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New Version Of Filogix Expert® Continues The
Technological Revolution Of The Canadian Mortgage Industry
Toronto, ON - 01/05/06 - Filogix Inc., Canada's leading provider
of mortgage and real estate-related technology, today announced
the launch of the latest version of its revolutionary mortgage
origination and processing product, Filogix expert v2.1.
The new version of expert, now available across Canada,
has been successfully implemented to more than 20% of Canada's
mortgage brokers. It is expected that all remaining mortgage brokers will
use expert as their exclusive processing technology, and further the majority
of Canada's large national brokerage firms will begin using expert v2.1
in the first half of 2006.
"We make great efforts to listen to our customers and
so far have received very positive feedback from those currently using expert
v2.1," said Ed Karthaus, Filogix executive vice president, sales, marketing
and client service. "We are thrilled at the momentum we are experiencing
as we continue to implement mortgage brokers on expert. We are working with
independent and national brokerage firms on their respective implementations
and expect our broker origination market share to continue growing throughout
2006."
Filogix expert® is a web-based mortgage-origination system
which facilitates seamless mortgage transactions between brokers, lenders,
creditor insurance companies, credit bureaus, and other trading partners
connected to the Filogix network. The system supports 77 lenders today and
is continually adding new industry providers. Expert also works seamlessly
with Filogix lender-based mortgage processing product, Filogix express®.
The integration between these two products creates a fast and fluid processing
network between the lender and broker-origination channels.
"When
researching the origination processing options available in the market,
Filogix expert stood-alone as the best product available in the market," said
Nick Hozjan, Canada Call Centre, an award winning, Diamond-level, FirstLine
broker. "It truly is a revolutionary system that has improved the way
our brokers conduct their business with clients, partners and suppliers."
"All
of our firm data is on a centralized database and expert comes with tremendous
reporting capabilities. This allows us to manage our business better than
ever," said Debbie Thomas, The Mortgage Group, Vancouver B.C. "Filogix
makes sure my data and applications are safe and available to me whenever
and wherever I need to access them."
Expert v2.1 has new features
designed to reflect the changing business needs of brokers and
has been heralded as a technological breakthrough for the Canadian mortgage
broker industry. New features include increased security of data, the freedom
to work using either a PC or a MAC operating system, auto population of
credit bureau liabilities, unlimited applicants, ability to put multiple
mortgages on the same deal as well as unlimited assets and liabilities,
just to name a few. Expert v2.1 also continues to offer brokers the added
value of the filogix network, direct online connections to Canada's largest
network of real-estate and mortgage related suppliers, creating a much faster,
more efficient and productive on-line marketplace.
"As an early adopter
of Filogix expert, I was very excited about it coming to market and have
been very pleased with its performance," said Dylon Lowry, a leading
volume broker with Unisource in Calgary, Alberta. "I really enjoy the
freedom expert offers over other solutions. It allows me to access my deals
anytime, from anywhere, giving me the flexibility I need to conduct my business
and enjoy life."
"The extensive number of contacts and services
available through the Filogix network has drastically increased the productivity
of our firm," said Claire Providenti of Ontario Mortgage Action Centre. "I
am no longer tied to the telephone to conduct value-added services for my
client's applications. The entire mortgage process can be completed with
just a few touches on my computer, at any time and from anywhere I please."
Filogix
is committed to advancing the mortgage broker industry and to helping
brokers meet the needs of their customers, partners and suppliers today
and in the future. Filogix will continue to work with and listen to the
industry in order to enhance expert and secure its position as the market-leading
origination and processing product of the broker origination industry.
About
Filogix Inc.
Filogix Inc. is Canada's leading technology provider
to the mortgage and real estate industries. Filogix products and
services are used in all channels of distribution including financial
institutions, private lenders, mortgage brokers and real estate
professionals in Canada to facilitate, organize, process and streamline
mortgage transactions. The Filogix network connects more than 12,500
Realtors®,
9,000 mortgage originators, 77 lenders including all major banks,
credit bureaus and mortgage insurers, as well as creditor insurance companies,
document management servicing and countless business portals attracting
consumer mortgage applicants so they may interact and conduct business
transactions. Filogix products make mortgage and real estate transactions
a more cost-effective, organized and productive process for lenders, mortgage
and real estate professionals and consumers.
Information about Filogix is available on the Internet at: www.filogix.com.
For more information
please contact:
Andrew Wagar
Communications Specialist
Filogix Inc.
andrew.wagar@filogix.com
416-360-1777 ext. 3213
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