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Getting Near Real-Time Purchase Data Through API Integration

Any lender doing business the last couple of years knows it was a period of significant market movement, with extraordinarily high volumes of home sales and refinances. For many, it was difficult to keep up with the pace as the nation grappled with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Although an intense period, Union Home MortgageContinue reading “Getting Near Real-Time Purchase Data Through API Integration”

Chris Bennett & Erin Palmer: How to Fire Up a Lock-and-Shop Program Without Getting Burned

Erin Palmer and Chris Bennett Erin Palmer is Founder and CEO of Blue Phoenix. He has held a number of executive leadership roles over the past 25 years. He has served as an Executive Advisor through the Teraverde Alliance to banks and mortgage bankers in these specialties. He currently serves as a board member forContinue reading “Chris Bennett & Erin Palmer: How to Fire Up a Lock-and-Shop Program Without Getting Burned”

Chris Bennett and Erin Palmer: Extended Rate Locks–How to Hedge Your Bets Past 90 Days

Chris Bennett is principal of mortgage industry hedge advisory firm Vice Capital Markets. He can be reached at cbennett@vicecapitalmarkets.com. Erin Palmer is Founder and CEO of Blue Phoenix. He has held a number of executive leadership roles over the past 25 years. He has served as an Executive Advisor through the Teraverde Alliance to banks andContinue reading “Chris Bennett and Erin Palmer: Extended Rate Locks–How to Hedge Your Bets Past 90 Days”