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Follow on Google News | 2012 Outlook on Key Mortgage Industry Hiring Trends from Drew Waterhouse of HammerhouseThe transition to a purchase-oriented business model that will last for decades will fundamentally alter the industry and the careers of the people in the business.
By: Hammerhouse LLC “2012 will be a pivotal year for the mortgage industry,” commented Drew Waterhouse. “The transition to a purchase-oriented business model that will last for decades will fundamentally alter the industry and the careers of the people in the business. Leadership in the lender ranks may change, but one thing will remain the same—it will take talented, skilled originators to acquire and close the loans.” 2012 Key Mortgage Industry Hiring Trends • Top producers will continue to be on the move in 2012: There will be an acceleration of movement of top producers toward the best possible model-matched organizations for their business. Specifically, top originators will be most sensitive to: 1) Strong leadership teams; 2) Clear and consistent company value proposition; • Competition for producers will lead to enhanced value propositions: • Management teams will be shaken up: With purchase business as the mandate, lenders will shake up management with selective or whole-team changes. The “era of refinancing” • Regulation will become (more) normalized: Enforcement actions based on previously new regulations will help to normalize operations as expectations become clearly known. But many new regulations are still to be written and implemented. This will take time and will not be pain free. One likely outcome will be more consistency between depositories and non-depositories such as bank originators going through the state licensing process for each state in which they want to originate. • Consolidation will continue: The changing mortgage market and regulatory burdens will force some lenders to “strategically exit” geographic markets or origination all together. The characteristics that created a rational case for getting into the mortgage business in the past will now support their getting out. Others will seek to grow market share through purchase or attraction of the best talent impacted by the changes. Still others will seek to leverage the better production platforms of competitors and seek buyouts or mergers. The watchwords for 2012 are “lean and mean.” • Execution is the word: Most producers are accepting the changes in compensation and extra up front work it takes to do a loan. However, top producers simply will not stand for anything less than outstanding execution from their lenders in all areas of processing and operations. The “unit value” of each application and the corresponding “lifetime value” of each client is simply too high to allow execution failures in related to processing, underwriting, funding, etc…Those firms with a history of superior execution will be in position to attract the best origination talent. • Responsible and well capitalized organizations will continue to infill and expand: 2012 is going to be another great year for mid-market mortgage organizations. Both established and new organizations entering the market will capitalize on market restructuring opportunities. This will include adding incremental production to existing offices as well as strategic expansion into new markets around “high quality” teams and individuals. But “high quality” is a two-way requirement. Top, career originators will only choose to leave existing situations for lenders that can demonstrate a culture of integrity and secure finances. Hammerhouse LLC Through its unique model matching process, Hammerhouse helps both mortgage bankers and depositories expand top line revenue by adding experienced mortgage professionals. Since inception in 2008, when the company was founded by a core group of search professionals with over 30 years of combined experience of developing strategic partnerships with mortgage bankers and the financial services sector, Hammerhouse has helped its clients bring on board what equates to approximately $10 billion in annualized production volume. For more information, visit www.teamhammerhouse.com. Media Contact: John Lovallo Levick Strategic Communications Telephone: 212-823-2002 Email: jlovallo@levick.com End
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