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A Tale of Two Mortgages

“Looking for ARMs”

Horace searches for ARM buyers.

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Deeper Thoughts

With Great Automation Comes Great Responsibility

It’s fairly simple. The decisions we make when designing and implementing these incredible and advanced technologies are going to reflect our own biases, principles, beliefs, and viewpoints.

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Lending Leaders

Empowering Down Payment Assistance

For this week’s episode of the LodeStar Lending Leaders podcast, Alayna sat down with Rob Chrane, Founder and CEO of Down Payment Resource. Together they discussed all things down payment assistance, empowering local lenders to help borrowers, and fighting the uphill battle of homebuyer education.

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A Tale of Two Mortgages

“No Thanks”

Horace doesn’t need the new CRM.

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Deeper Thoughts

It’s All About Staying in the Game

There are signs that this down cycle, too, will not be permanent. Some of the industry’s best and brightest are starting to suggest that the market will return to some level of stability this year.

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Lending Leaders

Predicting Better Futures

For this week’s episode of the LodeStar Lending Leaders podcast, Jim sat down with Laird Nossuli, CEO of iEmergent, a data and analytics technology provider focused on forecasting the future of the mortgage industry. Since 2000, iEmergent has been focused on delivering insights to help organizations navigate the industry’s changing landscape. Jim and Laird talked about using data to forecast the future, navigating changes, and the importance of championing diversity and underserved markets.

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A Tale of Two Mortgages

“Ironic or Something”

Horace shares the secret of his unprecedented TikTok success.

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Deeper Thoughts

When the Market Swings Back Up, Will We Have Learned from the Downturn?

If my hopeful diagnosis does prove to be correct, it’s probably time for the industry to look around and, more importantly, take a good hard look in the mirror.

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Lending Leaders

By the Numbers: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

For this week’s episode of LLL, Jim speaks with longtime friend, Matt Einheber, Creator of TitleBox, to nerd out over some stats and numbers. They take a look back at the 2021 and 2022 markets, and speculate about 2023.

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