by Mike Olden | Sep 25, 2018 |
Editor’s note: Guest post provided by business development and education expert for American Reporting Company (ARC), LLC., Mike Olden. There are 4 facts about credit scores loan officers need to know, because in the mortgage finance industry we sometimes hear the...
by Vance Edwards, CMB | Jun 8, 2016 |
Watch our no-cost recorded webinar about trended credit data! Trended Credit Data and DU 10.0 — Trended credit data is all the buzz these days. Some industry experts have gone as far as to call it the biggest thing to happen to credit reporting since the...
by Ben Smidt, MA | Aug 27, 2015 |
Determining borrowers’ creditworthiness based on their social connections from Facebook — sound a bit crazy? Prepare yourself, this may become a reality. Recently, Facebook’s patent on a technology that tracks the way users are connected in a network made the news...
by Craig Lonsinger, CCUE | Aug 20, 2015 |
I know, I know: You’re a loan officer, not a financial advisor. But maybe, just maybe, you’re actually both. Consider prospective first-time homebuyers. They want to buy a house, and you want to help them secure financing in a responsible fashion. You know what it...
by David Greco, MBA | May 13, 2015 |
Doing what I do for a living, you can bet I am an advocate of credit score awareness. It’s important — no make that imperative — to know your credit score, how it’s derived and that it is to be protected and nurtured. That’s not the norm for many first-time...