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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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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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Adapting lending practices during a recession

By Beth Mattson-Teig

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Maintaining momentum in an unpredictable lending landscape

By Beth Mattson-Teig

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Maintaining resilience in a rising rates environment: addressing ALM uncertainties
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How BHG Financial’s innovative solutions can help community banks thrive in the digital age
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How community banks can help young homebuyers

By Beth Mattson-Teig

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Who were ICBA's Top Lenders of 2022?

By Ed Avis

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The effect of nonbanks in the mortgage space

By Beth Mattson-Teig