On this week’s The Big Picture, Dan Snyder, Founder and CEO of Lower(.com), joins the show to talk growth, innovation, and what it takes to build a modern mortgage platform in a rapidly evolving market. An entrepreneur with a builder’s mindset, Dan shares how Lower has expanded beyond traditional lending into a broader homeownership ecosystem by combining mortgage, real estate, and technology under one roof.

We dig into Lower’s multi-channel strategy, the role of acquisitions in accelerating platform development, and how the company approaches recruiting, training, and scaling top talent. The conversation also explores the real-world impact of AI and emerging technologies on mortgage operations, and what lenders should be thinking about as competition intensifies across retail, wholesale, and direct channels. It’s a candid, forward-looking discussion on building for the future while staying grounded in execution today.