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INTERVIEW
Meet Mortgage Broker: Michael Ryan
Bay Area Finance Professional Discusses Latest Finance Trends
By Stephanie Mojica
M
ichael Ryan defines
himself as a true
mortgage broker, and
also makes it clear that many
rumors that circulate about the
home lending market are just that.
Ryan has over two decades of
experience working with home
loans, for both investors and
individuals. He also works with
SBA loans and hard money. Ryan
is based in California’s Silicon
Valley, and has done more than
108 mortgages for a single
investor.
“What I enjoy about my
business really is networking with
people who are trying to change
their financial future,” Ryan said
during a recent telephone
interview.
Unfortunately, over his career
tightened lending guidelines and
government regulations have
created some challenges for both
him and his clients. More people,
not just appraisers and lenders,
have become involved in the
mortgage process.
“Every hand that touches the
file has to create a condition.
Frankly, I call it brain damage.
That's the part of the fear of the
regulators,” Ryan said. "I was at a
meeting a few years ago, and the
president of the Mortgage Bankers
Association was speaking. One of
the interesting statistics he came
up with was during the gogo
years, which was that window
before the great recession, it cost
somewhere between $600 and
$700 in the back office to do a
mortgage loan. We’re just talking
regular residential loans. That
number is now $8,200.”
In response to an interview
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question, Ryan said tightened
government regulations have
nothing to do with partisan politics
as some people want to believe.
“It's a great question, and I love
it, because that is really a non
partisan question,” Ryan replied.