The Conference Board, New York, said its Consumer Confidence Index declined slightly in October, following a sharp September increase.
Category: News and Trends
Rob Wiggins: 20 Years of Mortgage–A Look Back
The past 20 years in the mortgage industry have been full of change, innovation and most importantly, lessons to be learned. Even in just the past few months, mortgage lenders have had to completely transform their business processes in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. As the industry continues to prepare for what’s next, it’s important to take a look back at how far the industry has actually come.
Call for Speakers: MBA Independent Mortgage Bankers Conference & MBA Servicing Solutions Conference; Deadline Nov. 2
The Mortgage Bankers Association has issued a Call for Speakers for two important upcoming MBA conferences: the MBA Independent Mortgage Bankers Conference 2021 (January) and the MBA Servicing Solutions Conference & Expo (February). Deadline for speaker submissions is Monday, Nov. 2.
Mark P. Dangelo: Beyond Digital Transformation, Part 3—Preparing for the M&As of 2021
Banking and lending organizations with superior digital assets will create disruptive customer experiences and insights. They will be the sharks seeking the distressed institutions as 2021 arrives. Digital leverage has become a currency for innovative firms seeking larger markets, margins, and non-organic growth multipliers made singularly possible by their post-deal integrations skills and capabilities.
Reimagining Office While Working from Home
How companies and their workforces will use office going forward is an increasingly popular subject in 2020. There are questions around existing buildings and how landlord business plans and those of their lenders will perform.
Sponsored Content from ServiceLink: How Technology Plays a Vital Role in Property Disposition
ServiceLink’s Ryan Helms, product manager, explains how new technology is poised to help servicers and investors make better decisions on how to manage their default portfolios.
Sponsored Content from Pavaso: Data Privacy and Working with eClosing Service Providers
Overlooking this factor when choosing an eClosing technology service provider could cost you.
Tom Lamalfa: October 2020 Survey Scorecard
In early October I surveyed 33 senior executives from 33 separate mortgage companies about a wide array of issues and topics both germane and important to the mortgage banking industry. It was the 24th time such a survey was conducted by me since 2008.
People in the News Oct. 28, 2020
STRATMOR Group, Greenwood Village, Colo., announced that company principal Seth Sprague, CMB, has been named chairperson of the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Certified Mortgage Banker (CMB®) Society for the 2020-2021 year.
Christy Moss, CMB, and Ken Logan, CMB: Reps and Warrants Relief Key to IMB Liquidity Strategies
There is more to spinning today’s volume into gold than efficiently originating high quality loans. For independent mortgage banks, the name of the game is liquidity. Lenders with an eye and a taste for transformative growth are equally attentive to their liquidity strategies, including how their origination practices impact liquidity now and after the current cycle ends.