Today brings us the MBA of the Carolinas conference, where demographics, technology, and “building a team” are on the agenda. Here at the Michigan Mortgage Lender’s Association conference in Ypsilanti, tech is certainly “on the serving platter” in the sessions, but so is how originators should best use what they have to their advantage, which includes knowledge. For example, here’s something simultaneously sobering and hopeful for lenders. Per the Census Bureau, in 2024, 58 percent of men and 56 percent of women ages 18 to 34 lived with their parents. About 2.6 million U.S. parents provided $26.6 billion in financial support to 3.7 million children. (So you don’t have to break out the calculator, that’s about $7,200 per kid.) Think of all those potential home buyers! (Today’s podcast can be found here. This week’s ‘casts are presented by Floify, the mortgage industry’s leading point-of-sale platform. Dynamic Apps, which can be seen at booth 600 during MBA Annual next week, lets lenders create fully customizable loan applications for any loan type, including HELOCs, construction, agricultural lending, non-QM and more, without custom development. Today’s has an interview Mortgage Education Institute’s Andrew Conner on helping loan officers and small-to-midsize mortgage companies turn required continuing education and compliance from a burdensome, reactive “check-the-box” exercise into engaging, practical training and proactive support.) Lender and Brokers Products, Services, and Software
