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Lending Leaders

Why Core Values Matter Most

For episode of Lending Leaders’ fifth season, Alayna Gardner, AMP, sits down with Amanda Morrow, AMP, Director of Investor Relations at Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group.

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Lending Leaders

Getting Back to It

Alayna Gardner, AMP sits down with LodeStar’s co-founders, Jim Paolino and David Spektor to kick off yet another exciting season of Lending Leaders!

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A Tale of Two Mortgages

The Time Has Come

Rates are trending down. Horace is pumped.

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Lending Leaders

Farewell to Summer of SettleWise

For this final episode of the Lending Leaders 2024 Summer Session, Jim and Alayna lament the emergence of Halloween candy in grocery stores and reflect on SettleWise’s successes so far.

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A Tale of Two Mortgages

Big Dreams

Horace discusses the big dreams he used to have.

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Lending Leaders

The Importance of Expertise

For the fourth episode of the Summer of SettleWise, Lending Leaders host Jim Paolino interviews Shawna Proztman about her role as Title Operations Manager with SettleWise. She recounts her journey into title and how her specific expertise is exactly the kind of thing that differentiates SettleWise’s quality of service.

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A Tale of Two Mortgages

Go Fish

Horace and Octavia play “Go Fish.” Things get deep.

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Lending Leaders

The Power of a Brand

For the third installment of Lending Leaders’ Summer of SettleWise, Jim and Alayna go into the power of branding, and the challenge of acing the particulars.

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A Tale of Two Mortgages

To Sell or Not to Sell

Octavia reckons with the lock-in effect.

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