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Making Mortgages Happen Amid Higher Interest Rates

Higher interest rates are discouraging many consumers from taking out new mortgages or refinancing existing ones—but community banks are taking steps to fill their pipelines in innovative ways while they wait for the cycle to trend upward again.

By Beth Mattson-Teig

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The Lending Outlook for 2024

By Beth Mattson-Teig

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Using Data to Boost Mortgage Lending

By Tom Groenfeldt

By Rachel Hatcher

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Is There a Single “Right” Answer to Implementing Digital Lending?
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Who are ICBA's Top Lenders of 2023?
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Smart Strategies for Community Bank Construction Lending

By Beth Mattson-Teig

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Making Mortgages Happen Amid Higher Interest Rates

By Beth Mattson-Teig

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The Lending Outlook for 2024

By Beth Mattson-Teig

Consumer & Mortgage
Using Data to Boost Mortgage Lending

By Tom Groenfeldt

By Rachel Hatcher

FirstClose featured image July SC Consumer & Mortgage
Is There a Single “Right” Answer to Implementing Digital Lending?
Sponsored
Keystone Bank team Commercial
Who are ICBA's Top Lenders of 2023?
construction workers Commercial
Smart Strategies for Community Bank Construction Lending

By Beth Mattson-Teig

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Community mortgage lenders adapt to higher-rate cycles

By Beth Mattson-Teig

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Jim Reber: Collateral advantage

By Jim Reber