Profits
How to Triple Your Company Profits Through Recruiting
As a real estate broker, the need for growth and new top-line revenue is never-ending. One powerful strategy to achieve these goals is by recruiting new agents who can become an integral part of your team. Not only does this approach help grow company dollars, but it enables you to give yourself a well-deserved pay… […]
Fannie/Freddie Report Lower Quarterly Revenues, Profits
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) reported their respective third quarter 2021 financial results on Friday. Both posted significant increases in net income from the same period in 2020 but results for each were lower than reported in Quarter Two. Fannie Mae says it had $ 4.8 billion net income for the third quarter of […]
Forbearances Tumble; Mortgage Profits Break 2008’s Record; Locking/Floating After Jobs Report
The number of loans in forbearance declined sharply over the course of the past week. Black Knight said the number of homeowners exiting their plans jumped to the highest level in four weeks due to end-of-May expirations. There were also noticeable declines in the number of borrowers returning to the program as well as new […]
Mortgage Profits Decline but Remain Close to Record Levels
Mortgage originators’ profits remained strong in the fourth quarter of 2020, although they were down considerably from the previous period. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA’s) Mortgage Bankers Performance Report says that independent mortgage banks (IMBs) and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks reported a net gain of $ 3,738 on each loan they originated during the […]
Next Week Could be Crazy (Obviously); Fannie/Freddie Report Higher Profits; Forbearances Increasing or Just Reinstating?
Both GSEs reported financial results for the third quarter of 2020 that were significantly higher than both their Q2 2020 and their 2019 numbers . Fannie Mae’s net and its comprehensive incomes were $ 4.2 billion and Freddie Mac’s net and comprehensive incomes came in at $ 2.5 billion and $ 2.4 billion, respectively. Fannie […]
Fewer Homes Being Flipped, But Profits Are Up
One out of every 15 home sales in the second quarter of the year were defined as “flips” by ATTOM Data Solutions. A flip is any arms-length transaction that occurred in the quarter where a previous arms-length transaction on the same property had occurred within the last 12 months. ATTOM’s second quarter report on flipping […]