This week's Lending Leaders is a special crossover event... On her other podcast, Thirsty Thursday, Alayna Gardner had the pleasure of interviewing NFM Lending's Managing Director Greg Sher. The conversation was just too good for us not to feature it here, as a special episode of Lending Leaders. Cheers! 🥂

Alayna Gardner interviews Nick Friedman, President of Homelight Homes, to talk about the relationship between profitability and growth in the mortgage industry, and how to help borrowers break barriers to homeownership.

It's all about scalability this week. Jim sits down with Optimal Blue's Director of Product Management, Kevin Foley, to discuss how tech vendors can deliver solutions at scale.

LodeStar's own Amanda Benincasa, a Philadelphia area realtor, sits down with Alayna Gardner to share her take on the home buying and mortgage processes.

How do you drive down loan origination costs? Jim and Alayna sit down to discuss LodeStar’s new vision for 2025 and onward, and how lenders can push back against the rising costs of loan origination.

Jim takes an opportunity to visit longtime friend, Matthew VanFossen, CMB, CEO of Absolute Home Mortgage and The Big Point-of-Sale. They chat about regulation and what’s ahead for 2025.

Alayna sits down with Space Coast Credit Union's Malik Wilkes, CMB, AMP, a passionate advocate for tech-forward loan origination, diversity in the mortgage community, and the value of continuing education.

Jim sits down with Todd Hougaard, CEO of BLITS, to discuss the evolution of tech in the mortgage and title spaces, and what's ahead for 2025.

LodeStar's resident Encompass Admin, Kelsey Wright, our Director of Customer Success, returns to the Lending Leaders Podcast to give an update on the EPC Changeover.

For this week's episode of Lending Leaders, Alayna interviews John Haring, head of compliance at Wilqo.