On today's program, we have as our special guest, David Stevens, President & CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).  The focus of today's program is will be the growth and importance of the independent mortgage banker in America's housing finance system.  David Stevens will be answering questions such as the following:

What percentage of the MBA's membership is made up of smaller independent lenders?What are the biggest challenges facing small lenders today?What are the GSEs doing to help smaller lenders?  How has TRID impact your smaller members?

If you are a independent mortgage lenders or work for one, you will want to tune into this program to better understand the opportunities and threats ahead for smaller mortgage lenders.  

Created BY mortgage professional FOR mortgage professionals, Lykken on Lending is a weekly 60-minute radio program styled “podcast” hosted by mortgage veteran, David Lykken. Joining the program each week is Joe Farr with a MARKET UPDATE, Alice Alvey providing a LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, Paul Muolo of IMFnews.com & Sam Garcia of MortgageDaily.com giving a quick MTG NEWS HEADLINES update and Andy Schell (a/k/a "The Profit Doctor") providing tips on FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.  This is followed by the HOT TOPIC segment, which is an in depth discussion about one of the hottest topics related to the mortgage industry.