Matt Merlone

In reaction to the mortgage industry’s woes, and in some cases in spite of them, technology has marched on giving us new tools, techniques, and tactics that enhance our ability to be vigilant.

Not so long ago, I mused in a column for this publication about the dearth of qualified underwriters available at a time when the industry is in desperate need of them. It was Hemingway who first introduced me to the concept of the Lost Generation, a situation that seems to have entered our reality today.