Mortgage Industry Trends

It’s funny how quickly paradigms can change. On the origination front, lenders have become more innovative and resourceful in terms of how they implement and manage technology.

Just finished up my latest column for HousingWire. It's called Beyond Binary and in it editor Paul Jackson gives me free rein to make a fool of myself, if I choose to do so.

Some of you may know that I now write a monthly column for the new HousingWire publication.

One of the interesting disconnects in the real estate and home finance business is that people are very willing to go online to do research about a new home or loan, but when it comes time to transact

The following is a posted response to Source Media / Mortgage Technology editor Anthony Garritano’s weekly blog (http://www.mortgage-techno

Has anyone else noticed the proliferation of “Chief Strategy Officers” (CSO’s) within the mortgage industry as of late?  It feels like every week, organizations are anointing highly skil

Last week, I was in Dallas for the Mortgage Bankers Association's Technology in Mortgage Banking Conference.

Are you planning on making it down to Dallas for the Mortgage Bankers Association's Technology in Mortgage Banking conference?

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

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