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The Right Mortgage Strategy Can Protect Deposits and Loyalty
Homeownership is central to your customers’ financial lives. If your bank isn’t offering a mortgage solution, you may be driving customers to competitors—and risking both deposits and long-term loyalty. The
Unlocking Efficiency in Lending with MemberClose
In today’s lending landscape, credit unions and community lenders face increasing pressure to balance customer service, operational efficiency and cost management. Tools that streamline workflows and consolidate resources can play
Cut Title Costs Without Cutting Corners
Discover VersaTitle – A Smarter, More Affordable Title Work Solution Tired of high title fees slowing down your deals and squeezing your margins? VersaTitle is a modern, cost-effective alternative to
Strengthen Your Lending Pipeline with Prequalification Reviews
In a lending environment where speed, accuracy, and borrower experience matter more than ever,many lenders are turning to outsourced underwriting partners to gain efficiency and scale. One often-overlooked service that
FICO Adds Buy Now, Pay Later Loans to Credit Scores
FICO is adding buy now, pay later (BNPL) data to two of its scoring models this fall, aiming to offerlenders a more complete view of consumer debt behavior. But with
Mortgage Academy: Build Mortgage Expertise at Every Level
In today’s competitive lending environment, success depends on both individual expertise and strong team performance. Whether you’re a loan officer looking to grow your mortgage knowledge—or a manager seeking scalable,
Hybrid Appraisals: The Future of Property Valuation
The real estate and mortgage industry is experiencing a transformation with the expansion of hybrid appraisals by Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mac (FHLMC). This new approach offers a more
Are You Missing Opportunities to Serve Your Borrowers?
In today’s competitive lending landscape, ensuring you offer a diverse range of loan products is crucial. One key segment that should not be overlooked is government backed loans, including FHA,
Strengthening Underwriting: Reducing Errors and Enhancing Loan Quality
In mortgage lending, even small errors can have significant consequences. From distractions and systemic inefficiencies to miscalculations and regulatory misinterpretations, underwriting mistakes can cost lenders both time and money. The
Achieve Cost Certainty with Gooi
Manufacturing a mortgage loan is often a complex and costly process and pinpointing the exact cost of each loan can be challenging. Loan production expenses are directly tied to your
Outsourcing Underwriting: What You Need to Know
As mortgage lenders look for ways to reduce costs and improve efficiency, outsourcing underwriting has become an increasingly attractive option. Underwriters are highly compensated professionals, and outsourcing can provide not
Seamless Solution – MortgageKit™
Lenders and borrowers have one question: when will interest rates drop and by how much? While all indicators point to a rate decline, borrowers may still be waiting for historic
Scaling Up when Rates Go Down
As mortgage rates are edging down across the board in response to economic data showing some positive signs, lenders need to prepare a game plan to respond. The timing of
Optimizing Loan Quality
Many lenders’ knee-jerk reaction to market conditions is to cut staff and scramble for every new origination, but they may be missing the immediate bottom-line impact of looking “within” to
A Balanced Solution
As an industry leader offering back-office mortgage solutions, Gooi fully understands the challenges and pain points lenders face, especially when it comes to delivering impeccable quality with the right number
Outsourcing To Stay Profitable
It’s not news that margins are down and costs are way, way up. According to the Richey-May Select Q1 2022 Snapshot, the cost to originate increased 33 basis points (10%),
The Cost of NOT Training
A former employer once met opposition for suggesting an employee training program. It was too costly, it would take employees away from their work and what if the employees were
Converting from a Mortgage Broker/Mini-Correspondent to Delegated Correspondent?
If you are planning to transition from a mortgage broker or mini correspondent to a delegatedcorrespondent, there are many things to consider. After determining that you have met the net
Five Reasons to Outsource Mortgage Fulfillment
As the cost of originating mortgages continues to increase and the market continues to shrink, lenders who want to remain competitive need to examine how best to position their organization
