Lykken on Lending

Lykken on Lending

A Weekly Podcast by Mortgage Professionals

03-28-2022 How Lenders Combat Recent Margin Compression Trends

In our Hot Topic this week we have Briana Ings, Vice President of Product at Snapdocs to talk about a new product; that will reduce errors and QC costs for lenders by automatically QCing documents for errors on every closing and packaging the documents for investor delivery, specifically in the context of how important increasing operational … [Read more...]

03-21-2022 The Benefits of Business Intelligence Software

In our Hot Topic this week we have Lori Brewer, EVP & General Manager SimpleNexus on the program to how SimpleNexus was recently rebranded LimeGear as Nexus Vision as well as delving into, what inspired her to develop a business intelligence solution for mortgage lenders. It's data visualization at its finest and when you can get it in … [Read more...]

S10:E61 | 3-14-2022 SPECIAL PODCAST “Building a Culture of Change and Automation”

The only constant is change, and the rate of change is increasing-- Peter Diamandis   Dr. Peter Diamandis said, "The only constant is change and the rate of change is increasing."  Jack Welch said, "If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near."  Knowing that the pace of change in the … [Read more...]

03-14-2022 Customer Intelligence: How Top Lenders Leverage Data and Insights to Impact Business

In our Hot Topic this week we have Joe Welu,  founder and CEO of Total Expert to discuss how we've witnessed such a significant shift in the market and why it’s shifting even more quickly with rates rising and refinances decreasing, as well as what the opportunity is for lenders from Joe’s vantage point. Joe has a unique vantage point of … [Read more...]

02-28-2022 Freddie Mac AIM for income using direct deposit data

In our Hot Topic this week we have Brent Chandler, Founder, and CEO @ FormFree & Kevin Kauffman, VP of Client and Partner Delivery @ Freddie Mac to discuss Freddie Mac’s announcement of a capability that allows mortgage lenders to assess homebuyer income using direct deposit data & as FormFree is a Freddie Mac partner, how do they work … [Read more...]

02-21-2022 Rate Outlook

In our Hot Topic this week we have Les Parker, founder of the TMSpotlight Newsletter & Managing Director at Transformational Mortgage Solutions to discuss the mortgage rate outlook…. So many people comment, they go, how does Les come up with his music parodies? And I said the most amazing part is he's not into pulp culture, he's not into any … [Read more...]

02-15-2022 SPECIAL EPISODE: Treasury And Cash Management For Mortgage Banks With Russ Anderson and Jack Nunnery

In this Special Episode we have Russ Anderson, & Jack Nunnery, both retired from mortgage banking and still stay very much up on all that is going on in the mortgage world…. They will continue their discussion on why banks see this as a real advantage and also how it's just a really great symbiotic relationship. To read more about this … [Read more...]

02-14-2022 Cash Management for Mortgage Banks

In our Hot Topic this week we have Russ Anderson, & Jack Nunnery, both retired from mortgage banking and still stay very much up on all that is going on in the mortgage world…. They will discuss why cash management is important to any business, as well as what the specific needs of IMBs are when it comes to basic cash management. Want to … [Read more...]

02-08-2022 SPECIAL EPISODE: The Great Migration Driving Markets And Transactions With Allan Weiss

In this SPECIAL PROGRAM, David Lykken sits down with Allan Weiss, founder and CEO of Weiss Analytics. In this interview, you will hear David and Allen talk about how the great migration is driving markets and transactions!! To read more about this podcast, click here!! --- SPECIAL EPISODE: The Great Migration Driving Markets And Transactions … [Read more...]

02-07-2022 The Current State of the Mortgage Industry

In our Hot Topic this week we have Rich Swerbinsky, President & Chief Operating Officer at The Mortgage Collaborative on the program to discuss what they are seeing the mortgage industry doing……… A complete 180 in terms of the type of business climate they are now close to two years of record production, massive amounts of refinancing … [Read more...]

01-31-2022 Organizational Health-The Last Competitive Advantage

In our Hot Topic this week we have Stephen Chapman on the program to give us his take on organizational health and how it will help your business. Steven is an internal consultant at Allstate and is passionate about organizational health and what organizational health is and doing whatever they can do to help have as much of that in an … [Read more...]

01-24-2022 “What does LEADERSHIP mean to you?”

In our Hot Topic this week we have Cathleen Schreiner Gates on the program to discuss how SimpleNexus was recently acquired by nCino, a publicly-traded company and worldwide leader in cloud banking and what opportunities are created by the combination of these companies, and how do lenders stand to gain. Want to know more about Cathleen … [Read more...]

01-17-2022 How To Create Cohesive, Collaborative Teams

In our Hot Topic this week we have Whitney Nelson on the program to discuss what the root cause of people problems within an organization is as well as explain why connection and community in the workplace are important and how do you achieve it. Want to know more about Whitney Nelson? Whitney Nelson is the founder and CEO of Brilliant … [Read more...]