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Ep 043: Big Market Headlines Every Lender Should Consider Going into 2H24
In this episode, Alan, Anthony, and Bryan discuss the foremost topics lenders should understand in the latter part of 2024, along with actions lenders can take to get ahead of market changes.
July 19, 2024
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Ep 042: Audience Q&A (Special Edition of Clear to Close!)
Ever wonder how AI and mortgage technology will evolve over the next five years? How about what it would take for housing inventory to improve in the foreseeable future? In this special episode of the Clear to Close podcast, hosts Alan and Anthony dive into the burning questions asked by you—our audience.
June 10, 2024
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Ep 041: How the NAR Ruling Will Impact Lenders (& the Entire Home-Buying Process)
The groundbreaking NAR settlement has real estate agents, lending professionals, and home buyers scrambling to understand its ramifications. Here to weigh in is the Clear to Close crew: In this conversation, Alan, Bryan, and Anthony channel their experience in the industry to walk through possible outcomes of the ruling.
April 8, 2024
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Ep 040: How to Drive Referral Business in 2024’s Competitive Mortgage Market
In this episode of Clear to Close, guest Michael Malone speaks with host Bryan Traeger on what it will take for loan officers to win valuable referral business from real estate agents this year.
March 12, 2024
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Ep 039: Major Factors That Could Boost (or Derail) 2024’s Housing Market
In this episode of Clear to Close, hosts Alan, Bryan, and Anthony dig into the their thoughts on 2024's market, including how they believe rates will trend, economic and global factors that could impact housing, and more.
December 19, 2023
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Ep 038: Borrower Segments & Lending Strategies to Incorporate in Your 2024 Plan (ft. Melissa Langdale, President & COO of TMC)
This week on the Clear to Close podcast, we have a special guest: Melissa Langdale, TMC President and COO and a career-long mortgage veteran. In this conversation, Melissa leverages her unique perspective on the market and insight gleaned from her interactions with lenders across the industry to provide actionable tips on how to drive revenue and capture market share in 2024.
November 20, 2023
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Ep 037: What’s Really Causing Housing Market Woes (& What It’ll Take for Conditions to Stabilize)
In this conversation, we dig into a few of the factors keeping rates high, inventory stifled, and volume low—and talk through what it will take to turn the corner.
September 29, 2023
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Ep 036: Inflation, Rates & Creative Ways to Capture Remaining Borrower Business
From the latest CPI numbers to the recent job openings report, the Clear to Close hosts talk through economic factors that impact lenders and what they mean for the state of the market as we head into the last month of Q3.
September 5, 2023
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Ep 035: The Future of AI in Mortgage (ft. Maxwell Co-founder & CTO Rutul Davé)
Artificial intelligence: Is it the efficiency-driving copilot you've been waiting for or an increasingly intelligent force vying for your job? To move past polarizing headlines and unpack the truth, we spoke with someone who lives and breathes technology: Maxwell Co-founder & CTO Rutul Davé.
July 27, 2023
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Ep 034: SVB Fallout, Fed Rate Pause & How NOT to Pursue Mortgage Leads (Even if You’re Desperate)
Between fallout from Silicon Valley Bank's collapse, the latest Fed announcement, and more news of stubborn inflation, there's plenty of economic drama continuing to unfold. The question on every lender's mind is: Has the market finally bottomed out?
June 20, 2023