Rob Pajon: Mortgage Servicers Need Technology That Adjusts to Business Cycles
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Rob Pajon is senior vice president, marketing and product, with U.S. Real Estate Services (USRES), a company focused on REO...
John Ardy: Secondary Market Trading Getting Faster, More Granular with Technology
PERSON OF THE WEEK: In case you haven’t noticed, technology is completely changing how the secondary market operates - particularly with regard to speed...
Alex Kolodner: Compliance Needs Will Continue to Drive the Mortgage Industry
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Alex Kolodner is client operations manager for IndiSoft, a provider of compliance software to the mortgage industry.
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Tom Gillen: Expect to See Increasing Use of Alternative Credit Data
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Tom Gillen is senior vice president of secondary marketing for Churchill Mortgage, which offers residential mortgages across 44 states.
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Jim Vaca: For Mortgage Servicers, Vendor Management Isn’t a Part-Time Job
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Jim Vaca is vice president of vendor management operations at Altisource, a provider of software and services to the mortgage...
Corey Smith: The Step Beyond the AVM
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Corey Smith is chief operating officer of Austin, Texas-based FirstClose, provider of technology solutions to refinance and home equity lenders,...
Ramaj Balley: Hope, Optimism and Excitement Are Contagious
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Ramaj Balley is vice president of national retail lending at MiMutual Mortgage, a mortgage lender with retail and wholesale operations...
Yogesh Chaudhari: Mobile, IoT Complicate Compliance
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Yogesh Chaudhari is senior vice president of IndiSoft LLC, an organization that develops, licenses and supports a range of software-as-a-service...
Shannon Buckner-Santos: Tips for Preserving Resources at Loan Origination
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Shannon Buckner-Santos is vice president of national accounts at Informative Research, a mortgage technology and data solutions provider. Specializing in...
Gena Roach: Push Borrowers to the Web
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Gena Roach, the web applications system support manager at Financial Industry Computer Systems (FICS), says web-based tools offer borrowers efficiency...
Jeff Sandman: Appraiser Attrition Problem Will Take ‘Concerted Effort’
PERSON OF THE WEEK: The debate rages on: Is there really an "appraiser shortage" as some claim? And will technology and automation one day...
Harry Gardner: Misconceptions Still Surround E-Signatures
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Harry Gardner is executive vice president of e-strategies for Docutech, a provider of e-signature and e-document technology to the mortgage...
Maria A. Hatfield: Harnessing Big Data for Underwriting
PERSON OF THE WEEK: As federal regulators and the nation’s largest secondary market investors continue to seek out ways to make home financing available...
Richard Yonis: Tax and Flood Missteps Can Be Costly
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Richard Yonis is senior vice president and national sales director for LERETA, which provides property tax data and flood hazard...
Brian Fitzpatrick: Contamination Is the Problem
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Brian K. Fitzpatrick is president and CEO of LoanLogics Inc., which focuses on loan quality management and performance analytics technologies...
Barry Malone: Customers Appreciate Having Their Loans Serviced By Their Original Lender
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Barry Malone is senior vice president of sales for Financial Industry Computer Systems Inc., a provider of mortgage loan origination...
Barry Hays: Servicers Must Reinvent Their Call Centers For Multichannel Millennials
PERSON OF THE WEEK: If you’re a mortgage servicer, you can safely assume that live phone communications with borrowers will become much less prevalent...
Michael Wojcik: Appraisers Concerned About Growing Use Of Data And Analytics
Appraisers are concerned about the technology movement, including the use of big data and analytics, and how that might impact their careers in the future.
Bob Dougherty: Data-Driven LOS Will Gain Favor Among Mortgage Lenders
PERSON OF THE WEEK: The loan origination system (LOS) is the core system and "workhorse" of any mortgage software ecosystem. These central software applications...
Rida Sharaf: Evolution Of REO Asset Management Drives Need For Deep Expertise
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Although it is true that the inventory of real estate owned (REO) properties has dropped nearly to pre-recession levels -...