Cherry Creek Mortgage Debuts Connections App

Phil Hall

May 14, 2019

Cherry Creek Mortgage has introduced Connections, a proprietary mobile app for iOS and Android devices designed to accelerate the mortgage process for real estate agents and builder partners.

According to the Greenwood Village, Colo.-based company, Connections provides real-time pipeline and loan status information, and provides users with communication via push notifications, SMS, e-mail and voice messaging. The app also offers the ability to request and reissue loan pre-approvals plus loan and affordability calculators. Connections is part of a suite of new applications recently launched by Cherry Creek Mortgage for the stakeholders involved in a residential mortgage loan.

“Connections creates an experience specifically tailored to the work styles of highly mobile real estate agents and builder partners,” said Darren Shaffer, senior vice president and chief technology officer at Cherry Creek Mortgage. “Our goal is to equip our referral partners with detailed transparency into every loan transaction and to manage their overall pipeline of business with us on the device of their choice, regardless of location or time of day. The Connections app enables instant digital collaboration with our loan officers throughout a mortgage transaction.”

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May 14, 2019

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