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.

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.

Paul Anselmo is CEO and founder of Evolve Mortgage Services and SigniaDocuments Inc, a provider of outsourced mortgage platforms. He has more than 30 years of experience in the banking and mortgage industries.

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.

Overlooking this factor when choosing an eClosing technology service provider could cost you.

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.

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.

JLL Capital Markets, Chicago, closed $650 million for sale and $390 million financing of the Transamerica Pyramid Center Complex in San Francisco.