Modern businesses are fueled by data. Data drives the decision making in every facet of the business cycle. But, data is not always accessible or easy to attain. In the mortgage industry, data is often ‘locked’ away in scanned paper documents or PDF documents. The data exists, but not in a form that is useful. Think of a diamond embedded…
For MERS members, April brings the notification from MERS identifying the number of your MINS on the MERS® System, when the member is named as servicer as of March 31st. Here are some of the important numbers to remember. If your organization was identified as the servicer on less than 1000 MINS as of March 31st, you are required to…
This is my favorite time of year, other than Christmas. Not much can compete with Christmas in my book. March Madness comes close. The time of year when dreams are made, and in some cases, come true. David versus Goliath type stuff. The big guys take on the upstarts, all to be the National College Basketball Champion. I love it!…
Spring may not yet be here. But, Spring Training has once again begun in baseball. Hope springs eternal. Each year major league baseball teams across the country travel to designated sites to get ready for the new season, with their eyes on winning the World Series. Professional players who have dedicated their lives to one thing, playing baseball, go back…
With the recent hacks of Equifax, Google, Target, and other major companies, everyone is becoming much more concerned about information security (InfoSec). It’s no different in mortgage lending. Lenders need to protect the vast amounts of a consumer’s non-public personal information (NPPI) that they collect during a loan process. It’s not easy when so much of the lending process is…
I read an article in the newspaper the other day and yes, I still read the newspaper, which provided some tips to homebuyers for finding a good mortgage lender. Some were obvious. But, I thought I’d give you the information as this is what is being provided to consumers to help them choose their lender. Compare lenders, their products, and…
