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Deeper Thoughts
By the Numbers: Millennials, Gen Z, and the Homebuying Experience
My generation, by and large, doesn’t necessarily need to have a mortgage process we can take from start to finish on an iPhone, although we’re also not enamored with reams of paper and prolonged, data-exchanging phone calls, either.
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A Tale of Two Mortgages
A Tale of Two Mortgages: Presented by LodeStar
Meet Horace and Octavia, two loan officers whose mortgage lending workflows are very, very different. Turns out leveraging effective technology makes a huge difference in the mortgage origination process…
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Lending Leaders
How A Mortgage Insider Buys A Home Pt 3: Jim Gets A Mortgage
Welcome to part three of Jim’s experience buying a home as a mortgage professional. Today we’re picking his brain about the mortgage process and how being the CEO of a mortgage software company helped him navigate the ins and outs of the process.
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“Real Estate Agents”
Even on bad days, Octavia is just glad she’s not a real estate agent.
Lending Leaders
Celebrating a Season of Growth with David Spektor and Jim Paolino
Per tradition, LLL wrapped up its season by sitting down with LodeStar Co-Founders Jim Paolino and David Spektor to reflect on the company’s growth over the last several months. And of course, we checked in on Dave’s inextinguishable dream to purchase a t-shirt cannon.
Deeper Thoughts
A Numbers-Driven Industry?
We’re going to start adding a new dimension to Deeper Thoughts soon. Until this point, we’ve been mostly about thoughts and observations. The very name “Deeper Thoughts” probably implies that anyway.
A Tale of Two Mortgages
“Credit Check”
Horace’s client finally makes it through a credit check after a long delay.
Lending Leaders
Live from the 2022 MARC Conference with Gary Martinek
This weeks’ LLL feature’s our second-ever live recording at a conference, where we had the pleasure of talking with Gary Martinek, Senior Account Executive at Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions.
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The Sky is Only Falling for the Unprepared
Once we’ve gotten over our collective panic attack (which should happen any minute now), the mortgage industry will get down to work finding alternate revenue paths to help make up for the refinancing channel.
Lending Leaders
Live from the MerdianLink LIVE! 2022 User Forum with Jemila Stewart
For this week’s Lending Leaders, Alayna had an opportunity to talk with Jemila Stewart, Director of Partner Business Development at one of LodeStar’s favorite partners, MeridianLink. Contra our usual format, Alayna and Jemila were able to speak together live at the MeridianLink LIVE! 2022 User Forum.
A Tale of Two Mortgages
“Positive Changes”
Horace and Octavia discuss the difficulties of the new market and opportunities for mortgage professionals to try new strategies.
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