Inlanta Mortgage, Pewaukee, Wis., announced it launched the OptifiNow CRM and automated marketing platform to improve its branch development and recruiting efforts.
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People in the News–Aug. 14, 2020
Brookstone Management, Howell, N.J., a national provider of mortgage field services, announced JK Huey, CMB, AMP, joined its Advisory Board and will serve as Corporate Ambassador.
MBA Education Path to Diversity Scholar Profile: Jeannie Sosebee, AMP
(One of a continuing series of profiles of participants in the MBA Education Path to Diversity (P2D) Scholarship Program, which enables employees from diverse backgrounds to advance their professional growth and career development.)
Brian Lynch: With Low Rates, Increasing Loan Volumes, Mortgage Companies Need More Access to Financial Reporting and Management Tools
As companies loan volumes continue to rise, so does the need for in-depth financial management and reporting tools that can help mortgage companies track and manage the month-over-month changes.
Brian Zitin: Appraisals—The Final Frontier in Digital Mortgages
With the average time to close a mortgage transaction still 40+ days, the experience of a “one-tap” digital mortgage seems distant to most onlookers. In reality, however, the important measure of efficiency is how long a borrower actually spends in the mortgage factory line—in other words, how long it takes to get approved and complete all of the necessary requirements and paperwork before closing.
MBA Objects to GSE ‘Adverse Market Refinance Fee’
The Federal Housing Finance Agency yesterday authorized Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to impose an “Adverse Market Refinance Fee”—a 50 basis-point fee on most refinance mortgages, effective Sept. 1. The after-hours announcements drew a strong rebuke from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
MBA: July New Home Purchase Mortgage Applications Up 1% from June, 39% from Year Ago
The Mortgage Bankers Association this morning released its July Builder Applications Survey, reporting mortgage applications for new home purchases increased by 39 percent from a year ago and by 1 percent from June.
Mark Dangelo: Beyond Digital Transformation—A Tale of What is Coming
The leverage of all things digital is here. However, digitalization is NOT digital transformation, let alone digital leverage. As finance firms and their target markets reach their cycle peaks, the leverage of digital is a requirement most banking leaders have not incorporated into their forthcoming budgets and operations.
Industry Briefs Aug.13, 2020
Inlanta Mortgage, Pewaukee, Wis., announced it launched the OptifiNow CRM and automated marketing platform to improve its branch development and recruiting efforts.
MBA Capital & Origination Council: ‘Where Politics and Policy Meet the CRE Industry’
MBA hosted a joint Origination Council and Capital Council call on August 4 highlighting pertinent issues and challenges facing the commercial real estate finance marketplace. Grandbridge Real Estate Capital Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Matt Rocco chairs the Origination Council and led the call.