Mortgage industry stung by more mass job layoffs
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“Maverick Solutions helps create possibilities for those who may be self-employed or who fall just outside the agency guidelines,” Paul Jones, non-QM business development manager at FGMC, said at the time as reported by MPA. “It’s exciting to bring more opportunities to our partners and expand the mortgage options available to today’s borrowers.”
Jones expressed high hopes for non-QM as it scoured for markets in which to introduce the product in earnest: “I think you’ll just find more markets where it’s hasn’t even saturated or even skimmed the surface with non-QM and that’s our real goal in 2022 and beyond at FGMC at First Guaranty to take our Maverick Solutions suite of products and plug them into more and more markets across the country,” Jones told MPA.
In other news, Zillow Group officials notified Texas regulators of plans to lay off another 55 workers as a result of the shuttering of its Zillow Offers business. The layoffs are at the company’s offices in Coppell, Texas, which is another suburb of Dallas.
The company has laid off scores of workers following the failure of the Zillow Offers unit that shut down last fall amid losses. Highly touted and expansion-driven, the business model failed to ignite with consumers. The company, on Feb. 10, released its fourth quarter and full-year financial results, reporting an $881 million loss in 2021 attributable to the algorithm-driven Zillow Offers business. In shutting down the business, Zillow announced a 25% cut to its workforce to be implemented incrementally over several quarters.
“This action is due to the elimination of the Zillow Offers business,” a Zillow official wrote to Florida and Colorado officials overseeing WARN Act compliance in those states. Appropriate advance notice of the job elimination has been or will be provided to impacted employees. Layoffs at these job sites(s) are expected to commence on Jan 03, 2022, and will wind down over the course of 2022.”
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