article thumbnail

Here’s how a mortgage coaching platform wants to carve out a niche in a competitive market

Housing Wire

The Loan Atlas niche is served by its coaching faculty, consisting of 19 top mortgage originators and executives from various lending companies, according to Braheem. Most of the faculty are anything from division presidents to regional managers to superstar loan originators. …

Mortgage 410
article thumbnail

Opinion: The role of the LO will soon be very different

Housing Wire

Several historic events over the past few years have brought seismic changes to the way the mortgage lending industry operates. Today, as we face what appears to be the beginning of a modest recovery in the marketplace, we can see the effect of those events in the way mortgage lending has changed forever.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

CFPB ponders how well HMDA captures discrimination

Housing Wire

The agency asks for comment on whether the HMDA rule has “brought greater transparency to the mortgage market,” and whether it helps identify possible discriminatory lending patterns and enforcement of anti-discrimination laws. The agency also uses HMDA data to identify and call attention to systemic issues in mortgage lending.

Lending 384
article thumbnail

Staying Relevant in the Appraisal Industry

Appraisal Buzz

Over the past 10 years my focus has been on developing new lines of business and ways to bring the skills we possess as valuation experts to markets outside of just lending and bank work and beyond the four walls of ‘appraisal practice.’ ’ Buzz: What does it mean to stay relevant in the industry?

Appraisal 195
article thumbnail

Unveiling DIY Project Resources to Boost Home Value

Eppraisal

Seminars and Workshops: Learning Hands-On Skills For homeowners craving hands-on learning experiences, seminars and workshops provide valuable opportunities to acquire new skills and knowledge. Community centers may also offer tool lending libraries, where homeowners can borrow specialized equipment for their projects.

article thumbnail

Agents fight misconceptions to win deals for military veteran clients

Housing Wire

From a lending perspective they are the easiest loan to work with,” Naumovych explained. We do a lot of seminars,” Armstrong explained. “I On the lending side of things Naumovych has had to learn a lot about VA loans, giving him a greater understanding of the product and how it compares to other types of loans.

Clients 397
article thumbnail

How LOs get into a real estate agent’s circle

Housing Wire

For agents, who often work just as hard to cultivate a strong rapport with reliable lenders and LOs as they do with the clients in their CRM, the upheaval in the lending space can be incredibly frustrating — and it makes them wary of working with unknown LOs, lenders or startups.