Carlos Sa: Building Your Own Lending System Offers Many Benefits
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Although most mortgage lenders use "best of breed" or "out of the box" loan origination systems (LOS) from the top...
Linn Cook: An Open LOS Gives Lenders Flexibility Today And Tomorrow
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Mortgage lenders everywhere are upgrading to e-mortgage capabilities, which means they are moving away from the traditional paper-based processes of...
Bob Jennings: In Mortgage, Automated Compliance Is The Only Way To Go
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Bob Jennings is CEO of ClosingCorp, a provider of residential real estate closing cost data and technology. MortgageOrb recently interviewed...
Sanjeev Dahiwadkar: Trump’s ‘Two For One’ Order Creates Regulatory Murkiness
PERSON OF THE WEEK: The Trump administration's executive order requiring federal regulatory bodies to eliminate two existing regulations for every new one they enact...
Paul Wetzel: E-Mortgage Adoption Means Lenders Must Focus On Security
PERSON OF THE WEEK: The e-mortgage has been evolving for several years now, and the mortgage industry is very close to achieving a true,...
Sean Hennessey: What Mortgage Professionals Need To Succeed
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Sean Hennessey is a Maryland-based vice president for Embrace Home Loans, a nationwide mortgage lender that has been in business...
Michael Vitali: Now Is Not The Time To Relax On QC
PERSON OF THE WEEK: When it comes to the potential for regulatory rollback under the Trump administration, there are myriad possibilities. But, should the...
Susan Portnoy: Q4 Is The ‘Super Bowl’ Of Real Estate Tax Season
PERSON OF THE WEEK: The fourth quarter is always a busy time of year for real estate tax matters - especially for mortgage servicers...
David Isljamovski: Mortgage Industry Becoming More Multi-Generational
PERSON OF THE WEEK: David Isljamovski recently returned to the mortgage business after a 10-year hiatus and now serves as national business development manager...
Garnet Kanouse: Expect Prime Jumbo Volume To Fall In 2017
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Thanks to tighter credit, the jumbo mortgage market did quite well in 2016. But there are a number of misconceptions...
Jim McGurer: The Challenges Of Properly Tracking Property Tax Payments
PERSON OF THE WEEK: How do servicers accurately keep track of whether local property taxes are being paid on the assets in their portfolios? Simple: They use one of any number of tax reporting services.
Jeff Weinstock: MISMO Allows For ‘Consistent Experience’ In The Mortgage Process
PERSON OF THE WEEK: For nearly 33 years, Dallas-based Financial Industry Computer Systems Inc. (FICS) has been providing flexible, comprehensive residential and commercial technology...
Camillo Melchiorre: When It Comes To Loan Mods, Collaboration Is Critical
PERSON OF THE WEEK: HLP, formerly known as Hope LoanPort, is a nonprofit that offers a Web-based communications platform that is used by many...
Barry Hays: Intelligent Personal Assistants Will Play Larger Role In Mortgage Servicing
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Barry Hays is co-founder and senior vice president of TeleVoice, a provider of contact center technology to the mortgage servicing...
Brenda Jarvis: How The Game Has Changed In Retail Mortgage
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Brenda Jarvis is vice president of national retail lending for MiMutual Mortgage, a privately held retail and wholesale non-depository mortgage...
Frank Virga: Educating Millennials On The Home Buying Process
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Frank Virga is a New York-based senior loan officer for Embrace Home Loans, a direct lender for Fannie Mae and...
Jay Garvens: Taking An Origination Approach To Demographics
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Jay Garvens is a branch manager with Churchill Mortgage in the company's Colorado Springs, Colo., location. MortgageOrb recently interviewed Garvens...
George Paquette: ‘Scope Creep’ Contributing To Appraiser Disgruntlement
PERSON OF THE WEEK: George Paquette is chief appraiser for USRES, a provider of real estate appraisals, broker price opinions and real estate owned...
Jim Micali: Increase In MSR Deals Is Creating Challenges For Servicers
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Jim Micali is chief operating officer for LERETA, a provider of tax reporting solutions and data to the mortgage servicing...
Yashodhan Ratnakar: Servicers Should Track All Vendors Using A Single System
PERSON OF THE WEEK: MortgageOrb recently interviewed Yashodhan Ratnakar to get his take on how new regulations have changed the vendor management landscape for servicers in recent years.