“Home prices just keep going up. That’s a good thing for Americans who already own one home because they can take advantage of their increased equity to buy other assets, which in some cases includes another home. But it’s bad for lower- and middle-class families, particularly those who are renters, because the barrier to homeownership is getting higher and higher.”
–Redfin Chief Economist Daryl Fairweather.
Top of Mind Networks, Atlanta, launched a bidirectional data connection between Surefire, its platform for automated mortgage marketing, and Salesforce, an enterprise CRM. The connection gives mortgage lenders choice and control over the way information is shared between their enterprise CRM and mortgage marketing technologies.
As U.S. housing and real estate markets exceed $36 trillion and operating plans continue to reflect growth, the crumbling of the business-as-usual foundations because of big data and innovation acceleration will lead many banking and lending organizations to make the wrong decisions in 2021 by ignoring their customer value across the supply chain.
MISMO’s mission is to develop industry standards to solve real estate finance’s thorniest and most pressing business challenges. To make this happen, we drive collaboration across the mortgage industry and draw participation from all facets of the ecosystem.
Cloud computing allows the mortgage ecosystem to no longer be as segmented but rather, exist in a more holistic environment of insights and solutions that deliver a seamless digital experience. Mortgage professionals are already leveraging cloud technology to make smarter, more informed decisions.
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Board of Governors (COMBOG) Nominating Committee seeks members’ recommendations for individuals to serve on the Board beginning this October in the Investor, Lender, Mortgage Banker and Servicer categories.
When the full effects of the coronavirus pandemic began hitting in March 2020, the Mortgage Bankers Association quickly realized that life as usual—and business as usual—could take a long time to return to “normal.”
Loan officers, branch managers, c-level executives and more need access to granular financial data and in-depth accounting tools in a changing market. The pandemic rapidly spurred the adoption of tech solutions and heightened the industry’s reliance on technology – from helping lenders operate, to supporting loan officers in their day-to-day tasks, to increasing daily efficiencies for the accounting department.
Mortgage credit availability increased in March, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Thursday.
Seth Appleton, President of MISMO®, issued the following statement in support of Truliant Federal Credit Union’s successful eNote transfer to Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta:
