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Mohammad Rashid: AI and Big Data are Revolutionizing Mortgage Lending, But Will They Reduce...

PERSON OF THE WEEK: Artificial intelligence and big data hold great promise for the mortgage lending industry. As lenders implement new and advanced AI-powered...

Susan Graham: Lessons Learned From 40 Years in Mortgage Servicing Software

PERSON OF THE WEEK: Financial Industry Computer Systems (FICS) is one of the oldest mortgage software companies in the industry. Since 1983, the firm...

Hassan Rashid: When Adopting AI, Mortgage Lenders Must Consider Both the Benefits and the...

PERSON OF THE WEEK: Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to further revolutionize the mortgage lending process, which has already been undergoing a transformation with...

Rod Griffin: Education is the Key to Boosting Homeownership

PERSON OF THE WEEK: Today’s first-time homebuyers face a lot of obstacles - in particular, higher mortgage rates, rising home prices, lack of inventory,...

Toby Wells: Seamless MSR Transfers Are Not Pie in the Sky

PERSON OF THE WEEK: Smooth and efficient MSR transfers are crucial to keeping borrowers happy and achieving operational excellence. Unfortunately, smooth MSR transfers are...

Reena Agrawal: How AVMs Can Promote More Equitable Home Valuations

PERSON OF THE WEEK: Minority communities are facing significant hurdles in their quest to build equity and accumulate wealth when it comes to access...

JT Edelen: Alternative Data Presents a Broader Perspective of a Borrower’s Profile

PERSON OF THE WEEK: As home prices continue to rise, Americans are sitting on growing reserves of untapped home equity that they can use...

Chris Bixby: Mortgage Tech Firms Challenged to Navigate Current Economic Headwinds

PERSON OF THE WEEK: Where is the mortgage technology sector headed in 2023? In a recent interview with MortgageOrb, Chris Bixby, managing director of...

George Morales: Why Reverse Lending is Heating Up

PERSON OF THE WEEK: As mortgage lenders continue to seek out new business opportunities, reverse mortgage lending is emerging as one of the better...

Adam Stern: Lenders Need Technology That Increases Margins During Low-Volume Periods

PERSON OF THE WEEK: As mortgage technology continues to advance in 2023, it is becoming increasingly important for lenders to adopt solutions that increase...

Michele Bodda: Technology Key to Ensuring Consumers Have Fair Access to Credit

PERSON OF THE WEEK: The mortgage industry is undergoing a technological revolution - and as part of that, mortgage lenders, the GSEs, and the...

Jeremy McCarty: How Valuation Technology Can Help Lenders Capitalize on HELOC Opportunities  

PERSON OF THE WEEK: The rapid pace of home price appreciation over the last decade has left most homeowners sitting in an advantageous position...

Dean Kelker: Appraisal Modernization is Starting to Gain Momentum

PERSON OF THE WEEK: In its ongoing push to modernize the appraisal process, government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) Fannie Mae recently communicated details to its sellers...

Rob Nunziata: The Challenge of Keeping Remote Mortgage Workers Compliant

PERSON OF THE WEEK: Although many workers have returned to the office since the pandemic began in early 2020, the trend of remote work...

Pete Pannes: Mortgage Servicers Looking to Cut Staffing Face Compliance Conundrum

PERSON OF THE WEEK: The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) most recent Loan Monitoring Survey shows that the total number of loans in forbearance has...

Shannon Johnson: Mortgage Lenders Faced with Crowded Technology Marketplace

PERSON OF THE WEEK: Where is mortgage lending headed in 2023? With most economists forecasting low home sales due to higher rates, low inventory,...

Joe Ludlow: Cost Savings Considerations for Lenders in 2023

PERSON OF THE WEEK: Loan volumes decreased from $4.5 trillion in 2021 to $2.5 trillion in 2022, leaving lenders with too much excess operational...

Susan Allen: How Lenders Can Capture More HELOC Business

PERSON OF THE WEEK: From home renovations to debt consolidation, savvy consumers know how to use HELOCs to their advantage - which is why,...

Secondary Platform Helps Habitat for Humanity Affiliates

PERSON OF THE WEEK: In a recent interview with MortgageOrb, Mark Tribuna, senior advisor, CRA Note Exchange, explains how the company’s online secondary platform...

Ashley Sellers: Small to Midsize Lenders Need Automation to Remain Agile in this Market 

PERSON OF THE WEEK: In this current mortgage market, many small to midsize lenders are struggling to survive. As was the case during the...