A humorous video on mortgage regulations: The Lender Blender

News Release:

Mortgage Cadence Brings a Sense of Humor to Mortgage Lending Best Practices
The Lender Blender Offers Some Comedic Relief in the Midst of Constant Regulatory Crackdowns.

Mortgage Cadence, Enterprise Lending SolutionsDecember 13, 2011 – Mortgage Cadence, LLC, a leading provider of Enterprise Lending Solutions (ELS), Default Servicing Technology and Document Services for the financial services industry, is excited to present a series of short films under the guise of “The Lender Blender” to the public. This series of shorts irreverently illustrates the dangers that come with mismanaged processes in the midst of an industry overhaul.

Contrary to the light-hearted nature of these films, Mortgage Cadence is a solution-oriented system that continuously seeks to help lenders increase their return on investment and bottom line while maintaining compliance. The film portrayals of disarray and lack of compliance serve as a magnifying glass on some of the issues facing lenders today. Mortgage Cadence’s technology platform helps lenders minimize risk through the use of advanced technology. The product suite is proven to increase employee productivity through the elimination of paper and the creation of custom data-driven workflows.

Along with a modern sense of humor, the videos strive to highlight the asset Mortgage Cadence can be for companies struggling with their lending processes. “The need for workflow automation to streamline processes and reduce risk is more important now than ever before,” stated John Levonick, chief legal and compliance officer for Mortgage Cadence. “Outdated processes and lack of compliance is unsuitable for a sustainable business where the risk of buybacks has never been greater. Despite the comedic nature of The Lender Blender, I hope it inspires lenders to reevaluate their lending practices to determine how they can increase efficiency while ensuring compliance.”

By offering seamless automated workflow that is not only efficient and dynamic but also comes with a team of dedicated legal resources and subject matter experts, Mortgage Cadence can take your business from merely surviving to thriving. Staying compliant with the most recent regulations can feel like an added pressure, which is precisely why we are dedicated to focusing on the rules so you can focus on growing your business. You can find the video series located at thelenderblender.com or http://www.youtube.com/thelenderblender.

About Mortgage Cadence, LLC
Mortgage Cadence is the leading provider of Enterprise Lending Solutions (“ELS”), which employ an extensive financial services data model wrapped with a native rules engine to deliver data-driven workflow automation tools to mortgage banks, lenders, service providers and servicers. Mortgage Cadence has developed enterprise solutions that integrate all functions and data elements required to optimize, manage and score lending performance. The mortgage industry is always shifting to meet demands and minimize risks. Mortgage Cadence’s flexible solutions continue to evolve to meet those needs. To learn more, please visit http://www.mortgagecadence.com.

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Security One Lending & PSHE Combine

In a blockbuster announcement, two of the top leadership groups in the reverse mortgage industry have disclosed their intention to join forces effective immediately. Security One Lending, #6 in national market share among active lenders, will combine with Premier Senior Home Equity, a new company that has been aggressively rolling-up industry brokers excited about the value-added benefit and the wealth realization plan being offered.

Torrey Larsen, who will continue to lead Security One Lending as President/CEO, says ”the continued execution of our strategic plan, together with the addition of Premier, will position us as one of the top 5 reverse mortgage businesses in the country”. Because of Premier’s strong leadership team, Mr. Larsen can focus on continuing to build the Security One brand which recently signed Pat Boone as national spokesman. Additionally, he will concentrate upon the development of new products for the reverse mortgage space, improving the origination experience through both technology and fulfillment enhancements, and immediately applying for GNMA Issuance approval. Mr. Larsen believes “this strategic play will enable Security One Lending to increase its bandwidth, relative to both its capital structure and management team, so that we can fully leverage our ability to capture production in a fragmented market. Industry consolidation will continue throughout 2011 and 2012, in our opinion.”

Bart Johnson, former President of Financial Freedom and Co-Chair of NRMLA, and long-time industry entrepreneur Tony Garcia will lead the Premier Senior Home Equity team. After its launch several months ago, Premier enjoyed immediate traction with broker firms which committed to convert to member branches. Tony Garcia observed that: “The combination with S1L will significantly simplify the usual lengthy and expensive approval and licensing process, and will allow us to scale Security One’s platforms rather than building our own.” Bart Johnson also identifies this move as a value maker: “We see a huge advantage in foregoing administrative tasks to accelerate market consolidation now in order to fill the vacuum created by the exits of Bank of America and Wells Fargo.” As a result, the company will aggressively recruit high performing retail broker branches. The combined firm expects a solid position among the top 5 reverse mortgage originator within six months, and to seriously contend for industry leadership.

JAM Equity Partners, a long-time reverse mortgage industry investor, will maintain its ownership interest in Security One Lending. Jim Benson (former President & CEO of John Hancock Life Insurance Company) and Alan Botsford (Parthenon Capital, among others), manage a financial services private equity firm which recently invested in Premier. Both investment firms agree that current industry conditions create a unique investment opportunity. According to Jim Benson, “We understand that it made sense for several large financial institutions to shed non-core reverse mortgage businesses in response to financial pressure. That just encourages us that the market is even more exciting for companies such as ours that recognize reverse mortgage as a primary business”. Alan Botsford confirmed the compatibility of Premier Senior Home Equity with Security One Lending: “We sought an entrepreneurial partner with a strong operating platform, knowledge and experience in both positive and negative economic environments, and above reproach regulatory compliance. In addition they had to be good people with whom to do business. Security One Lending fit the bill perfectly”. All believe that the two leadership teams will combine seamlessly to build a valuable and socially significant enterprise. Both firms will now share ownership in the combined businesses and will brand it as Security One Lending because of the brand’s already strong position in the marketplace.

Security One Lending is currently licensed in 30 states, and plans to be licensed in 40 states by year end. The firm has both a diversified product mix (reverse and forward lending) and has created a variety of distribution channels (retail, consumer direct, and wholesale) to support its lending efforts. The company is a FNMA approved Seller/Servicer based in San Diego, CA. For more information on Security One Lending call toll free (866) 480-4715. To join the Premier team call Tony Garcia (760) 476-3111 or Bart Johnson (949) 336-6285.

UBS and ReverseVision announce interface

UBS and ReverseVision announce interface

The time where warehouse lending was a bottle neck for reverse mortgage lenders may be over.

With UBS getting back into the reverse mortgage space as a warehouse lender, one of the world’s largest banks is showing support for the reverse mortgage. UBS operates a lending platform that offers agency, government, USDA RHS RD, HECM and non-conforming jumbo products. Thanks to its extensive experiences in the reverse mortgage space, UBS understands the particularities of the HECM and can provide an outstanding service. Several of the nation’s top lenders are closing and funding loans with UBS.

 

ReverseVision is the first and so far only