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Updated November 3, 2026
Some people know mortgage operations. Some know the technology behind them. Gary Roche-Bernard has spent his career connecting the two, with one question guiding his work: will this make life better for the lender?
On November 1, we celebrate Gary’s 10-year anniversary at Lender Toolkit. A decade of solving problems, building better tools, and making sure what looks go...
Platform mortgage lenders use cloud-based, automated systems to originate, underwrite, and close loans faster than traditional banks. The six lenders below, Rocket Mortgage, United Wholesale Mortgage, loanDepot, Figure, CrossCountry Mortgage, and Supreme Lending, cover the main channel models, loan types, and automation approaches available to borrowers and brokers heading in...
The Truth in Lending Act (TILA) requires lenders to give borrowers a written disclosure showing the Annual Percentage Rate, finance charge, amount financed, and total repayment cost before a loan closes. These disclosures let you compare loan offers on equal terms and, for certain loans, exercise a right to cancel within three business days.
Every mortgage professional...
An eClosing is a mortgage closing where some or all documents are signed electronically. Running one requires choosing the right closing type, preparing your documents correctly, verifying signer identity, and registering the executed note with the MERS eRegistry. This guide walks you through each of those steps in the order you will actually do them, covering hybrid, IPEN, a...