Lykken on Lending David Lykken

In this episode of Lykken on Lending we've got Les Parker in our Hot Topic segment to share his macro view of the mortgage industry for 2021.

Want to know more about Les Parker?

Les Parker is currently the Managing Director at Transformational Mortgage Solutions.  He has also served as the Senior Vice President of Industry Relations and Consulting at LoanLogics, a technology and services provider focused on improving mortgage loan quality, performance, and reliability throughout the loan lifecycle. His responsibilities included managing the company’s life of loan analytics and monitoring capabilities, overseeing consulting services, contributor to strategic planning team, and communicating with industry leaders to develop and maintain positive relationships. He focused on identifying threats and strategic opportunities. 

The first half of the Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Updates: we’ve got Rob VanRaaphorst with his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker’s TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you a rate & market update, followed by Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then we wrap up the first half the program with Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report of the latest technology impacting our industry.

 

In today's Hot Topic we've got Dan Putney, who manages the sales strategy for Finastra’s mortgage solutions in the U.S. and has been with Finastra since 2011!



The discussion will start with the results from our mortgage survey of 301 consumers and 34 financial institutions & how Finastra is answering the home borrower's needs, in COVID-19 era!

The first half of the Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Updates: we’ve got Rob VanRaaphorst with his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker’s TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you a rate & market update, followed by Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then we wrap up the first half the program with Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report of the latest technology impacting our industry.

In our Hot Topic segment this week we've got Michael Fratantoni on the program to give us his update and outlook for the mortgage industry this year! You won't want to miss this program!



Michael Fratantoni is MBA’s Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Research and Industry Technology. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing MBA’s industry surveys, benchmarking studies, economic and mortgage originations forecasts, industry technology efforts, and policy development research for both single-family and commercial/multifamily markets. Additionally, Fratantoni is president and member of the Board of Directors of MISMO and serves on the CSP’s Industry Advisory Group and the membership committee of MERS.

The first half of the Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Updates: we’ve got Rob VanRaaphorst with his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker’s TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you a rate & market update, followed by Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then we wrap up the first half the program with Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report of the latest technology impacting our industry.