Southwest Funding Mortgage Banker Blog

Southwest Funding, LP is pleased to name Gary Hehemann, formerly of Prime Lending as Branch Manager of its newest office in Richardson, Texas. Gary has more than 15 years in the mortgage industry and is looking forward to his continued … Continue reading →

The June 2011 issue of Scotsman Guide, a monthly national magazine considered the leading resource for residential mortgage originators, focuses on mortgage branch opportunities. Southwest Funding COO Mark Buskuhl was selected to provide the featured article where he discusses mortgage … Continue reading →

Southwest Funding partnered with a leading provider of mortgage marketing material to offer a private label and customizable marketing platform to its loan originators. With over 1000 marketing flyers available in both PDF and HTML format for email campaigns, the … Continue reading →

Mortgage markets went on a roller coaster ride last week, bouncing up and down often, and eventually ending slightly worse on the week. Conforming mortgage rates fell to a 6-month low Wednesday but, by Friday, they had retreated higher. Last … Continue reading →

Southwest Funding has made available new loan originator websites for the company’s employees. The websites are provided free of charge to all NMLS licensees of the company and are edited directly by the originator and setup in less than 5 … Continue reading →

Mortgage rates improved last week ahead of Memorial Day and a 3-day weekend. Bond pricing ended the week higher, pushing conforming mortgage rates down again for 5 of the past 6 weeks. Most economic news reported was worse than expected. … Continue reading →

“Did you know that apartments rents are rising at their fastest pace in years as the U.S. economy creates jobs and spurs demand for rental housing?” This according to Rick Friedman, a writer for USA Today. It is projected that … Continue reading →

Southwest Funding today announced that it has partnered with a leading provider of mortgage marketing material to be made available to the company’s loan originators. The new marketing platform is expected to be rolled out in early June 2011. With … Continue reading →

Despite worse than expected economic data last week, mortgage rates remain unchanged overall last week. With the release of the Fed minutes, it’s increasingly clear that the Federal Reserve will end its support for bond markets on schedule in June, … Continue reading →

Fair Isaac’s new site www.scoreinfo.org provides a FICO score estimator. Simply enter the information requested (along with several follow up questions depending on your answers) and it will give you a projected FICO score range. This could be extremely helpful … Continue reading →