ACES expands mortgage quality control to loan-population testing.
ACES Quality Management's new technology enforces lender-defined policies across origination and servicing populations, flagging records for human reviews.
Treasury is sued over $289 million in CDFI funding as a deadline nears.
Suit alleges misallocation of $289M CDFI funds, creating funding uncertainty that private lenders must weigh when planning community credit deployment now.
Public feedback remains open on proposed FHA minimum property standards.
The Federal Housing Administration has opened a formal comment period seeking stakeholder feedback on proposed policy adjustments, and the window for submissions is closing soon. Industry participants should treat this as a finite and high-impact opportunity to influence FHA direction on underwriting, servicing, loss-mitigation, [...]
Real estate cold calling is increasingly screened, not dead.
Davis urged mortgage agents to adhere strictly to broker policy and to parse Do Not Call rules with precision, framing compliance as both a legal obligation and a competitive necessity. Agents who internalize firm procedures, document consent and maintain careful call logs reduce exposure [...]
Compass adds See It First to Compass.com redesign.
A major brokerage conglomerate is citing a 56% year‑over‑year increase in traffic to its consumer site as the basis for a national advertising push, signaling a strategic pivot toward brand‑driven digital growth. For mortgage professionals, the development highlights the growing importance of brokerage‑owned portals [...]
The mortgage industry assists borrowers only after it is too late.
Lenders increasingly recognize a persistent gap between consumer curiosity about mortgage options and the point when borrowers are ready to submit an application. Treating readiness as a distinct customer-stage acknowledges that many prospects need education, affordability insight and reassurance rather than an immediate push [...]
Technology does not constitute organizational culture.
Mortgage firms that moved to visible, rule-based pricing and clear compensation frameworks found they could materially cut non-sales cost per loan while increasing pay to originators. Standardizing fee disclosures, consolidating pricing engines and removing opaque overrides reduced exception handling, reconciliation and manual audit work. [...]
Real estate agent networking: ask better questions and follow through.
Assess borrower intent, refine interview questions, identify genuine deal drivers, and set clear actionable follow-up to improve private lending decisions.
Do not disclose real estate commission amounts via text.
Sales interactions should be steered toward synchronous conversation: move pricing questions off text or email and onto a call where nuance can be conveyed and rapport established. Prioritize framing the property's or product's value before discussing price so prospects understand benefits, tradeoffs and financing [...]
Sagent appoints Sridhar Sharma as CEO and Andrew Bon Salle as chairman.
Sagent names Sridhar Sharma CEO and appoints Andrew Bon Salle chairman as the fintech scales Dara servicing platform; new implications for private lenders.