This week we're showcasing new Associate Account Manager, Mike Russell. Mike lives in Lincoln with his wife Samantha.

Favorite things to do on his days off: I enjoy listening to music, seeing family and friends, and spending time with my wife and our three dogs.

Favorite place to travel: I enjoy travelling to my hometown to spend time on the ranch.

Favorite time of the year: Fall because of Husker football!

What made him want to work at Mortech: I enjoy the atmosphere and the people I work with every day.

One interesting fact about him: I went to a one-room schoolhouse as an elementary student, consisting of only two other people in my class.

Mortech recently announced a new integration with Daric, a point-of-sale and application automation system. Combined with Mortech’s ability to provide customers with updated, accurate rate information, Daric provides borrowers with tools that help them automate much of the borrowing process, and streamline the mortgage process for both lender and borrower. This integration will make the entire process easier for lenders, saving them time, and helping them convert more leads.

For lenders looking to make the most out of loan profitability, keeping profit/cost adjustments within your PPE updated is key. One of the many advantages Mortech offers our users is the ability to make in-depth profit modifications instantly, which helps provide the most accurate, best ex pricing to borrowers, while preventing you from losing any profit throughout the process. But how much money could you actually lose on a day-to-day basis if these adjustments aren’t made instantly?

In the fast-paced world of online mortgage lending, keeping a steady stream of prospects rolling in that you can convert to borrowers is crucial for success. In order to do so, it’s imperative that you continue to evolve your business strategies and continue finding new ways to reach potential online borrowers. With that in mind, here are three ways you can keep those online prospects coming in, and convert them into active borrowers, right now with Mortech.

The mortgage industry has long since been driven by technological innovation. Lenders that embrace technological changes and use them to improve their daily processes and streamline their workflow continuously find themselves ahead of the curve, offering superior customer service and setting themselves up for long term success.

Ten years ago, the entire technological landscape of the mortgage industry shifted, with Mortech leading the charge. In 2006, we introduced online auto quoting, making it possible to upload rates online and share with consumers automatically. This gave lenders the ability to post their rates across different online marketplaces, reaching thousands of borrowers that they never could’ve serviced without this capability. The introduction of online auto quoting has since empowered lenders to create flourishing Consumer Direct divisions with expansive online footprints, and provide their rates to more borrowers than ever before.

Everyone could use more time. Streamlining day-to-day processes opens up your schedule for more time, which allows for more work to be done in the day. In short, doing what you do each day faster allows for more things to get done.

Condensing technology and streamlining processes is the goal of anyone who wants to work as efficiently as possible. A process that can be done on one screen instead of two becomes faster, easier, and allows for more work to get done. It’s the basic idea that less is more; the less time and resources that have to be devoted to one thing mean that more things can be accomplished.

It’s becoming less and less of a secret that online automated rate quoting is the fastest and most accurate way to get your rates in front of as many borrowers as possible. More lenders are relying on mortgage pricing engines like Marksman to automatically post and update their rates online; bringing in more leads while also providing the most accurate and up-to-date information to online borrowers. However, while many lenders are auto-quoting online, they aren’t necessarily utilizing the ability to post their rates to multiple different marketplaces at once.

In the growing world of mortgages, looking for the best way to expand and improve your business can be hard. Finding something that fits your company, and will work for you to create better business opportunities - rather than work against you - can take a lot of time and head-scratching, as making the wrong choice can be a huge detriment to your business.  When it comes to finding the best mortgage pricing engine to save you time and build your audience, however, Mortech makes it easy to choose the right option. With our mortgage pricing engine, Marksman, you not only save time and money on day to day operations, but also grow your audience with our easy to use, 100% web-based software

Major motion pictures have come into a new day and age when not everything has to be filmed in Hollywood. As movie studios move to more cost-effective filming locations, they can affect several different aspects of a city. We pulled mortgage data from four popular filming cities to compare what getting a home in one of these Hollywood hotspots is like.