
Clear to Close
Each episode of Clear to Close is a deep dive into topics impacting mortgage and real estate professionals. We’ll be sitting down with industry thought leaders and seasoned mortgage pros to challenge our assumptions and go beyond surface-level discussions for a no-BS view of the issues impacting the
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Big Market Headlines Every Lender Should Consider Going into 2H24
Going into the second half of the year, there's plen...
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Jul 19 2024 35m
Audience Q&A (Special Edition of Clear to Close!)
Ever wonder how AI and mortgage technology will evol...
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Jun 12 2024 44m
How the NAR Ruling Will Impact Lenders (& the Entire Home-Buying Process)
The groundbreaking NAR settlement has real estate ag...
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Apr 8 2024 38m
How to Drive Referral Business in 2024's Competitive Mortgage Market
No one knows exactly what lies ahead this year, but ...
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Mar 12 2024 38m
Major Factors That Could Boost (or Derail) 2024's Housing Market
Recent Fed announcements, declining interest rates, ...
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Dec 20 2023 35m
Borrower Segments & Lending Strategies to Incorporate in Your 2024 Plan (ft. Melissa Langdale, President & COO of T...
This week on the Clear to Close podcast, we have a s...
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Nov 20 2023 40m
What's Really Causing Housing Market Woes (& What It'll Take for Conditions to Stabilize)
With Alan Parris freshly back from sabbatical, the C...
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Sep 29 2023 45m
Inflation, Rates & Creative Ways to Capture Remaining Borrower Business
As Alan Parris takes a sabbatical from Maxwell, two-...
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Sep 5 2023 33m
The Future of AI in Mortgage
Artificial intelligence: Is it the efficiency-drivin...
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Jul 28 2023 40m
SVB Fallout, Fed Rate Pause & How NOT to Pursue Mortgage Leads (Even if You're Desperate)
Between fallout from Silicon Valley Bank's collapse,...
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Jun 20 2023 38m
How to Connect with Hispanic Borrowers & Improve Homeownership Access (with Laura Arce, SVP of UnidosUS)
Hispanic and Latino populations are an integral, gro...
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Mar 9 2023 55m
Ep 032: 2023's Mortgage Market: Reasons for Optimism or False Hope?
Two and a half months into 2023, the question on eve...
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Feb 13 2023 32m
Ep 031: Bettering Communities through the Power of Homeownership (with Matthew Marshall, Co-founder & CIO of New St...
New Story, a nonprofit tackling homelessness through...
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Dec 23 2022 48m
Ep 030: The Biggest News, Ideas & Takeaways from MBA Annual 2022
As the dust settles from the MBA Annual conference i...
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Nov 3 2022 47m
Ep 029: Lender Sentiment, Market Outlook & Opportunity that Remains as Rates Reach 7%
As interest rates rise to levels not seen since the ...
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Oct 11 2022 36m
028: How to Beat the Market with Non-traditional Loan Products (with Chris Ledwidge, EVP of theLender)
While lenders nationwide struggle with market challe...
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Aug 30 2022 52m
027: How to Channel Learnings from Zillow into Building a Top Borrower Experience (w/ Bryan Mecsey, Maxwell VP of S...
Boasting 200 million monthly users, real estate tech...
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Jul 29 2022 48m
Ep 26: How to Capitalize on 2022’s Market with New Loan Products (with Jeff Shearer, Team Manager at Optimal Blue)
With interest rates continuing to rise and the MBA’s...
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Jun 2 2022 50m
Ep 025: How to prepare for rising mortgage rates and economic volatility
Global unrest, Fed rate hikes, and economic volatili...
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Mar 31 2022 34m
024: How to Drive a Profitable 2022 in Today’s Challenging Market
On today’s episode, we’re joined by Anthony Ianni, a...
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Feb 28 2022 52m
023: Using Processor Insight to Innovate Back-Office Technology (w/ Alex McEvans, Product Manager at Maxwell)
In today’s episode, we sit down with Alex McEvans, S...
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Jan 26 2022 46m
022: Reinventing the Secondary Market for Local Lenders (w/ Sadie Gurley, GM Maxwell)
Now more than ever, capital markets represent a vita...
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Sep 27 2021 46m
021: Leading a team to generate amazing results w/ Sarah Gonzalez
On this episode of Clear to Close, we sit down with ...
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Aug 31 2021 45m
020: Career Variety in the Mortgage Industry
On this episode of Clear to Close, we put down our M...
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Jul 30 2021 29m
019: How To Become The Go-To Lender For A Top Real Estate Agent
Today’s purchase-heavy market is here to stay for th...
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May 28 2021 53m