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Our Learning Center ensures that every reader has a resource that helps them establish and maintain a competitive advantage, or leadership position. For instance, loan originators and brokers will have one-click access to resources that will help them increase their productivity. Search topics by category and keyword and generate free videos, webinars, white papers and other resources. If you would like to add your content to the learning center, please click here  or email Tim Murphy at [email protected].

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FIRST AMERICAN DATATREE LAUNCHES NEW MARKETING LIST SOLUTION FOR CUSTOMER ACQUISITION

—New DataTree solution delivers highly targeted marketing lists for the modern marketing professional powered by First American’s industry-leading property and ownership data, with coverage of over 150 million U.S. residential and commercial properties— SANTA ANA,… Read more...

Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey

WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 29, 2020) — Mortgage applications increased 7.2 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending January 24, 2020.… Read more...

Newfi Lending Names OptifiNow as its Cloud-Based Sales and Marketing Platform

OptifiNow’s innovative technology platform to provide rapidly growing wholesale mortgage lender with a single solution for sales, marketing and business intelligence. SEAL BEACH, Calif. – Newfi Lending has named OptifiNow as its integrated cloud-based sales… Read more...

Tom Hunt DOBI Asst. Director Banking Division Retiring after 30 years in Government Service.

From the Desk of E. Robert Levy, Esq. Tom Hunt will be retiring as Assistant Director, Banking Division, at the Department of Banking and Insurance after almost 30 years of government service in New Jersey. … Read more...

Mortgage Capital Trading Bolsters Growing Sales Team with Addition of Industry Veteran Bill Shirreffs as Senior Director of Sales Operations

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Jan. 21, 2020 – Mortgage Capital Trading, Inc. (MCT), a leading mortgage hedge advisory and secondary marketing software firm, announced that Bill Shirreffs has joined the company in the newly created position… Read more...

Breaking MBA Advocacy Update: CFPB Letter Signals Changes to QM Rule

MBA Washington: On Friday, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Kathy Kraninger sent a letter to Congress outlining the Bureau’s plan for a revised Qualified Mortgage Standard. The Bureau is currently in the middle of a… Read more...

CREF Outlook Survey: Majority of Firms Expect Originations to Increase in 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 9, 2020) — Following what is expected to be a record year of lending in 2019, commercial and multifamily mortgage originators anticipate 2020 to be another strong year. That is according to… Read more...

OptifiNow Unveils Advanced Reporting and Business Intelligence Engine to Provide Mortgage Lenders with a 360-Degree View of Business Performance

Powerful business intelligence and analytics tools combines sales and marketing data with LOS and other data sources to provide ROI insight on the entire mortgage loan lifecycle from lead to post-closing. SEAL BEACH, Calif. –… Read more...

PLAZA HOME MORTGAGE NAMES MICHELLE RICHARDSON SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF TREASURY AND FINANCE

SAN DIEGO, Calif., – January 7, 2020 – Plaza Home Mortgage, Inc®., one of the nation’s leading wholesale and correspondent mortgage lenders, today announced that Michelle Richardson has joined the company as Senior Vice President… Read more...

Forecast: Commercial/Multifamily Lending to Climb 9 Percent to $683 Billion in 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 7, 2020) — Commercial and multifamily mortgage bankers are expected to close a record $683 billion of loans backed by income-producing properties in 2020, a 9 percent increase from 2019’s anticipated record… Read more...

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