While at TMC’s “The Mane Event” in Louisville, Kentucky, Alayna had the opportunity to chat with Stephen Huang, Key Account Director at MeridianLink, about sales, the benefits of being a vendor vs. a lender, and the importance of sticking to your core values.
One of our core values at LodeStar is Clarity. We aspire to be honest and straightforward. Sometimes that’s easy. Sometimes, especially when the market is just “kind of OK,” that’s tough.
Home to The Grand Ole Opry, the longest running radio show in the world for any genre, Tennessee is also the birthplace of cotton candy, Mountain Dew and the Moon Pie.
We talk often here about the mortgage lending industry putting more emphasis on the borrower/consumer experience, and using better or more technology to support that. Well now, as the market begins to change a bit, the ability to do that could very well help lenders find success in spite of change. In fact, they’ll find success because of change, and their ability to embrace it.
With 254 counties, Texas offers numerous opportunities for tax or fee variability, and thus, its fair share of LE challenges.
While much of its real estate transactional volume takes place in Maricopa County, the state of Arizona does offer one occasional challenge in the assembling of the LE.
Perhaps Georgia’s most notable feature (in terms of LE challenges) is that it’s part of the class of so-called “attorney states.”
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania holds a special place in our hearts, since it’s where LodeStar calls home. Pennsylvania does offer a handful of challenges for those assembling Loan Estimates for transactions occurring there.
LLL recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Windy Lafond, CEO and Founder of Genie Notary Inc. During the pre-podcast prep conversation, Jim and Windy were delighted to discover they have a ton in common. We were eager to hear Windy’s incredible story and pick her brain about all things notarization.
LLL recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Roy George, Managing Partner at MOR Lending. Roy was eager to share some recent changes and what he’s learned along the way.