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The Relevance of BI: What’s A QRM? And Why Should I Care?
*What’s A QRM? And Why Should I Care?* **By Tyler Sherman** ***As part of the huge Dodd-Frank overhaul, Congress attempted to regulate the mortgage space by introducing the concept of, among other...
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*Business And Technology* **Executive Interview** ***Too often lenders view technology as something out of their area of expertise. After all they’re business people, not technologists. That’s the...
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Magazine Feature Story
*The Truth About BI* **By Julie Piepho** ***Do we as an industry really need another buzzword? Of course not. But it seems that Business Intelligence or BI seems to be the latest buzzword to hit our...
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Market Analysis: Lender Gets Immediate ROI
*Lender Gets Immediate ROI* **By Tony Garritano** ***Market conditions remain volatile. Lenders need the right tools to enhance efficiency, promote transparency, increase customer satisfaction and...
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Your Competitive Edge: Marketing And BI
*Marketing And Business Intelligence* **By Michael Hammond** ***If we think about it, iPhone started a micro-revolution in businesses by enabling access to data more easily and in visual contexts that...
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Winning The Battle For The Borrower: Here’s How You Get More Business (Part Two)
*Here’s How You Get More Business (Part Two)* **By Judy Margrett** ***Last time I started to talk to you about how you can get more business if you evolve your marketing strategy. I mentioned that...
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Integration Proves That Knowledge Is Power
*Integration Proves That Knowledge Is Power* **By Tony Garritano** ***As I do often, I like to make you aware of interesting integrations. The more systems that seamlessly link up, the better it will...
View ArticleInnovation Is Stil Alive
Innovation doesn’t mean that you create something new from scratch, it might be that you create a new way to do something mundane. For example, I got a demo of a new product by a company called...
View ArticleNew Tool Provides Graphical Visual Insight
Bestborn Business Solutions, a Microsoft Certified Partner specializing in Microsoft Dynamics NAV and creator of the Loan Vision Mortgage Accounting Solution, has released a new branch portal solution...
View ArticleTechnology Can Help You Get It Right
There’s so much attention paid to accuracy, transparency and oversight these days, and rightly so. That’s why I’m always surprised that some lenders decide to tackle this by adding more people or...
View ArticleHow To Get More Intelligent About Your Business
Mortgage companies have traditionally been among the more reluctant to embrace new technology given their sensitivity to spending time on non-revenue-generating act1vities. With loan volume as the key...
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View ArticleCompressing Time To Benefit With Business Intelligence
If you go shopping for business intelligence (BI) solutions, you’ll quickly find that offerings fall into two categories: BI toolsets, and BI solutions. Toolsets give you everything you need to craft...
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Mortgage Business Intelligence In Action
If you’ve read anything at all on business intelligence, you know it sounds great on paper. There’s a wealth of material that gives it the sliced bread treatment. But what does business intelligence...
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Spreadsheets And Business Intelligence
Mortgage business intelligence (MBI) seems to be getting more than its fair share of press lately. Is it really the next must-have platform, or is it just a fad? Let’s get to the bottom of what MBI is...
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Return On Your MBI Investment
Now that business intelligence has a foothold in the mortgage industry, we’re starting to hear more and more questions about return on investment. How do you know if you’re getting your money’s worth?...
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The Many Faces Of Mortgage Business Intelligence
It’s not hard to understand the soaring popularity of mortgage business intelligence (MBI) when it comes to increasing production without adding personnel. Time and time again, industry players have...
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What Is The True Measure Of A Top Producer?
Do you still rank your top producers solely based on units or volume? The new loan officer compensation rules have drastically changed the dynamics between employee and employer. A natural, synergistic...
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Tracking Your Return On Investment
Now that business intelligence has a foothold in the mortgage industry, we’re starting to hear more and more questions about return on investment. How do you know if you’re getting your money’s worth?...
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What Is The True Measure Of A Top Producer? (Part Two)
While most talk around regulatory issues this year centers around TRID, the less recent changes to the Truth in Lending Act (TILA/Regulation Z) remain the focus for sales managers. Consistently...
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MBI As A Smart System
With mortgage business intelligence (MBI) systems becoming more commonplace in our industry, even non-users know how this technology can replace spreadsheets and reports, significantly expanding the...
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Business Intelligence And Financial Services
It all comes down to accuracy. Managing risk and company performance can be daunting in any industry, but it’s especially so in financial services, where investment and hedging positions re-price in...
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A Unique Approach To TRID Compliance
To help mortgage lenders comply with the August 1st implementation of the TILA RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID), Motivity Solutions today announced the availability of a TRID Readiness Module for...
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Next Level Business Intelligence: Embedded Analytics
All analytics are not created equally. Understanding this fact is the first step in taking any business to the next level, as all businesses use some form of analytics. Whether they’re using manual...
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Process Compression For TRID
While just about everyone in the mortgage industry can agree on the hottest topic of 2015 (TRID), there is still widespread disagreement as to the depth of its impact, and the degree of difficulty in...
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Implementing MBI : It’s Not About the Software
Anyone who does more than a little reading about mortgage technology will likely recognize a pattern in the way vendors discuss their offerings. They constantly attempt to outdo each other by pointing...
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Expanding Mortgage Business Intelligence Beyond The LOS
If you’ve been reading this column since its inception, you probably understand the fact that the more you leverage mortgage business intelligence, the bigger the return on your MBI investment. After...
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Process Compression For TRID
While just about everyone in the mortgage industry can agree on the hottest topic of 2015 (TRID), there is still widespread disagreement as to the depth of its impact, and the degree of difficulty in...
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Data Integrity And MBI
Ever since the first lending automation systems hit the market in the 1980s, mortgage technology budgets have steadily expanded. Today, mortgage lenders spend more on technology than ever before. It’s...
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Three Common MBI Myths Dispelled
Well over half of all industry professionals are taking a serious look at mortgage business intelligence (MBI), and if you’re one of these, you’ve undoubtedly heard the myths. As with any new,...
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Five Reasons To Implement MBI In 2015
July is always an interesting month. After the holiday weekend, things take a few days to get revved back up again. Once they do, many are startled to find that we’re on the downhill side of the year...
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Top 12 Mortgage Business Intelligence Mistakes :: Part 2
This is part two of a six part series on the most common mistakes that occur when evaluating, implementing, or using mortgage business intelligence (MBI). Today’s article covers data quality and remote...
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Top 12 Mortgage Business Intelligence Mistakes :: Part 3
This is the third installment of a six-part series on the most common mistakes that occur when evaluating, implementing, or using mortgage business intelligence (MBI). Today’s article discusses...
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What Is The Measure Of A Top Producer?
Do you still rank your top producers solely based on units or volume? The new loan officer compensation rules have drastically changed the dynamics between employee and employer. A natural,...
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Top 12 Mortgage Business Intelligence Mistakes :: Part 4
This is the fourth installment of a six-part series on the most common mistakes that occur when evaluating, implementing, or using mortgage business intelligence (MBI). Today’s article discusses system...
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Top 12 Mortgage Business Intelligence Mistakes :: Part 5
This is the fifth installment of a six-part series on the most common mistakes that occur when evaluating, implementing, or using mortgage business intelligence (MBI). Today’s article discusses...
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Top 12 Mortgage Business Intelligence Mistakes :: Part 6
This is the final installment of a six-part series on the most common mistakes that occur when evaluating, implementing, or using mortgage business intelligence (MBI). Today’s article discusses cost...
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Key Performance Indicators: A Primer
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are easily the most talked about element of mortgage business intelligence (MBI) these days. As MBI continues to gain momentum industry-wide, it’s interesting to see...
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The Top Business Intelligence Mistakes
This article will discuss the most common mistakes that occur when evaluating, implementing, or using mortgage business intelligence (MBI). Today’s article covers defining upfront requirements for all...
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Don’t Make The Same Mistakes Again
I want to continue the conversation that I started last month. Let’s talk about the most common mistakes that occur when evaluating, implementing, or using mortgage business intelligence (MBI)....
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Optimal Blue Launches Market Share Analytics Solution
Optimal Blue launched a business intelligence tool that provides real-time visibility into a lender’s market share. Market Share Insight provides lenders with the ability to review and analyze current...
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