Greer Allgood of Wipro Opus Risk Solutions: Managing Mortgage Underwriters Remotely

For years, mortgage underwriters have been accustomed to working from home a few days a week; consequently, during the pandemic, it was not much of a challenge to transition to a 100% remote working scenario. What has been a challenge is managing these highly-skilled employees and maintaining their morale at the same time. The great news is that it can be done.

Greer Allgood of Wipro Opus Risk Solutions: Managing Mortgage Underwriters Remotely

For years, mortgage underwriters have been accustomed to working from home a few days a week; consequently, during the pandemic, it was not much of a challenge to transition to a 100% remote working scenario. What has been a challenge is managing these highly-skilled employees and maintaining their morale at the same time. The great news is that it can be done.

Greer Allgood of Wipro Opus Risk Solutions: Managing Mortgage Underwriters Remotely

For years, mortgage underwriters have been accustomed to working from home a few days a week; consequently, during the pandemic, it was not much of a challenge to transition to a 100% remote working scenario. What has been a challenge is managing these highly-skilled employees and maintaining their morale at the same time. The great news is that it can be done.

Lori Brewer: Lender Staffing Data Signals Need to Automate Back Office and Monitor Performance

Lenders hiring their way through spikes in volume, as they have for decades, is a suboptimal, efficiency-draining reaction — not a strategic business decision. Any time lenders hire to manage temporary spikes in volume they reduce profitability, add enterprise risk and pour valuable internal resources into a hiring-firing routine that can destabilize and discourage an entire organization long after volume has normalized.

Nicole Berg: 10 Skills You Need to Move from Processor to Underwriter

There is more to being an underwriter than learning guidelines. Based on my experience managing people moving from processor to underwriter, there are hard and soft skills you need before you can transition from Processor to Underwriter.

Nicole Berg: 10 Skills You Need to Move from Processor to Underwriter

There is more to being an underwriter than learning guidelines. Based on my experience managing people moving from processor to underwriter, there are hard and soft skills you need before you can transition from Processor to Underwriter.

Nicole Berg: 10 Skills You Need to Move from Processor to Underwriter

There is more to being an underwriter than learning guidelines. Based on my experience managing people moving from processor to underwriter, there are hard and soft skills you need before you can transition from Processor to Underwriter.

Nicole Berg: 10 Skills You Need to Move from Processor to Underwriter

There is more to being an underwriter than learning guidelines. Based on my experience managing people moving from processor to underwriter, there are hard and soft skills you need before you can transition from Processor to Underwriter.