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Everyone Expects Interest Rates To Rise This Year

April 5, 2021 PROGRESS In Lending interest rates

PROGRESS in Lending surveyed its 90,000 plus readers and they were all united in how they saw the future trajectory of interest rates. In total, 100% of respondents believe that interest rates will increase this year.

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Lenders Agree They Have To Automate The Point-of-Sale

March 16, 2021 PROGRESS In Lending

PROGRESS in Lending surveyed its 90,000 plus readers and they were all united in how they saw the customer experience. In total, 100% of respondents view offering an automated customer experience as very important.

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Lenders Do Value Technology

March 10, 2021 PROGRESS In Lending

PROGRESS in Lending surveyed its 90,000 plus readers and they were pretty united in how they saw mortgage technology. In total, 75% of respondents view technology as a value add; only 25% described mortgage technology a necessary evil.

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Today’s Technology Is Seen As Status Quo

March 2, 2021 PROGRESS In Lending

PROGRESS in Lending surveyed its 90,000 plus readers and they were all united in how they saw mortgage technology. In total, 100% of respondents view current technology offerings as status quo; 0% described mortgage technology as innovative and 0% called it outdated.

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Lenders Are Split On How To Best Use Technology

February 19, 2021 PROGRESS In Lending

PROGRESS in Lending surveyed its 90,000 plus readers and they were split evenly over how best to use technology to get an edge. In total, 50% of respondents said the best use of technology is to automate the existing mortgage process; the other 50% said technology should be used to reinvent the mortgage process.

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eClosing May Finally Have Come Of Age

February 12, 2021 PROGRESS In Lending

PROGRESS in Lending surveyed its 90,000 plus readers and they overwhelming say that eClosing technology is in demand these days. The results were conclusive. In total, 75% of respondents said that demand for eClosing is huge.

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Experts Say The Borrower Experience Needs Fixing

February 5, 2021 PROGRESS In Lending

PROGRESS in Lending surveyed its 90,000 plus readers and they were split over how to define the borrower’s experience when applying for a mortgage. In total, 50% of respondents said the borrower path is average; 50% characterized it as poor and 0% said that it is great.

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What Vendors Do Lenders Prefer?

January 29, 2021 PROGRESS In Lending

PROGRESS in Lending surveyed its 90,000 plus readers and they know what technology providers they want to work with this year. In total, 66% of respondents said they wanted to use all-in-one providers; and just 34% said they were looking for best-in-class providers.

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eClosing And POS Technology Is What Lenders Want

January 22, 2021 PROGRESS In Lending

PROGRESS in Lending surveyed its 90,000 plus readers and they were split over what technology will be most sought after this year. In total, 60% of respondents said that e-closing would be hot; 40% said point-of-sale would be the technology to get and 0% said LOS or PPE technology would be in demand.

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Much More M&As Are Expected This Year

January 15, 2021 PROGRESS In Lending

PROGRESS in Lending surveyed its 90,000 plus readers and they overwhelming say that mergers and acquisitions are heating up. The results were conclusive. In total, 100% of respondents said that this will be a banner year for mergers and acquisitions.

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Ensuring Fairness And Accountability With Explainable AI

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