Loan Think

By leveraging establishing relationships and engaging stakeholders, mortgage companies can play a part in alleviating the home availability and affordability strain, writes the president and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco.

Congressional authorization for credit-preference programs in the Equal Credit Opportunity Act could mitigate disagreements that might arise from the equitable housing finance plans, write two partners at K&L Gates.

Agencies supervising lenders should make it clear that the transition to less discriminatory algorithms won’t be used to punish banks for their previous use of older, less effective systems.

As an industry, we often fail to recognize Retention mortgage loan originators for their unique skill sets, flexible attitudes, ability to close loans with minimal support staff and their value to investors seeking to monetize assets, writes Planet Home Lending’s VP of retention.

The CRA has failed to reduce anti-Black racial discrimination in financial services, to lower poverty or to lessen environmental destruction.

Without a rule standardizing data sharing standards, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau risks the creation of a patchwork system of privacy standards as consumers seek the benefits of an open banking ecosystem.

In the face of headwinds, mortgage leaders will stay strong by building on past experience, writes the president of Incenter LLC.

Unlike two years ago, when the surge of refinance loans created a vast pool of free financing for the industry to use, today lenders must pay for it by the drink.

Such exchanges are neither easy nor cheap and the key to any effective transfer process is accurate loan file information, writes Paradatec's director of professional services.

If lenders can “divert” consumers’ attention at the right moment on their journey and invest in the appropriate places to ensure ROI — placing themselves front and center as the best choice over a competitor’s — they significantly increase their chances of closing a sale, writes the co-founder of Konnecto.