Welcome to the Experian Thought Leadership Hub

As we enter 2025, the mortgage industry continues to transform amid political and economic changes. Mortgage lenders must stay updated on trends to serve their customers effectively. Experian data scientists and analysts provide insights into the U.S. housing market's impact on lenders, highlighting recent trends and their implications. We aim to offer a comprehensive overview of the mortgage market, emphasizing key trends, regional differences, and potential growth areas.

• Market Trends: Understand the latest trends in mortgage originations, delinquencies, and interest rate fluctuations.
• Regional Insights: Explore regional variations in housing market activity and home equity levels.
• Strategic Recommendations: Get actionable insights to navigate the dynamic mortgage market in 2025.

Income and employment verification play an important role in the mortgage loan industry, yet these activities are often overlooked as an area of opportunity for lenders to improve the production process, gain cost efficiencies and yield a better customer experience. In fact, many mortgage business leaders may not be aware that the verification business has dramatically changed in the last few years, with more options, increasingly transparent pricing and better services available to them. In this web seminar you will learn:

What lenders really want from their income verification service providers

• How instant verification can offer greater efficiency, speed and less friction
• Why gaining efficiencies in your verification processes can pay significant dividends as your business scales its loan production
• How to obtain more transparent pricing from your verification vendors
• Why it pays significant benefits to change existing verification processes

As interest rates stabilize, mortgage lenders need to be prepared for the pent-up housing demand. One of the keys to unlocking this potential lies with first-time homebuyers, a critical market segment that could significantly drive your growth strategy. As a lender, it's important to understand the unique needs and behaviors of these borrowers to effectively engage with them. We provide comprehensive insights to help you identify and target this demographic more successfully. Our data-driven approach can empower you to create tailored marketing strategies and financial solutions that resonate with first-time homebuyers. Leverage our insights to strategically position yourself in this competitive market and capitalize on the opportunities that lie ahead. Join us for a 60-minute webinar as our experts examine the results of our recent study on first-time homebuyers and share insights into best practices for capturing this demographic in 2024.

As interest rates soften, pent-up demand stands poised to surge once affordability shifts. Given this environment, it's imperative to reassess your lending strategy to recognize new avenues for growth. We've examined the first-time homebuyer segment to identify credit-qualified prospects and offer insights on potential opportunity areas.

Download our white paper to deepen your understanding of first-time homebuyers and learn best practices for how to successfully identify and engage this audience to help your business drive more sustainable growth.

How lenders gained insight into their lead quality and behavior with Lost Lead Analysis™ for Mortgage

Millennials, now the largest living generation, are coming of age and entering those big life moments. College graduations, first jobs, getting married and moving out. But what about home ownership? Do Millennials want to buy real estate? Can they?

In this 45-minute webinar, experts from Experian and Freddie Mac team up to reveal the latest insights into home ownership, specifically in relationship to Millennials.

Learn more about:

• Which Millennials are potentially "ready" to buy a home and what they look like in terms of credit?
• What Millennials can afford and where?
• Where lenders should target their efforts to meet the needs of this population?

Learn how real time customer verifications accelerate loan origination, lower costs, and improve risk assessment to help you gain a competitive advantage.