Pulse: What are the biggest mortgage challenges your clients face?

This week, we want to ask our readers about the common obstacles — complications, misunderstandings and mistakes — that clients often face as they navigate the mortgage process? How did you help overcome them? Continue reading

5 ways the pandemic mortgage boom has changed the market

Mortgage experts Ann Thompson and Christian Wallace share how the pandemic changed the mortgage market and what it means for today’s consumers. Continue reading

Pulse: How our readers are educating clients about mortgage and alt finance

This week, our readers share how they’re educating their clients about one of the most important facets of the homebuying process — financing the biggest purchase of their lives. Continue reading

Lone Wolf announces collaborative rollout of Digital Title services

Lone Wolf’s new product will directly link real estate agents with title companies to securely digitize deal data. Multiple software and title companies collaborated to develop the web-based solution. Continue reading

Better.com partners with Google to hire 2,000 new employees

Digital mortgage startup Better.com has pledged to hire Google Career Certificate graduates by 2024 as part of the company’s aggressive growth strategy. Continue reading

Mortgage applications decrease 1%

Climbing mortgage rates have slowed demand for refinance applications, while purchase applications remain strong moving into the spring season, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Continue reading

11 objection handling scripts agents need today

When it comes to working with buyers, objections are buying signs. Your role is to uncover their concerns, address them and move your clients forward in making the purchase. Here are a few important scripts to keep handy. Continue reading

Pulse: How are you educating clients about mortgage and alt finance?

This week, we are curious to know: How are you helping clients navigate the complicated mortgage process? How are you informing your clients about their options? Continue reading

Netflix series attempts to answer age-old question: Marriage or mortgage?

In advance of the Netflix show’s release on March 10, we sat down to chat with agent Nichole Holmes about mortgages, romance and choosing between the two. Continue reading

Share of mortgages in forbearance drop 3 points at end of February

The overall decline of mortgage loans in forbearance was led by Ginnie Mae loans, which dropped by 7 basis points from the previous week to 7.28 percent of loans in forbearance. Continue reading