{"id":2191,"date":"2015-10-14T15:41:44","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T15:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/?p=2191"},"modified":"2019-11-06T14:53:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T14:53:01","slug":"is-branch-acquisition-the-right-growth-strategy-for-your-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/is-branch-acquisition-the-right-growth-strategy-for-your-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"Is branch acquisition the right growth strategy for your firm?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the MBA, 2Q 2015 brought $225 billion in new purchase originations \u2013 the highest level we\u2019ve seen since Q4 2007. Stories of mortgage firms beating their own 2015 projections are rampant industry-wide. And it\u2019s very possible interest rates will stay low \u2013 and consumer demand steady \u2013 well into 2016.<\/p>\n<p>How can you take advantage of healthy volume to expand and grow your mortgage lending business? You\u2019re probably considering the onboarding of new branches as a means of quickly capitalizing on current demand. This isn\u2019t for the faint of heart or for every firm and to be successful, firms need to be able to run multiple scenarios, look at every possible angle, and look at the ripple effects of adding branches firm wide. Read the whole story to learn more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publisher:\u00a0Alight, Inc.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a0October 2015<\/p>\n<p>Fill out the form below to receive your download.<br \/>\n<!--[if lte IE 8]>\n<script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/js.hsforms.net\/forms\/v2-legacy.js\"><\/script>\n<![endif]--><br \/>\n<script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/js.hsforms.net\/forms\/v2.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script>\n  hbspt.forms.create({\n\tportalId: \"4509319\",\n\tformId: \"23bde7d2-7731-4429-b323-e3529f7b4a4f\"\n});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the MBA, 2Q 2015 brought $225 billion in new purchase originations \u2013 the highest level we\u2019ve seen since Q4 2007. Stories of mortgage firms beating their own 2015 projections are rampant industry-wide. And it\u2019s very possible interest rates will stay low \u2013 and consumer demand steady \u2013 well into 2016. How can you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":686,"featured_media":2193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2,3],"tags":[59,63],"coauthors":[80],"class_list":["post-2191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investments","category-lending","category-servicing","tag-top-picks","tag-white-paper"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/unnamed-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/686"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2905,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2191\/revisions\/2905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2191"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}