Used by more than 25% of the top brokerage firms and more than 15% of the top mortgage originators in the U.S., Adwerx delivers personalized, omnichannel brand marketing and automation at enterprise scale.

Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC, Cleveland, closed four loans totaling $72 million for affordable senior housing in Illinois and affordable multifamily housing in Maryland and New Jersey.

One third of the way into 2021 we find ourselves immersed in questions and wonderment as to what the future of the residential finance business will look like. Originators join with servicers, investors, and borrowers all wondering what comes next. What does our future hold?

Joe Zeibert is Managing Director of Global Lending Solutions with Nomis Solutions, Brisbane, Calif. He works closely with clients around the world to identify new mortgage and other consumer lending opportunities.

Significant affordability challenges exist across the country and the issue is a top priority for the Biden Administration. In April, the Mortgage Bankers Association virtually convened business and policy executives for a series of conversations on the 2021 affordable rental housing landscape. Here are some key takeaways from that event.

Gene Ludwig is founder of the Promontory family of companies and CEO of Promontory MortgagePath, a technology-based mortgage fulfillment and solutions company. He is also managing partner of Canapi, a venture capital firm focused on investments in early to growth-stage fintech companies. He was Comptroller of the Currency under President Bill Clinton.

Mortgage servicing has certainly seen ups and downs over the years, although nothing compares to the level of upheaval that we saw last year—nor the speed at which it occurred. Out of the chaos, however, new opportunities to excel have emerged, and perhaps the biggest one of all has been the ability to run a remote workforce with success.

Our three previous articles made the argument for behavioral standards, how to set those expectations, and a valuable response to an LO’s efforts to meet your requirements. Those presentations assumed LOs are willing to change their actions to deliver required results. In this part we address how you might effectively respond when an underperforming LO lacks the motivation to make those changes.