lending Homecomings Financial laid off 284, including 207 AEs Homecomings Financial cut 60 jobs in Bellevue, WA Home Equity Mortgage Co. placed in temporary receivership Home Equity of America layoffs Home Federal Savings Bank shut by FDIC Homefield Financial closed Homeland Capital Group subprime wholesaler closed Home Loan Center Inc. / Lending Tree hundreds of layoffs nationwide Home Loan Center Inc. / Lending Tree cut 119 jobs in Irvine Home Loan Consultants closes Home Loan Corp. closed Expanded Mortgage Credit subsidiary Home Loan Investment Bank laid off roughly 30 employees Home Loan Services (Merrill servicing arm) for sale Home Loan Specialists Inc. (HLS) closed its doors HomeLight acquired mortgage startup Eave Home National Bank shut by FDIC Home Point Financial acquired wholesale division of Platinum Mortgage Inc. Home Point Financial acquired Maverick Funding Corp. Home Point Financial closed mortgage unit in Charlotte, 54 layoffs Home Point Financial bought Stonegate Mortgage Corp. Home Point Financial acquired mortgage originations and operations of Emery Financial Home Savings of America shut by FDIC HomeStreet Bank sold its stand-alone home loan centers to Homebridge Financial HomeStreet Inc. acquired Simplicity Bancorp Home Valley Bank shut by FDIC Homestead Mortgage will close its wholesale division HomeStreet Bank to close/consolidate 19 home lending centers, cut 127 jobs HomeStreet Bank cut 133 mortgage jobs Hometown Community Bank shut by FDIC Hometown Lenders acquired TotalChoice Mortgage Hometown National Bank (WA) shut by FDIC Homeview Lending Inc. layoffs, now appears to be closed Homeward Residential cut 370 jobs Homeward Residential combined wholesale/correspondent sales divisions Homewide Lending Corp. closed Honor State Bank closed wholesale lending department Horizon Bank shut by FDIC Horizon Bank acquired 1st Mortgage of Indiana, Inc. Housevalues Inc. laid off 160 workers, closed Yakima call center, shut mortgage lead biz Howard Bank (MD) discontinued its mortgage banking business HSBC cut 197 mortgage jobs at its Brandon, FL office HSBC stopped wholesale, correspondent lending HSBC to cut 1100 jobs HSBC Finance laid off 357 workers in Brandon, FL, and 150 in Chicago HSBC Financial Corp. Ltd. (Canada) closing 30 branches, 300 potential layoffs HSBC Holdings PLC closing mortgage office, 600 layoffs HSBC Mortgage cut 80 jobs in NY HSBC Mortgage Services (Correspondent division) closed, layoffs HSBC to shut down HFC, Beneficial HSBC shuts down Decision One HSBC halts trading of mortgage-backed securities in U.S., 120 layoffs HSBC closing 260 consumer lending branches HSBC Mortgage laid off 302 employees in Jacksonville HSBC Mortgage Services cut 48 jobs in Virginia HUD to close some regional offices thanks to budget cuts, 900 employees affected Huntington Bancshares laid off 200 mortgage employees during third quarter Huntington Financial to be acquired by Oxford Funding Huron Valley Financial acquired Home Point Financials reverse mortgage business Hypo Real Estate (Germany) nationalized IBM cut mortgage jobs in Beaverton, OR IBM cut jobs at its Seterus loan servicing unit in Beaverton, OR Icon Residential Lenders, LLC sold to Rushmore Loan Management Services Ideal Federal Savings Bank shut by FDIC Ideal Mortgage Bankers to exit wholesale lending, layoffs Igate Global Solutions (India) redeploying roughly 150 employees into other services IKB Industriebank (Germany) losses near $1bn as a result of subprime exposure in US Impac Mortgage acquired CashCall mortgage operations Impac Mortgage closed 23 retail branches and one fulfillment center, cut 180 jobs Impac Mortgage sold AmeriHome Mortgage Corp. subsidiary Impac Mortgage stops Alt-A lending, 144 laid off Impac Mortgage 350 recent layoffs, halted Alt-A loan production Imperial Capital Bank shut by FDIC Imperial Savings and Loan Association shut by FDIC InBank (IL) shut down by FDIC Independent Bankers Bank shut FDIC Independent National Bank shut by FDIC Indymac sold to private investor group Indymac Federal now OneWest Bank Group Indymac filed bankruptcy Indymac shut down Indymac halts most lending, thousands of layoffs IndyMac layoffs, branch closures Indymac bought retail arm of New York Mortgage Trust IndyMac stopped construction-to-perm lending IndyMac closed Ontario, CA-based operations center IndyMac Commercial Lending Corp. halted lending operations ING cut 2,400 jobs ING to cut 7,000 jobs ING to buy Interhyp AG (largest German residential mortgage broker) ING Direct exited wholesale mortgage business ING Netherlands cut 10 percent of jobs at mortgage unit Innovative Bank shut by FDIC Innovative Mortgage Capital closed Integra Bank National Association shut by FDIC Integrity Bank shut by FDIC Integrity Bank of Alpharetta, Georgia shut down by FDIC InterBay Funding laid off 75 workers Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) purchased Simplifile InterFirst Mortgage shut down in 2017, relaunched in 2020 InterLinc Mortgage Services LLC acquired HomeTown Mortgage Services Inc. Inter Savings Bank shut by FDIC Investaid Corp. suspended operations indefinitely Investors Home Mortgage halted wholesale lending Invitation Homes laid off 51 in Scottsdale, AZ Irwin Home Equity layoffs Irwin Union Bank shut down by FDIC Irwin Union Bank and Trust Co. shut down by FDIC Irwin Union Bank & Trust Co. stopped wholesale lending ISN Bank shut by FDIC Ivanhoe Mortgage closed Ixonia Bank acquired Novus Home Mortgage Jasper Banking Company shut by FDIC Jennings State bank shut down by FDIC J.G.