The Weekly collaborative | Dec 5

​Loan Officer Success Blueprint: Crafting Your 2024 Business Plan

VP, Director of Learning & Development Stacie McKenna tell you how her class will have you accomplishing more than ever in 2024!

welcome Southern Bancorp to our tmc family

Southern Bancorp is an opportunity center, a place where anyone can receive help no matter where they may be on their financial journey. They provide affordable and responsible banking products and financial development services to rural and underserved communities in the Mid-South. Since 1986, Southern Bancorp proudly provides the following specialties: asset building, financial education, financial consulting, development lending, banking services, public policy, credit counseling & repair, home ownership, housing counseling, and small business lending.

tmc’s first ever industry solution sprint

We are so excited to conduct our very first industry solutions sprint during 12 Days of TMC! Our member and partner teams will be collaborating on solving pressing mortgage industry challenges, including the following: 

  • Increasing DayOne Certainty or AIM Utilization Without Increasing the Cost of Origination
  • Improving Operational Efficiencies to Maximize the Customer Experience & Productivity of Mortgage Lending Teams
  • Maximizing Opportunities to Open Inventory or Connect Home Buyers With Available Inventory in Each Market We Serve​

Teams will compete in a pitch presentation format at the end our event and be graded on the viability of their proposed solutions with prizes for the winning teams. Our esteemed judges are Housing Finance Strategies’ Faith Schwartz, MGIC’s Chris Perry, and Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group’s, Julie Watson. Stay tuned for the results of our solution sprint in December 19th’s Weekly Collaborative newsletter!

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