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Here’s how a mortgage coaching platform wants to carve out a niche in a competitive market

Housing Wire

Braheem, former co-founder of Loan Toolbox — an online resource for training, tools, support and coaching — launched The Loan Atlas, a mortgage coaching platform, earlier this year with mortgage executives and top loan officers joining as faculty members.

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Opinion: The role of the LO will soon be very different

Housing Wire

The changing role of the LO One of the strongest indicators of this transformation is the changing role of the loan officer (LO). Lending decision-makers can easily reward that mindset by making available a healthy number of workshops, webinars, seminars and mentoring programs.

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OceanFirst Bank will pay $15M to resolve redlining allegations

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It must maintain a full-service branch initially opened in December 2023, open a loan production office in these neighborhoods, and hire “at least two full-time loan officers to solicit mortgage applications primarily in majority-Black, Hispanic, and Asian neighborhoods in the New Brunswick area.”

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ServiceLink’s EXOS Title engine automates the title process so lenders can receive instant title decisions

Housing Wire

Additionally, this solution provides greater visibility into title clearance and expected clear-to-close date and pricing, to help loan officers set clear and realistic expectations with borrowers from the start. EXOS Title offers strict adherence to local, state and federal regulatory guidelines.

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Getting back to basics: Creating success in today’s market

Housing Wire

Both borrowers and loan officers face a changed—and changing—landscape. Hosting first-time homebuyer seminars can also establish your presence and credibility. You also learn a lot of new things, which is especially important for rookie loan officers. The one thing that no other salesperson has is you.

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How LOs get into a real estate agent’s circle

Housing Wire

So, about two weeks before the closing was scheduled to take place, the builder reaches out to me and was like, ‘The loan officer on your client’s file got laid off and we are assigning a new one to it.’ Fahad Janvekar, a loan officer at Fairway Independent Mortgage.

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Agents fight misconceptions to win deals for military veteran clients

Housing Wire

Alex Naumovych, a loan officer at Draper & Kramer , has noticed similar trends in his work at a lender. We do a lot of seminars,” Armstrong explained. “I I do the real estate portion and I have my lender come in and do the VA loan portion.

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