LION and Byte To Partner

Lenders Interactive Network, Mercer Island, Wash., has announced a marketing agreement with Seattle-based Byte Enterprises.The partnership will enhance the functionality of Byte's software and LION's online mortgage program as well as market each other's products and services, the companies said. Because of the agreement, Byte software will be automatically updated with LION information. LION's loan search, for example, will include a "Byte" button that allows the LION user to select a loan program and transmit an encoded message containing program information into Byte's Qualifier Series. Amy O'Brien, director of quality assurance and auditing at Qpoint Home Mortgage Network, a joint client of LION and Byte, said the automated links will enable her company to update loan information more quickly and accurately. "As a result, we can provide quicker answers to our mortgage customers," she said. LION's website address is http://www.lioninc.com. Byte's is http://www.byteenterprises.com.