Partners Embrace Bundled Services at SharperLending 10th Annual User Conference; Managing Vendor Relationships via Secure Web-Based Platform Theme at Conference.

SPOKANE, Wash. -- SharperLending, LLC, provider of a secure Web-based ordering platform for lenders to order, store and manage mortgage products from multiple vendors at a single point of entry, hosted more than 100 partners and resellers at its user conference last week. Key service providers on the SharpLending platform in attendance included: American Title, Fannie Mae, Federal Flood, First American Real Estate Information Services, Geotrac, Guardian Mortgage Documents and United Specialty Services. William Mills, CEO of Atlanta-based William Mills Agency, was the keynote speaker at the conference.

"We started our annual user conference when we were a credit reporting technology company with less than a dozen attendees at the first annual meeting," said Dave Black, president of SharperLending. "Now, as a bundled services provider, we have seen a significant growth in participation. The industry is embracing the innovative technology of bundling vendor services, which was supported by the number of service providers that attended this year."

Managing vendor relationships on a secure Web-based platform was a shared theme throughout the conference. During the breakout sessions, vendor partners explained their interfaces with the SharperLending platform. Resellers of SharperLending learned how to position their lenders on the platform gaining access to multiple service providers, preferred local providers and alternative lien position products, such as the Mortgage Loan Report, AVM Plus and Property Plus.

During his keynote session, Mills addressed the evolution of mortgage automation and key technology trends expected to impact the industry over the next 18 months. He also identified nine strategies mortgage lenders are using to increase profitability in the post-refi environment.

"SharperLending is evolving every day with additions and new functionalities to better serve our customers, the lenders," added Black. "Our conference gives partners and resellers of the platform opportunities to learn about these enhancements from not only the SharperLending technical support staff, but also a handful of vendor partners that have experienced these changes first hand as a provider on the platform. This year, because we value our partners and want them to expand their business, we also offered additional sessions on topics such as marketing and public relations that add value beyond learning about bundled services. We held 28 breakout sessions during the conference and had more than 100 attendees present. Overall, the 10th annual SharperLending Conference was a tremendous success."

About SharperLending, LLC

Located in Spokane, Wash., SharperLending, LLC, was founded in 1989 and is the first to offer a complete browser-based mortgage credit reporting system on the Internet. The company's proven technology has processed more than 40 million secure credit-related mortgage transactions with more than 800 million trade lines. SharperLending, LLC, has three divisions under its corporate umbrella: SharperLending Bundled Services Division, the bundled services platform; SharperLending Affiliated Credit Division, technology for the credit reporting industry; and EPN Solutions, the loan origination product packaging division. For more information, visit www.sharperlending.com.