Mortgage Technology is pleased to announce the entry period and categories for the 14th Annual Mortgage Technology Awards.
The 2013 nomination form is available at:
The deadline for all nominations is 6 p.m. EDT Thursday, July 18.
Mortgage Technology will present 12 awards in 2013, including one new award—the Servicing Trailblazer Award. There is a $395 fee per entry to apply for a Mortgage Technology Award.
Companies are allowed to nominate themselves, but are restricted to applying for a maximum of two categories per year.
Here are some tips for a successful Mortgage Technology Awards nomination:
- Each category has a unique question list tailored to gather the information most pertinent to that award.
- Take note of the maximum characters, including spaces, allowed in each entry box. Avoid using special characters like bullet points and em dashes that count as extra characters.
- Prepare concise, clear and specific answers to each question. Nominees are strongly encouraged to prepare and save their responses in a word processor program, rather than write responses directly in the Web form. Be sure to copy and paste plain text (without formatting) into the nomination form.
- The larger entry boxes can accept hard returns for paragraph breaks in a response.
- Unless noted, nominees must respond to all questions.
The Mortgage Technology Awards recognize innovative technology developers and users that are promoting more efficient and cost-effective lending practices. The Awards have a long tradition in the mortgage finance and technology industries for recognizing innovative technology developers and users that are promoting more efficient and cost-effective lending practices. In its 14th year, the awards are among the most coveted in the industry.
The finalists and winners for 11 of the award categories will be determined by a panel comprised of Mortgage Technology’s editorial staff and announced in August. The panel will adhere to the same strict standards of objectivity and unbiased conduct that dictate the editorial process in all SourceMedia publications.
The finalists will be invited to SourceMedia’s New York City headquarters to participate in a video interview. The videos and winning finalists will be revealed at the Mortgage Technology Awards ceremony on Sunday, Oct. 27 in Washington, D.C.
Lenders’ Choice Award
The mortgage companies named to Mortgage Technology’s Top Tech-Savvy Lenders and Servicers list will select the finalists and winner of the Lenders’ Choice Award.
Mortgage Technology will soon begin accepting nominations for this year’s list of the Top Tech-Savvy Lenders and Servicers. After that list is revealed in the Aug. 19 issue of National Mortgage News, the awards judges will conduct a survey of the winners, asking them to rank the top three technology providers that offer their organization the best customer service, value proposition and overall user experience.
The judges will assign a points value to the lender/servicer rankings. The vendor ranked first will receive three points, the second-place vendor will receive two points and third place will receive one. The point totals for each vendor will be counted and the top three points-earners will be named the finalists ahead of the Mortgage Technology Awards ceremony. The winner will be the finalist with the highest combined points total and revealed at the awards ceremony.
In addition to the Oct. 27 Mortgage Technology Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C., all of the winners and finalists will be featured in a special edition of Mortgage Technology that will be published as a supplement to the Oct. 28 issue of National Mortgage News.
2013 Mortgage Technology Award Categories
10X Award
Fix-It Award
Green Lender Award
Harnessing Mobile Award
Lasting Impact Award
Lenders’ Choice Award
Online Originator Award
Release of the Year Award
Servicing Trailblazer Award (New for 2013!)
Steve Fraser Visionary Award
Synergy Award
Transforming Valuations Award
