Mortgage Industry Trends

Market conditions in the mortgage industry are clearly forcing lenders to find better ways to conduct business in an effort to sustain themselves.

     To many mortgage professionals the idea of closing more loans from immigrants within their local communities remains just that, an idea.

Once upon a time in a land far away, there lived a homeowner – happy amid rising market prices, a large HELOC, and with variable loan terms.  The home owner was created by an originating ban

Wow, what an exciting week we had.  Tracie and I just got back from the NRMLA Regional Convention in Denver and it was fantastic.  Having missed the one in our own back yard (San Diego) i

Choosing leaders by name is a losing proposition.  Suffice it to say, that our next leadership base will be less concerned with how things were historically performed, and more concerned about

In the last few years much has been said about the emerging markets in the mortgage industry and how they could be the growth vehicle for a market that continues to have gone bonkers.

There are several permanent shifts actively taking place – some technology based and other socio-economic.  Addressing the latter first, the world economies are no longer independent financi

Even after two years, a melancholy and dark mood still permeates the future of the mortgage industry.  Saddled with the continual unwinding of financial market instruments, leaders have gone u

So what regulatory and audit challenges should be anticipated as the market rebalances and reassesses?

There's a weird dynamic in the mortgage lending business operating around technology and the way lenders invest in it.