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Mortgage Industry Trends

Do You Know Your Customer?

It’s important for any business to have a profile of the customers they serve. It’s no different in mortgage lending. Yes, it’s easy to think that a mortgage lender’s customer is obviously someone who is financing a home, but there’s a little more to it. That’s a little like thinking that everyone coming to a wedding will dance to the…

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Mortgage Industry Trends

Competing in the Digital Arena

I find it quite interesting to scan the daily headlines covering housing and mortgage lending. (I know, I gotta get a life!) Seriously, some recent headlines indicated: Mortgage rates tumble, but may head back up; Rates at 2017 low and may stay low; Application volume is down; but Credit availability is up What’s your take on rates, the housing market,…

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Mortgage Industry Trends

Brokers Go Digital

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), one of the nation’s leading wholesale mortgage lenders announced they now offer Brokers a completely digital platform for loan originations. Meet “Blink” (Borrower Link). According to a release by UWM, their new Blink system allows Brokers to compete with large lenders that offer online applications and a digital loan experience. Just like QuickenLoans’ Rocket Mortgage. The…

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Talk About Adding Insult to Injury

Did you hear the one about the Bank who had to pay big bucks to the employee who blew the whistle on suspected illegal behavior? Wells Fargo has been ordered to rehire and pay a former employee $5.4 million dollars in back pay, legal fees, and compensatory damages after firing the employee for reporting violations under the Whistleblower Protection Act.…

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