WAMU recently said that they wanted to, “Strengthening the Mortgage Industry” in a press release and now they need their mother’s help to go to the bathroom. So which direction are they these so called leaders really leading?
Washington Mutual began offering this ‘new’ full disclosure program to the mortgage clients delivered through mortgage professionals BUT not to the clients they receive via their retail locations. Why don’t their retail clients deserve this full disclosure?
So the reputation of WAMU appears to be tarnished at best. It has been so bad at WAMU that even powerhouse Credit Suisse Questioned the “credibility” of the Washington Mutual management.
On a very serious note, we feel bad for their stockholders, the hundreds of employees they are letting go and the millions affected by, what the world has come to know as a ‘Lack of Leadership’.
Here is their political spin in an effort to try to look good.
April 7, 2008, WaMu announced significant changes affecting our Home Loans business. As part of this announcement, and consistent with the company’s retail focused strategy, WaMu has made the very difficult decision to exit the Wholesale lending business. In order to have an orderly shut down, we have determined the following critical dates:
April 10, 2008: Last date to submit new applications or locks.
May 31, 2008: All WaMu Wholesale Sales Centers will be closed by this date.
June 13, 2008: Generally, all loans must be closed/funded by this date. We will, however, honor outstanding loan commitments with expiration dates after
June 13, 2008 up until the
expiration dates set forth in those commitments.
June 30, 2008: All WaMu Wholesale loan fulfillment centers (LFCs) [San Diego, CA; Pleasanton, CA; Downers Grove, IL; and Jacksonville, FL] will be closed by this date.
Current Pipeline:
*Locked loans with an expiration date prior to June 13, 2008 may be extended per current policy provided the loan is closed/funded by June 13, 2008.
*Effective April 8, 2008, a condition will be added to each new commitment which will supersede the normal expiration provision.
*Floating loans must generally be locked, closed/funded by June 13, 2008. Again, they may only close and funded after June 13, 2008 if a loan commitment has already been issued and the commitment
expires after June 13, 2008.
*If a loan is locked with an expiration date past June 13, 2008, it will not be honored unless a loan commitment has been issued and the commitment expires after June 13, 2008.
*We are unable to make any exceptions regarding the closed/funded date of June 13, 2008. Again, however, we will honor outstanding commitments with commitment expiration dates beyond
June 13, 2008.
WaMu will continue to originate loans through Consumer Direct and our Retail Lending channel.
Your Account Manager or Sales Manager will be available to support you while we transition out of this business.
This is a very hard day for WaMu and all of Wholesale Lending. We have appreciated your partnership and support over these many years and wish you the best as we move on to new opportunities.
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