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# The LOSt Cause: Why Agentic AI Dethroned the Loan Origination System

Hot take: the loan origination system as we know it is dead.

Not because it’s going away - your LOS will still be humming along in five years, storing data and managing workflow states like it always has. It’s dead because it’s been demoted. And it’s not alone. The user interface sitting on top of it? Demoted too.

For two decades, mortgage technology was a simple equation: a system of record with a workflow UI on top. That was the product. Banks spent millions selecting it, implementing it, customising it. Careers were built around knowing which buttons to push. And for a while, that was enough.

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