originator
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Smith co-founded mortgage originator First National Financial in 1988.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
We’re also planning to potentially use our current mortgage originator in the refinance, which is waiving closing costs on a new loan.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2024
She’s married to the originator of the ideology in question, and so her stance is clear.
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2024
Police said they could not find evidence that Farhan Asif was the originator of the news and so were not continuing with the case.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2024
Even if that thing was the source and originator of that house.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
“There seems to be a ceiling on mortgage rates, even in this volatile environment, because transactions remain low and mortgage originators must price loans competitively to attract borrowers,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
The Wellermen were the originators of the sea shanty trend on TikTok, with their versions of Misty Mountain, Nancy Mulligan and Hoist the Colours racking up billions of views.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
Servicing relationships enable those originators to be more effective in the pursuit of refinancing their own customers, giving them additional data and speeding the process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Similarly, Rocket Cos., which also ranked high on Goldman’s list, became one of the U.S. largest mortgage originators because its online and mobile tools simplified paperwork-heavy mortgage applications for millions of stressed home buyers.
From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025
It was easy to understand why originators like Option One and New Century preferred to make these sorts of loans: After two years the borrowers either defaulted or, if their home price had risen, refinanced.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
