Altisource Launches Enhanced Vendor Oversight Platform
Altisource Portfolio Solutions has expanded its Vendorly platform. The platform launched last year exclusively for members of the Lenders One Cooperative, a national alliance of independent mortgage...
View ArticleGet Your Ideas Across
For mortgage technology vendors, oftentimes they are selling ideas. They are trying to convince mortgage lenders to automate a process that is traditionally paper. That can be a hard sell because it...
View ArticleThe Good, The Bad And The Reality Of AI
When I was getting my Masters in Business Administration, one of my professors lectured about the future of business. One example he used was from a futurist’s ideas on the factory of the future....
View ArticleFive Key Ingredients For Successful Long-Term Lending To The Millennial Borrower
We’re halfway through 2015, and many lenders are still holding their breath waiting for the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule (TRID) to go into effect. We all fear the unknown, but lenders can...
View ArticleThe Look And Feel Of Technology Matters
Legacy technology is old and outdated, yet it permitted our industry. Technology has to have a great GUI these days to help our industry progress and good vendors realize this. For example, Exceleras,...
View ArticleAre Your Hedging Skills (Or Lack Thereof) Leaving Money On The Table?
Secondary mortgage market professional are always under pressure. They are faced with a multitude of difficult tasks including managing the pipeline, guarding against losses and trying to exploit...
View ArticleDeeds Are Destroying Your Organization
Captured on camera — a passenger being dragged off a plane goes viral instantly, and an international brand-tarnishing moment is made. As a leader such a scenario is a shining opportunity for a CEO,...
View ArticleEmail Marketing Isn’t Dead
As a lender you are constantly looking for ways to attract new borrowers, engage with them so that they stop shopping around and ultimately get their new loan from your organization. I just read a...
View ArticleOCR For Mortgage In Action
The financial services industry is challenged with managing large volumes of documents with varying layouts containing immense amounts of data – part of which is highly critical with regards to...
View ArticleFinally Getting It Right
The CFPB’s announcement that it had finalized the long-awaited amendments to TRID, initially proposed in July 2016 and commonly referred to as “TRID 2.0,” was a welcome surprise. The industry had been...
View Article5 Ways To Build A High-Performing Team
Meshing diverse working styles and personalities harmoniously on a team can be tricky. It takes time to build the right team for the job. But it isn’t just about picking the right people. Building an...
View ArticleLenders Can Cash In
It’s not all gloom and doom. Sure, lenders face plummeting profitability levels from falling refinances, rising origination costs and increased competition. However, cost management strategies can be...
View ArticleBack To Basics
As the mortgage industry becomes more advanced, sometimes classic strategies are still worthy of use. For example, in the article entitled “Creating Lead Magnets That Convert” by Clayton Johnson, he...
View ArticleClean Workflows Are No Longer Optional
Regulation is forcing cleaner workflows and massive changes to the way we “used” to do business! It can seem quite overwhelming at times, because numerous required changes are hitting our industry so...
View ArticleExplaining The Mortgage Process Of The Future
As executives discussed the state of mortgage lending at the Seventh Annual ENGAGE Event in Denver, Colo., a lot of hot-button topics came up. For example, the discussion around what the future lending...
View ArticleVendor Launches Next-Generation POS
Promontory MortgagePath, a new entrant in the mortgage technology and fulfillment solutions spaces, announced that PromonTech, the company’s technology arm, has released the next-generation of point of...
View Article5 Things To Do For 2018
Download Your Free PDF Copy of “5 Things to Do for 2018” – Including Helpful Resources, Links, and Examples to Accelerate Your Growth. You want a strong start to 2018. Good thinking. In their latest...
View ArticleTried And True Solutions
According to the MBA lenders saw a net gain of $224 on each loan they originated in the first quarter of this year – down from $575 in the fourth quarter of last year. The drop was due mainly to...
View ArticleDifferentiate Your Brand
How would you rate your company’s brand? How can you make it even better? In the article entitled, “10 Brands That Brilliantly Differentiated Themselves From the Competition” the author says that...
View ArticleTransforming Customer Service Into An Agent Of Change
Every organization strives to serve its customers at a world-class level; however, taking customer service past the concept of a “help desk” is often an afterthought. Most companies view support as...
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