What Does Today’s Mortgage Professional Look Like?

By CHUCK GREEN Mirror, mirror, on the wall, show us a reflection of who we are. American homebuyers are getting older. The typical first-time homebuyer is now 36, while the repeat buyer’s age climbed to 59 last year. So what about the mortgage professionals that cater to these consumers? Are they older, industry veterans, or are they young and eager businessmen and women inspired to get into their career paths by the pandemic housing boom? Based on information from Zippia, a career planning site, the average mortgage broker is 44 years old, and 67.5% of brokers are male. The average mortgage originator is also 44 years old. Zippia estimates that 56.2% are men. Beth Rosenbaum, principal of WOSG, a mortgage…

Natural Disasters Caused $56B In Property Damage In 2021

More than 14.5 million single- and multifamily homes were impacted by natural disasters in 2021, causing an estimated $56.92 billion in property damage, according to CoreLogic’s 2021 Climate Change Catastrophe report. The report analyzed thirteen “major hazard events” of 2021– including hurricanes, tornados, wildfires, and winter storms– and 120 million residential structures in the U.S. The findings show significant damage to residential properties and increased economic instability in impacted areas. For example, damage from Hurricane Ida in Houma, Louisiana, resulted in delinquency rates rising from 7.4% before the storm to 13.3% the following month. “By leveraging granular data for the increasing frequency and severity of catastrophes, we are able to see that more than 14.5 million homes were impacted to…

Morning Roundup (1/28/2022)– Forbearance Plans Up, Rates Flat

Good Morning! Today is Friday, January 28. Economic output in the U.S. grew 5.7% over the past year, the biggest annual increase in decades. Biden told Ukraine’s president that the U.S. was ready to respond forcefully to any Russian aggression. A federal judge revoked Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases, ruling the Biden administration failed to consider climate change when it sold them. The Mortgage Note Reports Predicting The Future: Higher interest rates will be a big issue for homebuyers in 2022. Will they drive down mortgage business? Rates Settle: After weeks of steadily rising, interests rates stayed steady last week, averaging 3.55%. Black Knight: Forbearance exits rose for the second week in a row, up by 19,000 plans…

The Mortgage Note Is Looking For Santa’s Biggest Lil’ Helpers — Right In Your Office!

Across the country this December, mortgage professionals will be stepping up to help people in need, support community charities, and generally help make the season a little brighter. The Mortgage Note wants to celebrate those efforts by highlighting them in an upcoming edition of our newsletter — and by doing our part to spread holiday cheer. We’ll pick one highlighted charity and make our own $1,000 donation to it. What do you need to do? Just write a brief description of the charitable activity you and/or your co-workers are doing this year—ringing the Salvation Army bell, collecting for Toys for Tots, working at a local food bank, etc.—and email it to: [email protected] Also, include a link to the website of the…