The Lending Buzz

Welcome to the Lending Buzz, the podcast that gives you the latest news, trends, insights and strategies to help you grow your business.

First up, in The My Take Section, I share insights about two very exciting initiatives going on at PROGRESS in Lending.

From there, in The Spotlight Section, Special Guest Tim Nguyen, the CEO & Co-Founder at BeSmartee, discusses the digital transformation that he is making possible at the point of sale.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I share insights about what I learned from various sources about what we can expect in 2024.

From there, in The Spotlight Section, Special Guest Spencer Dusebout, the Founder and CEO at Aidium, discusses the automated mortgage marketing strategy that will get you the biggest return.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I share insights about what I learned from Tavant about what technology lenders really need to thrive today.

From there, in The Spotlight Section, Special Guest Matthew VanFossen, CMB, CEO of Absolute Home Mortgage Corporation, discusses the technology needed to empower every loan officer to be successful in any mortgage market.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I share insights about a new initiative at the MBA that will help lenders turn not-so-great borrowers into homebuyers.

From there, in The Spotlight Section, Special Guest, Darshana Shetty, VP, Product Analytics & Design at Truv, discusses how technology can help you verify everything you need to know about every borrower.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I share insights about the upcoming 13th Annual ENGAGE Event.

From there, in The Spotlight Section, Special Guest, Louis Zitting, CEO of MonitorBase, discusses how mortgage professionals can use their database to thrive in a very tight mortgage market.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I share insights about what it means to be a true lending luminary these days.

From there, in The Spotlight Section, Special Guest, FormFree Founder and CEO Brent Chandler discusses his mission to decentralize and democratize the way consumers and lenders understand ability to pay. Also, at the end of the interview he’ll give you the scoop on what’s next for FormFree.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I share insights about thought leadership that I learned from a conversation with Aaron King, the CEO of Snapdocs—a digital loan closing platform for mortgages.

From there, in The Spotlight Section, Special Guest, Linda Penttila, the Senior Director of Client Support and she leads the Support Teams for Constellation Mortgage Solutions, ReverseVision, and Axacore, discusses the value of offering great customer support.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I share my thoughts on how to get the most out of upcoming industry conferences.

From there, in The Spotlight Section, Special Guest, Lynnette Nuese, Director of Sales at Constellation Mortgage Solutions, discusses key insights on what sets one LOS apart from another.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I share what the mortgage technology community should really learn from what Mortgage Cadence is doing.

From there, in The Spotlight Section, Special Guest, Scott Mills, Principal, President at The William Mills Agency, discusses key insights from the 2023 Bankers As Buyers Report that every lending professional needs to know.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I share what the mortgage technology community should really learn from what Mortgage Cadence is doing.

From there, in The Spotlight Section, Special Guest, Scott Mills, Principal, President at The William Mills Agency, discusses key insights from the 2023 Bankers As Buyers Report that every lending professional needs to know.

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Welcome to the Lending Buzz, the podcast that gives you the latest news, trends, insights and strategies to help you grow your business.

First up, in The My Take Section, I share what the lending community should really learn from the failure of Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank.

From there, in The Spotlight Section, Special Guest, Sasha Ramani, Director of Strategy for MPOWER Financing, discusses the industry’s reliance on traditional credit scores is outdated.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I share information about how women are reshaping the mortgage industry for the better.

From there, In The Spotlight Section, Special Guest, Hassan Rashid, Chief Revenue Officer at Tavant, discusses the future of digital lending.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I share information about the latest industry awards competitions.

From there, In The Spotlight Section, Special Guest, Ben Miller, Co-Founder and CEO at SimpleNexus, discusses why mortgage lenders need to embrace a mobile point-of-sale strategy.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I share information about how AI technology helped banks in Spain gain efficiency and why banks and lenders alike here in the U.S. should do the same.

From there, In The Spotlight Section, Special Guest, Todd Luhtanen, COO at BlackFin Group, discusses how mortgage technology has changed, why he decided to join BlackFin and how lenders can navigate the changing mortgage market going forward.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I share news about the cost to originate a loan and how it can be decreased.

From there, In The Spotlight Section, Special Guests Shannon Johnson, Product Manager/Business Architect – Touchless Lending at Tavant, and Dawn Svedberg, the Head of Fintech Product Sales at Tavant, discusses the state of mortgage lending.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I share advice that every independent mortgage banker should take to heart to be successful.

From there, In The Spotlight Section, Special Guest Sean Faries, CEO of Land Gorilla, discusses the current trends in construction/renovation finance.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I talk about new legislation that will further the adoption of remote online notarization.

From there, In The Spotlight Section Special Guest Asher Kahn, CEO of CondoTek, discusses how mortgage lenders are able to use technology to process condo loans faster despite the enhanced guidelines.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I talk about new from The Harvard Business Review that talks about how to survive a recession.

From there, In The Spotlight Section Special Guest Jane Mason, CEO at Clarifire, talks about the power of automated workflow in mortgage servicing.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I talk about new data that reveals how struggling homeowners are surviving COVID-19.

From there, In The Spotlight Section Special Guest Ashish Bisaria, EVP and Global Head of the Customer Experience practice at Firstsource, talks about how AI tools can improve the customer experience.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I talk about new data that reveals how Millennials view homeownership in the COVID-19 Age.

From there, In The Spotlight Section Special Guest John Walsh, CEO at LERETA, makes a strong case for why vendor diversification is critical for success in the current mortgage market.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I talk about how effectively use live conferences to get actual return on investment from the travel.

From there, In The Spotlight Section Special Guest  Greer Allgood, Managing Director of Operations within the Wipro Opus  Risk Solutions division of Wipro Limited, shares her thoughts about  what’s to come at her company, and how she sees the future of mortgage  lending.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I talk about how many in the mortgage industry are eager to get back to live conferences, but those live conferences might not provide the ROI that everyone is  seeking.

From there, In The Spotlight Section Special Guest  Dave Parker, Chief Product Officer at LoanLogics, shares his views on how to automate MSR transfers. Sellers of MSRs typically struggle to meet  the delivery requirements of a variety of buyers, leaving buyers having to spend time transferring loan documents and data, often manually, into servicing and document management systems. Technology can change all  that says Parker.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I talk about some  news that I recently got from LoanLogics, a recognized leader in loan  quality technology for mortgage manufacturing and loan acquisition. The  company has released LoanLogics IDEA for MSR Transfer, a new solution  that automates document processing and data extraction for mortgage  servicers and banks when acquiring mortgage servicing rights (MSR)..

From there, In The Spotlight Section Special Guest  Keith Kemph, President & CEO of BlackFin Group, share his views on  how he has put together a quality team. Kemph is a twenty-seven-year  veteran of the mortgage banking, consumer lending, and financial  services industry.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I talk about some  news that I recently got from MISMO. Truliant Federal Credit Union has  completed a successful eNote transfer to the Federal Home Loan Bank  (FHLB) of Atlanta as part of FHLB Atlanta’s eNote pilot program. The  MERS Registry saw a 263 percent increase in eNote registrations over the  past year. All eNotes are MISMO SMART Docs and are based on MISMO’s  industry standard.

From there, In The Spotlight Section Special Guest  Paul Harris, the General Manager of Mortgage Analytics at First American  Data & Analytics, a leading global provider of property and  ownership data and advanced analytics solutions, shares his industry  insight about the latest fraud detection technology. Under his  leadership, the Mortgage Analytics business focuses on delivering best  in class risk and compliance solutions to financial services  institutions..

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First up, in The My Take Section, I talk about some  news that I recently got from STRAMOR Group. While mortgage lenders have  been buying and installing technology at a rapid pace since the  COVID-19 pandemic began, many aren’t actually using it as much as they  could be, according to STRATMOR.

From there, In The Spotlight Section Special Guest  Greg Richardson, Chief Commercial Officer of MAXEX, shares new industry  data that his company compiled. The company’s growing network now  includes more than 170 bank and credit union and non-bank originators as  well as 20 of the industry’s most active buyers. It’s this uniqueness  of MAXEX’s business model and growing scale that allows the company to  aggregate data and insight–beginning with the non-agency market–that  would be difficult to compile anywhere else.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I talk about positive news that bodes very well for the mortgage space going forward.

From there, In The Spotlight Section Special Guest Peter Sisson, CEO & Co-Founder of yaza, shares his ideas about how video can reshape real estate.

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First up, in The My Take Section, I talk about the results of a new study that asked people to talk about how they view automation at work.

From there, In The Spotlight Section Special Guest  Omar Jordan, Founder and CEO of the lending technology platform  LenderClose, shares his ideas about how to improve the borrower  experience.

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Welcome to the Lending Buzz, the podcast that gives you the latest news, trends, insights and strategies to help you grow your business.

First up, in The My Take Section, I talk about the 11th Annual Innovations Awards and a new Award launch here at PROGRESS in Lending.

From there, In The Spotlight Section Special Guest  Tedd Smith, CEO of FirstClose, shares his ideas about how lenders can  automate settlement services and improve borrower satisfaction.

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Welcome to the Lending Buzz, the podcast that gives you the latest news, trends, insights and strategies to help you grow your business.

First up, in The My Take Section, I express my candid views about a new think tank started by BlackFin Group.

From there, In The Spotlight Section Special Guest  Nick Myhasuk, who has served in the technology field for over 15 years  and is now Global DMS’ leading Sales Engineer, talks about how lenders  can innovate their appraisal process.

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Welcome to The Lending Buzz, the podcast that gives you the latest news, trends, insights and strategies to help you grow your business.

First up, in The My Take Section, Tony Garritano, Founder of PROGRESS in Lending, expresses his candid views about the state of industry innovation and invites everyone to attend a special event.

From there, in The Spotlight Section, Special Guest Carmine Cacciavillani, Founder and President of Blue Sage, shares his ideas about what the LOS of the future may look like.

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