Metrics for the wholesale channel benchmark study
Volume
- Loan types originated as a percentage trend year over year for study group
- Average loan size trend year over year for study group
- Refinance dollars as a % of total dollars trend year over year for study group
- Portfolio dollars as a % of total dollars trend year over year for study group
- Dollar volume by loan type compared to peers
- Average loan size compared to peers
- New portfolio origination dollars by loan type compared to peers
- Portfolio dollars as a percentage of total volume compared to peers
- Loan type dollars originated as a percentage compared to peers
- Unit volume by loan type compared to peers
- Loan type units originated as a percentage compared to peers
- Loan demographics (FICO, CLTV, jumbo) compared to peers
- Second mortgage production, by type and size, compared to peers
- Top states volume as a percentage trend year over year for study group
- Top states volume by dollar and as a percentage of total volume compared to peers
Revenue
- Revenue by line item trend year over year for study group shown in basis points
- Revenue by line item in basis points compared to peers
- Percentage of servicing sold compared to peers
- Gross gain on sale/servicing sold compared to peers
- Economic value/servicing held compared to peers
- Average days on warehouse line compared to peers
- Pricing methodology compared to peers
- % of brokers with delegated underwriting compared to peers
- % of correspondents with full recourse compared to peers
- % of brokers closing in lender’s name compared to peers
- % of correspondents that close in lender’s name with lender’s funds compared to peers
- % of brokers closing in their own name compared to peers
- % of correspondents that close in their name with lender’s funds compared to peers
- % of brokers closing with their own funds compared to peers
- % of correspondents that close with their own funds in their name compared to peers
- % of volume delivered best efforts compared to peers
- % of volume delivered on a mandatory basis compared to peers
- % of AOT volume compared to peers
- % of volume from correspondents selling you loans and servicing compared to peers
- Average month dollar volume per broker/correspondent compared to peers
Expenses
- Expenses by line item and profit from originations trend year over year for study group shown in basis points
- Account Executive Compensation and Efficiency
- Account executive salaries and incentives compared to peers shown in basis points
- Number of account executives compared to peers
- Account executive compensation in dollars and % of incentive compared to peers
- Type of account executive incentives compared to peers
- Account executives reimbursement policies compared to peers
- Account executive salaries and incentives in dollars per loan compared to peers
- Average monthly unit volume per account executive compared to peers
- Average monthly dollar volume per AE compared to peers
- Number of active brokers/correspondents per AE compared to peers
- Average monthly volume per broker/correspondent in dollars compared to peers
- % of AE’s that are inside sales compared to peers
- AE turnover compared to peers
- New hires as a portion of total AE’s compared to peers
- Sales Management Compensation and Efficiency
- Sales management salaries and incentives in basis points compared to peers
- Number of sales managers compared to peers
- Average number of AE’s to sales managers compared to peers
- Average monthly volume in dollars and units compared to peers
- % of producing managers compared to peers
- Annualized sales manager compensation and % incentives compared to peers
- Type of Sales Manager incentives compared to peers
- Total Sales Management expense in dollars per loan compared to peers
- Nonsales Operating Personnel Expense and Efficiency
- Nonsales operating personnel salaries and incentives in basis points compared to peers
- Nonsales operating management salaries and incentives in basis points compared to peers
- Temporary employee expense in basis points compared to peers
- Underwriting expense in basis points compared to peers
- Number of nonsales operating personnel and temps compared to peers
- Annualized nonsales operating compensation and % incentives compared to peers
- Annualized nonsales operating management compensation and % incentives compared to peers
- Number of nonsales operating management compared to peers
- Average number of staff operations personnel per manager compared to peers
- Type of nonsales operating personnel incentives compared to peers
- Nonsales operating salaries and incentives in dollars per loan compared to peers
- Nonsales operating management salaries and incentives in dollars per loan compared to peers
- Average monthly units per customer svc/sales support FTE compared to peers
- Average monthly units per loan registration staff FTE compared to peers
- Average monthly units per locking staff/pricing coordinators compared to peers
- Average monthly units per processing FTE compared to peers
- Average monthly units per closing FTE compared to peers
- Average monthly units per funding FTE compared to peers
- Average monthly units per other nonsales operating personnel compared to peers
- Average monthly units per operations management personnel compared to peers
- Average monthly units per temporary FTE compared to peers
- Average monthly units per nonsales FTE compared to peers
- Average monthly units per underwriting FTE compared to peers
- Average monthly units per nonsales and U/W FTE compared to peers
- Deliveries to registrations ratio compared to peers
- Fundings to applications ratio compared to peers
- Funding to locks ratio compared to peers
- Locks to applications ratio compared to peers
- % of files submitted electronically compared to peers
- % of loans registered online compared to peers
- Operational goal for nonsales FTE (units/FTE/mo) compared to peers
- Number of processing locations compared to peers
- Unit volume per processing location compared to peers
- Underwriting expense and efficiency
- Staff underwriting cost in basis points compared to peers
- DU/LP/ other automated underwriting costs in basis points compared to peers
- Onsite contract underwriting costs in basis points compared to peers
- Offsite contract underwriting costs in basis points compared to peers
- Other underwriting costs in basis points compared to peers
- Number of staff underwriters compared to peers
- Number of onsite contract underwriters compared to peers
- Average annual underwriting compensation compared to peers
- Staff underwriter costs in dollars per loan compared to peers
- DU/LP/other automated underwriting costs in dollars per loan compared to peers
- Onsite contract underwriter costs in dollars per loan compared to peers
- Offsite contract underwriter costs in dollars per loan compared to peers
- Other underwriting costs in dollars per loan compared to peers
- % of delegated underwriting compared to peers
Other Direct Expense
- Production channel level senior management and support staff salaries and incentives in basis points compared to peers
- Temporary employee expense in basis points compared to peers
- Benefits expense in basis points compared to peers
- Outsourcing expense in basis points compared to peers
- Loan expense in basis points compared to peers
- Quality assurance and fraud prevention expense in basis points compared to peers
- Occupancy expense in basis points compared to peers
- Equipment expense in basis points compared to peers
- Business development expense in basis points compared to peers
- Other recurring extraordinary direct expense in basis points compared to peers
- Non recurring extraordinary direct expense in basis points compared to peers
- Other expenses in basis points compared to peers
- Total production channel management and support staff compensation in $/loan compared to peers
- Temporary employee expense in $/loan compared to peers
- Benefits expense in $/loan compared to peers
- Outsourcing expense in $/loan compared to peers
- Loan expense in $/loan compared to peers
- Quality assurance and fraud prevention expense in $/loan compared to peers
- Occupancy expense in $/loan compared to peers
- Equipment expense in $/loan compared to peers
- Business development expense in $/loan compared to peers
- Other recurring extraordinary direct expense in $/loan compared to peers
- Non recurring extraordinary direct expense in $/loan compared to peers
- Other expenses in $/loan compared to peers
- Total other direct expenses in $/loan compared to peers
- Indirect Expenses, Total Expenses and Profit from Originations
- Total revenue in basis points compared to peers
- Total direct expenses in basis points compared to peers
- Secondary marketing expense in basis points compared to peers
- Post closing expense in basis points compared to peers
- Quality control expense in basis points compared to peers
- Information technology expense in basis points compared to peers
- Mortgage company overhead in basis points compared to peers
- Other indirect expense in basis points compared to peers
- Parent allocation in basis points compared to peers
- Profit from Originations in basis points compared to peers
- Total revenue in $/loan compared to peers
- Total direct expenses in $/loan compared to peers
- Subtotal indirect expenses in $/loan compared to peers
- Parent allocation in $/loan compared to peers
- Total indirect expense in $/loan compared to peers
- Total profit from originations in $/loan compared to peers
- Total revenue in $/loan trend year over year for study group
- Total account executive compensation trend in $/loan year over year for study group
- Total Sales management compensation trend in $/loan year over year for study group
- Total nonsales operating compensation trend in $/loan year over year for study group
- Total nonsales operating management compensation trend in $/loan year over year for study group
- Total underwriting expense trend in $/loan year over year for study group
- Total production channel management and support staff compensation trend in $/loan year over year to study group
- Total other direct expense trend in $/loan year over year for study group
- Total direct expenses trend in $/loan year over year for study group
- Secondary marketing expense trend in $/loan year over year for study group
- Post closing expense trend in $/loan year over year for study group
- Quality control expense trend in $/loan year over year for study group
- Information technology expense trend in $/loan year over year for study group
- Mortgage company overhead trend in $/loan year over year for study group
- Other indirect expense trend in $/loan year over year for study group
- Parent allocation trend in $/loan year over year for study group
- Total indirect expenses trend in $/loan year over year for study group
- Total expenses trend in $/loan year over year for study group
- Total profit from originations trend in $/loan year over year for study group
Total Revenue Expense and Profit from Originations
- Revenue, expense and profit from originations by line item in basis points compared to peers
- Revenue, expense and profit from originations by line item in $/loan compared to peers
FTE Efficiency
- Number of employees by position compared to peers
- Units per sales staff per month (AE’s and managers) compared to peers
- Units per nonsales staff per month compared to peers
- Units per nonsales staff, underwriters and temps compared to peers
- Units per sales, nonsales staff, underwriters and temps
- Units per total FTE’s per month compared to peers
Technology
- Website functions and usage compared to peers
- Software vendors compared to peers

