Harry Gardner | May 17
The state of e-mortgages is now poised to take a quantum leap forward.
Pramod Karachur | May 16
An effective client management system can help the process following an initial counseling session.
What We're Hearing
Ted Cornwell | May 13
We're hearing that the mortgage industry has some catching up to do when it comes to implementing electronic signatures.
Patti Recser | May 10
A 100% free solution to a big lender-appraiser dilemma.
Tim Anderson | May 10
Problems that get fixed later don’t cost you more if you can make sure it’s no longer your problem.
Vladimir Bien-Aime | May 07
Take it seriously and be ready; it’s not letting up anytime soon.
Steve Wiser | May 07
In the modern world, paper documents are an obstacle between servicers and their own potential competitiveness.
What We're Hearing
Ted Cornwell | May 06
We're hearing that cloud computing may weigh heavily on the future of mobile device management for the financial services industry—in a good way.
Joe Dombrowski | Apr 30
Old Data is dead, long live New Data.
David Zugheri | Apr 30
For the past decade, the social media scene for originators has been compared to the Wild Wild West.
What We're Hearing
Garth Graham | Apr 24
After insulting plumbers for a couple of weeks, I experienced a bit of karmic justice when I arrived home from my last round of travel.
Kim Weaver | Apr 24
Good communication is all about the sender and the recipient agreeing that they exchanged information and what that information was.
What We're Hearing
Garth Graham | Apr 17
Our industry is a complex system and there are a lot of pipes carrying a lot of information.
Michelle Rowley | Apr 17
From smartphones and tablets to social networking, technology infiltrated the way we live so immensely it is hard to imagine not having them constantly at our fingertips.
What We're Hearing
George Yacik | Apr 16
We're hearing despite all the progress the mortgage industry has made in going paperless, it's perhaps more than a little ironic that the most important event in the mortgage process is still largely a paper-driven affair.
Earl Cummings | Apr 15
The demand for homeownership has always been a primary indicator of the state of the national economy.
What We're Hearing
Ted Cornwell | Apr 15
We're hearing that a funny thing happened on the way to a radiant world of paperless lending: a lot of people decided they liked using paper.
Matt Strickberger | Apr 15
The release of the Consumer Financial Bureau’s federal consumer financial complaints database is little more than the regulator stroking its ego.
What We're Hearing
Garth Graham | Apr 10
I love the MBA tech show. This year it is at a hotel that was refinanced by a plumbers’ trade group. Let’s keep the cracks to a minimum, please.
Anne Politis | Apr 09
The return to a purchase market will not be easy for many lenders.
Aurora Marsh | Apr 08
In just the past couple of years, servicers have had to scramble to keep up with the overflow of documents that need to be recorded in the nation’s more than 3,600 recording districts.
Matt Strickberger | Apr 04
A single GSE eliminates competition between automated underwriting systems mitigates risk and ensures sound mortgage lending decisions are made—if a recent plan from the FHFA comes to fruition.
What We're Hearing
Ted Cornwell | Apr 01
We're hearing a lot of talk about “big data” in the business press.
Bill Garland | Mar 27
It’s a good time to be a special servicer.
What We're Hearing
Ted Cornwell | Mar 25
One factor fueling DocuTech's growth is the changes to the regulatory and compliance landscape that lenders are grappling with, said CEO Scott Stucky.
Tucker McDermott | Mar 25
Just about everyone deserves a second chance when it comes to challenges faced in life.
Brad Finkelstein | Mar 25
Social media can make or break your reputation.
Fredric J. Gooch | Mar 21
When contracting with a third-party vendor, ensure the relationship adheres to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau guidelines.
Michelle Rowley | Mar 19
Several industry solution providers have led the pack in advancing the quality and availability of mortgage data, analytics and compliance.
What We're Hearing
Ted Cornwell | Mar 18
We're hearing MERS is far from done spending time and money defending its right to serve as the official record of who owns mortgages and servicing rights.
