Are you growing your mortgage company and preparing for the future? In our series on recruiting, we look at Executive Recruiting with our guest today, Tony Caico of Affinity Five Search Group! Forming Affinity Five Search Group He started his first company, Affinity5 Coaching & Consulting, in 2011 and was very successful helping many individuals re-calibrate their lives and consulted with over a dozen business clients between 2010 and 2013. Caico re-entered the mortgage banking space as an E...
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 10Ep. 9
How important are your business relationships? Our guest this week is Eric Levin of Model Match! We're continuing our series on mortgage industry "recruiting" and the first message you're hear today is, "Stop recruiting!" Stop recruiting?!? Yes! The discussion today is about the value of processes over events, collaboration in building trust and using the leverage you have to buy time and efficiencies! Read more here......
Mar 22, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 10Ep. 8
The first half of the Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Updates: we’ve got Rob VanRaaphorst with his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker’s TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you a rate & market update, followed by Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then we wrap up the first half the program with Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report of the lat...
Mar 22, 2021•41 min
The first half of the Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Updates: we’ve got Rob VanRaaphorst with his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker’s TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you a rate & market update, followed by Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then we wrap up the first half the program with Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report of the lat...
Mar 15, 2021•29 min
Are you aware of the latest “recruiting trends” that will likely have a BIG impact on your success this year? To continue our series on “recruiting top talent” for the mortgage industry, we’ve invited Kris Dunn to be our guest this week in order to discuss “Recruiting Trends” and the impact on your success this year! Kris Dunn is a Partner and CHRO at Kinetix, a national RPO recruiting firm headquartered in Atlanta. He’s also the founder of two industry-leading blogs – Fistful of Talent and The ...
Mar 15, 2021•27 min•Season 10Ep. 7
Hi everybody, looks like in the Hot Topic segment we've got a really interesting “ Lykken on Lending ” podcast with…. Bill Cosgrove President & CEO at Union Home Mortgage Corp . to discuss “Recruiting World Class Talent” and how their company has been able to continue to recruit interns during the pandemic! More about Bill …... Union Home Mortgage , is a high-growth, full-service retail, wholesale and consumer-direct independent mortgage banking company headquartered in Strongsville, Ohio. A...
Mar 08, 2021•29 min•Season 10Ep. 6
The first half of the Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Updates: we’ve got Rob VanRaaphorst with his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker’s TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you a rate & market update, followed by Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then we wrap up the first half the program with Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report of the lat...
Mar 08, 2021•32 min
The first half of the Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Updates: we’ve got Rob VanRaaphorst with his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker’s TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you a rate & market update, followed by Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then we wrap up the first half the program with Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report of the lat...
Mar 01, 2021•29 min
Hi everybody, looks like we’ve got a really interesting podcast planned for Monday discussing recruiting. In fact, it’s kicking off a month-long series of podcasts on recruiting and putting together the right teams. This is an opportunity for us to really focus on “who do we want on the bus and who do we want off the bus” to use Jim Collins’ great analogy. In difficult economic times, the companies that succeed are the ones that have developed a good recruiting process! Our guests are…. Jim and ...
Mar 01, 2021•24 min•Season 10Ep. 5
Hi everybody, looks like we've got a really interesting podcast planned with… Brent Chandler , who is the founder and CEO of FormFree , on the program to give us his outlook on how they have found a better way to assess "ability-to-repay.” AND, on January 1, FormFree rebranded to reflect its mission of empowering consumers and lenders with a transparent view of borrower financial DNA. He is a widely recognized innovator in mortgage and financial services technologies who has 25 years of experien...
Feb 22, 2021•37 min•Season 10Ep. 4
The first half of the Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Updates: we’ve got Rob VanRaaphorst with his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker’s TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you a rate & market update, followed by Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then we wrap up the first half the program with Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report of the lat...
Feb 22, 2021•25 min
The first half of the Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Updates: we’ve got Rob VanRaaphorst with his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker’s TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you a rate & market update, followed by Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then we wrap up the first half the program with Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report of the lat...
Feb 15, 2021•16 min
Hi everybody, looks like we've got a really interesting podcast episode with Jim Paolino , Founder & CEO of LodeStar Software Solutions , to discuss whether the future of the mortgage industry is a relationship-based or technology-based business? You can listen to his podcast here: Lodestar's Lending Leaders...
Feb 15, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 178
The first half of the Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Updates: we’ve got Rob VanRaaphorst with his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker’s TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you a rate & market update, followed by Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then we wrap up the first half the program with Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report of the lat...
Feb 08, 2021•25 min
Hi everybody, looks like we've got a really interesting podcast episode with Justin Bailey , Senior Client Services Manager, and Todd Jordan , VP of Strategy of Bellomy , on the program to address the digital shifts in the home buying journey and how to position yourself for success! Link to Article ....
Feb 08, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 177
In this SPECIAL episode of Lykken on Lending we’ve got Barry Habib , Founder and CEO at MBS Highway !! Barry Habib is an American entrepreneur and frequent media resource for his mortgage and housing expertise. Amazon #1 bestselling author for his book “Money in the Streets” Frequent appearances on CNBC and FOX CEO of MBS Highway – the industry’s most highly regarded and recognized tool for transforming salespeople into advisors...
Feb 03, 2021•33 min
Hi everybody, looks like we've got a really interesting podcast planned with Scott Harris on the program to discuss SocialSurvey ’s rebranding that drops TODAY called Experience.com !! They are evolving from a survey platform to an (CX) experience platform, the mortgage industry has been their bedrock and they are excited to share the news with our large audience....
Feb 01, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 176
The first half of the Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Updates: we’ve got Rob VanRaaphorst with his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker’s TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you a rate & market update, followed by Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then we wrap up the first half the program with Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report of the lat...
Feb 01, 2021•26 min
The first half of the Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Updates: we’ve got Rob VanRaaphorst with his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker’s TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you a rate & market update, followed by Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then we wrap up the first half the program with Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report of the lat...
Jan 25, 2021•24 min
Hi everybody. It looks like we’ve got a really interesting podcast planned for Monday with Douglas G. Duncan , Fannie Mae ‘s SVP and Chief Economist, and Jay Brinkmann , retired Chief Economist and SVP of Research and Education at the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).
Jan 25, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 175
The first half of the Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Updates: we’ve got Rob VanRaaphorst with his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker’s TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you a rate & market update, followed by Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then we wrap up the first half the program with Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report of the lat...
Jan 18, 2021•29 min
In this episode of Lykken on Lending, we've got Les Parker in our Hot Topic segment to share his macro view of the mortgage industry for 2021. Want to know more about Les Parker? Les Parker is currently the Managing Director at Transformational Mortgage Solutions. He has also served as the Senior Vice President of Industry Relations and Consulting at LoanLogics , a technology and services provider focused on improving mortgage loan quality, performance, and reliability throughout the loan lifecy...
Jan 18, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 174
In today's Hot Topic, we've got Dan Putney , who manages the sales strategy for Finastra's mortgage solutions in the U.S. and has been with Finastra since 2011! The discussion will start with the results from our mortgage survey of 301 consumers and 34 financial institutions and how Finastra is answering the home borrower's needs in the COVID-19 era!
Jan 11, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 173
The first half of the Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Updates: we’ve got Rob VanRaaphorst with his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker’s TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you a rate & market update, followed by Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then we wrap up the first half the program with Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report of the lat...
Jan 11, 2021•26 min
The first half of the Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Updates: we’ve got Rob VanRaaphorst with his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker’s TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you a rate & market update, followed by Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then we wrap up the first half the program with Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report of the lat...
Jan 04, 2021•22 min
In our Hot Topic segment this week, we've got Michael Fratantoni on the program to give us his update and outlook for the mortgage industry this year! You won't want to miss this program! Michael Fratantoni is MBA 's Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Research and Industry Technology. In this role, he oversees MBA's industry surveys, benchmarking studies, economic and mortgage origination forecasts, industry technology efforts, and policy development research for single-family and comm...
Jan 04, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 172
The first half of the Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Updates: we’ve got Rob VanRaaphorst with his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker’s TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you a rate & market update, followed by Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then we wrap up the first half the program with Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report of the lat...
Dec 29, 2020•28 min
In this episode of Lykken on Lending, David will interview a special guest for the Hot Topic segment with the aim of having a discussion on how to teach people how to create a wow life in home or business with a training called Lux Your Lifestyle , with our guest Jessica Peterson . Jessica, the founder of Simply WOW Agency , is also a bestselling author, certified Business and Life Coach, published seven books, and TEDx speaker. After a 20-year career in the banking, mortgage, and financial worl...
Dec 28, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 171
The first half of the Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Updates: we’ve got Rob VanRaaphorst with his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker’s TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you a rate & market update, followed by Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then we wrap up the first half the program with Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report of the lat...
Dec 21, 2020•27 min
In this episode of Lykken on Lending, David will interview Nick Hedges , CEO of localized digital marketing innovator MomentFeed and a recognized expert on the mortgage borrower’s journey. We’ll be talking about what it takes to have a successful digital marketing program today and how lenders can optimize the purchase journey to engage and capture more nearby customers searching for home loans.
Dec 21, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 170
