loanDepot Reports Q4, 2020 Results
loanDepot on Thursday reported lower quarterly net income for the fourth quarter – but significantly higher earnings for 2020 overall.
Fourth quarter revenue declined to by $70.5 million – or 5 percent – to $1.3 billion “due to gain on sale margins returning to a more normalized level.” For the year, revenues climbed to $4.3 billion from $1.3 billion in 2019.
loanDepot’s results also showed:
- Record rate lock volume of $49.7 billion during the fourth quarter and $161 billion for the year.
- Net income for the fourth quarter of 2020 decreased to $547.2 million from $728.3 million in the prior quarter. For the year, net income totaled $2 billion – up from $34.4 million last year.
- Loan origination volume for the fourth quarter of 2020 wasa record at $37.4 billion, an increase of $10.2 billion or 38 percent from the third quarter of 2020. Loan origination volume for the year totaled $100.8 billion, an increase of 122 percent over 2019.
“I’m incredibly proud of and humbled by our record-breaking 2020 performance and thank our team members for their passionate commitment to our customers during an unprecedented year,” loanDepot Founder and CEO Anthony Hsieh said.
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