WFG News
January 24, 2015

Mortgage lenders settle RESPA kickback charges for $35.7M

Wells Fargo has agreed to pay $34.8 million to settle allegations that more than 100 loan officers in at least 18 branches steered thousands of mortgage borrowers to a Maryland-based title company in exchange for kickbacks in the form of valuable marketing services and cash. JPMorgan Chase will also pay…
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WFG News
January 23, 2015

Zillow, Trulia changes could foreshadow post-merger strategy

Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff snapped a photo of Zillow’s headquarters glowing with a “12” on Friday evening ahead of the Seattle Seahawks’ astonishing comeback victory against the Green Bay Packers that secured the team a trip to the Super Bowl. Go #ZillowTower lit up with #12 #Seahawks. And glad to be home. pic.twitter.com/VHSV1XzPEy —…
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WFG News
January 23, 2015

Why responsive website design could be sabotaging your lead generation efforts

Here’s a hard truth: For many in the real estate industry, mobile strategy isn’t paying off. Too few leads are being generated, and most mobile apps have, unfortunately, failed to achieve any real market adoption. We all know the homebuyer is increasingly mobile-focused, and we see it everywhere we look:…
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WFG News
January 23, 2015

US mortgages are the Gazinta!

A wild story still unfolding, most of it overseas. The result here at home: mortgage rates near 3.75 percent and the lows of the year — and the tilt in chart-pattern witch-doctoring to lower yet. Rates will rise only on substantial good news, somewhere. The only domestic economic data of…
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