• The hidden cost of mortgage tech: How workflow fragmentation is driving the “interoperability tax”,Steve Butler

    The hidden cost of mortgage tech: How workflow fragmentation is driving the “interoperability tax”

    The cost problem lenders can’t automate away Mortgage lenders have spent years investing in automation, yet one metric continues to resist improvement: cost per loan. New tools promise faster processing, better decisioning and improved borrower experiences. For many lenders, however, those gains hav

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  • Verification first: Why mortgage lending must rethink income — and how it actually works,Gerald Green

    Verification first: Why mortgage lending must rethink income — and how it actually works

    For decades, mortgage underwriting has followed the same basic structure: verify income, review credit, apply ratios, and make a decision. The tools have improved. The thinking largely hasn’t. Automated systems like Desktop Underwriter and Loan Product Advisor can process loans faster than ever. But

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  • Nationwide Mortgage Bankers taps Herrera as president of Hispanic homeownership division,HousingWire Automation

    Nationwide Mortgage Bankers taps Herrera as president of Hispanic homeownership division

    Americasa, a division of Nationwide Mortgage Bankers (NMB), has promoted Yasser Valdes Herrera to president. Since December 2023, he has been based in Miami and has served as vice president of Americasa, a Spanish-language mortgage platform helping the Hispanic community achieve homeownership. “Yass

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