Lykken on Lending

In our Hot Topic this week we have Troy Anderson, Director of Mortgage & Lending Solution Sales @ Finastra to discuss whether financial institutions are becoming more of a one-stop-shop for mortgages and why! And as far as all of Finastra's technology components whether it's, the customer experience when they're not even a customer yet all the way through, managing that through the core process with their solution. But as far as the LOS goes they are focusing on their mortgage bot which is end-to-end. And this is really their thoughts around, the end-to-end piece, as it stands with working for componentized platforms in the past, where you have multiple integrations, that fingers could be pointed. So as far as the five things to consider as far as the end-to-end option goes the real value. And VALUE is brought up a lot because feature functions ultimately result in some type of value. Some of them don't, some of them might just be widgets that may demo well. And you're like, this is great, but it really doesn't provide that much value. And they have seen that when they have been doing demonstrations, they wouldn't really focus on that too much, it might be cool, but it doesn't have as much value as some of these other things. So the end-to-end process value there is basically one vendor and one support path and what that amounts to is efficiency results! To read more on this podcast click here!!

In our Hot Topic this week, we have Brian Montgomery, Founding Partner at Gate House Strategies LLC, to discuss why it is taking so long to get the FHA Commissioner and other HUD nominees confirmed and why it’s been tough for first-time homebuyers for some time now. 

In our Hot Topic this week we have Jack Konyk, Executive Director of Government Affairs @ Weiner Brodsky Kider PC to discuss what changes in DC that the new Administration made in leadership of the various federal agencies that impact mortgage lending, and what effects have those changes seem to have had? As well as what, if anything, are we likely to see from this Congress in terms of new legislation affecting the industry, and what might the outcome of the upcoming election be on the likelihood of such things in the next Congress? And finally, what are some of the things that lenders should be concentrating on in order to best position themselves to minimize their regulatory risk?

In our Hot Topic this week, we have Briana Ings, Vice President of Product at Snapdocs, to talk about a new product that will reduce errors and QC costs for lenders by automatically QCing documents for errors on every closing and packaging the documents for investor delivery, specifically in the context of how important increasing operational efficiency is in light of the current macro mortgage trends.

In our Hot Topic this week, we have Lori Brewer, EVP and General Manager SimpleNexus, on the program to discuss how SimpleNexus was recently rebranded LimeGear as Nexus Vision as well as delve into what inspired her to develop a business intelligence solution for mortgage lenders. It’s data visualization at its finest, and when you can get it in the hands of the people that need it and when they need it produces a fantastic solution for management!To read more about this episode, click here!!

Dr. Peter Diamandis said, “The only constant is change and the rate of change is increasing.” Jack Welch said, “If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.” Knowing that the pace of change in the mortgage industry is constantly and rapidly increasing, we would do well to ask ourselves, “Am I and/or my company changing at the same pace?” No matter how you answer this question, you will benefit from this SPECIAL PODCAST, where we will be talking about how to build a CULTURE of CHANGE and AUTOMATION with special guests Brett Brumley of Lender Toolkit and Keri Rogers of Lennar Mortgage. For more about this podcast Listen here!

In our Hot Topic this week we have Joe Welu, founder and CEO of Total Expert to discuss how we’ve witnessed such a significant shift in the market and why it’s shifting even more quickly with rates rising and refinances decreasing, as well as what the opportunity is for lenders from Joe’s vantage point.Joe has a unique vantage point of having 15 of the top 25 US banks and the lenders already as customers, and he is seeing what successful companies are already doing to leverage the data insights to impact their business. He will share with our listeners what he has observed!To read more about this episode click here!!

In our Hot Topic this week, we have Chris Zingo, General Manager of the Americas Field Operations @ Finastra, to discuss mortgage lending in 2022, as well as driving growth through ESG and the acceleration of digital technology in the mortgage world!To read more about this podcast, click here!!

In our Hot Topic this week we have Brent Chandler, Founder, and CEO @ FormFree & Kevin Kauffman, VP of Client and Partner Delivery @ Freddie Mac to discuss Freddie Mac’s announcement of a capability that allows mortgage lenders to assess homebuyer income using direct deposit data & as FormFree is a Freddie Mac partner, how do they work together to make this happen?To read more about this podcast click here!!

In our Hot Topic this week we have Les Parker, founder of the TMSpotlight Newsletter & Managing Director at Transformational Mortgage Solutions to discuss the mortgage rate outlook….So many people comment, they go, how does Les come up with his music parodies? And I said the most amazing part is he's not into pulp culture, he's not into any of this. I have no idea, but he does, do a masterful job of tying a song, and creating a music parody as he does each week on here. But today we want to talk about interest rates. So we're really, really excited about that!Click here to read more!!

In our Hot Topic this week, we have Russ Anderson, & Jack Nunnery, both retired from mortgage banking and still stay very much up on all that is going on in the mortgage world….They will discuss why cash management is important to any business, as well as what the specific needs of IMBs are when it comes to basic cash management.Want to read more about this podcast, click here!

In our Hot Topic this week, we have Rich Swerbinsky, President & Chief Operating Officer at The Mortgage Collaborative, on the program to discuss what they are seeing the mortgage industry doing……… A complete 180 in terms of the type of business climate, they are now close to two years of record production, massive amounts of refinancing activity, 30-year fixed rates, and the low to mid twos throughout all of that. And for lenders, it is really just about executing their pipeline and then managing some of the pandemic-related changes, like work from home and some of the changing borrower-related demands that went along with that. Now, as they get into the new year, they have seen 30-year fixed rates, interest rates have jumped up to their highest levels in over two years, the refinance volume has dropped, and lenders are hyper-focused on the future of their business. Automation, technology, partners M&A; either growth or, in some cases, looking to maybe merge or fold in with another organization, just the automation of tasks in general. It is mind-boggling how human the mortgage industry and the mortgage manufacturing process still are. Really? And the pandemics had a lot to do with it! Want to read more about the episode? Click here!

In our Hot Topic this week, we have Stephen Chapman on the program to give us his take on organizational health and how it will help your business. Steven is an internal consultant at Allstate and is passionate about organizational health and what organizational health is and doing whatever they can do to help have as much of that in an organization as possible! Want to know more about Stephen Chapman?Want to read more on this episode click here!!

In our Hot Topic this week we have Cathleen Schreiner Gates on the program to discuss how SimpleNexus was recently acquired by nCino, a publicly-traded company and worldwide leader in cloud banking and what opportunities are created by the combination of these companies, and how do lenders stand to gain. Want to know more about Cathleen Schreiner Gates? Want to read more about this episode, click here!!

In our Hot Topic this week we have Whitney Nelson on the program to discuss what the root cause of people problems within an organization is as well as explain why connection and community in the workplace are important and how do you achieve it. Want to know more about Whitney Nelson? Want to know more about this podcast click here!