Seniority, nor tenure, nor high quality Underwriting pass rate, nor meeting production goals secured ones employment. They laid off people who have been with the company for decades, people on FMLA, and even a mother with a newborn baby. There were about 83 laid off in February 2022. Advent loan was never released. On October 7, FoA said that it will no longer fund and purchase loans through its wholesale and non-delegated correspondent channels. Roseville June 1, 2018 Severance - 10 weeks. I first created this list of mortgage layoffs and closures in February 2007. According to a former company official who requested . In closing Finance of America Mortgage LLC, FoA will "incur aggregate pre-tax charges of approximately $145 million to $164 million, of which the company expects that approximately $15 million to $26 million will be cash expenditures," the notice states. The statement that they acquired Moore Group is misleading as the Moore group is just a family branch team that changed companies to Sierra Pacific. Finance of America doesn't charge prepayment penalties on any of its loans, and you can lock in a mortgage rate for up to 85 days for free. The company reported a loss of $168 million. FoA did not respond to requests for comments. Totally true about Situs, I witnessed it while the person was going through this, not a good way to lay off, dont you think? The market downturn is a reason for the layoffs, for sure. Ride-sharing giant Lyft in November revealed to staff that it would be cutting some 700 jobs in an effort to bolster its business, which is facing a slowing economy, heading into 2023. Your email address will not be published. The first in April 2022 and the next in July 2022. The boom times are over in banking, and big layoffs are back on Wall Street. Denver office Nationstar Mortgage halts wholesale lending Nationwide Bank cut 50+ jobs from mortgage division in Des Moines Neighborhood Community Bank shut by FDIC NBRS Financial closed by FDIC NetBank shut down by FDIC due to excessive mortgage defaults Netbank Funding closed NetMore America Inc. layoffs Nevada Commerce Bank shut by FDIC Nevada Security Bank shut by FDIC New American Funding shut down wholesale lending department in 2016 New American Funding acquired Marketplace Home Mortgage New Century filed bankruptcy New Century Bank shut by FDIC New City Bank shut by FDIC New England Merchants Corp. received cease and desist order New Equity Mortgage merged with Advent Mortgage New Fed Mortgage Corp. acquired Commonwealth Mortgage LLC New Frontier Bank shut by FDIC New Horizons Bank shut by FDIC New Horizons Reverse Mortgage Inc. filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy NewLeaf Wholesale layoffs, possible shutdown New Liberty Bank shut by FDIC New Penn Financial acquired Envoy Mortgages correspondent lending division New Penn Financial acquired Resurgent Mortgage Servicing New Penn Financial bought Shelter Mortgage Co. New Residential Investment Corp. bought Caliber Home Loans New Residential acquired Ditech Holdings forward mortgage servicing and origination business New Residential acquired Shellpoint Partners (New Penn Financial) New Residential acquired Home Loan Servicing Solutions New South Federal Savings Bank halts all mortgage lending New South Federal Savings Bank shut by FDIC New State Mortgage Company ceased wholesale lending operations New Vision Residential Lending to close at end of month New York Community Bancorp, Inc. acquired Flagstar Bancorp New York Community Bank cut 200+ jobs in Cleveland when it exits mortgage business Nexity Bank shut by FDIC Nikko Citigroup to cut 10% of staff Nomura Securities closed its nonconforming mortgage conduit and laid off staff Nomura Holdings to shut mortgage-backed securities business, 1300 job cuts Norddeutsche Landesbank made offer for Deutsche Hypothekenbank AG North Milwaukee State Bank shuttered by FDIC Northern Georgia Bank shut by FDIC Northern Rock sold $4.3 billion mortgage portfolio to JP Morgan Chase Northern Star Bank shut down by the FDIC North County Bank shut by FDIC North Houston Bank shut down Northrim BanCorp acquired Residential Mortgage LLC Northstar Bank of Texas acquired Goldome Financial, Inc. Northwest Bank & Trust shut by FDIC NOVA Bank shut by FDIC NovaStar layoffs Novastar closed wholesale unit, facing potentially huge lawsuit, laying off 37% of workforce Novastar job cuts expected from sale of servicing unit Novelle Financial said to have ceased operations NVR Mortgage Finance (builder) restricted from offering Alt-A, subprime and piggyback loans Oakmont Mortgage closed Oak Street Mortgage closed, files bankruptcy Ocala National Bank shut down by FDIC Ocwen closed facilities, cut 2,000+ jobs nationwide Ocwen Financial Corp. acquired PHH Corp. Ocwen Financial Corp. halted wholesale lending (forward), potential layoffs Ocwen Financial Corp. cut 800+ jobs nationwide Ocwen Financial Corp. bought Clearpoint Mortgage Ocwen Financial Corp. completed purchase of reverse mortgage lender Liberty Home Equity Solutions Ocwen Financial Corp. bought Kent County State Bank Ocwen Financial Corp. acquired Homeward Residential Holdings Inc. Ocwen Financial Corp. cut 300 jobs in Waterloo, Iowa Ocwen Financial Corp. cut 54 jobs in Fort Washington, PA Oglethorpe Bank shut by FDIC Old Harbor Bank shut by FDIC Old Southern Bank shut by FDIC Olde Cypress Community Bank shut by FDIC OMG Wholesale suspended operations Omni National Bank shut down by FDIC One Georgia Bank shut by FDIC OneCap Mortgage Corp. license revoked OneMain Financial halted mortgage lending in New York state One Reverse Mortgage halted operations OneWest Bank to halt reverse mortgage lending OneWest Bank cut 78 jobs in Pasadena, 102 in Irvine, CA OneWest Bank cut 725 jobs in Austin, TX after Ocwen purchases mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) Open Mortgage acquired Premier Home Mortgage Open Mortgage acquired reverse mortgage unit from 360 Mortgage Group Opendoor cut 600 jobs Opteum closed conduit and wholesale operations Optima Funding reported to have ceased operations Optimal Blue acquired LoanSifter Option One shut down Option One layoffs, pending sale to Cerberus Capital Management LP Option One cut 50 jobs in Bay Area Opus Mortgages (UK) put into liquidation Own It Mortgage closed Origen Correspondent Mortgage Group to be shut down Origen Financial ceased Texas ops, cut 96 jobs Orion Bank shut by FDIC Oxford Funding acquiring Huntington Financial Pacific American Mortgage (PAMCO) no new submissions, halted operations Pacific Coast National Bank shut by FDIC Pacific Mercantile Bank exited the consumer mortgage origination business Pacific National Bank shut down Pacific State Bank shut by FDIC Pacific Union Financial closed El Paso mortgage call center Pacific Western Bank acquired Civic Financial Services, LLC Palm Desert National Bank shut by FDIC Palos Bank and Trust Company shut by FDIC Pan American Mortgage cut 443 jobs Paragon Home Lending said to be shut down Paragon Mortgages (UK) laid off 62 Mortgage Trust staff Paramount Bank shut by FDIC Park National Bank shut down Parkway Bank closed by FDIC Partners Bank 100th bank failure of 2009 Partners Group Unlimited bought out by Mortgage Network Inc. Patriot Bank of Georgia shut by FDIC Patriot Bank Minnesota shut by FDIC Paul Financial suspends loan origination Paul Financial LLC cut 57 jobs Peninsula Bank shut by FDIC Pentagon FCU bought TIAA Banks correspondent lending unit, layoffs Peoples Bank shut mortgage office in Westerville, OH, 31 layoffs Peoples Choice Financial Corp. bankrupt Peoples Community Bank shut by FDIC Peoples First Community Bank shut by FDIC Peoples Mortgage closed Peoples State Bank shut by FDIC Peotone Bank and Trust Company shut by FDIC PFF Bank and Trust shut down by the FDIC PHH Mortgage Corp. cut 91 jobs in Amherst, NY PHH Mortgage Corp. cut 78 jobs in Mt. I believe National City owned First Franklin but sold it to Merrill Lynch in 2006, and Merrill was later acquired by Bank of America. This will affect over 100 employees in all departments. Guaranteed Rate has also been laying off in the affiliate companies including Affinity and OriginPoint. Thanks. ir@financeofamerica.com. 2006-2023 HW Media, LLC. 7 bankruptcy Alliance Bank (Culver City, CA) shut down by FDIC Alliance Title Co. shut down, layoffs Allied Bank shut by FDIC All Fund Mortgage rumored to be closed, acquired by Carlile Investments Inc. Allstate Home Loans shut down after buyout Ally (GMAC) said its officially done with the mortgage business Ally mortgage unit ResCap filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Ally Financial sold European mortgage assets/operations to Fortress Investment Group Alpha Bank & Trust shut down by FDIC ALT Funding believed to have ceased operations Alterna Mortgage New Jersey wholesale lender closed Alternative Financing Corp. wholesale division closed Altisource Portfolio Solutions shut Owners.com business unit Altisource Portfolio Solutions cut 800+ jobs Altisource Portfolio Solutions acquired Mortgage Builder Altivus Financial closed wholesale operations, now believed to be shut down AMC Lending ceases wholesale lending AMC Mortgage acquired by Transnational Financial Network Inc. Amcore Bank, National Association shut by FDIC AmeriBanc Corp. ceased operations Ameribank Inc. shut down by FDIC America One Finance winding down America West Bank shut by FDIC AmericanFirst Bank shut by FDIC AmericasBank shut mortgage unit American Advisors Group acquired the assets of Associated Mortgage Bankers American Brokers Conduit shut down all operations American Business Financial Services closed American Capital Mortgage Investment acquired Residential Credit Solutions, Inc. American Eagle Savings Bank shut by FDIC American Equity Mortgage placed into receivership American Equity Mortgage closing 6 of 30 offices, laying off 40 employees American Freedom Mortgage filed bankruptcy American Home Mortgage closed American Homes 4 Rent layoffs American Lending Group merged with Premier Mortgage Group American Marine Bank shut by FDIC American Mortgage Service Co. and Eustis Mortgage merged American National Bank shut by FDIC American Mortgage Network bought by Wachovia American Sterling Bank halted wholesale lending American Sterling Bank shut down by FDIC American Southern Bank shut down by FDIC American Trust Bank shut by FDIC American United Bank shut down Ameriquest closed, laid off 3,800, shut 229 retail branches after $325 million settlement AmeriSave Mortgage Corp. bought origination business of The Money Source (TMS) AmeriSave Mortgage Corp. purchased CertusBank mortgage unit Ameritrust Mortgage Company subprime wholesale division closed AmPro Mortgage closed (part of Alliance Bancorp) AMS Servicing acquired by Seneca Mortgage Investments Amstar Mortgage Corp. most staff laid off, The Money Store to take over by Dec. 15 AmTrust Bank shut by FDIC AmWest Funding layoffs in Brea, CA AmWest Funding Corporation acquired Bridgeway Financial ANB Financial shut down by FDIC for lax lending standards Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions cut roughly 200 jobs Annaly Capital Management, Inc. acquired CreXus Investment Corp. Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp. its Belvedere subsidiary is in default and faces margin calls Apex Financial Group/Aapex Mortgage commission checks delayed, licenses suspended Apex Mortgage/Aapex Mortgage reportedly cease all operations Apex Lending, Inc. shut down Appalachian Community Bank shut by FDIC APS Mortgages Limited (UK) independent brokerage shut down Aquiline Capital Partners took majority investment in LenderLive Network Arch Capital acquired CMG Mortgage Insurance Co. Arcola Homestead Savings Bank shut by FDIC Argent sold to Citigroup Associated Bank (WI) closed eight branches, cut mortgage jobs at La Crosse location Assurant Inc. acquired Field Asset Services Assurant Specialty Property acquired StreetLinks Assured Lending Corp to exit wholesale lending Assured Mortgage merged with Bell Bank Mortgage Atlantic Bank and Trust shut by FDIC Atlantic Bay Mortgage cut a dozen jobs Atlantic Southern Bank shut by FDIC Aurora stopped wholesale and correspondent lending Aurora Bank FSB cut 450 jobs in Indianapolis Aurora Loan Services 160 employees laid off Aurora Loan Services laid off 70 in Florida, 139 in NJ Aurora Loan Services cut 93 jobs in El Toro, CA Axix Mortgage closed Banc of California stopped wholesale and correspondent lending Banc of California acquired CS Financial Banco Santander to buy UK lender Alliance & Leicester PLC Bank 34 halted mortgage lending, will sell/close its 9 production offices BankAtlantic laid off 115 employees BankEast shut by FDIC BankFirst shut by FDIC Bank of America cut roughly 100 mortgage jobs in Charlotte Bank of America closed mortgage center near Portland, OR, 102 layoffs Bank of America cut 70 mortgage jobs in Simi Valley, CA Bank of America cut 50 jobs at Legacy Asset Servicing unit in Fort Worth, TX Bank of America cut 114 jobs at Simi Valley, CA mortgage servicing unit Bank of America cut 250 mortgage employees in Charlotte Bank of America cut 200+ mortgage servicing workers in Norfolk, VA Bank of America closed office in Rancho Cordova, CA, 160 home equity job layoffs Bank of America cut 177 mortgage jobs in Texas Bank of America cut 53 mortgage employees in Jericho, NY Bank of America cut 113 mortgage employees in West Hills, CA Bank of America eliminated 69 mortgage servicing jobs in Jacksonville Bank of America cut 100+ mortgage jobs in Virginia Bank of America laid off 77 mortgage workers at St. Louis office Bank of America cut 153 mortgage jobs in Pasadena, CA Bank of America cut 540 loss mitigation jobs in Charlotte Bank of America cut mortgage jobs at locations in Richardson and Ft. Worth, TX Bank of America cut 280 mortgage jobs in St. Charles, MO Bank of America cut 24 mortgage servicing jobs in Brea, CA Bank of America cut 174 distressed mortgage jobs at Simi Valley, CA locations Bank of America closed home lending office in Marlton, NJ, 136 layoffs Bank of America cut 1,000 mortgage jobs in Ohio, closing offices in Beachwood, Cincinnati, and Independence Bank of America cut 152 jobs in Sunrise, FL Bank of America reportedly closing old Countrywide Mortgage branches Bank of America cut roughly 4,000 more mortgage jobs by end of 2013 Bank of America cut 209 jobs at call center for distressed mortgages in Pittsburgh, PA Bank of America closed Maitland mortgage facility, cut 53 jobs Bank of America cut 411 loan servicing jobs in Texas Bank of America cut 543 jobs in Fresno Bank of America slashed 113 mortgage jobs in Dallas Bank of America cut 1,320 jobs at Getzville, New York mortgage-servicing facility Bank of America cut 469 jobs from Newark, NJ mortgage servicing center Bank of America cut 57 mortgage assistance jobs in Rancho Cordova, CA Bank of America laid off 675 workers in Fort Lauderdale Bank of America shut its correspondent mortgage business, layoffs Bank of America cut 34 jobs at Saratoga Springs, NY mortgage office Bank of America halts reverse mortgage lending Bank of America halts wholesale mortgage lending Bank of America to cut up to 35,000 jobs Bank of America to buy Countrywide Bank of America Countrywide merger possibility, continued layoffs Badger State Bank shut by FDIC Bank of America to cut 30,000 jobs Bank of America cutting 3,000 jobs in investment banking unit Bank of America to cease wholesale lending, 700 layoffs Bank of America to cut 650 jobs, sell its prime brokerage unit Bank of America cut 224 jobs in Tampa, 195 in Troy Bank of America to cut 7,500 jobs post merger Bank of America completes purchase of Countrywide Bank of America to buy Merrill Lynch Bank of Choice shut by FDIC Bank of Clark County shut down by FDIC Bank of the Commonwealth shut by the FDIC Bank of Ellijay shut by FDIC Bank of Elmwood shut down Bank of Granite and Granite Mortgage Inc. to combine, layoffs Bank of Florida (Tampa, Southwest, Southeast) shut by FDIC Bank of Hiawassee shut by FDIC Bank of Illinois shut by FDIC Bank of Jackson County closed by FDIC Bank of Leeton shut by FDIC Bank of Lincolnwood shut by FDIC Bank of Shorewood shut by FDIC Bank of the Eastern Shore shut by FDIC Bank of Wausau shut by FDIC Bank of Whitman shut by FDIC Bank of Wyoming shut by FDIC BankMeridian shut by FDIC BankUnited halted retail mortgage lending, layoffs BankUnited ceased wholesale lending, layoffs BankUnited bank failure BankUnited to close four wholesale mortgage sales offices, 200 layoffs BankUnited cut another 160 jobs BankUnited cut 115 jobs in Miami Lakes, FL Bank USA shut down Barclays halted certain MBS trading in U.S., layoffs Barclays Bank PLC bought Equifirst Barclays Bank PLC sold HomEq Servicing to Ocwen Financial Barnes Banking Company shut by FDIC Bartow County Bank shut by FDIC Basis Yield Australian hedge fund files for bankruptcy due to subprime lending woes Bath Building Society (UK) halt mortgage lending Bay Capital Corp. closed Bay Equity Home Loans acquired assets of Village Mortgage Bay National Bank shut by FDIC BayRock Mortgage Corp. ceased wholesale lending Bayside Savings Bank shut by FDIC Bayview Financial cut 60 jobs BB&T Corp. purchased SunTrust Banks, Inc. BB&T bought Collateral Real Estate Capital BB&T to shut subprime wholesale lending unit BC Bancorp shut down BC National Banks shut by FDIC Beach First National Bank shut by FDIC Beacon Financial Mortgage Bankers Corp. filed bankruptcy Bear Stearns layoffs Bear Stearns closed two hedge funds after huge subprime losses, 240 subprime layoffs Bear Stearns merging Encore Credit and Bear Stearns Residential Mortgage into one unit Bear Stearns cuts 150 jobs in Irvine, CA Beazer Mortgage Corp. halts loan origination Beazer Homes closed office, layoffs, subpoenaed for fraud Beazer Homes cut 25% of staff Belvedere Trust Mortgage two default notices, unlikely to pay back loans Ben-Ezra & Katz cut nearly half of staff Ben-Ezra Law Firm cuts 146 jobs, exits foreclosure space Benchmark Bank shut by FDIC Beneficial Finance layoffs Berkshire Hills Bancorp acquired 20 Bank of America branches in state of New York BF Saul Wholesale Group layoffs and closures, could be dissolved BlackandWhite.co.uk halts lending, layoffs Blackstone acquired significant stake in PMI Group Blackstone purchased Gateway Funding Diversified Mortgage Services (per IMF) Blackstone acquired majority stake in Stearns Holdings, LLC Blackstone bought PHH Mortgage Blue Ridge Bankshares Inc. acquired LenderSelect Mortgage Group Blue Ridge Savings Bank, Inc. shut by FDIC BMC Capital to acquire NMB Capital BMO Harris eliminated 170 mortgage jobs BNC Mortgage filed bankruptcy BNC Mortgage LLC shut down consolidated with Aurora Loan Services layoffs BNC Mortgage cut 175 jobs in Nor.