Mortech was recently selected as one of HousingWire's Giants of Innovation. Being an innovator takes HUGE ideas with titan-like capabilities. Mortech is proud to be recognized by the publication.

Social media is hotter than the sweltering summer sun. However, it's continuing to evolve way faster than the planets orbit the sun and can be more challenging than getting the stars to align. Not to worry though, Mortech has you covered like SPF 100. Here are some tips to get you cookin'. 

Post by Jessica Rassette

Ten Facts About the History of FICO
 
A three digit number that tells the story of your past and holds the potential of your future? Nope, it’s not your weight or your cholesterol. And hopefully it’s not the score of your latest golf round, yikes! Of course, it’s a credit score – one of the very first things you want to know about a potential borrower. So you always know your customers’ credit scores, but do you know anything about where they came from?

Post by Matt Harris

I first started playing golf in elementary school.  I told my father I wanted to play and asked if he would teach me.  Being the smart parent he was, he didn’t immediately go invest in a brand new set of clubs for me.  Instead he dug out my mother’s old clubs and we headed to the driving range.  

Post by Don Kracl

Last week, Doug Foral, VP of Sales here at Mortech, and I attended the MBA Tech Conference in Ft Lauderdale, Florida. We were treated to a wonderful Dinner Cruise down the Inter Coastal Waterway (and a delicious meal) by pending integration partner, Motivity Solutions. In addition, we spent time with Sam of Bullseye (another partner) and John Ohman of FlatIrons Capital Management.

Other than the fact that I like these guys and I think they have a lot to offer our customers, why mention them in our blog? Synergy!  [Syn-er-gy] 1. Also called: the potential ability of individual organizations or groups to be more successful or productive as a result of a merger.

Post by Don Kracl

Sure online leads present several opportunities: more volume, faster contact rates, increased conversions, etc. However, online leads don’t (at least not yet) constitute the majority of the leads available to mortgage lenders, nor do they constitute the vast majority of leads that our customers work. Most leads or inquiries come from our traditional marketing efforts. These are leads that are generated using established channel

s such as newspaper ads, customer referrals, realtor relationships, advertising and word of mouth.

Can you believe it’s already March, and spring is just around the corner? Hard to imagine based on the frigid weather we've seen the past couple weeks. Spring means home buying season and big changes are approaching. The Mortgage Bankers Association predicts that Refinance mortgages will make up just 41% of the Origination $$ volume in 2011 compared to 69% in 2010. And, Origination total $$ volume will be just $1.05 Trillion down from a projected $1.8 Trillion according to Freddie Mac. So, Purchase mortgages will be the place to be for 2011. And Mortech is ready to SPRING you ahead of the competition.

You know the worst thing about SNOWtorious B.I.G. blasting the Midwest with heaping piles of snow and ice? Besides all the snow and wind, the dangerous roads and the cabin fever setting in?

All this shoveling has created a white blanket over our shiny new product Bullseye, the all-inclusive front-end loan management solution. We say shiny, cause that's exactly what you're going to think of instead of the blistering cold temps. Sun, warmth and best of all...free time!Because this innovative technology is built directly into Marksman, the learning curve will be nearly non-existent. Plus, Bullseye eliminates the need to log in and out of multiple systems.  So you can devote your precious time to other more important tasks (See: e-mail, Sudoku, American Idol and Real Housewives gossip, online snow blower shopping etc.)