{"id":28,"date":"2026-09-27T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/brooksgroupkw-com\/2026\/09\/27\/the-home-equity-opportunity-is-back-can-your-operations-keep-up\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T09:00:00","slug":"the-home-equity-opportunity-is-back-can-your-operations-keep-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brooksgroupkw.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/27\/the-home-equity-opportunity-is-back-can-your-operations-keep-up\/","title":{"rendered":"The Home Equity Opportunity Is Back. Can Your Operations Keep Up?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Home equity is once again opening doors for homeowners, with $47B withdrawn in Q1 2026\u2014the highest mark since 2021. Many are tapping into second liens and HELOCs to access the value in their homes. But behind the scenes, manual processes continue to slow lenders down. As someone who values relationships and smooth experiences, I see clearly how automation\u2014cutting processing time by 77%\u2014can transform not just lender efficiency, but also the overall borrower journey. At The Brooks Group, it\u2019s always about building legacies and making each step feel seamless, purposeful, and client-focused.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalmortgageprofessional.com\/news\/home-equity-opportunity-back-can-your-operations-keep\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home equity is once again opening doors for homeowners, with $47B withdrawn in Q1 2026\u2014the highest mark since 2021. Many are tapping into second liens and HELOCs to access the value in their homes. But behind the scenes, manual processes continue to slow lenders down. As someone who values relationships and smooth experiences, I see [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":56,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brooksgroupkw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brooksgroupkw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brooksgroupkw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brooksgroupkw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brooksgroupkw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brooksgroupkw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brooksgroupkw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brooksgroupkw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brooksgroupkw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brooksgroupkw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}