Women in Leadership: Christy Moss, CMB, Executive Director of Sales, FormFree®
2021 promises to be a year of evolution in the use of source data, especially for mortgage borrowers. With that in mind, we reached out to a pioneer and leader in this effort, Christy Moss, CMB, of FormFree®. Christy and FormFree are continuing to innovate by providing GSEs, lenders and the industry at large broader […]
Women in Leadership: Jillian White, SRA, Head of Collateral, Better Mortgage
With mortgage origination hitting record volume in 2020, the appraisal industry has been stressed to meet demand. With interest rates at record lows, and available for sale inventory at record lows, home values have spiked with bidding wars further challenging the role of the appraiser. At the same time, a public policy debate has ensued […]
Women in Leadership: Meg Burns, Executive Vice President, Housing Policy Council
The Housing Policy Council is a policy and trade organization with a unique mission and membership. HPC’s members are leaders in housing finance, representing the primary market’s ecosystem of mortgage lenders and servicers; data, technology, and analytics firms; and mortgage, title and property insurers. Collectively, HPC member companies are the nucleus of the U.S. housing […]
Women in Leadership: Cristy Ward, Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, Mortgage Connect
Strategic plans of financial services firms are generally completed in October for the following year’s budget planning priorities. In last year’s pre-pandemic environment, Mortgage Connect, the nation’s premier end-to-end mortgage services provider, opted to include in its 2020 strategic plan funding to invest in and refine its default management suite. The contrarian move positioned the […]
C-19’s Pernicious Effect on People of Color Brings Equity, Liquidity and Access to Credit in Focus
The brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic is hitting communities of color hardest, whether it be housing, small business, employment, education or health. Unfortunately, the typical government response in such times is to take a one-size fits all approach, and in this case that will merely add cement to the boots of the US’s long and […]
(Video) Mortgage Leadership Outlook: Faith Schwartz urges the mortgage industry to stay positive
Staying positive in such a turbulent time for the mortgage industry can be difficult for mortgage professionals — but Housing Finance Strategies president Faith Schwartz believes the industry will rise above the current obstacles it faces. Hear more by watching Faith’s guest appearance on National Mortgage Professional Magazine’s Mortgage Leadership Outlook series, hosted by Andrew Berman.
Faith Schwartz, Christy Moss, CMB: What Happens When COVID-19 Starts Affecting Mortgage Payments?
Faith Schwartz is president of Housing Finance Strategies and a member of FormFree’s board of directors. In 2007, the Housing Policy Council and the Treasury Department appointed Schwartz executive director of the newly formed Hope Now alliance, a cooperative effort among government, counselors, investors and lenders focused on helping distressed borrowers through the financial crisis. […]
On the Ground in Iowa
Today marks the start of voting in the 2020 election and I am excited to be in Iowa checking the pulse of the electorate, meeting the candidates, watching how the voters engage with them and enjoying this fascinating process of ‘caucusing.’ My take on four of the candidates: Amy Klobuchar I was not sure what to […]
Mortgage lessons learned: A clear path forward for digital asset, income and employment
Government agencies move the dial on income, asset and employment verification The mortgage industry learned some valuable and painful lessons from the financial crisis of 2008. First, we learned humility. Then, we began to concentrate on areas of improvement to begin repairing a severely deteriorated mortgage origination process. Along the way, we’ve learned to embrace […]
(Podcast) Start Reaching Your Goals by Simply Raising Your Hand
Great leaders can get their start by raising a hand in order to take the initiative to step up. That’s one of the great lessons in this interview with David Lykken and Faith Schwartz: Start Reaching Your Goals by Simply Raising Your Hand… Leading by Example with Faith Swartz