Sollen Technologies, an Internet-based application services provider of product, pricing, and best-execution capabilities, has announced improvements to its rate acquisition procedure and processing performance that are designed to improve the time to market for its customers' rate sheets and online pricing."Rate acquisition has definitely improved over what it was in the past," said Sollen client Jason Knapp, secondary manager for Dallas/Fort Worth-based Premier Nationwide Lending at the Mortgage Bankers Association's National Technology in Mortgage Banking Conference in Tampa, Fla. "I used to build my rate sheets at 10:00 or 10:30 in the morning. Now, I’m done by 9:30." Based in Dallas, Sollen helps to enhance the relationship between originators and lenders. The company can be found on the Web at http://www.sollen.com.
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