Connect Episode 72 | Mike Fontaine, Co-President & COO, Plaza Home Mortgage CONNECT by California MBA

Welcome to Connect, a podcast featuring one-on-one interviews with some of the top movers and shakers in the mortgage industry. Our 72nd episode features Mike Fontaine, Co-President & COO, Plaza Home Mortgage

Topics of discussion:

3:47 – What’s your background? How did you get started in the industry and what led you to your current role at Plaza?
7:02 – What’s the most important lesson you learned (professionally or personally) over the past year?
10:32 – Do you think going through the 2008 financial crisis prepared you for the changes and challenges of 2020?
14:42 – How important is culture at Plaza, and how have you maintained that during remote working conditions?
20:07 – What’s the strategy at Plaza as the industry transitions from refi-dominated back to purchase?
22:44 – What single economic factor (other than interest rates) will have the biggest impact on the market in 2022?
25:24 – Do you see any relief in housing inventory in sight? Why or why not?
27:32 – Why is it important for lenders to support the advocacy and grassroots work of the California MBA/MBA?

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