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In order to become a licensed and active mortgage loan originator in Colorado, you are required to obtain a surety bond. Mortgage loan originators in Colorado must also be registered with the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS),…
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Someone looking to become a mortgage broker or residential mortgage lender in California has to obtain a license. In order to use a California residential mortgage license for mortgage brokering activities, you need to hold…
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Anyone looking to become a mortgage broker in New York has to go through the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System (NMLS) to receive their mortgage broker license, with the New York State Department of Financial Services…
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So you are looking to become a mortgage broker in New Jersey. How do you do it and what requirements must you meet to become a licensed mortgage broker in New Jersey? Mortgage broker licenses…
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Mortgage brokers are back! Mortgage brokers originated 56% of home loans prior to the Great Recession, according to the Association of Independent Mortgage Experts (AIME), but that number dove once the housing market fell. But…
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Mortgage brokers have come back and created competition for mortgage bankers over the last few years. While bankers still dominate the home loan industry, employment in the mortgage broker industry has nearly doubled since 2011….
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So you want to become a mortgage broker. You want to work in real estate with both numbers and people while analyzing qualification requirements and the availability of loans. While mortgage brokers don’t actually lend…
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