mortgage broker? Ive been managers at a bank over loan officers. Ive been a loan officer at a bank. We paid our loan officers 50-75% of the Loan Origination Fee. Thats it. Its a high turn over job. The reason being is because they are only working for the bank for free training so they can become a broker or work for a broker.
The company I work for is 100%. I pay them a small fee 250-450 dollars per loan. I just use their name.
So to give you the bank example. The bank will price the loan for approx 1.5% YSP and charge a 1% origination fee. Ill pick on wells fargo. If you work at wells fargo as a loan officer and you are new on a 200,000 loan you will get 1/2 of the origination fee. So you made $1,000.
Where I work, Wells Fargo will pay me as a broker 2% YSP, and I take 1% origination. I would as a broker make $6,000 minus 350 bucks I pay the broker.
Brokers can get better deals then the retail side of the bank offers their own clients. The reason is simple. Banks normally will give better rates to the brokers then to their own loan officers. Ive worked on both sides. The reason is because brokers do 95% of their business.