Addressing the Impact of Process Risk in Commercial Mortgage
BLOG VIEW: Commercial mortgage lending represents a more than $2 trillion industry in the U.S. - and as the economy continues to improve, entrepreneurs...
The Value of In-House Servicing
BLOG VIEW: When evaluating whether to retain or outsource servicing, some mortgage lenders may assume they lack the resources to effectively manage the process...
Debbie Bianucci: Employee Engagement Starts with a Values-Driven Culture
PERSON OF THE WEEK: The mortgage lending business has many unique characteristics that drive how executives set strategy, plan and lead. These factors impact...
Diving In: What Lenders Need to Know about the Specified Pool Market
BLOG VIEW: Moving from best execution to mandatory represents a significant milestone in the evolution of a mortgage lender’s secondary marketing department, but the...
Technology’s Growing Role in Vendor Due Diligence
BLOG VIEW: One of the most arduous tasks facing any mortgage lender's vendor management team is due diligence. There is a lot of effort...
How Mortgage Lenders Can Remain Successful During Mergers and Acquisitions
BLOG VIEW: As competition heats up in the mortgage industry, there has been extensive consolidation in the form of mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
M&As create...
Brian Augenstein: Ease of Software Development Will Drive Technological Change in Mortgage
PERSON OF THE WEEK: In the mortgage industry, there has been a strong focus on how technology is improving the origination process, with many...
Jeff Weinstock: MISMO Standards Pave the Way for Interoperability
PERSON OF THE WEEK: To improve communication between software vendors in the loan origination process, the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO) began establishing...
First Impressions Are Crucial to Starting the Mortgage Process
BLOG VIEW: It’s a common saying that individuals make a decision to trust you, whether consciously or not, within ten minutes of meeting you.
Because...
Mohammad Rashid: Use of Big Data, AI in Mortgage is Nowhere Near its Full...
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Big data, automation and artificial intelligence (AI) are revolutionizing the mortgage industry - but it would seem that mortgage lenders...
David Eichenblatt: CRE Lenders Must Adapt to New Market Realities
PERSON OF THE WEEK: The commercial real estate (CRE) industry continues its steady growth as we move through 2019. As the number of CRE...
Four Alternatives to Traditional Home Appraisals
BLOG VIEW: An appraisal is a necessary part of any real estate transaction. It is the process of developing an opinion of value on...
Dawn Douglass: Lenders Must Focus on the Borrower Journey
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Mortgage technology firm Volly aims to reshape the future of mortgage lending.
Offering CRM, marketing automation, portfolio retention and point-of-sale (POS)...
Serving an Untapped Borrower Community
BLOG VIEW: In today’s tight purchase market, Veterans Affairs (VA) renovation loans can deliver a double, bottom-line benefit to lenders. Service members, especially our...
New Jersey Passes Licensing Law for Nonbank Mortgage Servicers
BLOG VIEW: New Jersey recently introduced legislation that regulates mortgage servicing in the state. Under the new law, which takes effect July 28, servicers...
Tedd Smith: Mortgage Lenders Can Be Confident in Technology ROI
PERSON OF THE WEEK: As the cost to originate loans continues to increase, mortgage lenders are struggling to turn a profit. According to the...
Leveraging a Commercial Property Loan Insurance Strategy to Increase Credit and Grow CRE Lending
BLOG VIEW: Against a backdrop of a strong and growing economy and despite confusion over recent tax changes, commercial real estate lending continues to...
Jonathan Willen: Automation Now a Critical Aspect of Property Tax Services
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Property tax services remains an important outsourced function for the mortgage industry and, like all the other parts of the...
Tyler Sawyer: Lenders Must Data Model the ‘Most Likely Borrower’
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Automation of the mortgage application process has become increasingly sophisticated. Lenders today are almost universally deploying advanced online portals where...
Dori Daganhardt: Data Integrity One of the Mortgage Industry’s Biggest Challenges
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Technology continues to revolutionize the mortgage industry, from origination through servicing through secondary marketing, but along with this revolution has...